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RSS feedMyology 2022 and mitoNice 2022: programs are online!
You can now find the program of the two major scientific congresses organized by the AFM-Téléthon next September in Nice on the dedicated site: Myology 2022, which will be held from September 12 to 15, will bring together more than 900 international experts in muscle and its diseases while mitoNice 2022 gives mitochondria specialists an … [Read more]
My thesis in 180 seconds: Louison Lallemant, 2022 Public prize winner – Interview
Louison Lallemant is a doctoral student in the group of Mario Gomes-Pereira and Geneviève Gourdon within the REDs team led by Denis Furling and Geneviève Gourdon, at the Institute’s Myology Centre for Research. She has just won the Public Prize awarded by Internet users and the public attending the Sorbonne University Final of the “My … [Read more]
Myasthenia gravis: launch of the MYaEX study
The Institute of Myology and AFM-Telethon have launched MYaEX, a large national survey regarding persons with myasthenia gravis, congenital myasthenic syndrome or Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome. The main objective of this study is to help to understand what determines the practice of physical exercise in these pathologies of the neuromuscular junction, and to identify the factors … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, Feb 24th: Pr Rita Horvath (UK)
Targeted Therapies for Leigh Syndrome: Systematic Review and Steps Towards a “Treatabolome” Thursday February 24th, 2022 – 16:00-17:00 (Paris time) Prof Rita Horvath (University of Cambridge, Cambridge Rare Diseases Centre, UK) “Mitochondrial Disorders Thematic Month” Webinar organised by EURO-NMD.
A new approach to gene therapy for Steinert disease – Interview with Denis Furling
The Denis Furling* team (Paris, France), in collaboration with the Nicolas Sergeant** team (Lille, France), has developed and tested a new approach to gene therapy, a so-called “decoy” approach, for Steinert disease or myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). The strategy is based on the expression of modified proteins that will bind to the pathological expansions … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, Feb 17th: Pr Michelangelo Mancuso (Italy)
Primary mitochondrial myopathies Thursday February 17th, 2022 – 16:00-17:00 (Paris time) Prof Michelangelo Mancuso (University of Pisa & AOUP, Italy) “Mitochondrial Disorders Thematic Month” Webinar organised by EURO-NMD
Back to the 26th Journées of the Francophone Society of the Peripheral Nerve
The 26th “Journées of the Francophone Society of the Peripheral Nerve” took place on January 21 & 22, 2022 at the New Cap Event Center in Paris. They brought together 240 participants, health professionals, clinicians, researchers on cross-cutting themes from nerve to muscle. New therapeutic targets in neuromuscular diseases, and in particular in autoimmune myasthenia … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, Feb 3rd: Pr Cornelia Kornblum (Germany)
An introduction into mitochondrial diseases in adulthood Thursday February 3rd, 2022 – 16:00-17:00 (Paris time) Pr Cornelia Kornblum (Bonn University/Universitary Clinic of Bonn, Germany) “Mitochondrial Disorders Thematic Month” Webinar organised by EURO-NMD.
Charles Frison-Roche wins Oral Research Communication Prize awarded by SFM – Interview
Charles Frison-Roche has received the Oral Research Communication Prize, awarded by the French Myology Society (SFM). He is a PhD student in the REDs team headed by Denis Furling and Geneviève Gourdon, at the Myology Research Centre and the Institute of Myology. Under the supervision of Frédérique Rau, he is working on the pathophysiology of … [Read more]
The institute’s teams present at the ‘Journées de la Société Française de Myologie’
The 18th ‘Journées de la Société Française de Myologie’ will be held from November 24 to 26, 2021 in Saint-Etienne, France. This meeting is a privileged moment for exchanges between clinicians and fundamental researchers around the latest discoveries in the field of myology. During this edition, an important place will be given to plenary sessions … [Read more]
