, organised by EURO-NMD,
Stéphane Vassilopoulos is “Directeur de Recherche” at the “Centre de Recherche en Myologie”, the unit 974 of INSERM in Paris. In 2007 he defended a PhD thesis on “Role of Triadin isoforms in muscle cell physiology”, under advisor Dr. Isabelle Marty and presented at Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CEA, Inserm Grenoble France. He currently has a particular interest in Clarithrin He will share some of his recent work that has potential clinical implications for managing these patients.
9 March 2023 – Muscle hyperexcitability and cramps – organised by EURO-NMD,
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THEME: Muscle hyperexcitability and cramps
PRESENTER: Dr. Federica Montagnese (Friedrich Baur Institute, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munchen, Germany)
TIMESLOT: 9th March 2023 at 16:00 CET
BIOSKETCH:
Dr. med. Federica Montagnese qualified as MD and Neurologist at the University of Messina, Italy. Since 2017, she works as post-doctoral fellow at the Friedrich-Baur Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany. Here, she obtained the certification as neurophysiologist and works in the neuromuscular outpatient clinic. Her main research interests focus on the clinical and myopathological aspects of metabolic myopathies, myositis, myotonic syndromes and muscular dystrophies. She contributes to the maintenance of the national registries for myotonic dystrophies and facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy. She is part of the management group of the EAN Subspecialty Panel “Muscle disorders”.
6 April 2023 – Inflammatory Myopathies – organised by EURO-NMD,
THEME: Inflammatory Myopathies
PRESENTER: Prof. Werner Stenzel (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
TIMESLOT: Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 16:00 Paris Time
BIOSKETCH: “I am a Neuropathologist and Myopathologist and board certified in general Neurology and in Neuropathology. Currently I am the head of the neuromuscular diagnostic and research unit in Berlin at the Charité Hospital. I also act as co-Director of the German reference center of Neuromuscular diseases. My primary research interest is in juvenile and adult forms of Myositis and inflammatory nerve pathologies. Several colleagues from all over the world have spent some time with us in the lab and in diagnostics as well as in research. It has always been a pleasure to welcome guests but also, it is my declared aim to support their research. I also have a focus in ultrastructural myopathology, which we use in diagnostic routine as well as in research questions related to the identification and characterization of morphological features. In addition, I am an Associated Editor of the journal Neuromuscular disorders (NMD), and an Executive Editor for Neuropathology and applied Neuropathology (NAN).
My commitments also extend to the European Neuromuscular Centre where I am a member of the research committee. I have organized several workshops, and I have participated in numerous ones.
The 19th WMS meeting in 2014 was organized by Hans-Hilmar Goebel, Arpad von Moers, and myself as a local chair in Berlin. I have close scientific and society-related bonds to numerous individuals in the society.”
Dr. Werner Stenzel
Professor of Neuropathology and Neuroimmunology
Department of Neuropathology
Charité – Universitätsmedizin
10 117 BERLIN, Germany
27 April 2023 – Fatigue in Neuromuscular Disorders – organised by EURO-NMD,
THEME: Fatigue in Neuromuscular Disorders
PRESENTER: Dr. Nicole B.M. Voet (Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands)
TIMESLOT: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 16:00 Paris Time
BIOSKETCH: Nicole Voet works at the muscular diseases outpatient clinic at Klimmendaal rehabilitation center in Arnhem, and at the Radboudumc Rehabilitation Department. At both locations, she sees patients with slowly progressive neuromuscular disorders, in particular patients with Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD). In 2018, the rehabilitation and neurology departments at Radboudumc jointly launched the multidisciplinary FSHD outpatient clinic, where patients from across the country are seen for diagnostics and advice.
In 2016, she defended her PhD thesis, which focused on the effect of aerobic exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with FSHD. She received the international PhD Award Rehabilitation Medicine in 2017 for her dissertation. Her current scientific research focuses partly on improving the quality of life of patients with FSHD and partly on further analyzing fatigue and the effect of exercise and exercise in patients with neuromuscular disease.
4 May 2023 – Floppy child – , organised by EURO-NMD,
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THEME: Floppy child
PRESENTER: Dr Ulrike Schara-Schmidt (University Clinics Essen, Essen, Germany)
TIMESLOT: 4th May 2023 at 16:00 CET
BIOSKETCH: Ulrike Schara-Schmidt is a paediatric neurologist at the university hospital in Essen, Germany. She has a long-standing clinical interest in muscle disorders and CMS.
