Institute events

Disturbances of calcium homeostasis in the Strongman syndrome Monday 17 June 2019 – 12:00-13:00 Bernard Brais MD PhD (Neurogenetician, McGill Universtity, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada) Host : Capucine Trollet Stomatology Amphitheatre Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro Chevaleret

2024 Institute of Myology strategic project   Welcome to our 73rd newsletter.   A historic first: on May 24, the Food and Drug Administration approved Zolgensma®, a gene therapy drug for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. This is the first gene therapy authorized for a neuromuscular disease.   In France, an agreement was reached … [Read more]

An agreement was reached between the Biogen laboratory and the French state that allows access to medicine for all concerned patients. Concerning the management of Spinraza®, the first innovative therapeutic medicine offered to patients with spinal muscular atrophy. This agreement gives access to medicine for all patients concerned by type 1,2 and 3 spinal muscular … [Read more]

An article published in April in Neurology reports the work of a team of international experts including I-Motion clinicians and researchers from the Institute of Myology. The authors designed an international, prospective and longitudinal study of the natural history of patients with X-lined myotubular myopathy. Interview with Melanie Annoussamy, the first author of the article. … [Read more]

A day was organized in honor of Gillian Butler-Browne, renowned researcher, for her official retirement. On March 29th of this year, the Myologie Institute brought together eminent scientists from around the world, who are also some of her close friends. The event was held the next day after Myology 2019, and although most researchers were … [Read more]

Integrators for guidance cues in the development of the central nervous system: roles of Trio-GEF and Rho GTPases Monday 13 May 2019 – 12:00-13:00 Pr Kay Ohlendieck (Professor & Chair of Biology, Maynooth University, Ireland) Host : Capucine Trollet Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro … [Read more]

Created in January 2014 on the site of La Pitié-Salpétrière University Hospital, the Centre for Research in Myology directed by Prof. B. Fontaine is a center of excellence for multidisciplinary research on the muscle and its pathologies. It gathers over one hundred persons includingresearchers, doctors, engineers, technicians and students from INSERM, Sorbonne Université, CNRS and … [Read more]

The final result of the Telethon 2018 reaches 85 844 117 euros*. This extraordinary result, achieved in particularly difficult circumstances, demonstrates once again the utmost loyalty of the French people towards the struggle of affected families. Last December 7th and 8th, the Telethon 2018 shared its greatest victories against the disease, and donors could measure … [Read more]

Integrators for guidance cues in the development of the central nervous system: roles of Trio-GEF and Rho GTPases Monday 11 March 2019 – 12:00-13:00 Evelyne Bloch-Gallego (DR2 – INSERM, Développement Neuromusculaire, Génétique et Physiopathologie, Institut Cochin – Inserm U1016 – Cnrs UMR8104 – Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France) Host : Laure Stochlic Institute of Myology auditorium … [Read more]

As part of the Institute of Myology’s Ethics Meetings, the Think Tank in Applied Ethics presents:   THE ETHICAL DILLEMMA OF PREMATURE SCREENING OF GENETIC DISEASES DURING THE ASYMPTOMATIC PHASE   “Sharing the uncertainty, and beyond? ?”   Speaker, Marie Gaille Doctor of Philosophy Centre de recherche sens, éthique, société CNRS – Université Paris Descartes … [Read more]