Dr. Silvia Cappellozza is the responsible of the Laboratory of Sericulture of Padua (CREA - Agriculture and Environment), she supervises the preservation of the mulberry (60 cv) and silkworm (200 strains) gene banks. She has a thirty-year experience in mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing, was a consultant for FAO and is the lead partner of the Horizon project "Aracne, after being the scientific coordinator of other regional projects.  She is author of many indexed publications and patents. She is a member of the editorial committee of the international journal "Sericologia", published by the International Sericultural Commission, and of the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed of the Wageningen Scientific Publishers. She is in the scientific board of BACSSA (Black, Caspian Seas and Central Asia Association).