Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Milan. He earned a M.Sc. in Biological Sciences and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology applied to Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences at the University of Milan. In John Peluso’s Lab, he undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in Reproductive Physiology at the University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, CT, USA, studying the role of progesterone in regulating granulosa cell apoptosis. The current research topic focuses on mammalian oocyte differentiation and on cellular and molecular determinants that confer oocyte meiotic and embryonic developmental competence. Co-founder of the Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, which has coordinated since 2005.
ReDBioLab, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences