Immuno-oncology in the spatial omics era

The virtual part of the program will consist of an EU module “New techniques in proteomics, genomic imaging and cytometry” with an asynchronous format. Students will be able to follow the courses remotely via Zoom before July 06, 2025. Also, during a period of 15 days, preceding the physical part, a Moodle platform will be made available to students for the introduction of mini-research projects, the “spatial omics challenges”, as part of the active pedagogical implementation, that the students will present during the physical part once the courses and workshops completed. Students will work online in groups of 5 with research articles provided by the teachers, each group will be led by an AMU or CIVIS teacher-researcher. Together they will answer the question "how to design an experimental plan using a given omics technique to answer a given biological question". Explore the field of spatial omics to study the complexity and organization of tissues at different levels with transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolic imaging in order to better understand tumor immunity, which is multifactorial.

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2025-02-01

Virtual Part closing date 2025-07-06

Total student workload 166

Specific field of studies Cancer medicine, immunology and immunotherapies Biochemistry and Genetics, medical biotechnologies, diagnostics, gene therapy and bioinformatics

Pre-requisite for selection CV Motivation Letter

Academic pre-requisites for applicants Applicants should have some experience in immunology, oncology, cellular and molecular biology and/or biophysics. In addition, applicants should demonstrate a sufficient level of the English language to communicate (oral and written) with their peers, speakers, professors, researchers and administrators (IELTS/TOEDL/TOEIC, level B2 minimum).

Physical Part starting date 2025-07-07

Physical Part Description The physical portion of the program will consist of a 5-day intensive summer school that will introduce, in modules, spatial omics technologies and how they are shaping the future of immunotherapy. These technologies bring together different techniques allowing omics data to be superimposed on tissue images for the study and analysis of biological molecules and their location in a tissue where the original spatial context is maintained. The modules are: • a general introductory module which will provide participants with an overview of the history and development of spatial omics in the context of cancer and immunology research, • a general technological module which will present the principles and techniques which will be developed during the practical workshops, • a module on spatial transcriptomics, • a module on spatial proteomics, • a module on spatial metabolism, • a computational and statistical module. See program attached.

Physical Part closing date 2025-07-11

Language level required B2

Field of studies related to the course Medicine and Health Engineering and Technology Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Course location Marseille, France

Course language English