During the course of a long university career, which started in 1952, Professor Ennio Pannese headed the Institute of Human Anatomy and later the Institute of Histology, Embryology and Neurocytology at the University of Milan. He did his research during a very intense period of development of the Neurocytology and contributed significantly to the progress of the discipline. He is author of more than 200 scientific articles as well as several books. He is a fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.