Raffaella Calligaris has a BS in Biology and a PhD in Molecular Biology. She has always focused in transcription and translational regulation, with more than 20 years of experience. Since 2003 she is working in the Laboratory of Neurogenomics focusing on Parkinson’s disease. Her key interests are in genomics, blood transcriptomics, biomarker discovery, translational research and personalized medicine. She is part of the PARKScreen team that has won the Working Capital National Award (Italian national prize for Innovation in biotechnology) in the 2012.