At the Institute of Myology, 300 experts of the Muscle and its disorders work together to advance Muscle knowledge and fight back disease within several structures:
- The Center for Research in Myology directed by Denis Furling, PhD, and Marc Bitoun, PhD, which brings together 9 scientific teams
- The Neuromuscular Investigation Center directed by Prof. Fabrice Chrétien which encompasses 3 laboratories and a tissue bank
- The 6 technology and bioinformatics platforms
- The 2 pediatric and adult clinical trial platforms: I-Motion Pediatric and I-Motion Adults, co-directed by Dr Marina Colella, Assistant Director I-Motion Medical Staff Manager and Saadane Kirouani, Assistant Director I-Motion Non-medical Staff Manager
- The Registers and Databases centre directed by Prof. Karim Wahbi
- The Service of Neuro-Myology directed by Prof. Bertrand Fontaine, main point of the Reference centre for neuromuscular disorders of East of Paris
- The Education centre, which includes the AcadeMYO Summer and Winter Schools of Myology
2024 key figures
- 300 experts on muscle and its pathologies
- 36 600 patients records from its inception
- 5 183 neuromuscular consultations for adults, 1 669 psychology consultations and 160 consultations for children
- 1 538 day admissions
- 168 international publications
- 15 paedriatric clinical trials, 44 clinical trials in adults and 9 registers and databases
- 34 746 samples available for research stored in Myobank, the biological resource bank
- 40 patent families in portfolio
