Institute events

The Institute of Myology is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Director of the Research Center in Myology /Research & Medical Director. Ideally, the candidate would be the same for the two positions. In close collaboration with the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of the Research Center in Myology /Research & Medical Director plan(s) … [Read more]

Does the dystrophic mdx mouse really have a stem cell problem? 27 January 2016 – 12:00-13:00 
 Terence Partridge Ph.D FMedSci (Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC) Host : Bill Duddy Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro Chevaleret

On December 15, Prof. Michel Fardeau received the Grand Medal of the French National Academy of Medicine from Jean-François Allilaire, Assistant Secretary of the Academy. He was honoured for his outstanding career that has been entirely devoted to the biology and pathology of muscle. By creating an institute specific to muscle and its pathology at … [Read more]

Cytoskeleton and DUX 18 January 2016 – 12:00-13:00 
Dr Frédérique Coppée (Mons University, Mons, Belgium) Host : Gisèle Bonne (Team 1, Myology Center for Reasearch, Institute of Myology) Institute of Myology auditorium Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Building Babinski Entrance 82 bd Vincent Auriol metro Chevaleret

The human side of membrane traffic and metabolism in muscle 11 January 2016 – 14:30-15:30 Professor Frances M. Brodsky, DPhil FMedSci (Director Division of Biosciences, University College London, UK) Host : Stéphane Vassilopoulos (Team 2, Myology Center for Reasearch, Institute of Myology) EXCEPTIONELLY, the seminar will be held at : Brain & Spine Institute (ICM) auditorium … [Read more]

At the end of a 30-hour TV show marathon, the Telethon counter displays an extraordinary result of 80 251 183 euros. This outstanding outcome shows the support from millions of French citizens to the Telethon fight against rare diseases, including from London, New-York, Budapest…A strong visual symbol  remains the enlightened Towers of different cities all … [Read more]

Prof. Fardeau, founder of the Institute of Myology and its first Scientific and Medical Director, will receive the Academy’s highest honour, the Grand Medal, during the formal awards ceremony on December 15. Prof. Fardeau’s career will be highlighted during the ceremony. The Grand Medal is intended to honour a physician or researcher who has made … [Read more]

Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction is a treatise crafted from a careful re-examination of all previously published evidence in every fields concerning muscle, muscular contraction mechanisms and some muscular diseases. The author first reviews traditional approaches of the physiological phenomenon, then he describes with details a more complete hybrid model of muscle contraction. … [Read more]

In addition to its research activities at the Myology Centre for Research, Team 3 has a service activity for the international scientific community, a platform for producing and sharing immortalised human cell lines. Vincent Mouly, is the Director of Team 3 and began work on the immortalisation of human muscle cells in 1994. At the … [Read more]

AFM-Telethon has decided to take up a new challenge: to produce gene-medicines from innovative biotherapies developed in the laboratories part of its Biotherapies Institute for Rare Diseases at an industrial scale, and to give patients suffering from rare genetic diseases access to them at a fair and contained price. With this in view, the association … [Read more]