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Myology 2016 – March 16th

Wednesday opened on a symposium based on the development of innovative therapies, which make a new, booming type of medicine. Because the first drug candidates developed so far are only “prototypes”, researchers and doctors are building a strategy to tackle the disease on all fronts. Plenary session « Gene-Based Therapy and Muscular Dystrophies » Matthew … [Read more]

Myology 2016 – March 15th

Throughout this second day, Myology 2016 was the stage of plenary sessions focused on “Fundamental muscle biology and neuromuscular junction.” Plenary session This second day started with a lecture by Christophe Marcelle, initially in charge of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at the University Monash in Melbourne, which has carried out the project Muscle formation, … [Read more]

Myology 2016 – March 14th

The 5th international congress of myology, Myology 2016, organised by AFM-Téléthon, has started yesterday. Throughout this week, over 800 international experts on muscle and its diseases will gather at the Palais des Congrès in Lyon. This event will be the highlight of international myology in 2016, 30 years after the discovery of the gene involved … [Read more]

Myobank present at Myology 2016

Stéphane Vasseur and Maud Chapart-Leclert, from Myobank, the research tissue bank of the Institute of Myology, will hold a booth at the international congress of Myology, in Lyon, Myology 2016, from 14 to 18 March 2016, with Anne Bigot (from the platform for the immortalisation of human cells of the Myology Centre for Research). Researchers … [Read more]

Institute seminar – 21 March – Daniel Skuk, MD (Québec)

Transplantation de cellules myogéniques dans les muscles squelettiques: leçons à tirer de nos études chez l’Homme et le Primate non humain Monday 21 March Mars2016 – 12:00-13:00 Daniel Skuk, MD (Neurosciences Area Associate Researcher, Québec CHU Centre of Research) Host : Jean-Thomas Vilquin Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 … [Read more]

Institute seminar – 24 February – Giulio Cossu, MD, FMedSci (Manchester, London, UK)

Cell therapy for muscular dystrophy: lessons learned and the road to efficacy Wednesday 24 February 2016 – 12:00-13:00 Giulio Cossu, MD, FMedSci (Constance Thornley Professor of Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, UK – Honorary Professor of Human Stem Cell Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK) … [Read more]

Institute seminar – 23 February – Hanns Lochmüller, MD, FAAN (Newcastle, UK)

Data sharing in Rare Disease Research and RD-Connect Tuesday 23 February 2016 – 12:00-13:00 Hanns Lochmüller, MD, FAAN (Chair of Experimental Myology, Deputy Director, Institute of Genetic Medicine, The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Newcastle University, UK) Host : Gillian Butler-Browne Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building … [Read more]

Institute seminar – 22 February – Emmanuelle Massouridès, PhD (Corbeil-Essonnes, France)

Dp412e: a novel human embryonic dystrophin isoform Monday 22 February 2016 – 12:00-13:00 
Emmanuelle Massouridès, PhD (Center for the Study of Stem Cells / I-STEM, Corbeil-Essonnes, France) Host : Stéphanie Lorain Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro Chevaleret

Release of the latest newsletter from the institute

The 54th newsletter from the Institute of Myology has just been released. > To access 54th newsletter

Institute seminar – 1st February – Véronique Morel, PhD (Lyon, France)

Drosophila Nesprin-1, a new regulator of neuromuscular junction homeostasis? 1st February 2016 – 12:00-13:00 

 Véronique Morel, PhD (ENS, Lyon, France) Host : Catherine Coirault Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro Chevaleret