Rita C. Sinigaglia is a pharmacist. She is currently an Adjunct Professor and Coordinator of the Electron Microscopy Center at the Paulista School of Medicine-UNIFESP. She holds a master’s and doctorate in Neurology/Neuroscience from the Federal University of São Paulo and a postdoctoral degree from the Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of São Paulo and the Electron Microscopy Center of the Paulista School of Medicine. She completed a two-year specialization in Histotechnology and Immunohistochemistry at Lund University (Sweden). She was the coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Pathology at the Paulista School of Medicine (2017-2020 and 2021-2024 terms) and a member of the Scientific Integrity Committee of the Graduate Chamber of the Paulista School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the morphological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of the mechanisms underlying cellular degeneration induced by pathological processes, aging, and epigenetics, as well as the factors that promote cellular and tissue regeneration, with an emphasis on developing therapeutic strategies targeting the nervous system. She also studies the role of extracellular vesicles in human pathologies.