Institute events
RSS feedM&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]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 10 May – Guillaume Millet (France)
Measuring fatigability in clinical populations: is it relevant? Monday 10 May from 12 am to 1 pm Guillaume Millet, PhD (Professor at Jean Monnet University (Saint-Etienne, France), Leader of the ActiFS academic chair, Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France 2019, Director of the inter-university Laboratory of Human Movement Biology in 2020) Hosted by Jean-Yves … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 3 May – Walter Herzog (Canada)
The forgotten filament: titin’s contribution to active force production in skeletal muscle Monday 3 May from 4 to 5 pm. Dr Walter Herzog (Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Director, Human Performance Lab, Tier I … [Read more]
DMD: gene therapy clinical trial starting in France
A first patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has received a gene therapy treatment at I-Motion, the paediatric clinical platform for neuromuscular diseases, in the context of a clinical trial conducted by Généthon. A first decisive step! A young boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy was treated with a gene therapy at I-Motion, in Paris. He is … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 19 April – Benjamin Prosser (USA)
Microtubules in Cardiac Mechanics and Growth Monday 19 April – 2 pm-3 pm Benjamin Prosser (Assistant Professor of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, US) 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 – Muscle Monday Seminar – 12 April – Sonia Alonso Martin (Spain)
Intrinsic muscle abnormalities in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Monday 12 April – 12 am-1 pm Sonia Alonso Martin, PhD (Neuromuscular Diseases Group (Neurosciences Area) at BIODONOSTIA HRI (Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain). Research Fellow – Gipuzkoa Fellows Program for Talent Attraction and Retention) Invited by Maria-Grazia Biferi and Capucine Trollet On prior registration for people outside the Institute … [Read more]
