Barbara Pardini earned, from the University of Pisa, a master's degree in Biology (2003) and a PhD in Microbiology and Genetics (2008). She is now permanent senior scientist of the Department of Molecular epidemiology and Genetics at the Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM) in Turin (Italy). Her work in non-coding RNA, DNA repair, microbiome and cancer has resulted in 132 publications in peer-reviewed journals. She is an associate member of the American association for Cancer Research (AACR) and of Societa` Italiana di Cancerologia (SIC). She was Fulbright fellow in Academic Year 2018/19 in the laboratory of Prof. George A. Calin at the MD Anderson Cancer center in Houston, TX, USA. Her research interests include non-coding RNAs and microRNAs, colorectal cancer prevention and early diagnosis, and the microbiome.