Three speakers from the Institute of Myology were honored at the 29th International Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS), held October 8-12, 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Beatrice Labella, internist in neurology at the University of Brescia in Italy, is currently training at the Neuromuscular Investigation Center in the Morphological Unit directed by Teresinha Evangelista. She was awarded the Elsevier Runner Up for Poster presentation prize for her work on the characterization of autophagic myopathies linked to treatment with colchicine and hydroxychloroquine.
581P Toxic autophagic vacuolar myopathies and the role of human leukocyte antigen class I molecules and membrane attack complex in its pathogenesis – Labella B, Lacene E, Chanut A, Leonard-Louis S, Benveniste O, Lefeuvre C, LafĂŽret P, Evangelista T
Gorka Fernandez-Eulate is a neurologist in the Service of Neuro-Myology headed by Prof. Bertrand Fontaine. The work rewarded concerns the description of the clinical and genetic spectra of TIA1/SQSTM1 digenic myopathy.
70P Defining the landscape of TIA1 and SQSTM1 Digenic Myopathy – FernĂĄndez-eulate G, Panos-Basterra P, Theuriet J, Nadaj-Pakleza A, Magot A, Lannes B, Marcorelles P, Behin A, Masingue M, Caillon F, Malek Y, Fenouil T, Bas J, Menassa R, Michel-Calemard L, Streichenberger N, Simon J, Bouhour F, Evangelista T, MĂ©tay C, Pegat A, Stojkovic T
Piera Smeriglio, head of the Biotherapy for Motor Neurone Disorders (ALS & SMA) group, presented the work being carried out by Alice Arnould, a PhD student in the team, which aims to understand the epigenetic response of the body’s cells following gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.
177P Effect of gene therapy on the epigenetic and transcriptional stability of SMA – Smeriglio P, Grandi F, Arnould A, Pezet S, Marais T, Mazzucchi S, Astord S, Cohen-Tannoudji M
Find the list of communications and posters by the Institute’s experts at WMS 2024
