**About the Editor**

#### **Patrizia Galeffi**

Graduated in Biology *cum Lauda* at the University of Rome La Sapienza (1982). PhD Thesis in "Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Biology" (1987, Excellent judgement) at University of Rome, "La Sapienza". The PhD experimental work was partially carried out at the Laboratory directed by Prof. G.G. Brownlee, Institute Sir William Dunn, School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK (1985-86). Other training periods were: (a) at the International Institute of Genetic and Biophysics, IIGB, CNR Naples, Italy, directed by Prof. F. Blasi (1983); (b) at the Laboratory of Neurobiology, CNR, Roma, Italy, directed by Prof. Rita Levi Montalcini (September 1987–April 89).

Since May 1989, enrolled as scientist (permanent staff) at ENEA CR Casaccia, Italy; responsible for a research team that worked on a pioneering project of "Antibodies expressed in Plants for virus resistance" (Nature 1993). Then, she was responsible for various projects funded by Italian and International organizations; chair-woman and invited speaker at International Conferences. Since 2004 up to today, she is ENEA-Responsible for an International collaboration with CIMMYT. Inventor of three patents, member of the ENEA Patenting Committee since 2018, and awarded by the EU certification as "Technology Transfer Manager". Tutor of several graduate/PhD students from national and international universities, and since 2020, Professor at La Sapienza for Plant Functional Genomics Course; evaluator of research projects, author of several peer-reviewed papers (around 70s), reviewer for many scientific journals with IF.

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