Institute events
RSS feedInterview with France Pietri-Rouxel on a French radio
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]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 7 June – Tom Cooper (USA)
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 Summer School of Myology is changing, becoming AcadeMYO – Interview with Norma B. Romero and J. Andoni Urtizberea
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]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 27 May: Prof. Sabrina Sacconi and Dr Teresinha Evangelista
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 is recruiting a Webmaster & Community manager (M/F) for EURO-NMD
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]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 31 May – Ronenn Roubenoff
Leave the guns, take the cannoli: What bimagrumab tells us about the myostatin pathway in humans Monday May 31st 2021 from 12 am to 1 pm Ronenn Roubenoffn (Global Head Translational Medicine Discovery & Profiling, Global Head, Musculoskeletal Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland) On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr > … [Read more]
Launch of ENMC Mid-Career Mentoring Programme – Interview with Dr Ana Ferreiro
The European Neuromuscular Centre (ENMC) is launching a mentoring programme this year aimed at mid-career neuromuscular disease specialists. This programme is open to doctors and scientists, as well as to individuals who wish to deliver innovation and federative and co-operative leadership with a view to achieving progress for the common good. Interview with Dr Ana … [Read more]
French-Iranian symposium on Therapeutic Updates in Neuromuscular Disorders – May 21st – 12:30
The French-Iranian symposium, supported by FILNEMUS (the French Rare Health Care for Neuromuscular Diseases Network), will take place by videoconference on Friday, May 21st, 2021, at 12h30 (Paris time). It will focus on therapeutic updates in Neuromuscular Disorders. Speakers : Shahriar Nafissi, MD (Professor of Neurology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran) Topic: Myasthenia Gravis … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 17 May – Lori L. Wallrath (USA)
Nuclear membrane myopathies: Defective boundaries Monday 17 May from 12 am to 1 pm. Lori L. Wallrath, PhD (Professor of Biochemistry, University of Iowa Healthcare, USA) Hosted by Antoine Muchir On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr >More information on the presentation and the speaker
The Institute is recruiting a Research Associate and an Engineer (M/F)
A research associate and an engineer positions are available in the BOND group, at the Myology Center for Research, Sorbonne University, INSERM U974, Institute of Myology (Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Paris). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of motor neurons and voluntary muscle function and with no effective cure to … [Read more]
