Institute events

The experts of the Institute of Myology are mobilizing again this year to go to colleges and high schools in France and abroad, to share their passion for research and to discover the reality of their daily life. The operation will run from November 4th to November 29th. During the first 6 editions, just over … [Read more]

As part of the Science Fair (Fête de la science), the Institute of Myology is organizing several events. On October 11, the Institute invited donors to visit laboratories. The laboratory of Physiology and neuromuscular evaluation directed by Jean-Yves Hogrel will offer them the opportunity to see closely various tools of evaluation of the force or … [Read more]

Odile Boespflug-Tanguy, a paediatric neurologist at the Robert Debré Hospital, has just become head of the I-Motion Institute, in addition to her position as president of the AFM-Téléthon Scientific Advisory Board. She is a paediatrician and researcher by training, and has also headed, during her career, the Auvergne Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (Centre de … [Read more]

Mutation-Specific Precision Therapy: The COL6 related Dystrophies and Beyond Wednesday 18 September 2019 – 11:30-12:30 Carsten Bönnemann, MD, Ph.D. (Chief, Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, USA) Host : Gisèle Bonne   Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski … [Read more]

Wilson SAVINO (Professor at the Oswaldo CruzRio-de-Janeiro, Brazil)   will give a lecture on september 12th 2019 at 11AM in the lecture room of the Institute of Myology*   in connection with his nomination as Docteur Honoris Causa of Sorbonne Université   Title: Does the thymus have anything to do with the skeletal muscle ? … [Read more]

The 22nd edition of our Summer School of Myology just ended. It took place at the Institute of Myology from June 17th to 22nd. Every year, the Institute offers the possibility to get trained in Myology thanks to a condensed 6-day course organized in Paris. The course is open to foreign applicants whichever country they … [Read more]

Of the roughly 20 clinical trials underway at I-Motion, two concern gene therapy, which constitutes one of the preferred approaches to treating genetic diseases. It consists of inserting, into the cells of the patient, a normal version of a gene that is not functioning properly and that is causing the disease. The properly functioning gene … [Read more]

The 12th International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium Meeting (IDMC-12) brings together, every 2 years, leading scientists specialising in myotonic dystrophy from all over the world. This year, it was held from 10 to 14 June 2019 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Several members of the “Repeats expansion & DM” (REDs) team 4 from the Institute’s Research Centre presented … [Read more]

At a time when the first gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy has just received US marketing authorisation, the first French children are starting to benefit from this treatment. Next expected stage: marketing authorisation in Europe. On 24 May, the US authorities (FDA) gave their authorisation to market a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy … [Read more]

The team “Repeat Expansions & Myotonic Dystrophy” led by D. Furling at the “Centre de Recherche en Myologie, UMRS974” (Sorbonne Université, Inserm) located within the “Institute of Myology” in Paris (France) opens a postdoctoral research scientist position in the area of skeletal muscle biology. Research topics of the team are focused on Myotonic Dystrophy type … [Read more]