Dr. Viola Stella Palladino studied Biological Science and Neurobiology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and obtained her PhD from the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Within an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie founding, she focused on patient-specific human induced pluripotent stem cell models of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. She joined Miltenyi Biotec in 2019 as Global Product Manager for pluripotent stem cell research and cardiovascular research.