Dr. Elena Carbone is a neuroscience researcher at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health) in Rome, where she conducts experimental research on microRNAs as biomarkers for dementia diagnosis and cellular models of neurodegenerative diseases. She is currently completing her PhD, expected in 2026. Dr. Carbone earned her Master's degree in Pharmacy (PharmD) in 2021 with an experimental thesis on cellular models for studying neurodegeneration, working with neuroblastoma and neuroglioma cell lines. During this period, she developed expertise in various biological laboratory techniques including qPCR, RNA and DNA extraction and analysis, and had the opportunity to conduct experimental work investigating microRNAs as biomarkers in dementia. Following graduation and obtaining her professional license as a pharmacist, Dr. Carbone completed a research traineeship at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. She continued her training at the research laboratories of Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and subsequently at the Polo Pontino, a satellite campus of Sapienza University of Rome. After two years, she returned to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, where she currently focuses her research efforts on microRNA biomarker discovery for dementia diagnosis and the development of cellular models for neurodegenerative disease research.