Prof. Dr. Federica Sangiuolo received a BS degree in Molecular Biology from Naples University (Italy) in 1988, a BS degree in Molecular Genetics from Urbino University (Italy) in 1989 and a Ph.D. from Genoa University (Italy) in 1994. She joined Tor Vergata University of Rome as an Assistant Researcher in 1990 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1995. She is currently a Full Professor of Medical Genetics at the Biomedicine and Prevention Department of “Tor Vergata” University of Rome. She has been the the Director of the Medical Genetics Postgraduate School, Tor Vergata University of Rome since 2009. Her research topics mainly include miRNA, SMA, early motor neurons and hiPSCs.