Ulrike has focussed her clinical and research activities on neuromuscular disorders, especially in infants, children and adolescents. She has published work on childhood disorders including congenital myopathies, muscular dystrophies, mitochondrial disorders and congenital myasthenic syndromes, juvenile Myasthenia gravis. Her research relates to both clinical as well as translational aspects to improve standards of diagnosis and care and to develop new treatments.
She is currently heading a major neuromuscular centre in Essen, Germany, and has participated in most academic and industry sponsored clinical trials for DMD and SMA. She works closely with patient organizations in Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Muskelkranke, Deutsche Myasthenie Gesellschaft, actionbenniundCo) and she collaborates with many scientists in national and international networks such as the MD-NET and TREAT-NMD.
9 May 2023 – Non-pharmacological approaches to treatment in svPPA – organised by ERN-RND,
Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Ana Sofia Costa (RWTH-University Hospital Aachen, Germany)
Click here to register !23 May 2023 – Frontotemporal dementia vs. primary psychiatric disorders – organised by ERN-RND,
Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Tim van Langenhove (University Hospital Ghent, Belgium)
Click here to register !20 June 2023 – Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantion in Leukodystrophies – organised by ERN-RND,
Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Jörn-Sven Kühl (University Hospital Leipzig, Germany)
Click here to register !Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Sarah Tabrizi (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK)
Click here to regsiter !6 July 2023 – Cardiac Involvement in Neuromuscular Diseases – organised by EURO-NMD,
BASIC WEBINARS SERIES
THEME: Cardiac Involvement in Neuromuscular Diseases
PRESENTER: Prof. Karim Wahbi, PhD, MD (APHP Hospital Cochin, Paris, France)
TIMESLOT: July, 6th 2023 at 16:00 CET
BIOSKETCH: Karim Wahbi is a University Professor and Hospital Practitioner at the University of Paris. He coordinates the Cochin Hospital site of the Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases North/East/Ile de France, dedicated to the management of cardiomyopathies associated with neuromuscular and metabolic diseases, particularly mitochondrial diseases. It is a founding member of the Paris Myocardial Institute (IMyP). He coordinates the care, teaching and research activities around the theme of the Cochin Reference Center and more broadly within the IMyP for dilated cardiomyopathies. He is involved in the transition of care from children to adults in association with Professor Bonnet’s team and consults in the genetics department of the Georges Pompidou European Hospital directed by Professor Jeunemaitre for the genetic exploration of cardiomyopathies.
Karim Wahbi coordinates several national and international projects, including registries and therapeutic trials on neuromuscular and mitochondrial cardiomyopathies, notably within FILNEMUS, the neuromuscular care network. He regularly communicates the work of his team in national and international scientific meetings in cardiology and neurology.
12 September 2023 – Friedreich Ataxia – organised by ERN-RND,
Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Kathrin Reetz (RWTH-University Hospital Aachen, Germany)
Click here to register !Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Lize Jiskoot (Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Click here to regsiter !10 October 2023 – Advanced therapies and clinical trials in Leukodystrophies – organised by ERN-RND,
Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Caroline Sevin and Nicole Wolf (Reference Centre for Leukodystrophies, University Hospital Bicetre, Paris, France & Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, VUMC- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Netherlands)
Click here to register !24 October 2023 – Newborn screening in leukodystrophies – organised by ERN-RND,
Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Delivered by Lucia Laugwitz (University Hospital Tübingen, Germany)
Click here to register !9 November 2023 – Pathology of Peripheral Nerves – organised by EURO-NMD,
THEME: Pathology of Peripheral Nerves
PRESENTER: Prof. Dr. Joachim Weis (University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany)
TIMESLOT: 9 nov. 2023 16:00 CET
BIOSKETCH: Dr. Joachim Weis is a full Professor and Director of the Institute of Neuropathology at RWTH University Hospital, Aachen. He is head of the Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases of the German Society of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy (DGNN) and elected member of the Review Board “Neurosciences”, German Research Foundation (DFG). He is also Deputy member of the Board of Supervisors, RWTH University Hospital.
His research is focused on pathomechanisms of neuromuscular and neurodegenerative diseases including protective and regenerative processes with a special focus on the role of endoplasmic reticulum pathology and disturbed proteostasis and autophagy.
The methods employed include clinicopathological investigations of biopsy and autopsy tissues of human patients which are combined with basic research approaches using cell culture and mouse models, providing a unifying translational view. Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary neuromuscular disorders are performed in cooperation with clinical and genetic partners.
Email: jweis@ukaachen.de
Web site including publications: https://www.ukaachen.de/en/clinics-institutes/title-en-64/dear-visitor/
Delivered by Costanza Lamperti (Istituto Neurologico C.Besta, Milan, Italy) on the...