Barbara Bellei is a Researcher at the Laboratory of Cutaneous Physiopathology and Integrated Center of Metabolomics Research, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, IRCCS, Rome, Italy. She obtained the professional license to practice as a biologist in 2002 and regularly enrolled in the Register of Italian Biologists since 2006. She finished her specialization in Biotechnological Applications (duration 3 years) obtained at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in March 2000. She was the winner of a scholarship provided by the National Welfare Institute for Managers of Industrial Companies in 1996.