Stefano is a PhD student working in the Laboratory of Stem Cell Engineering of Prof. Matthias Lütolf at EPFL, Switzerland. His research focuses on the use of in vitro embryonic models (Gastruloids) to understand how mechanics and geometry instruct the development of implanting species such as mouse and human. He studied Natural Sciences in Cambridge (Girton College), specialising in Genetics. He then worked in the laboratory of Prof. Alfonso Martinez-Arias, Department of Genetics, to investigate the interactions between chemical signalling pathways involved in early embryonic development.  When not at the lab bench, Stefano writes for the pre-print highlight service of the Company of Biologists: preLights. He is also very interested on scientific communication and visualisation (digital illustration, virtual/augmented reality), especially in the field of developmental biology.