Romina Durigon

Romina Durigon has a wealth of experience in the field of science. Romina began their career in 2006 as an Apprentice at the Laboratory of Stem Cells Biology and Pharmacology of Neurodegenerative diseases at the University of Milan. In 2007, they worked as a Manager at Fishery Farm of Durigon Carmelo, as well as Business Development Manager at Venice Export. From 2008 to 2013, they worked as a Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Life Sciences at The University of Manchester, UK. From 2013 to 2018, they worked as a Post-doctoral position at NIMR/Francis Crick. During this same time, they were also the Founder of YouPersona and COO-Scientist at Shift Bioscience, where they were responsible for discussing experiments, outcomes, and follow-up internally and with external collaborators and CROs. Most recently, they have been working as a Senior Field Application Scientist at Sphere Fluidics Limited since 2022.

Romina Durigon's education history includes a Certificate degree in Bio-Business from Birkbeck, University of London (2017-2019), a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry/ mitochondrial biogenesis from The University of Manchester (2008-2012), a Master's degree in Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences from Università degli Studi di Trieste (2007-present), and a Diploma in Study of Latin and of modern Languages and Literatures from Liceo classico "Antonio Canova" (1992-1997). Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, such as Making Great Sales Presentations from LinkedIn (May 2022), Fundamentals of Flow Cytometry from The Babraham Institute (June 2021), 3D Epithelial models from EPISKIN SA (November 2019), ICH GCP adapted for the UK in English (R2 version) from Whitehall Training (January 2019), Drug Approval, Manufacturing Quality & Regulation Course from Biotech Primer (December 2018), and PRINCE2® Practitioner from AXELOS Limited (June 2018).