Institute events

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a monogenic disease with marked clinical, genetic and nuclear heterogeneity Monday July 5th 2021 from 12 am to 1 pm Silvère M van der Maarel (Professor of Medical Epigenetics, Chair Department of Human Genetics, Board Member Division 4, Leiden University Medical Center) Hosted by Piera Smeriglio On prior registration for people outside the … [Read more]

Exercise-induced myokines against muscle wasting during cancer  Monday June 28th 2021 from 2 to 3 pm. Rosanna Piccirillo (Head of the “Neuromuscular Dysfunctions Unit” at Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS in Milan (IRFMN), Department of Neurosciences) hosted by Sestina Falcone On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr More information on … [Read more]

The dynamic roles of regulatory T cells in murine skeletal muscle regeneration Monday June 21st 2021 from 2pm  to 3 pm. Diane Mathis (Professor of Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School and holder of the Morton Grove-Rasmussen chair of Immunohematology. American National Academy of Sciences. German National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Hosted … [Read more]

Muscle stem cells and regenerative medicine Monday June 14th 2021 from 12 am to 1 pm Shin’ichi Takeda (Director General Emeritus of Department Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience. National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, Guest Professor in Tokushima University) Hosted by Vincent Mouly On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr More … [Read more]

Webinar organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND and EAN.   Thursday June 10, 2021 – 6:00-17:00 (Paris time)   Addressing disease heterogeneity in myotonic dystrophy. Towards personalized intervention.   Alain Geille (President of Euro-DyMA) Prof. Baziel van Engelen (Head of the neuromuscular section at the Neuromuscular Centre Radboudumc Nijmegen, The Netherlands) Prof. Peter-Bram ‘t … [Read more]

France Pietri-Rouxel, leader of the Gene Therapy for DMD & Skeletal Muscle Pathophysiology Group at the Myology Centre for Research of the institute was the guest of Sidonie Bonnec in the radio programme “Minute Papillon” on the French radio station France Bleu on June 3. Many questions around muscle and its study were addressed: what … [Read more]

Mechanistic insights from modeling cardiac features of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 in mice Monday June 7th 2021 from 3pm to 4 pm Tom Cooper (Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, Pathology and Immunology – Molecular and Cellular Biology – Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, R. Clarence and Irene H. Fulbright Chair in Pathology, S. Donald Greenberg Chair … [Read more]

The Institute’s Summer School of Myology becomes AcadeMYO this year. Entirely virtual, it will take place from July 5th to 9th, in partnership with the European Reference Network EURO-NMD. The new digital format includes a significant portion of pre-available video courses (approximately 40 recorded lessons) and further  lessons and interactive workshops broadcast live. During interactive … [Read more]

Webinar organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND and EAN.   Thursday 27 mai 2021 – 4:00 am (Paris time)   What’s new in FSHD ?   Prof. Sabrina Sacconi (CHU Nice, France) Dr Teresinha Evangelista (Association Institut de Myologie , APHP-GH Pitié Salpetrière, Paris)   You may register here: https://aim.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h87BX1UCSp2yuzDZvY2tLA

The Institute of Myology Located in Paris at the heart of Europe’s largest hospital, the Pitié-Salpêtrière, the Institute of Myology was created in 1996 under the impetus of an association of patients and parents of patients, the AFM- Telethon. Its objective is to promote the existence, recognition and development of myology as a clinical and … [Read more]