Congratulations to Chiara Bordier (team 2 SynapTau) for receiving the GBM (Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Master Prize for the best master’s thesis! This year, Professor Lichtenthaler from Technische Universität München and the DZNE presented this honour, marking the fourth time it has been awarded. Chiara's award-winning research explored the impact of Tau protein on nuclear organization and chromatin dynamics in neurodegenerative diseases, highlighting its crucial role in nuclear tension and stress response.

INP and Vect-Horus both participated to the symposium “Imagining the future of cancer treatments” (~100 participants) organized by the Translate-It departement of CRCM in Luminy. Along with keynote speaker Maria Kavallaris (Director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine at UNSW), François Devred gave an overview of INP's work on cancer entitle "How the INP contributes to the future of cancer treatments" and Pavlo Shpak-Kraievskyi of Vect-Horus gave a talk on "Surface modification of LNPs for brain targeting of nucleic acids". 

Sofia (PhD student team 7), Charbel (PhD student teams 3 and 9) and Jehanne (PhD student team 5) attended and presented posters at FENS 2024 in Vienna (Austria). It was an enriching experience to discuss their work with their peers, attend presentations on innovative research in our respective fields, and enjoy typical Austrian dishes with other members of NeuroMarseille and beyond. 

Rafael Godoy, recipient of the prestigious Eiffel Excellence Scholarship, recently started a two-month internship in the Neural Plasticity and Degeneration team. Originally from João Pessoa, Brazil, he is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Neurosciences at the Aix-Marseille University.

During his internship, he will be working on the effects of MT5-MMP on neuroinflammation and intracellular trafficking.

Dans son édition du vendredi 31 mai 2024, La Provence mettait l'INP à l'honneur dans son dossier sur la maladie d'Alzheimer. Le Pr Mathieu Ceccaldi (Service de Neurologie et Neuropsychologie Adultes & équipe 9) était interrogé sur les nouveaux traitements, pendant que François Devred (équipe 9) et Santiago Rivera (équipe 1) étaient eux interrogés sur les travaux des "six équipes qui bossent à temps plein dans ce "gros" laboratoire français de recherche sur Alzheimer"

Carla Djian joined our team for her 1-month M1 internship. Carla is a neuroscience master student at AMU.

Welcome!

The last 2 weeks, several INP teams hosted M1 students for their APP (Apprentissage Par Projet). For many, it was a first experience in a research lab! Each APP is organized around a larger project (Alzheimer's Disease, Myelin, Functional imaging) and students rotate between different labs of NeuroMarseille.

Thanks to Laurence, Christine (Team 1), Theresa, Fanny (Team 7), Naz and Marine (Team 4) for mentoring all these students!

Du lundi 15 au vendredi 19 avril 2024 s'est tenue, toujours avec succès, la troisième édition de la formation MedIM (Méthodes d'étude des Interactions Moléculaires) co-organisée par la Plateforme INteractome Timone (PINT) de l’INP, la plateforme de Biologie Structurale de l’AFMB et les plateformes de l’IMM, toutes trois labellisées "Plateformes Technologiques Aix-Marseille".