Institute events
RSS feedMyobank-AFM, a key player in the field of myology research
Myobank-AFM, the Institute of Myology’s biological resource centre, is offering patients a new donation card. This service, set up in 1996 to help researchers and advance knowledge of neuromuscular diseases, is increasingly in demand from those involved in both basic and clinical research. Myobank-AFM‘s mission is to collect, prepare, store and provide fluid and tissue … [Read more]
The Muscle Week 3rd edition will take place from 2 to 8 June
The Institute of Myology and the AFM-Téléthon are launching the 3rd edition of Muscle Week, which will take place from 2 to 8 June. The aim is still to raise awareness of the importance of muscle for overall health and the need to preserve muscle capital throughout life. ‘Our muscles do it all for us, … [Read more]
The REDs lab is recruiting two PhD students
ENTRY-DM: MSCA Doctoral network Interdisciplinary doctoral training on oligonucleotide-based therapies for myotonic dystrophy Two PhD positions are available from September 2025, in the laboratory Repeat Expansions and Myotonic Dystrophy, at the Myology Research Centre / Institute of Myology in Paris, France. The project is funded by a MSCA Doctoral network, coordinated by Mario Gomes-Pereira. NETWORK … [Read more]
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 31 March – Nicolas Charlet (France)
The dark side of the human genome: Translation of microsatellite mutations located in non-coding sequences in novel and toxic proteins in neurological diseases Monday 31 March 2025 – 12h00-13h00 Nicolas Charlet (IGBMC, Strasbourg, France) Hosted by Denis Furling More information on the presentation and the speaker On prior registration for people outside the Institute of … [Read more]
Myobank-AFM is upgrading certification
Myobank-AFM is a department of the Institute of Myology whose mission is to facilitate research in the field of neuromuscular diseases by collecting, preparing, storing and making available fluid and tissue samples from patients (surgical residues) suffering from these diseases. Its operations and objectives correspond to the definition of Biological Resource Centres and comply with … [Read more]
Chiara D’Ercole, a post-doctoral student at the Institute, is the winner of a prestigious MSCA fellowship
Chiara D’Ercole, a post-doctoral fellow in the Signalling pathways & striated muscles team led by Antoine Muchir, has been awarded the highly prestigious MSCA grant from the European Commission for her GLI-AGE project: Role of glial cells in age-related muscle sarcopenia and NMJ-disfunction. Interview with Chiara D’Ercole. What is your background? I defended my thesis … [Read more]
DREAMS webinar, 28 Feb.: A. Mejat (France), E. Malfatti (France), G. Perret (France)
Clinical Trials in Focus: Innovations and Patient Perspectives in Rare Diseases Friday 28 February 2025 – 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (CET) Alexandre Mejat (AFM-Téléthon) • The Need for Innovation in Clinical Trial Methodologies for Muscular Disorders Edoardo Malfatti (AP-HP) • Overview of Outcome Mesures in Neuromuscular Disorder Clinical Trials Gérald Perret (Généthon) • Lessons … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 20 Feb.: Prof. Peter Van den Bergh (Belgium)
Electrodiagnostic patterns in immune-mediated neuropathies Thursday 20 February 2025 – 16:00 – 17:00 Paris time Prof. Peter Van den Bergh (Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium) > + infos Organized by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND.
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 13 Feb.: Prof. Thomas Harbo (Denmark) & Dr. Emilien Delmont (France)
Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN): diagnosis, treatment and update on biomarkers Thursday 13 February 2025 – 16:00 – 17:00 Paris time Prof. Thomas Harbo (Aarhus University, Denmark) & Dr. Emilien Delmont (AP-HM Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France) > + info Organized by EURO-NMD in collaboration with ERN-RND.
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 10 Feb. – Corinne Albiges Rizo (France)
Signaling intertwining and receptor partitioning between integrins and BMP2 receptors to govern cell migratory strategies Monday 10 February 2025 – from 12 to 1pm Corinne Albiges Rizo (Institut Albert Bonniot, Grenoble, France) Hosted by Catherine Coirault More information on the presentation and the speaker On prior registration for people outside the Institute of Myology: medecine-umrs974-myologie@sorbonne-universite.fr … [Read more]
