250 experts of the Muscle and its disorders within the Institute of Myology are 8 experts clusters, a transversal teaching activity and a coordination team who work together to advance Muscle knowledge and fight back disease.
- The Myology Research Centre directed by Prof. Bertrand Fontaine
- NMR Laboratory – Spectroscopy Laboratory directed by Harmen Reyngoudt, PhD and Benjamin Marty, PhD
- Morphological Unit directed by Dr Norma Romero
- Neuromuscular Physiology and Evaluation Laboratory directed by Jean-Yves Hogrel, PhD
- The Myobank (Tissue bank for research) directed by Prof. Bertrand Fontaine
- I-Motion, Pediatric Clinical Research Center on the site of the Hôpital Trousseau directed by Prof. Odile Boespflug-Tanguy
- I-Motion Adultes headed Prof. Bertrand Fontaine
- The Service of Neuro-Myology directed by Prof. Bertrand Fontaine, main point of the Reference centre for neuromuscular disorders of East of Paris
2019 key figures
- 250 experts
- 33 000 patients records from its inception
- 4 000 consultations per year at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and 600 consultations for I-Motion at Trousseau Hospital
- 1 700 day admissions
- 779 muscular biopsies including 355 news ones
- 172 international publications
- 16 paedriatric clinical trials and 3 clinical trials in adults onging
- 22 250 samples stored in Myobank
- 33 patent families in portfolio
