Serena Bonin is an associate professor at the Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Health Sciences, University of Trieste. She received a Bachelor’s and MSc in Chemistry from the University of Trieste from 1987 to 1993. She received a PhD in Life Sciences from The Open University, London in 2002. All her past and current scientific research has been focused on the use of innovative techniques for the analysis of nucleic acids and proteins in clinical samples, ranging from archive tissues to liquid biopsies to test and search novel biomarkers useful for patients.