Principali argomenti di ricerca: biologia cellulare e del differenziamento di cellule epiteliali delle ghiandole esocrine, delle mucose e della cute e il differenziamento e relazioni intercellulari di cellule del sistema immunitario in organi non linfoidi, con particolare riguardo alla cute, alle mucose, al fegato e alla parete arteriosa.Pubblicazioni scientifiche in extenso 163, fra le quali 92 articoli su riviste dotate di "impact factor"; indice di Hirsch = 20 (aggiornato al 10.12.2014).
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Born in Florence January 3, 1950.
Served his duty in the Italian Army as medical officer.
Full professor of Histology at the University of Florence since 1986. Coordinator of the research doctorate course in Clinical Physiopathology of the University of Florence in years 1986-2003 (end of doctorate activity). Treasurer of the Italian Association of Anatomists in years 2000 to 2005 (end of duty). Fellow in the laboratories of Electron Microscopy and of Cell Biology at the Universities of Hannover, Munich and Bonn (Germany) for total 19 months in years 1980-1994; visiting scientist at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Ma., for three months in 1995
Research fields: cell physiology, proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells of glands, mucosae and skin; differentiation and intercellular relationships of immune system cells in non-lymphoid organs, with special emphasis on dendritic cells. Full papers: 163, including 92 articles on journals with "impact factor". Hirsch index (as of December 10, 2014) = 20