Maria Stratigopoulou has studied Biology in the University of Crete in Greece with specialization in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. She accomplished her master in “Molecular Bases of Human Disease” at the Medical school at the University of Crete in Greece. Additionally she performed an Erasmus internship in the laboratory at the Institut Pasteur Paris in France, where she had the opportunity to experience the multidisciplinary research and technology of the Institut. Her research interests vary from Epigenetics in the immune system to DNA damage, immunity and cancer.