Graduated in Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, University of Milan, in 2001, she obtained her PhD in Medical Genetics, University of Milan, in 2007. She worked with Prof. V. Silani at Ospedale Policlinico, Milan, from 2001 to 2003 and then at the Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano. In 2010 she was Visiting Scientist at University of Alberta, Canada. She is team leader with projects studying the molecular bases of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s Diseases.