Institute events

The 8th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology was held from 25 to 28 June in Vienna, Austria. Several clinicians from the Institute of Myology participated in the congress as session chairperson (Dr. Giorgia Querin), in a conversation symposium (Dr. Anthony Béhin), in oral communications (Dr. Giorgia Querin) or in  case-based workshops (Dr. Tanya … [Read more]

We are looking for a highly motivated and creative muscle cell biologist to join our lab. The post-doctoral fellowship position is funded by an EQUIPE FRM grant and is open with a flexible starting date until September 2022.    Research topic The project aims at studying cell communication during human skeletal muscle regeneration in aging … [Read more]

AcadeMYO, the digital version of the Summer School of Myology, will take place from 11 to 13 July 2022. Registration will be possible from June 1st on the AcadeMYO website. AcadeMYO comprises pre-recorded lectures  (40 from the 2021 edition with 20 additional lectures in 2022) and three live interactive sessions of 4 hours on average each, … [Read more]

A two-year fully funded post-doctoral fellowship position sponsored by ANR will be available at the Myology Research Center in the group of Stéphane Vassilopoulos to assess the structure/function relationship of clathrin structures in mechanotransduction and endocytosis. The main objective is to reveal the mechanisms by which muscle cells form clathrin plaques using alternative splicing isoforms … [Read more]

We are proud and very grateful to have received on 18 May Laura Arend, Christian Arend and Charlotte Ranson who presented us with the generous sum of € 68.000. This sum was raised through the HOPE dance gala dedicated to muscle research. Orchestrated by Laura, Charlotte and their companies, the show took place last October … [Read more]

Unique features of craniofacial muscle biology provide insights into disease Monday May 16th, 2022 – 12h-13h Shahragim Tajbakhsh (Stem Cells & Development, Dept. of Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France) On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: : medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr More information on the presentation and the speaker   Muscle Monday … [Read more]

Genome Editing for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Monday April 11th, 2022 – 2pm-3pm Charles A. Gersbach (Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Surgery, Director, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Director, Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering, Duke University, USA) On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr More information on the presentation and the … [Read more]

Thanks to the mobilization of donors, volunteers, families, partners, all united during this great celebration of solidarity for the benefit of the fight against rare diseases, the final collection of the 2021 Telethon amounts to €85,933,166. To all, thank you!   On December 3 and 4, 2021, the French once again attended the Telethon. Driven … [Read more]