Dr Franca Nneka Alaribe – PhD Biomedical Sciences, University of Ferrara Italy, specializing in cellular/molecular pathology in cancer and degenerative diseases; MSc Molecular Biology/Biotechnology, Vrije University Brussels Belgium; BSc(Ed) Biology, University of Nigeria Nsukka. A researcher for over 10 years with high competence in biomedical research; has coordinated many research projects for NRF, THRIP, and OSTA involving biomaterials; Presently working on Scaffolds and medicinal plants on stem cells for bone and cartilage regeneration.