Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, SUNY @ Stony Brook. Member, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel Switzerland. Associate Professor Depts. of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Pathology SUNY @ Stony Brook, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Microbiology and Pathology, SUNY @ Stony Brook, Poste Orange, INSERM U273, Universite de Nice, France, Senior Scientist, CRBA Lab, S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy, Senior Scientist, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.