2nd CR2M Symposium
The CR2M is pleased to invite you to its 2nd Symposium. This 2nd edition will feature an external guest speaker together with 3 CR2M juniors and 3 CR2M members, who will share their insights on muscle biology, neuromotor diseases and rehabilitation strategies.
The symposium will be organized as follows:
13h30: Opening by Prof. Stéphane Armand and Prof. Perrine Castets
13h35: Keynote lecture by Prof. Markus Rüegg (Biozentrum, Basel University)
Muscle Wasting: From Aging Biology to Gene Therapy for a Severe Muscular Dystrophy
14h30: Junior Flash Talks Emira Koshi (Group Antonarakis), Patricia Lopez Naveira (Group Castets), Noor Alalem (Group Armand), Yannis Djeffal (Group Seebach)
15h10 – 15h40: Coffee Break
15h40: Dre Lascano Agustina (Division of Neurology, HUG) Beyond diagnosis: what biomarkers reveal about mechanisms, prognosis, and treatment response in inflammatory neuropathies
16h10: Dr Guillaume Andrey (Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, UNIGE) Building the limb: enhancer and chromatin regulation of developmental gene programs
16h40: Dr Nicolas Holzer (Orthopedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Trauma Care Division, HUG) Translational research in orthopaedic surgical devices, from bench to bedside (and back)
17h10: Concluding remarks
27 Feb 2026