Fascinated by the complexity of human inherited diseases, Dr. Vitte has been working for more than 15 years with mouse models and recently with pig models to understand the molecular and cellular biology involved in these conditions. His interests for neurosciences and oncology lead him to pursue research projects focused on neurodegenerative diseases and on tumor predisposition syndromes of the nervous system. Dr. Vitte is passionate about creating the best animal and cellular models related to a human condition in order to better understand the disease mechanisms and test new therapeutics. Dr. Vitte completed his Ph.D. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Université d’Evry-Val d’Essonne, France in 2007. His research focused on cellular and mouse models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. During a postdoctoral position in the Neurology and Experimental Therapeutics laboratory at Hopital Pitié-Salpétrière, INSERM, France, he worked on human pathology and mouse models of Parkinson’s disease. In 2009, Dr. Vitte moved to Los Angeles, CA to conduct neuro-oncology research in the Neural Tumor Research laboratory directed by Dr. Marco Giovannini at the House Research Institute and now in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles.His research interests focus on developing and characterizing cellular and animal models, as well as performing pre-clinical research and drug testing for tumor predisposition syndromes.