Genni Desiato graduated in Applied and Molecular Biology in 2013 and received her PhD in Neuroscience in 2017 at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan). She joined the group of Michela Matteoli in 2014​ working under the supervision of Davide Pozzi.

Desiato studies aim to understand the molecular mechanisms through which immune molecules can impinge the GABAergic switch during neuronal development, with special attention to Interleukin-6.