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Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada
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Canadian network connecting clinicians, scientists, patients, and industry to improve neuromuscular disease outcomes.

Funded through CIHR-IMHA and Muscular Dystrophy Canada

Visit us at: https://neuromuscularnetwork.ca/
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🔴 | Important Update: The application deadlines for the 2026 #NMD4C Awards and the #BSTC have been extended to Jan 23, 2026. The deadline for the Basic Research Summer School remains Jan 27, 2026

Learn more and apply: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/news/2026-nm...

#fellows #graduatestudent #researcher
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⏳ 20 days left to apply! Pre-proposal deadline for the ERDERA 2026 Joint Transnational Call: 📅 12 Feb 2026 | ⏰ 14:00 CET
Theme: Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non-genetic diseases. 👉 Access the full details and criteria: https://loom.ly/YzdmNGY #ERDERA #RareDiseases #ResearchFunding
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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🔴 | Important Update: The application deadlines for the 2026 #NMD4C Awards and the #BSTC have been extended to Jan 23, 2026. The deadline for the Basic Research Summer School remains Jan 27, 2026

Learn more and apply: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/news/2026-nm...

#fellows #graduatestudent #researcher
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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📢 #Participants Needed 📢
If you or a loved one has #SpinalMuscularAtrophy, we’d love to know what you think about gene therapy, prenatal testing, and family planning.
Get more info & complete the survey @ redcap.link/SMAperspecti...

**Please consider sharing with others in your #SMA community.
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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🔴 | Important Update: The application deadlines for the 2026 #NMD4C Awards and the #BSTC have been extended to Jan 23, 2026. The deadline for the Basic Research Summer School remains Jan 27, 2026

Learn more and apply: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/news/2026-nm...

#fellows #graduatestudent #researcher
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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📢 #Participants Needed 📢
If you or a loved one has #SpinalMuscularAtrophy, we’d love to know what you think about gene therapy, prenatal testing, and family planning.
Get more info & complete the survey @ redcap.link/SMAperspecti...

**Please consider sharing with others in your #SMA community.
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Our January 2026 #NMD4C Newsletter is here!
We’re kicking off the year with new research, opportunities, events, and updates from across the Canadian #neuromuscular community.

🔴 | Read our newsletter → neuromuscularnetwork.ca/january-2026...

#NMD #RareDisease #Research #Canada
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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🎉 Announcing the 2026 #Neuromuscular Postdoctoral Fellowship Funding Recipients!
With MDC, we’re proud to support two early‑career scientists advancing #NMD research: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/2026fellows
🔴| Dr. Haley Geertsma, CHEO Research Institute
🔴| Dr. Isabelle Demers, Université de Sherbrooke
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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The Ottawa Hospital NeuroMuscular Centre is accepting candidates for 1‑ or 2‑year funded Neuromuscular/Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG) fellowships beginning in July 2027.
🔗 Apply by May 31, 2026: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/opportunity/...
Neuromuscular/EMG Fellowship Program: The Ottawa Hospital – University of Ottawa - Opportunities - NMD4C
Application Deadline on May 31st, 2026 | The Ottawa Hospital NeuroMuscular Centre is accepting applications for 1 or 2 year funded Neuromuscular / Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG) fellowships, to begin…
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January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Happy New Year!
As we get the new year started, we’ve got three NMD4C deadlines you won’t want to miss that are all closing next week. Learn more & apply: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/news/2026-nm...
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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The December NMD4C Newsletter is here and we’re wrapping up 2025 with plenty to share, from new training opportunities to network updates and community news across the Canadian neuromuscular community!
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December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Tomorrow is the day! Today is your last chance to register for our final CPD-accredited Neuromuscular Mystery Case Rounds of the year. hashtag#letsTalkNMD
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/Dec2025Rounds
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Join us and Muscular Dystrophy Canada at our next CPD-accredited webinar!
Speaker: Dr. Tefani Perera | Resident, University of Calgary
Date: Tue Dec 2, 2025
Time: 5:00pm ET
Register Here: bit.ly/Dec2025Rounds

#Neuromuscular Mystery Case Rounds #letstalkNMD
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Final chance to register for the 2nd International Conference on Clinical Research Networks! 📩
Join the global rare disease community this December, in Germany or online. 🌐
Co-organised by ERDERA, RDI and IRDiRC.
✍🏼 Programme & registration: https://loom.ly/1fhf8zI
#RareDiseases #ClinicalResearch
2nd International Conference on Clinical Research Networks: Connected for impact - ERDERA
ERDERA – the European Rare Diseases Research Alliance – is pleased to announce the upcoming 2nd International Conference on Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) for Rare Diseases, co-organised in collaboration with …
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Hosted by SCN and @medicinebydesign.bsky.social, our Careers Beyond Academia seminar series continues on December 10, 2025, with a focus on Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, an essential area where science meets innovation. 💡

Register here. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
Careers Beyond Academia
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The 100-day countdown to #RareDiseaseDay begins!
Meet Mak, Linges, Micah, Ayça & Burak, our heroes showing what life is like for the 300M people living with a rare disease.

