Rita Vassena
She received a DVM and
PhD in biotechnology from the University of Milan, Italy, with studies involving the evaluation
of oocyte developmental competence in large animal models. She completed her
postdoctoral training at the Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia,
where she focused her work on the early events of chromatin remodeling after
somatic cell nuclear transfer.
From 2007 to 2011 she was at the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona-Spanish National Stem Cell Bank, where she studied developmental competence of human embryos, as well as pluripotency in embryonic and induced stem cells. Since 2011 she has been the Scientific Director of Clinica EUGIN, a European reference center for the treatment of infertility, where she coordinates research in the area of human IVF and directs the basic research laboratory.