After obtaining her Master Degree in Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine at University of Milan in 2024, Lara is currently enrolled in the PhD program in Experimental Medicine and conducting her research at the Clinical and Experimental Immunology laboratory. She is focusing on Innate Immune Cells (NK cells and ILCs) in hematologic malignancies – mainly myelodysplastic syndromes- also in response to therapeutic interventions, aiming to investigate their involvement in disease pathogenesis and progression.