Institute events

Several experts from the NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory will present the team’s work at the annual ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) conference, which will take place from 9 to 14 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. Oral communications Harmen Reyngoudt – Disease Example II: Myositis (session MRI of Immune-Mediated Inflammation … [Read more]

Muscle Week 2026 returns from 1 to 7 June. The aim is to continue raising public awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy muscles. To reinforce this awareness and promote muscle health in public policy, the Institute of Myology and AFM-Telethon invite you to the 4th Muscle Week, from 1 to 7 June, and the … [Read more]

Episode 3 – Nerve Biopsy in Clinical Practice (in EURO-NMD Neuropathology Webinar Series) Thursday 16 April 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Speaker: Prof. Joachim Weis (Director, Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany) Moderator: Dr. Teresinha Evangelista (Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière – AP-HP, Institute of Myology, Paris, France) Findings from nerve biopsies in routine … [Read more]

Episode 2 – Advanced Microscopy Techniques for Nerve Analysis (in EURO-NMD Neuropathology Webinar Series) Thursday 9 April 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Speaker: Prof. Mathilde Duchesne (CHU Limoges, France) Moderator: Prof. Edoardo Malfatti (AP-HP, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France) Electron immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, immune-electron microscopy, and molecular genetic techniques > + infos   Organized by EURO-NMD in … [Read more]

Episode 1 – Basic Techniques for Nerve Biopsies (in EURO-NMD Neuropathology Webinar Series) Tuesday 7 April 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Prof. Angelo Schenone (IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino – Genova, Italy) Surgical procedures followed by histochemical, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural techniques > + infos   Organized by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND

Keeping Time for the Body: Skeletal Muscle Clocks and Systemic Health 30 March 2026 from noon to 1pm (Paris time) Prof. Karyn Esser, PhD Chair Physiology and Aging (College of Medicine; University of Florida, USA) Invited by Sestina Falcone More information on the speaker and the intervention   On prior registration for people outside the … [Read more]

Orthopaedic Complications Thursday 26 March 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Dr. Philip Henman (The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK) > + infos   Organized by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND

Aly Bourguiba is currently a third-year PhD student in the ‘Maintaining muscle mass and function – optimising AAV-based gene therapies (MOOVE)’ team, led by France Pietri-Rouxel at the Institute’s Center of Research in Myology. Winner of the 2026 Graine de Chercheur prize awarded by the Prolific association, he has been invited to present his research … [Read more]

Advances in understanding pre-symptomatic ALS: implications for disease prevention Thursday 19 March 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Prof. Michael Benatar (University of Miami, USA) > + infos   Organized by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND

The Institut de Myologie Association is partnering with AS SAINT-ÉTIENNE, the organiser of the Match of the Heroes, which will take place on 31 May at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Étienne. The match will see the Heroes team – made up of figures from the worlds of sport and culture – take on a team … [Read more]