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WMS Membership; 2008, 2009 and 2010

Category: For Members
If your membership is going to expire at the end of this year, now it is time to renew. Just to remind, as a member, you will automatically receive 12 copies of the Society's journal, the Neuromuscular Disorders. Its impact factor was 2.615 in... [more]

Our president has commented

Category: General
The tragic and untimely death of John Newsom Davis whilst on holiday in Romania has come as a great shock to his many friends, colleagues and admirers worldwide. He was one of the iconic figures in the 20th century neuromuscular world; a clinical... [more]

Call for offers of future venues for the annual WMS congress

Category: Future WMS Meetings
Any members of the Society who wish to host a WMS congress in 2010 and onwards, should first send their letter of intent. The groups who have already submitted an application need not repeat it, but can add an addendum if they wish. A set of... [more]

Future WMS meeting locations

Category: Future WMS Meetings
WMS 14: Geneva,  CH 9-12 September 2009 WMS 15: Kumamoto, JP 14-16 October 2010 [more]

Prize Winners WMS-11 Congress, Brugge 2006

Category: Previous WMS Meetings
During our WMS meeting in Brugge, there were many very successful presentations as a classical phenomenon. The selection committee had real difficult time in allocating all the ever growing prizes. This year the following awards were... [more]

Awards and Fellowships at the WMS congresses at a glance

Category: Current WMS Congress
FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES (500 Euros each) Fellowships 1. A minimum of 30 fellowships from the WMS Education Fund (funded by an annual royalty from Neuromuscular Disorders from Elsevier).   2. Additional Fellowships from other funding... [more]

President's memoirs to benefit World Muscle Society

Category: General
Victor Dubowitz's personal memoirs has ben out for sometime now. A large component of the book is his longstanding involvement in neuromuscular diseases and the development of the World Muscle Society over the past 10 years. All profits from... [more]

Call for topics for future WMS meetings

Category: Future WMS Meetings
Would any WMS member have any suggestions as for topics of future WMS meetings, please get in touch with the WMS Secretary Haluk Topaloglu at htopalog@hacettepe.edu.tr We have a traditional 3 day/3 topic style. We also favour full attendance and... [more]