Mauro D'Amato is Professor of Medical Genetics at the Department of Medicine and Surgery at LUM University in Casamassima - Italy, and Ikerbasque Research Professor and Head of the Gastrointestinal Genetics Lab in CIC bioGUNE, Bilbao - Spain. His career has developed through an international trajectory, holding research and academic positions at international institutions across UK, Sweden, Spain and Australia. Professor D’Amato has >25 years research experience in the field of human genetics and complex diseases, with activities geared towards a translational application for therapeutic precision in gastroenterology. His team, the Gastrointestinal Genetics Laboratory, combine leading expertise in genomic, computational and pre-clinical research, and have linked specific genes and pathogenetic mechanisms to a number of gastrointestinal diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis and irritable bowel syndrome. Professor D’Amato has an H-index of 78, has edited 2 books and published extensively in the field of human genetics and gastrointestinal disease.