Institute events
RSS feedM&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 11 October – Steve Wilton (Australia)
Antisense oligomer induced spliceoform switching: from Duchenne muscular dystrophy to common serious inherited and acquired diseases Monday October 11th 2021 from 12am to 1pm. Steve Wilton (Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at Murdoch University, Australia, Director, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science) On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr … [Read more]
‘Fête de la Science’ – October 5-8 – ‘Les apéros au Labo’
The operation, organized each year by the Ministry in charge of Education, Research and Innovation, aims to allow everyone to discover the world of science and meet the women and men who do science today. It will take place virtually this year. From October 5 to 8, the AFM-Telethon will offer interactive discussion sessions with … [Read more]
Release of the 87th newsletter from the Institute – September 2021
The 26th International Congress of the World Muscle Society, which brings together muscle experts from around the world, was held September 20-24, providing an opportunity to highlight the work of many of the institute’s researchers and clinicians. Save the date! On October 21, at 8:30 p.m., the Casino de Paris will host an exceptional … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, September 30: Jana Zídková (Czech Republic)
Webinar organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND and EAN. Thursday September 30, 2021 – 16:00-17:00 (Paris time) NGS results and CNV detection in Czech patients with neuromuscular disease Jana Zídková (University Hospital Brno, Centre of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Czech Republic) Inscription : https://aim.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_keB6QugCQ12vZPWUJRHFzw
The Institute has acquired a state-of-the-art electron microscope
Interview with Norma B. Romero and Stéphane Vassilopoulos Since July 2021, researchers, doctors and engineers/ technicians from the Institute of Myology have been learning to use the different functions of the new state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope that the Institute has just acquired. While all the teams at the Myology Research Centre and the Institute’s Morphology … [Read more]
The REDs team supports the International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day
Today, September 15, 2021, marks the first International Myotonic Dystrophies Awareness Day. Objective: to highlight these rare diseases to improve diagnosis, care and support, but also to push forward research. Euro-DyMA, a federation of ten European patient associations, of which the AFM-Telethon belongs, through the Steinert interest group, and the American association Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, … [Read more]
“1000 researchers in schools” – November 8-December 3
This year, the 9th edition of the scientific information operation for 3rd year and high school students “1000 researchers in schools in France and abroad” will take place between November 8 and December 3. The 8 previous editions gave rise to just over 8,000 interventions by the scientific experts of the AFM-Telethon throughout France, for … [Read more]
Advances in research : two new documents are available
« Advances in Steinert’s disease » and « Advances in myotonic dystrophy type 2 » are two new documents, published by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM-Téléthon), which can be downloaded. Steinert’s disease or myotonic dystrophy type 1 is a rare disease of genetic origin. It affects the muscles, which become weak (dystrophy) and … [Read more]
Assessment of energy metabolism and blood flow by NMR during and after exercise
Interview with Alfredo Lopez Kolkovsky, researcher from the NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory at the Neuromuscular Investigation Centre of the Institute of Myology, jointly managed by H. Reyngoudt and B. Marty. He is the first author of an article* published in the journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine on the assessment of energy metabolism and blood flow by … [Read more]
WMS 2021: Clinicians and researchers from the Institute mobilized for this new edition
From September 20 to 24, the 26th International Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS), bringing together muscle experts from around the world, will highlight the work of numerous researchers and clinicians from the Institute of Myology. From basic research, through clinical trials, to therapeutic advances, no less than 32 communications (3 oral presentations and … [Read more]
