Affiliation: University of Trento, Dept. of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Povo, Trento, 38123 Italy

Stefano Biressi obtained his degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in 2001 from the University of Milan. He received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 2006 in the laboratory of Giulio Cossu, where he contributed to the identification of the critical signaling pathways controlling developmental myogenesis and the diversification of embryonic and fetal myogenic progenitors. Dr. Biressi extends his work in adult and pathological regeneration during his postdoc in the laboratory of Thomas Rando at Stanford University. Dr. Biressi is now the group leader of the Laboratory of Stem cells and Regenerative Medicine and an Associate Professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Trento. The scientific interests of his laboratory are centered on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control the behavior of stem cells. Critically, different pathophysiological conditions have investigated stem cell dynamics, including muscular dystrophies, and aging.