World Muscle Society

We're working behind the scenes to get everything ready to open registration for #WMS2025. Expect an announcement in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, make sure dates, 7th-11th October, are in your calendar!

It's now just six months until we open the doors for #WMS2025. Our team were in Vienna last week to visit each of the venues we'll be using. We're excited to bring you a very special 30th anniversary Congress. Register online now: wms2025.com/page/registrat…

Our next Myology Café is on Thursday 3rd April at 13:00 (BST). Jo Wilmshurst and Marilisa Guerreiro from the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) will discuss ILAE's Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET) model and its suitability for NMD. Sign up now: buff.ly/LCpi1SN

Poster presentations are a key highlight of any WMS Congress. Last year, we showcased 700 posters from all around the world and every discipline in our field. To share your work alongside fellow delegates, submit your abstract for #WMS2025 by 10th April: wms2025.com/page/2025-abst…

Tomorrow is the first day of April and that means it's #WMS2025 abstract submission month. The deadline is 10th April and you'll find all the guidance you need on the website: wms2025.com/page/2025-abst…. You'll need to register to attend #WMS2025 before you can submit an abstract.

Registration for #WMS2025 is now open! Register online today: wms2025.com/page/registrat…. If you're not already a WMS member, but want to benefit from member pricing on your Congress registration, you can join now: worldmusclesociety.org/users/edit.

If you're a WMS member, did you know that you can apply for funding for your projects? We're seeking to fund projects that support equal access to learning and resources for our community. The next application deadline is 24th March. Find out more online: worldmusclesociety.org/page/project-p…

We're looking for early career WMS members who are thinking of coming to #WMS2025 to help us shape a peer networking even. If you have some thoughts about how we can best support early career researchers and clinicians, please email speaker@worldmusclesociety.org.

More than two thirds of rare diseases start in childhood. Lindsay Alfano, Meredith James and Linda Lowes are physiotherapists in our field. They share their thoughts on the current and developing role of physiotherapy in NMDs: buff.ly/4h1fs9M #RareDiseaseDay

72% of rare diseases are genetic. WMS members are working to understand the genetic causes of neuromuscular disorders. This video interview with Bjarne Udd describes the early work in understanding the genes responsible for some neuromuscular disorders: buff.ly/3ESagaD

More than 300 million people around the world live with a rare disease. Access to treatments is not equitable globally, but WMS members are working in countries all over the world to carry out research and provide care for patients: buff.ly/3EX4AfE. #RareDiseaseDay.

Today is Rare Disease Day. There are more than 6,000 rare diseases and more than 300 million people are living with one. Neuromuscular disorders often fall into the rare disease category, making them more difficult to study, understand and develop treatments for. #RareDiseaseDay

Our summary programme for #WMS2025 is now available. It includes our 2025 topics and the names of our invited speakers. You'll notice some changes from WMS 2024 as we seek to continuously improve. Find the summary programme on the Congress website: buff.ly/4i8EqVm

Join us on Thursday 23rd January for our first Myology Café of 2025. Social Media Committee Chair, Jordi Diaz Manera, will be interviewing Nathalie Goemans. Nathalie will talk about her experiences over her decades-long career DMD. Register now: buff.ly/4aibqb2

Don't miss our last Myology Café of 2024 today at 2pm (GMT). We'll feature Jennifer Levy, Scientific Director of the Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3) who will talk about C3, which focuses on the research on therapy for LGMDR1/2A. Sign up on our website: buff.ly/4hUYMlL

That's a wrap on #wms2024! We welcomed almost 1.5k delegates to Prague with 100s more joining us via our virtual platform. It was our biggest Congress so far in terms of people and science. Thank you to all who made #WMS2024 such a resounding success. buff.ly/3Np1ZMl

@EmmaRybalka @CaraTimpani Safe journey. See you in Vienna for #WMS2025

Farewell #WMS2024 and #Prague…it’s been wonderful! Now for the long flight home 🛫🌎 ⁦@WorldMuscleSoc⁩ ⁦@CaraTimpani⁩ linkedin.com/posts/emma-ryb…

We've been working hard to make our Congresses accessible for everyone. From early career researchers and clinicians to those with a disability or additional needs to people with caring responsibilities, our Congress is for you buff.ly/401CTL7

There have been so many opportunities to network and create new connections at #WMS2024. This year we had a day dedicated to sharing the experiences of people working in neuromuscular disorders across the world. buff.ly/4dDXqsk

We're proud of the science we share at WMS Congresses and we know it's one of the reasons people keep coming back. This year, we've broken records for the number of posters we're presenting. Have a look at our highlights to see what's happening: buff.ly/3NmsLVS #WMS2024