Biography:

Santina Di Bella obtained a Master’s Degree in Biology, University of Palermo (Italy) in 2004. She is Specialist in Microbiology and Virology, University of Palermo (Italy). She received her PhD in experimental Oncobiology in 2014 at the same institution. She is researcher at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (Italy) since 2005. Her research areas include zoonotic agents, virology, cell culture, tick borne pathogens, diagnostic technique development. She has published more than 40 research articles.