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  1. Santiago Rivera gave two conferences on Alzheimer's disease

    Tue. Nov 20 2018

    The first conference entitled “Alzheimer’s disease, fears and hopes” was given at the meeting of the management boards of the french Vaincre l’Alzheimer and the german Alzheimer Forschung Initiative foundations that was held on November 16th 2018 at the Novotel Hotel Marseille Vieux Port.

    The second conference, in the context of the Conferences Cycle of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona, was entitled “ Membrane type-matrix metalloproteinases are newcomers to the Alzheimer’s field ”  ans was held on November 20th at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Barcelona.
  2. New article from the Neural Degeneration and Plasticity team

    Sat. Nov 17 2018

    The latest work from the Neural Degeneration and Plasticity team, in collaboration with the BBB and neuroinflammation team of Michel Khrestchatisky: "The pro-amyloidogenic effects of Membrane-type 1-Matrix Metalloproteinase involve MMP-2 and BACE-1 activities, and the modulation of APP trafficking" is now published in the FASEB Journal (doi: 10.1096/fj.201801076R). Our data unveil new mechanistic insights supporting the pro-amyloidogenic role of MT1-MMP based on APP processing and trafficking, and reinforces the idea that MT1-MMP may become a new potential therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease. 

  3. 6th French Biacore User Meeting

    Wed. Nov 21 2018

    Géraldine Ferracci, manager of the Surface Plasmon Resonance unit at INP's Plateform Interactome Neuro-Timone (PINT), gave a talk at the 6th Biacore Users' Meeting. During her presentation untitled "Contribution of the SPR in the study of membrane proteins: from their quantification to the optimization of therapeutic peptide vectors", she stressed the role of this major biophysical technique, played in the therapeutic approaches developed within the INP.

  4. Yvon Berland and Alexandre Tokay, respectively President of AMU and CEO of Vect-Horus signed a Public-Private Partnership allowing Vect-Horus to settle its research activities in the La Timone Medical Faculty

    Wed. Nov 14 2018

    Vect-Horus has established a long-term highly efficient collaboration with the Institute of NeuroPhysiopathology INP (UMR7051 CNRS-AMU) directed by Dr. Michel KHRESTCHATISKY, cofounder of the company, and this Partnership signed on November 14, 2018 is a cornerstone in the creation of the LABCOM (Common Research Lab) between the INP and Vect-Horus.

  5. Details of hotspots seen by STORM
    New article from the NeuroCyto Team: Slow axonal transport of actin via hotspots and trails

    Tue. Nov 13 2018

    The latest work of the NeuroCyto Team (previously on bioRxiv) is now published in the Journal of Cell Biology. We collaborated with the Roy lab to reveal a new mechanism of slow axonal transport, based on the previous discovery of actin hotspots and trails. Hotspots are static actin clusters that appear and disappear within minutes every 3-4 µm along the axon. They generate the assembly of trails, long actin filaments that polymerize along the axon and collapse within seconds.

  6. The INP welcomes Professor Emeritus Jean-Michel SCHERRMANN

    Fri. Nov 23 2018

    On Friday, November 23, the INP welcomes Professor Emeritus Jean-Michel SCHERRMANN (University of Paris Descartes), for a seminar entitled "Why it is difficult to develop CNS drugs: lack of neuropharmacokinetic considerations?”

    Developing efficient drugs for treating cerebral disorders remains a true challenge. Reducing the duration and cost of preclinical and clinical trials as well as identifying the wrong candidates, as quickly as possible, are key priorities. Such goals require translational research and strong interdisciplinary interactions. 
  7. 1st Congress of the 7 CoENs (International Network of Centers of Excellence in Neurodegeneration)

    Thu. Oct 18 2018

    Santiago Rivera represented the INP on the 1st Congress of the 7 CoENs (International Neetwork of Centers of Excellence in Neurodegeneration) held in Montpellier on October 18 and 19, 2018, endorsed by AVIESAN: Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Montpellier, Marseille, Paris and Toulouse. He gave a lecture in the CoEN Pathfinder laureates’ session entitled MT-MMPs at the crossroads of amyloidogenesis and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease.

  8. Ludovic Leloup (team cytoskeleton & neurophysiopathology) received a 30 000 € grant from the GEFLUC

    Thu. Oct 04 2018

    The Emergence project entitled “Tau, from Alzheimer disease to glioblastoma, evolution of a prognostic marker” was selected by the Canceropole PACA to be founded by the GEFLUC (groupement des entreprises françaises dans la lutte contre le cancer). Team 9 has a long-time expertise on Tau and this grant will be used to complete the identification of the kinases responsible for Tau phosphorylation in glioblastoma.

    Photo from the GEFLUC

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  • 126 members
  • 44 researchers
  • 48 research assistants
  • 12 post-docs
  • 11 PhD

 

NeuroSchool: a School of Neuroscience for and by AMU students

On September 12, over 300 students, teachers, researchers, clinicians and entrepreneurs participated in the launch of NeuroSchool, the school that unifies and harmonizes the teachings of the third year of the bachelor's degree (Neuroscience path), the master's degree and the PhD program in neuroscience. Funded by the National Research Agency and the A*Midex Foundation, NeuroSchool will benefit from a funding of approximately 10 million euros (over 10 years).

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Michel Khrestchatisky and Grigorios Kyriatzis (Early Stage Researcher, ESR), both members of the ITN Marie Curie project ECMED participated in the ECMED EU-GliaPhD international conference organized in Malta

Michel Khrestchatisky gave a talk on the ongoing projects of his group and biotechnology partner Vect-Horus, also member of the ECMED consortium, while Grigorios Kyriatzis presented results of his ongoing PhD project.       

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François Devred gave one of the 38 selected talks in EUROTAU 2018

#EUROTAU 2018 - European scientists involved in Tau research met in Lille to exchange new ideas and hypotheses on physiological and pathological roles of tau proteins (26-27th April 2018). François Devred gave one of the 38 selected talks in which he presented a new reversible oligomerization of tau protein evidenced in INP team 9, which could have a protective physiological role and prevent pathological aggregation of tau in neurodegenerative diseases. Next edition of EuroTau will be in 2020.

Photo © Valérie Buée Scherrer

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The CNRS press office selected one of our pictures to illustrate a press release about the fresco "étonnant vivant"

In the corridor of the Montparnasse-Bienvenüe Station, the CNRS exhibits an amazing fresco of 134 metres long on the most surprising living discoveries of the last 15 years.  One of our pictures, featured on the fresco has been selected by the CNRS press office to illustrate a press release entitled "« Étonnant Vivant » : une nouvelle exposition à la station Montparnasse-Bienvenüe"

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