Laura Conti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences at the University of Torino. She received her Master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology in 2003 and completed her Ph.D. studies in Immunology and Cell Biology in 2007 at the University of Turin, respectively. During her 20 years of experience in basic and translational immunology, she has developed technical skills and deep expertise in molecular and cellular immunology, with a special focus on the generation of preclinical mouse models, cytofluorimetric analysis, optical imaging and cancer stem cells. Her research interest focuses on the study of the mechanisms involved in the crosstalk between cancer cells, the immune system and the microbiota and on the development of new immune-based strategies to counteract the tumor microenvironment's immunosuppressive activity for the treatment of aggressive forms of Her2+ and triple-negative breast cancers. She has 64 publications with 1922 citations and an h-index of 27 (Scopus, 4 December 2023).