Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference

Gainesville, USA, 19-21 March 2025

This conference is well suited for informal interactions and the presentation of data that might be too preliminary for a larger audience. Overall, the goal is to facilitate advances in skeletal muscle biology through discussions that promote new ideas, research lines, and collaborations. The meeting will include a grant writing workshop

Abstracts until December 15th

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Grant opportunity

Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 requests applications for research and translational projects related to calpain 3 and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A.

Deadlines:
Letter of Intent: December 15th
Full proposals: March 20th

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Grant opportunity

Scientific and medical research call; trampoline grants, research grants, PostDoc grants

This year's particular focus is on on biomarkers and outcome measures to more efficiently assess neuromuscular disease drugs or medical devices.

Deadline for submissions: January 21st

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Informationsveranstaltung

Vienna, 21-22 February 2025, hybrid, in german

Erster Tag für Health Care Professionals, zweiter Tag für Menschen mit einer Muskelerkrankung und für deren Angehörige. 

Info und Anmeldung

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MDA clinical and scientific conference

Dallas, USA, 16-19 March 2025

Abstracts submission open until 31 December 2024

more information here

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Grant opportunity

For research focused on improving treatment, care, and support of the myotonic dystrophy patient and his/her family, as well as molecular biology and basic science.

Call now open, deadline January 24th

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New papers

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Cytosolic N6AMT1-dependent translation supports mitochondrial RNA processing.

Foged MM, Recazens E, Chollet S, Lisci M, Allen GE, Zinshteyn B, Boutguetait D, Münch C, Mootha VK, Jourdain AA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Nov 19;121(47):e2414187121.

14 novembre 2024

GLUD1 determines murine muscle stem cell fate by controlling mitochondrial glutamate levels.

Soro-Arnáiz I, Fitzgerald G, Cherkaoui S, Zhang J, Gilardoni P, Ghosh A, Bar-Nur O, Masschelein E, Maechler P, Zamboni N, Poms M, Cremonesi A, Garcia-Cañaveras JC, De Bock K, Morscher RJ.
Dev Cell....

04 novembre 2024

Mitochondrial Maintenance in Skeletal Muscle.

de Smalen LM, Handschin C.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2024 Oct 21:a041514. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041514. Online ahead of print.

01 novembre 2024

Efficacy and safety of gene therapy with onasemnogene abeparvovec in children with spinal muscular atrophy in the D-A-CH-region: a population-based observational study.

Weiß C, Becker LL, Friese J, Blaschek A, Hahn A, Illsinger S, Schwartz O, Bernert G, Hagen MV, Husain RA, Goldhahn K, Kirschner J, Pechmann A, Flotats-Bastardas M, Schreiber G, Schara U, Plecko B,...

30 octobre 2024

Cytosine methylation flags mitochondrial RNA for degradation.

Recazens E, Jourdain AA.
Trends Biochem Sci. 2024 Oct;49(10):843-845.

09 octobre 2024

Platelet-Rich Plasma Promotes the Expansion of Human Myoblasts and Favors the In Vitro Generation of Human Muscle Reserve Cells in a Deeper State of Quiescence.

Tollance A, Prola A, Michel D, Bouche A, Turzi A, Hannouche D, Berndt S, Laumonier T.
Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2024 Jul 13

13 juillet 2024

A dual-color PAX7 and MYF5 in vivo reporter to investigate muscle stem cell heterogeneity in regeneration and aging.

Ancel S, Michaud J, Sizzano F, Tauzin L, Oliveira M, Migliavacca E, Schüler SC, Raja S, Dammone G, Karaz S, Sánchez-García JL, Metairon S, Jacot G, Bentzinger CF, Feige JN, Stuelsatz P.
Stem Cell...

09 juillet 2024

2024 update: European consensus statement on gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy.

Kirschner J, Bernert G, Butoianu N, De Waele L, Fattal-Valevski A, Haberlova J, Moreno T, Klein A, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Mercuri E, Quijano-Roy S, Sejersen T, Tizzano EF, van der Pol WL, Wallace S,...

21 juin 2024

Muscle diffusion tensor imaging in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

Barzaghi L, Paoletti M, Monforte M, Bortolani S, Bonizzoni C, Thorsten F, Bergsland N, Santini F, Deligianni X, Tasca G, Ballante E, Figini S, Ricci E, Pichiecchio A.
Muscle Nerve. 2024 Jun 14.

14 juin 2024

Cervical and thoracic spinal cord gray matter atrophy is associated with disability in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Wendebourg MJ, Weigel M, Weidensteiner C, Sander L, Kesenheimer E, Naumann N, Haas T, Madoerin P, Braun N, Neuwirth C, Weber M, Jahn K, Kappos L, Granziera C, Schweikert K, Sinnreich M, Bieri O,...

08 juin 2024