Gianluca Ianiro is a gastroenterologist at the Digestive Disease Center of the Fondazione A. Gemelli IRCCS and adjunct professor in gastroenterology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, Italy. He is a translational researcher with a focus on microbiota (>200 full papers in international journals including NEJM, Nature Medicine, Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Lancet Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology, Circulation, Annals of Internal Medicine, Gut, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, etc.). He has received several research grants and has been honored as a UEG Rising Star (2020). His current research interests are disentangling the rules of microbiome engraftment, investigating FMT in novel indications, and exploring the role of microbiome diagnostics in clinical practice.