Silvia obtained her M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnologies and Molecular Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy, in 2007 with a thesis entitled Magnesium deficiency and tumor growth inhibition. In 2008, she joined the NCMLS graduate school and started her PhD program at the department of Physiology. Her work mainly focuses on the study of the (post) transcriptional mechanisms that regulate the expression of genes involved in magnesium (Mg²⁺) and calcium (Ca²⁺) handling in the kidney.