Institute events

From November 6th to December 1st, scientific experts, supported by the AFM-Téléthon, will meet students in high schools and colleges in France and abroad, as part of operation “1000 researchers in schools”, in partnership with the Biology and Geology Teachers’ Association (APBG). At the initiative of the AFM-Téléthon, the 5th edition of the “1000 researchers … [Read more]

Welcome to the latest issue of our newsletter!   This issue gives you an overview of the main topics of the latest WMS Congress among which the evidence of the efficacy of microdystrophin in DMD and other news from the Institute of Myology.   In a few weeks, the Telethon 2017 will begin. The French … [Read more]

Physico-chemical cues governing muscle (stem) cell size and metabolism Monday October, 16th 2017 – 12:00 – 13:00
 Dr. Richard Jaspers (Laboratory for Myology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Host: Fabien Le Grand Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance … [Read more]

RNA as a therapeutic target for the collagen VI-related dystrophies Monday October, 9th 2017 – 12:00 – 13:00 
Véronique Bolduc (Post-doctoral Fellow, Neurogenetics branch, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA) Host: Valérie Allamand Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro Chevaleret

Once again this year, scientific experts from the Institute of Myology, Genethon and I-Stem will travel from November 6th to December 1st in many colleges and secondary schools to help students better understand the latest scientific and medical advances and to make them discover the world of research. On the agenda, after a reminder of … [Read more]

The Myology Centre for Research of the Institute of Myology participated in the 2017 Science Festival Fair on October 14th and 15th. On the Jussieu campus, the Myology Centre for Research was present on the stand: “Muscle in all its states”: researchers were able to share their knowledge with the support of posters explaining lab … [Read more]

Karolina Aragon, a polyglot physician in her thirties, recently joined the I-Motion team. Where do you come from and when did you arrive at the I-Motion Institute? I arrived in December 2016 from Poland. At the end of my medical studies in 2010, I spent a few years in my country, then I came to … [Read more]

Regulation of nuclear mechanics in health and disease states Monday September, 18th 2017 – 12:00 – 13:00
 Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum (Department of Genetics, The Alexander Silberman institute of Life Sciences, Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Chair in Biochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Currently in Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich) Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de … [Read more]

Welcome to our summer issue of the Newsletter! In this edition, two interviews highlight promising results from research teams at the Institute of Myology on both basic and clinical research aspects: the mechanisms of cell migration and improved evaluation of physical activity of patients. Stéphane Vassilopoulos describes the identification of new cell structures used by … [Read more]

Clinicians and researchers at the Institute of Myology have just published an article in the journal Neurology* concerning the use of accelerometers to assess the impact of a treatment by measuring the daily physical activity of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). Jean-Yves Hogrel, Director of the Laboratory of Physiology and Neuromuscular Evaluation, discusses the … [Read more]