Dr Maria Nikolova is a medical doctor with a specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology and clinical experience of over 25 years. She has a PhD in Molecular Biology and is the Director of the Center for Women's Health in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Dr Nikolova research focuses in endometrial receptivity and successful implantation. Her PhD thesis was on profiling molecular factors for establishment of endometrial receptivity. She has participated in a project of a similar context, financed by the Fund for Scientific Research of Bulgaria. Dr Nikolova's other interests are in epigenetic influence of micromolecules on the endometrium and the trophoblast, considering it the mirror site for the endometrium in the embryo-endometrium cross-talk. Her further research interests are as well in post-transcriptional regulation implicated in cancerogenesis, progression and prognosis of endometrial cancer.