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RSS feed“Michel Fardeau, a life under the microscope”: testimony from a pioneer in myology
The French Society of Myology (SFM) has published « Michel Fardeau, a life under the microscope », a beautiful book (in French) dedicated to the founding father of myology in France, an internationally recognised pioneer in electron microscopy applied to neuromuscular diseases. An interview with Nicolas Vignier and Stéphane Vassilopoulos. Bringing together testimonials, personal photos and archives … [Read more]
Pierre Klein awarded the Impulsion Award at the 2025 JSFM
Pierre Klein is a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Research in Myology in the Repeat Expansions & Myotonic Dystrophy (REDs) team led by Denis Furling. At the 22nd Conference of the French Society of Myology (FSM), held from 19 to 21 November 2025 in Aix-les-Bains, he was awarded the “Impulsion Prize”, which supports postdoctoral … [Read more]
Exploring the infinitely small – Interview with Stéphane Vassilopoulos
An expert in cell biology and molecular biology, Stéphane Vassilopoulos is co-director of the ‘Muscle cell organization and therapy of dominant centronuclear myopathy‘ team at the Institute’s Center of Research in Myology. Seeking to understand why and how the alteration of certain muscle proteins leads to dysfunction and then disease, he and his team have … [Read more]
Seeing our muscles in action – Interview with Constantin Slioussarenko
Constantin Slioussarenko, an engineer by training, is a researcher in the NMR and Spectroscopy Laboratory, co-directed by Harmen Reyngoud and Benjamin Marty, at the Neuromuscular Investigation Center. The team works on neuromuscular diseases that affect all the muscles in the body, and whose progression can be fairly heterogeneous, making it difficult to monitor their progress … [Read more]
Building the Muscle Atlas – Interview with Bruno Cadot
Bruno Cadot is head of research in the ‘Signalling pathways and striated muscles’ team led by Antoine Muchir at the Center of Research in Myology . His work has led him to make extensive use of imaging to study muscle and to collaborate with the Institute’s Morphological unit*, which produces and studies sections of patient … [Read more]
