Institute events
RSS feedMyology 2024 opening lecture by Drew Weissman, co-winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine, and Jeffrey Chamberlain
Myology 2024 in Paris, join us now! Book your place at a preferential rate until 19 Feb., after this date, registration will be possible at the normal rate. Network with experts and explore the latest advances in the field of myology. Don’t miss the opening lecture with Drew Weissman from the University of Pennsylvania, co-winner … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 12 February – Juanma Fernández Costa (Spain)
Organs-on-chip for muscular dystrophies: advanced models for evaluation of potential therapies 12 Febuary 2024 – From 12 to 1 pm Juanma Fernández Costa (BIST, Spain) Hosted by Valérie Allamand More information on the presentation and the speaker On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr M&M’s seminars are organised by the … [Read more]
Gala Hope – Dance for Research
On 6 February, the Casino de Paris hosted the second Hope Gala. An exceptional evening that brought together the great names of French and international dance, in aid of research at the Institut de Myologie. Proceeds from the Gala will be donated to the Institut de Myologie Association. Initiated by Laura Arend, dancer and choreographer, … [Read more]
The journey of Gillian Butler-Browne and Vincent Mouly with François Gros
In this article, Gillian Butler-Browne and Vincent Mouly look back on their scientific and human “journey” with François Gros. The journey began for Gillian Butler-Browne in 1978, when she began working on muscle at the Institut Pasteur, in the laboratory of François Gros. There, she characterized the expression profile of different myosin isoforms during human … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 29 January – Prof. Cristiana Perrotta (Italy)
Drug repurposing and nutraceuticals for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the fluoxentine and plumbagin combination experience 29 January 2024 – From 12 to 1 pm Prof. Cristiana Perrotta (Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy) Hosted by Sestina Falcone More information on the presentation and the speaker On prior … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 25 January – Prof. Bjarne Udd (Finland)
Distal Myopathies 25 January 2024 – 4pm Paris time Prof Bjarne Udd (Director of the Tampere Neuromuscular Center, Tampere University Hospital, Finland) > + infos Organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND.
The Institute is recruiting a Research Assistant
A 1-year position of research assistant (corresponding to Ingénieur d’étude) is available at the Center of Research in Myology (UMRS 974 Inserm and Sorbonne Université, Institute of Myology, Paris, France). The position is in the team ‘Muscle cell organization and therapy of dominant centronuclear myopathy’ headed by Marc Bitoun. The candidate will be involved in … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 18 January : Prof. Antonio Toscano (Italy)
Rhabdomyolysis 18 January 2024 – 4pm Paris time Prof. Antonio Toscano (University of Messina, Italy) > + infos Organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND.
2024, a gesture for the muscle, for everyone’s health
Dear patients and their families, Dear donors, Dear partners, All the teams and collaborators of the Institute of Myology send you their best wishes for happiness and success and wish you excellent health. May this new, exciting and Olympic year see new scientific and therapeutic advances take shape, and enable us to carry out the … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 11 December – Fabio Pinna (Italy)
NAD+ metabolism in cancer- and chemotherapy-induced cachexia 11 December 2023 – from 12 to 1pm Fabio Pinna (Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Italy) > More information on the presentation and the speaker On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr Organised by the Myology Centre for Research, at … [Read more]
