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RSS feedIdentification of a new communication pathway in the neuromuscular junction – Interview with Laure Strochlic
A study conducted by the “Neuromuscular connectivity in health and pathologies” team led by Laure Strochlic and Bertrand Fontaine at the Institute’s Myology Centre for Research has just been published in Science Signaling*. This work demonstrates the existence of a new communication pathway in the neuromuscular junction that is active both during embryogenesis and at … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, June 16th: Prof. Dr. Stravos Kiliaridis, PhD (Switzerland)
Jaw malformations and teeth malpositions in Neuromuscular Disease Thursday June 16th, 2022 – 16:00-17:00 (Paris time) Prof. Dr. Stravos Kiliaridis, PhD (University of Geneva & University of Bern, Switzerland) Webinar organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND and EAN.
The institute was present at the 14th MGFA International Conference on Myasthenia and Related Disorders
The 14th International Conference on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders organised by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) took place from 10 to 12 May 2022 in Miami, USA. It brought together the best experts in myasthenia, including the researchers of team 7 “Myasthenia Gravis: Etiology, Physiopathology & Therapeutical Approaches” of the Institute’s Myology … [Read more]
Researchers from the Institute’s NMR laboratory at the ISMRM 2022 conference
The 31st ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) congress was held in London from 7 to 12 May 2022. Researchers from the NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory were able to present their results during several sessions, via digital posters and an oral presentation: Benjamin Marty : Assessment of skeletal muscle extracellular volume fraction … [Read more]
Endothelin: a new player in muscle fibrosis – Interview with Capucine Trollet
Mona Bensalah completed her thesis under the supervision of Elisa Negroni and Vincent Mouly in the team “Cellular and molecular orchestration in muscle regeneration, during aging and in pathologies” directed by Capucine Trollet and Vincent Mouly, at the Institute’s Myology Research Centre. Her work, completed by that of Laura Muraine, has just been published in … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, May 12th: Pr Michelangelo Mancuso (Italy)
Primary Mitochondrial Myopathies Thursday May 12th, 2022 – 16:00-17:00 (Paris time) Prof. Michelangelo Mancuso (Neurologist at the Neurological Clinic of Cisanello Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Pisa, Italy) Webinar organised by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND and EAN.
3-year study of lower limb muscles in patients with dysferlinopathy using MRI and 31P NMR spectroscopy
Studies of the natural history of neuromuscular diseases are essential to understand the evolution of the diseases and to find relevant evaluation criteria. Dysferlinopathy is a neuromuscular disease characterized by an active inflammatory and degenerative process ultimately leading to muscle fiber necrosis and replacement of muscle by fibrous and fatty tissue. An international team involving … [Read more]
Myology 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]
