Francesco Cappello is Full Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. He is also President of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology, Life member of the Cell Stress Society International and former Senior Editor of Cell Stress and Chaperones. He has been nominated “Adjunct Professor? at the Temple University of Philadelphia (PA, USA) and at the University of Texas Medical Branch of Galveston (TX, USA). He has authored more than 300 scientific papers.