Born in January 8th 1968, Castellammare di Stabia (NA) -1994: he graduated in Biological Sciences in 1994 at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy -1999: he obtained his PhD in Clinical Immunology. -2000: he was awarded (GB Rossi Award) for the best publication in Italy in the field of HIV research -2002: he became Associate Professor in General Pathology at the University of Florence, Italy. -2003: he became member of the Committee of Guarantors of the Biotechnologies Degree Course of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Florence. -2005: he became “Member of the Evaluation Board for the RHEUMATOLOGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY FACULTY of Faculty of Thousand in Medicine. - 2009: he became member of the Editorial Board of European Journal of Immunology, the official journal of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) - 2010: he became Director of the Regenerative Therapy S.O.D Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, AOUC - 2010: he became Review Editor in Frontiers in Pro-inflammatory Cytokines, journal of the Frontiers Research Foundation - 2011: he became “Member of the Board of the Immunology Section of the European Accademy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)” - 2011: he became member of the External Relations & Finance Committee of the 15th International Congress of Immunology, Milan 2013 - 2012: he became member of the Editorial Board of PloS ONE journal - 2012: he became member of the Henry Kunkel Society - 2012: he became President of the Biotechnology degree at the University of Florence - 2013: he became Director of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS), Center of Excellence, DenoThe Research Center, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy - 2014: he became Executive Editor of the European Journal of Immunology - 2014: he became member of the Council of the Società Italiana di Immunologia, Immunologia Clinica e Allergologia (SIICA) - 2014: he became Associate Editor of the International Archives of Allergy and Immunology - 2015: he became member of the Editorial Board of Clinical and Molecular Allergy - 2015: he was elected Coordinator of the PhD program in Clinical Sciences of the University of Florence - 2016: he became Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Immunology, the official journal of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) - 2016: he was elected President of the School of Human Health Science, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy e-mail francesco.annunziato@unifi.it - 2016: he became Director of the Centro diagnostico di citofluorimetria e immunoterapia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, AOUC, Firenze, Italy - 2019: he became Editor in Chief of the Immunology Letters, the official journal of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) - 2020: he was elected director of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Florence