Gianluca Giavaresi directs the Surgical Sciences and Technologies Unit at the Rizzoli Orthopaedics Institute, Bologna. He earned an MD (1990) and a General Surgery specialization (1995) at the University of Bologna. His work spans the following topics: translational R&D in musculoskeletal health; degenerative and oncological diseases; regenerative therapies for bone, cartilage, and tendons; implant‑related infections; biomaterials and drug delivery; biophysical therapies; liquid‑biopsy biomarkers (miRNA, lncRNA), sequencing, and biostatistics.