Scientific Director: Dr Irene Martini PhD
Dr Irene Martini is the co-founder and Scientific Director of Smart Bank s.r.l. www.smartbank.it , a cord blood storage bank based in Rome which uses laboratory storage facilities in the UK. She has worked as a post-PhD researcher at La Sapienza University Microbiology laboratory www.uniroma1.it and at the Virology laboratory of the Italian National Insititute of Health, ‘Instituto Superiore di Sanita’ www.iss.it
Dr Martini has also taken part in several European Union and World Health Organisation international research projects in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, exploiting her skills in Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Microbiology, and Immunology fields. She has more than fifteen years experience as a researcher, and has written several for scientific publications as well as patent documents. As part of her work with Smart Bank, Dr Martini has appeared frequently on national television and radio to explain the benefits of cord blood storage.
She also runs monthly courses for prospective parents on the potential benefits of storage, including the latest research developments, as well as courses for gynaecologists and mid-wives. She is currently collaborating with the Gaslini Institute on a project concerning perinatal solid cancer in children www.gaslini.org .
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