Prof. Amedeo Amedei graduated with honors in biology from the University of Florence. In 2003, he undertook his Ph.D. degree in the field of clinical and experimental medicine, studying the role of the Helicobacter pylori-specific immune response in gastric diseases. In 2005, he joined the Department of Experimental and Clinical Internal Medicine (University of Florence), where he was appointed an associate professor in 2015. Actually, he is a full professor.  His scientific interest has focused on the study of the microbiota–immunity axis in human diseases associated with inflammation, including autoimmunity, cancer, and neurodegeneration.