Affiliation: University of Bologna, Italy

Elena Bonora is an Associate Professor in Medical Genetics at the University of Bologna, Italy. After graduating in Biological Sciences at the University of Bologna, she obtained her PhD in Clinical Medicine, Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, UK. She is specialized in Applied Genetics and Medical Genetics. She has authored more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals, H-index=29. Her research focuses on identifying disease genes in severe forms of gut dysmotilities, such as chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO), and in cancers, such as breast cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Her relevant discoveries include identifying novel mutations in RAD21 (Bonora et al.; Gastroenterology, 2015) and in LIG3 (Bonora et al.; Brain, 2021) in recessive forms of CIPO. 

Email: elena.bonora6@unibo.it website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/elena.bonora6. ORCID ID: 0000001-6132-7734