Institute events

Stéphane Vassilopoulos from team 2 “Pathophysiology & therapy of the autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy”  directed by Dr Marc Bitoun (Myology Research Centre) offers a two-year post-doctoral fellowship to begin between 10/01/2015 and 01/01/2016, “to assess the role of the endocytic machinery in mechanotransduction”. > Download the announcement > Contact : Stéphane Vassilopoulos s.vassilopoulos@institut-myologie.org

Our Summer School pf Myology will soon take place at the Institute, from June 22nd to 30th). 57 students from abroad will attend classes, comming from 26 countries all over the world. Most aspects of Myology are addressed during the course : from basic science to cutting-edge therapies, clinical and genetic approaches of muscle diseases … [Read more]

For more than 27 years, AFM has been able to initiate an innovative research policy and provide assistance to patients through donations of the Telethon. 27 years of fighting and actions for neuromuscular diseases through a strategy of general interest has resulted in significant advances for the treatment of all rare genetic diseases and even … [Read more]

A collaboration involving three laboratories supported by the AFM-Telethon, Atlantic Gene Therapies (AFM-Telethon, Inserm UMR 1089, Université de Nantes,Nantes University Hospital), Généthon (Evry) and the Institute of Myology (Paris), demonstrated the effectiveness of an innovative gene therapy treatment in the canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This work, published in the journal Molecular Therapy in … [Read more]

The AFM-Telethon, France Télévisions and Garou, sponsor of Telethon 2014 invited everyone on december 5th and 6th, on France Télévisions channels and throughout France, for a spectacular new edition! 4 families to embody “The struggle of parents, children’s lives” Delphine Olivier, Beatrice, Fabrice, Sandrine, Eric, Naziha are parents of children with a rare disease. Whether … [Read more]

After Lille in 2011, AFM-Telethon is organizing its Fifth International Congress of Myology in Lyon, from 14th till 18th March 2016 Held for the first time in 2000, MYOLOGY has become a unique opportunity for international experts in the field to exchange and confront the emerging therapeutic approaches, but also to share the first clinical … [Read more]

As part of its strategic plan AFM 2017, the AFM-Telethon wanted to create a centre for clinical research and support for children in order to facilitate the implementation of clinical trials in young patients with neuromuscular diseases. Last November, the I-Motion project was launched at the Trousseau Hospital in Paris. At this clinical research and … [Read more]

The 17th Summer School of the Institute of Myology was held from June 10 to 18. This edition hosted 51 students from 23 countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, England, Portugal, Italy, Russia, China, Switzerland, Belgium, Burkina-Faso, Romania, Iran, Spain, The Netherlands , Denmark, and 4 new countries, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Norway. … [Read more]

Thank you ! A huge thank you to all the volunteers who have joined forces everywhere in France, all the donors whose supports and give us fantastic and numerous expressions of encouragement during all those 30 hours. This new edition show us how Téléthon is a social link,  a fantastic solidarity, a sort of confidence … [Read more]

Five families, all affected by muscle diseases, will be the ambassadors of thousands, all gathered around the message: “The Fight of Parents, The Life of Children.”   On December 6th and 7th, together with Patrick Bruel, the official ambassador of Telethon 2013, five families will represent the fight of the AFM-Telethon. Sandrine, Luke, Vanessa, Emmanuelle … [Read more]