Our MSc at Aix-Marseille Université (CIVIS)

Our MSc Students Katerina AVDI (MSc Class 2021-2023, 2nd year, Dr. Antonis Chatzigeorgiou Lab, Medical School - NKUA) and Maria KYRIAKIDI (MSc Class 2021-2023, 2nd year, Prof. Petros Sfikakis and Dr. Kelly Vestika Lab, pMedGR, Medical School - NKUA) have been selected among the top European MSc and PhD Students to attend the Summer School & Blended Intensive Program (BIP) CIVIS course "Organoid models in immunology-oncology" organized by the Aix-Marseille Université - Institut Cancer et Immunologie between 3-7 July 2023.

The Greek Delegation. From left to right: Maria KYRIAKIDI, Christina PARASKEVA, MSc, Dr. Vasiliki KOLIARAKI, Katerina AVDI, Dr. Jean Y. GOUZI, Erifili LIANOPOULOU, MSc (MSc Molecular Biomedicine) and Eleni GKOGKOU, MSc (Dpt. Biology - NKUA) and Maria BOUSALI, MSc (Athens Medical School - NKUA). Photo on the Right: Dr. Vasiliki KOLIARAKI in the Vieux-Port of Marseille.

Our MSc Students were accompanied by two of our talented Alumni and currently PhD Students, Erifili LIANOPOULOU (MSc Class 2020-2022, PhD candidate in Prof. George Kollias lab, BSRC "Alexander Fleming") and Christina PARASKEVA (MSc Class 2020-2022, PhD candidate in Dr. Vasiliki Koliaraki lab, BSRC "Alexander Fleming").​

Maria KYRIAKIDI (left) and Katerina AVDI (right), at the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), France

Poster Session of the students at the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), France

All four of them were also awarded an international scholarship funded through the CIVIS fund and provided to outstanding postgraduate students (MSc and PhD Students) to attend the international CIVIS program. 

Katerina AVDI was awarded there the 1st Prize of the "Organoid Challenge", a team-competition for which Students presented their own scientific project elaborated during the whole week of the Summer School, which was then evaluated by an International Committee of renowned researchers. Erifili LIANOPOULOU was awarded the 2nd Prize among the 40 International Students present there.Warm Congratulations!!!

Our MSc Professor Dr. Vasiliki KOLIARAKI (BSRC "Alexander Fleming) came to Marseille as well, and was was invited to present a lecture and participate to many actions of the Summer School (Session Chair, Selection Committees for the Poster Awards and the Organoid Challenge Awards, etc.) 

This CIVIS-BIP is co-organized every 2 years by our International MSc in Molecular Biomedicine (Medical School - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and BSRC "Alexander Fleming") in collaboration with the Institut Cancer et Immunologie, Aix-Marseille Université (Prof. Marie-dominique FRANCO and Prof. Fanny MANN).​

The second summer school "Organoid models in immunology-oncology" (2023 edition) entirely in English, is designed for international PhD and Master students in the fields of life sciences and medicine who are looking to further their knowledge and skills in the field of neuro-immuno-oncology research. The summer school will present recent advances in tumor organoids, specifically immune and neuronal cell organoids involved in cancer and their use as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Learn more on the 2nd ICI-CIVIS Summer School here...​

​CIVIS is a European Civic University formed by the alliance of 11 leading research higher education institutions across Europe: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aix-Marseille Université, Universitatea din București, Université libre de Bruxelles, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza Università di Roma, Stockholm University, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, University of Glasgow, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg and University of Lausanne. It brings together a community of more than 470,000 students and 58,000 staff members including 35,000 academics and researchers.

Learn more on the CIVIS Courses here...