Dr. Pierre Savatier obtained his PhD in biology at the University of Lyon, France, working on genome evolution in primates. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University in the late 1980s, working on mouse early embryo development and pluripotent stem cells. Then, he joined the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon to start his own team, working on cell cycle regulation both in mouse embryonic stem cells and neural precursors of the developing cortex. In 2004, he joined the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Lyon and participated in the creation of the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, where he now heads the “Pluripotent stem cells in mammals” team. His current research interests include the regulation of pluripotency in the early of rabbits, macaque monkeys, and humans, as well as the generation of somatic and germline chimeras in rabbits and non-human primates with engineered embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Pierre Savatier is a member of DEVweCAN, a cluster of Excellence dedicated to development and cancer research, and CORTEX a cluster of Excellence dedicated to the study of brain development and repair.