Research - Montpellier, Occitanie, France
Scientific and technical expertise in the exploration of residual disease in oncology: Identification and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs: Real-time liquid biopsy of the tumor and/or metastases).Skills - Isolation, enumeration and molecular & phenotypic characterizations of CTCs (various biological fluids: blood, bone marrow, cerebrospinal fluid) - solid cancers- Specialized biology analyses: CellSearch® system, EPISPOT techniqueCellCollector®, flow cytometryQuantitative RT-PCR on single cells- In vitro culture of CTCs isolated from the blood of patients- Understanding the mechanisms of tumor dissemination