Institute events
RSS feedAcadeMYO 2022: registration opens on 1st June
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 post-doctoral position is available at the Institute’s Myology Centre for Research
A two-year fully funded post-doctoral fellowship position sponsored by ANR will be available at the Myology Research Center in the group of StĂ©phane 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]
€ 68,000 raised through the HOPE dance gala
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]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 16 May – Shahragim Tajbakhsh (France)
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]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 11 April – Charles A. Gersbach (USA)
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]
Release of the 90th newsletter from the Institute – March 2022
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]
My thesis in 180 seconds: Louison Lallemant, 2022 Public prize winner – Interview
Louison Lallemant is a doctoral student in the group of Mario Gomes-Pereira and Geneviève Gourdon within the REDs team led by Denis Furling and Geneviève Gourdon, at the Institute’s Myology Centre for Research. She has just won the Public Prize awarded by Internet users and the public attending the Sorbonne University Final of the “My … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 14 February – Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera (Spain)
Multiple approaches to investigate congenital muscular dystrophies Monday February 14th, 2022 – 12:00 – 13:00 Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera, PhD (Research Coordinator Neuromuscular Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de DĂ©u Barcelona, Spain, Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona, Spain) On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr > More information on the presentation and the speaker M&M’s – … [Read more]
The Institute of Myology is recruiting a Data Project Manager
The Institute of Myology Located in Paris, at PitiĂ©-SalpĂŞtrière Hospital, the largest public hospital in Europe, the Institute of Myology was created in 1996 by AFM-TĂ©lĂ©thon, a patient association. The Institute’s goal: promoting the field of Myology and forming it into a medical and scientific discipline in its own right. The Institute of Myology coordinates … [Read more]
AcadeMYO 2022: July 11-13, 2022
Save the date! The next session of AcadeMYO, the institute’s myology summer school, will be held from July 11 to 13, 2022, Registrations will open in April. Since last year, the summer school has been organized entirely online and allows foreign students or students from the French overseas departments and territories to follow a condensed … [Read more]
