I obtained my undergraduate degree in veterinary medicine from the University of La Plata, Argentina in 1996 and earned a PhD (Suma Cum Laude) from the University of Munich, Germany in 2001. My first postdoctoral training was done under supervision of Prof. Keith Campbell (2001-2003). In 2002 I was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship (2002-2004) followed by an RCUK Fellowship (2005-2010). In 2010 I took up a position as Lecturer and was later promoted to Associate Professor (2015) and to Professor of Developmental Biology (2019) at the Division of Animal Sciences, School of Biosciences, UoN.