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Prof. Carlo Ventura, is MD, Cardiologist, and Ph.D. in Biochemistry. He was Researcher at the “Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science”, N.I.A./N.I.H., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. from 1988 to 1992, and then for repeated periods until 1994. He is Full Professor of Molecular Biology at the School of Medicine of the University of Bologna, Italy, and Chief of the National Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Stem Cell Engineering of the National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (NIBB - INBB: www.inbb.it), at the Innovation Accelerators of CNR (National Research Council), in Bologna. Carlo Ventura is member of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), and of the Cell Transplant Society. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of The World Journal of Stem Cells. He is also in the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS). Carlo Ventura is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the HeartMath Institute (https://www.heartmath.org/about-us/team/board-of-directors/), and of the Laszlo Institute (https://thelaszloinstitute.com/about/the-scientific-advisory-board/). He discovered nuclear endorphin receptors and small peptide signaling responsible for cardiogenesis in mouse embryonic stem cells, paving the way to the new field of “intracrine” regulation of cell biology. He developed new molecules harboring differentiating and paracrine logics for cardiovascular regeneration. He found that “extremely-low frequency” and asymmetrically-conveyed radioelectric fields were able to enhance stem cell expression of pluripotency, and afford a direct reprogramming of human skin fibroblasts towards myocardial, neuronal and skeletal muscle lineages. He has also discovered that cells are sensitive to acoustic vibrations and patented the cell ability to express “vibrational” signatures of their health and differentiating potential. These findings opened a new perspective based upon the use of physical energy in stem cell science. He published more than 150 full papers in the top Journals of cellular and molecular biology. He is also the Founder and President of VID art|science, (www.vidartscience.org), an international movement promoting a consciousness shift to recognize the inherent unity of Arts and Sciences, exploring the avant-garde of scientific innovation to unravel how human Arts may speak to the innermost dynamics of our biology.