Elisabetta Albi obtained a degree in medicine and surgery, and a PhD in cellular and molecular pathology, specializing in clinical pathology, and is currently a Professor of biochemistry. She has participated in many national and international projects. She is the author of more than 200 international publications and was also a founding member of the International Sphingolipid Club. Research areas: 1) role of cholesterol and sphingomyelin in cancer; 2) role of nuclear lipid rafts in exosome biogenesis; 3) infant nutrition; 4) nutrition and cancer; 5) biological effect of space environment; 5) sphingolipid and vitamin D3 in embryonic and staminal cell differentiation; and 6) sphingolipid, vitamin D3, and neurodegeneration.