Dr. Stefania Croce is currently a Researcher (Cell Factory) at the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy. She completed her Ph.D. studies at the Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, in 2020. She received a Ph.D. in Biology from the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo in 2023. Her research topics mainly include exosomes; extracellular vesicles; pkh67; islets of Langerhans transplantation; pancreatectomy; autografting; mesenchymal stem cells; umbilical cordd; and graft vs. host disease.
Dr. Chiara Valsecchi is currently a research collaborator (hematology and pediatric on-hematology unit) at the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. She earned, from the University of Pavia, a Biology Degree in 2004 and a Specialization in Clinical Pathology in 2009. Dr. Chiara Valsecchi’s research topics mainly include Adenoidectomy, Adenoids, Interleukin-2, Interleukin-4, Otitis Media, Recurrence, Cell Separation, Disease Susceptibility, Immunity, Cellular, Respiratory Tract Infections, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, and Tobacco Smoke Pollution.
Dr. Maria A. Avanzini is the Director of Biology of Paediatric Oncohaematology at the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation. She received her Master’s degree in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry at the University of Pavia in 1985 and completed her Ph.D. studies in Developmental Medical Sciences at the Laboratory of Immunology of the Pediatric Clinic, University of Pavia, in 1991. She also received the Postgraduate Diploma in Food Science at the University of Pavia in 2001. From September 1985 to September 1986, she attended the Clinical Immunology Laboratory of the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) as a researcher. She has often participated in numerous national and international conferences as a speaker and in training and refresher courses. She has published more than 90 publications in indexed journals.