Full video 🎥 youtu.be/7J1oTfoIOGw

Let’s bring about equity in more ways than even we can imagine!

#ShareYourColours
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📣 Join our webinar on the 2026 Joint Transnational Call!
ERDERA’s new call will focus on solving unsolved rare disease cases through variant validation and advanced technologies.
🔸Info: https://lnkd.in/erMJCeGn
🔸Register to the webinar: https://loom.ly/d45a8o8
#ERDERA
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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💜 100 days left until Rare Disease Day 2026! #ERDERA is proud to stand with partners across Europe to turn visibility into action and ensure lived experience shapes research, care and policy.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/ii7_OJg #eurordis
Unity in action: Rare Disease Day 2026 campaign launches with a renewed focus on equity - ERDERA
A global movement, coordinated by EURORDIS in partnership with 72 national alliances, amplifying representation and accelerate fair access to diagnosis, care and research.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Only 3 weeks to go!🚀 Join the 2nd International Conference on Clinical Research Networks, spotlighting global alignment on rare-disease data, diagnostics and CRNs.
📅 9–10 Dec 2025 (Hybrid)
🗣️ Programme: https://loom.ly/1fhf8zI
👉 Register: https://loom.ly/yceyPYw
#ERDERA
2nd International Conference on Clinical Research Networks: Connected for impact - ERDERA
ERDERA – the European Rare Diseases Research Alliance – is pleased to announce the upcoming 2nd International Conference on Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) for Rare Diseases, co-organised in collaboration with …
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November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Join the last #Myogenesis Discussion Group of the year!
Topic: #Neuronatin deficiency and muscle function with Dr. Jessica Braun, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sylow Lab, University of Copenhagen
Date: Nov 24, 2025
Time: 2–3 PM EST
Learn more: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/MDG_Nov2025

#RareDisease #MuscleResearch
Myogenesis Discussion Group | Neuronatin deficiency impairs soleus and cardiac muscle function in male and female mice - Events - NMD4C
Myogenesis Discussion Group: A seminar series on skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle research held on the last Monday of each month. Presenter: To register please email the event organizers Learn…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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📣 Register for the upcoming virtual AcadeMYO Winter School!
Perfect your skills in #myology, an exciting field in #neuromuscular science, with 60+ lectures and 3 live interactive sessions.
🗓 | Dates: 8–10 December, 2025

Register by 20 November, 2025
🔗 | neuromuscularnetwork.ca/event/academ...
AcadeMYO Winter School ONLINE - Events - NMD4C
8 -10 DECEMBER 2025 | Join us for this unique opportunity to perfect your skills in myology, an increasingly exciting discipline dedicated to neuromuscular science! All professionals manifesting some ...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Join us and Muscular Dystrophy Canada at our next CPD-accredited webinar!
Speaker: Dr. Tefani Perera | Resident, University of Calgary
Date: Tue Dec 2, 2025
Time: 5:00pm ET
Register Here: bit.ly/Dec2025Rounds

#Neuromuscular Mystery Case Rounds #letstalkNMD
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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✨ 💚 Discover practical “life hacks” from the #myotonicDystrophy community in our next Ask-the-Expert webinar! 🔗Register & learn new strategies with us: events.zoom.us/ev/AioUdcQWO...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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📣 Register for the upcoming virtual AcadeMYO Winter School!
Perfect your skills in #myology, an exciting field in #neuromuscular science, with 60+ lectures and 3 live interactive sessions.
🗓 | Dates: 8–10 December, 2025

Register by 20 November, 2025
🔗 | neuromuscularnetwork.ca/event/academ...
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Ataxia Canada is accepting 2025-2026 grant applications, #Researchers with projects that help people with #ataxia, patients, caregivers or healthcare teams are encouraged to apply!
🔬 Learn More/Apply by Nov 30, 2025: neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=202915
#NMD4C #NeuromuscularDisease #ResearchFunding #NMD
Ataxia Canada Research Funding (2025-2026) - Opportunities - NMD4C
Deadline: November 30, 2025 | Ataxia Canada is launching this competition to support innovative research that improves the lives of people with ataxia. Priority is given to projects with a final…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Join us tomorrow for our #CoP Knowledge Exchange Session on "Acceptance of adaptive aids and equipment".
Speaker: Krista MacMillan
Date: Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM ET

Learn More & Register → neuromuscularnetwork.ca/event/knowle...

#neuromuscular #physiotherapists #occupationaltherapists
Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Community of Practice - NMD4C: The Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada - NMD4C
The Community of Practice is open to all Canadian physiotherapists and occupational therapists who see neuromuscular patients.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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CIHR is hosting webinars to guide applicants & host institutions through the #REDI2025 Early Career Transition Award, covering eligibility, requirements & Q&A.

🏫 Host: EN/FR – Nov 12, 1:30 PM ET
🎓 Applicants: EN – Dec 1, 2:30 PM | FR – Dec 15, 1:30 PM ET
Register → neuromuscularnetwork.ca/REDI-2025
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM