Giovanni Abatangelo, MD, PhD, is full Professor at the Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. He is senior scientist in charge of R&D for tissue engineering and cell cultures. He received his MD from the University of Padova in 1965, and completed a one-year post-graduate fellowship (1968-1969) at Baylor University, Houston, Texas (USA).