Prof. Cristina Bombieri is an associate professor of applied biology at the Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona. She obtained a degree in biological sciences (University of Padova, Italy) and a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology and pathology (University of Verona, Italy). Her main research fields are human biology and molecular genetics, with a specific interest in the alternative splicing regulation mediated by ribonucleoproteins, the development of cell models to study the molecular basis of diseases, and the identification of genetic factors involved in the development, progression and/or severity of Mendelian and complex diseases, mainly of the respiratory system, such as cystic fibrosis and CFTR gene-related diseases, asthma, COPD and rhinitis. She is a member of the Italian Association of General and Molecular Biology and Genetics (AIBG) and of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU). She also serves as a peer-reviewer for several scientific journals.