Hanna Taipaleenmäki is a group leader in the Molecular Skeletal Biology Laboratory (MSB-Lab) at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany. Her PhD studies at the University of Turku, Finland, and at the Endocrine Research Unit, Odense University Hospital, Denmark focused on transcriptional and post transcriptional regulation of mesenchymal stromal cell differentiation. During her post-doctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA, and at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, she elucidated the contribution of microRNAs in pathological bone remodeling with emphasis on cancer-induced bone disease. Her work has been awarded several awards, including the ECTS New Investigator Award as well as prestigious fellowships and grants. She is an active member of ECTS and other scientific societies and a co-Chair of the ECTS Academy.