In 1985 he got his Doctoral degree with honour in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome “Sapienza”. In 1990 he joined as Guest Researcher the laboratory of the National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (MD), USA. From 1993 to 1995 he joined as Visiting Scientist the Laboratory of Developmental Biochemistry, National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council, London UK. From 2003 to date he spent short periods of time as invited professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rennes 1 (Rennes, France). The scientific activity of Prof. Salvatore Ulisse is documented by more than 170 publications on peer-reviewed international and national scientific journals, communications in national and international meetings and book chapters.