Xavier Jeunemaitre MD, PhD

Xavier Jeunemaitre received his MD and PhD in human genetics at the University P&M Curie, Paris France. He was trained as an internist and specialized in cardiology before being trained in molecular genetics at the College de France in Paris and in human genetics during a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of Human Genetics, Salt Lake City, University of Utah, USA. Dr Jeunemaitre, is now Professor of Genetics, University Paris Descartes, and the Head of the Department of Genetics at the Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou and the Director of the INSERM research team 3, U970, at the Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre, Paris France. Dr. Jeunemaitre authored or co-authored more than 270 peer-reviewed articles and chapters books. Its main scientific interests are the genetic determinants of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular disorders. He is currently conducting clinical and experimental genetic research on rare arterial arterial diseases, including familial hyperkalemic hypertension in which several genes are involved including those coding for the WNK1 and WNK4 kinases and for KLHL3 and CUL3 belonging to an E3 CRL ubiquitin ligase complex.