Giorgia Fontana studied Biological sciences and technologies (Biotechnologies) at University of Trieste (2011-2015), then obtained the master degree in Functional genomics in 2017. After that, she attended PhD course in Reproduction and developmental sciences (2017-2021) carrying out research on functional analysis of new genetic variants identified in genes of Inherited Thrombocytopenia. During her post-doctoral work as a senior scholarship participant in an Investigator Grant AIRC winning project, she worked in the field of medical genetics at Institute for Maternal and Child Health Burlo Garofolo. From 2022, she became a Research Scientist at IRCCS Burlo Garofolo and begins to study gastro-intestinal disorders and in particular Celiac Disease. She is currently working with intestinal organoids generated from intestinal biopsies in order to unveil the role of the intestinal epithelial barrier and the pathogenetic events responsible for the development of the tissue lesion in celiac patients.