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The 16th Euro-Latin American Summer School in Myology, EVELAM 2023, took place in a hybrid format from 29 November to 2 December 2023 in Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay. It brought together more than 200 participants from 10 different Latin American…
A 1-year position of research assistant (corresponding to Ingénieur d’étude) is available at the Center of Research in Myology (UMRS 974 Inserm and Sorbonne Université, Institute of Myology, Paris, France). The position is in the team ‘Muscle cell organization and…
Dear patients and their families, Dear donors, Dear partners, All the teams and collaborators of the Institute of Myology send you their best wishes for happiness and success and wish you excellent health. May this new, exciting and Olympic year…
The objective of this 5-year project is to discover treatments for 5 rare neuromuscular disorders through a groundbreaking methodology combining Artificial intelligence (AI), stem cells and pharmacological screening. In a groundbreaking endeavour set to span five years, the DREAMS consortium…
Myopathology in protein aggregate myopathies and vacuolar myopathies 30th November 2023 – 4pm Paris time Dr. Montserrat Olivé Plana (Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain) Registration: Organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND.
Yesterday, The Lancet Neurology published the clinical results of a gene therapy trial conducted by Astellas Gene Therapies, using a drug candidate developed at Genethon, in 24 children suffering from myotubular myopathy, a very severe muscle disease. This international trial,…
The 22nd French network meeting on “Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies and other pathologies of the nuclear envelope” was held on Friday, November 10, 2023, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in a hybrid format: face-to-face in the auditorium of the Institut…
The Institut de Myologie hosted the 12th Journée Française Maladie de Pompe on November 9. Under the aegis of the AFM, the Association Francophone des Glycogénoses (AFG) and the Association Vaincre les Maladies Lysosomales, it was organized by the Centre…
Pathology of Peripheral Nerves 9 novembre 2023 – 16h heure de Paris Prof. Dr. Joachim Weis (University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany) Inscription : Organisé par EURO-NMD en collaboration avec ERN-RND.
The initial results of the ATA-100 gene therapy clinical trial for the treatment of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy linked to the FKRP gene (LGMD2I/R9) were presented at the ESGCT congress in Brussels on 27 October. This multicentre Phase 1b/2b trial is…
The website for the 8th edition of the international congress dedicated to neuromuscular science MYOLOGY 2024, to be held in Paris from 22 to 25 April 2024, is now open. Abstracts can be submitted on the website until 30 November…
This year’s “Fête de la Science” will take place from 9 to 16 October in France. Created in 1991, this event is organized every year by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, to enable everyone to discover the…
The case of a patient presenting an atypical form of congenital myasthenic syndrome with the identification of a new mutation in the LRP4 gene has just been published in the journal Science Reports*. Result of a close collaboration between French…
The Neuropathies Rehabilitation Summer School, organised under the auspices of the ERN EURO-NMD, took place in Rome from 18 to 21 September 2023. Its main aim was to disseminate knowledge about current and future rehabilitation methods for rare and complex…
The 2023 edition of the “1000 researchers in schools” operation will run from 6 November to 8 December. During this period, speakers from laboratories supported by the AFM-Téléthon (Institut de Myologie, Généthon and I-Stem) will be visiting secondary schools across…
2022 was a particularly eventful year, with the development of strategic cross-functional projects, the creation of a team to accelerate our digital transformation, the strengthening of our quality tools, and growth in our activities, particularly in adult clinical trials. Finally,…
Three researchers from the institute presented their findings at the Ottawa NMD 2023 Conference, held from 7 to 9 September in Ottawa, Canada. Communications : Friday 8 September Session 2A Clinical: Motor Neuron Disease Pathogenesis and Treatment Giorgia Querin, MD/PhD…
Mitochondrial Myopathies 14th September 2023 – 4pm Paris time Prof. Dr. Anders Oldfors (University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden) Registration: Organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND.
Andoni Urtizberea reviews the 2023 session of the Summer School of Myology, which was held from 12-16 June 2023 in a hybrid version. This was the 25th edition of this summer school created by the Institute of Myology. What was…
The aim of the Foundation of Myology project is to give new impetus to myology by broadening its scope to include muscle in all its forms, by attracting the best national and international expertise and innovations, in particular through cutting-edge technical…