In this review, we focused on the most widely used 3D human glioblastoma models: spheroids, tumorospheres, organotypic slices, explants, tumoroids and glioblastoma-derived from cerebral organoids. We discuss their history, development and especially their usefulness.

INP platform PINT together with AFMB and IMM are glad to announce their first inter-platform interactome workshop entitled "Methods to study Molecular Interactions (Biomedical applications)" that will take place from monday december 7th to friday 11th 2020. 

Looking to confirm the interaction between a drug and its target?
Wanting to characterize the interaction between a receptor and its ligand?

In this paper we reported two uncommon adult cases of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumors (DLGNTs) diagnosed after DNA-methylation profiling. This study enlarges the clinical and molecular spectrum of DLGNTs which encompass a wide spectrum of tumors that has yet to be fully clarified, and suggest that this terminology appears unsuitable in some cases. These tumors would be further classified in the large group of “gliomas and glioneuronal tumors driven byMAP-Kinase pathway alterations” in the fifth edition of the WHO classification of CNS tumors that is coming soon.

Romain La Rocca, third year PhD student in INP team 9 (Cytoskeleton and Neurophysiopathology), will present a part of his thesis work during the 1st NanoTemper Virtual Symposium on June 30th from 9 to 12h30. NanoTemper annual seminars bring together the researchers using NanoTemper instruments, or eager to discover new technologies and in different fields of research. During this event, Romain will show how to use the nanoDSF technology to study the quaternary structure of tubulin. 

Christophe Leterrier, leader of the NeuroCyto team, has just published "The Cell Biologist's Guide to Super-Resolution Microscopy", a poster and accompanying review article for the "At A Glance" series of the Journal of Cell Science. He teamed with Guillaume Jacquement and Hellyeh Hamidi from Turku University (Finland), Aexandre Carisey from the Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) and Ricardo Henriques from UCL/Crick Institute (London) to explain the principles and relative strenghts of the various super-resolution techniques hiding in a menagerie of acronyms (SIM, STED, STORM, SMLM...).

The Platform INteractome Timone - PINT is pleased to announce the arrival of the Tycho™ NT.6, the new nanoDSF instrument by Nanotemper. The Tycho is designed to characterize the quality of any protein within minutes, using only 10 µL of sample. This fast analysis is critical for choosing the batches, buffers, or conditions by comparing the relative stability of each sample along every step of an experiment, thus allowing an efficient assay and purification workflow development.

Since it requires just 10 µL of sample at a concentration anywhere from 0.01 to >200 mg/mL, it's not even necessary to dilute samples. 

Christophe Leterrier, NeuroCyto team leader, will be one of the judges for the 46th Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions. He will be the first French researcher to be on the judging panel for this prestigious competition.