I received my PhD degree in Molecular Biotechnologies from the Università Cattolica del S. C. (Piacenza, Italy) in 1994. In the same year I was appointed Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics (SSD AGR/07)
During 1995-1998 I visited the Salk Institute for
Biological Studies (CA, USA) discovering the function of nitric oxide in plant disease resistance.
In 2001, I joined the University of Verona, in Italy, as Associate Professor of Plant Genetics (SSD Agr/07). In those years, the decoding of the
human genome and the understanding of the enormous potential of genomics
boosted the development of new sequencing technologies that would have soon
revolutionized the field of genetics.
In 2003 I've joined the EMBO community as EMBO Young Investigator
I embraced next generation sequencing
technologies in 2007, switching the lab to the development and use of the new
tools that genomic technologies were offering to microbial, plant, animal and
human biologists.
I'm
currently Full Professor of Genetics (SSD BIO/18) at University of Verona, where I have the
privilege of coordinating an extensive program of research characterized by an
interdisciplinary approach that connects genetics, molecular biology,
bioinformatics and genomics.
In 2020, together with my colleagues Marzia Rossato and Alessandro Salviati we founded Genartis SRL, a spin-off of University of Verona that operates in the field of personalized genomics and DNA sequencing.