Institute events
RSS feedOpen Day for the general public at the Institute on Sat. 6 June
Come and build up your knowledge! To mark the 4th edition of Muscle Week, the Institute of Myology is opening its doors on Saturday 6 June, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Come and meet our scientific experts, doctors and researchers to discover muscles in all their forms, understand how they work and the interactions … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 21 May: Prof. Marina Grandis (Italy)
Episode 5 – Clinical Cases Requiring Nerve Biopsy (in EURO-NMD Neuropathology Webinar Series) Thursday 21 May 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Speaker: Prof. Marina Grandis (IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino – Genova, Italy) Moderators: Prof. Werner Stenzel & Prof. Hans-Hilmar Goebel (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany) Instructive clinical cases where nerve biopsy is essential to reach a … [Read more]
M&Ms – Muscle Monday Seminar – 18 May – Dr Maartje Huijbers (The Netherlands)
Pathogenic Mechanisms in Myasthenia Gravis With a Special Focus on MuSK MG: From Molecular Insight to Clinical Implications 18 May 2026 from noon to 1pm (Paris time) Dr Maartje Huijbers (Leiden University Medical Center) Invited by Rozen Le Panse More information on the speaker and the intervention On prior registration for people outside the … [Read more]
Promoting the dissemination of knowledge about muscles and muscle diseases and raising the awareness of myology
With just one month to go until the 2026 session of the AcadeMYO Summer School, we take a look back at the educational activities in which the Institute is involved, aimed at all those with an interest in myology. The aim is to promote the dissemination of knowledge about muscles and muscle diseases, thereby helping … [Read more]
Signing of a partnership with the University Hospital and the University of Orléans to enhance research, clinical care and teaching in the field of myology
Laurence Tiennot-Herment, President of the Myology Institute Association, Sébastien Vial, Director General of Orléans University Hospital, and Sébastien Ringuedé, Vice-President in charge of the Training and University Life Committee at the University of Orléans, formalised their intention this morning at Orléans University Hospital to establish a major partnership in the field of myology, the science … [Read more]
ERN EURO-NMD webinar, 7 May : Prof. Mathilde Duchesne (France)
Episode 4 – Infectious and Neoplastic Neuropathies (in EURO-NMD Neuropathology Webinar Series) Thursday 7 May 2026 – 16:00-17:00 Paris time Speaker: Prof. Mathilde Duchesne (CHU Limoges, France) Moderators: Dr. Matteo Garibaldi (Sant’Andrea Hospital of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Prof. Joachim Weis(Director, Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany) Infectious neuropathies, nerve tumours, and infiltration; … [Read more]
The programme for the 2026 Muscle Conference is now available online
Muscles lie at the heart of all the major challenges facing our modern societies: the prevention of common, serious and disabling conditions; the fight against a sedentary lifestyle; adapting to changes in lifestyle; ageing and independence; and therapeutic innovation. They are an organ essential to health at every stage of life, from before birth right … [Read more]
2nd Muscle Conference: ‘Muscle throughout life’ – Tuesday 2 June
Muscle is now recognized as an essential organ for health at every stage of life, from before birth and into old age. It lies at the heart of major challenges facing modern societies: preventing common, serious and disabling conditions; combating sedentary lifestyles; adapting to changing ways of living; supporting ageing and independence; and driving therapeutic innovation. To strengthen this awareness and turn it into concrete public policies, the Institute of Myology, an international center of expertise on muscles and its diseases, together with … [Read more]
Ticket sales opened for the ‘Match of Heroes’ on May 31
Paul de Saint-Sernin, Eden Hazard, Paul Mirabel, Dominique Rocheteau, Javier Pastore, Robert Pirès, Artus, Stéphane Ruffier… all coming together for an exceptional “Match of Heroes” in support of the Institut de Myologie Association ! Tickets are on sale On May 31, legends of AS Saint-Étienne and a team of committed personalities – Paul … [Read more]
The Association Institut de Myologie and the Foch-IMM Group join forces to promote myology and develop clinical research and muscle assessment
The Association Institut de Myologie and the Foch-IMM Group (Foch Hospital and Institut Montsouris) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at promoting myology – the science and medicine of muscle – and developing clinical research, as well as the study and assessment of muscle, in the field of neuromuscular disorders and, more broadly, muscle impairments associated with a wide … [Read more]
