Dr. Ivana Trapani is Group Leader at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) and Assistant Professor at the University of Naples “Federico II.” She earned her PhD in Molecular Medicine from the European School of Molecular Medicine and continued her research thereafter at TIGEM. In 2021, she began her independent career focusing on development of both gene-dependent and gene-independent strategies, using adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors, to treat diseases caused by mutations in large genes.