Institute of Neuropathology, Giessen , Germany

Anne Schänzer is head of the diagnostic and research neuromuscular lab. She is specializing on morphology of skeletal and cardiac muscle including electron microscopy and her research focus are genetic and acquired neuromuscular disorders in children and adults.

The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children, Dublin , United States

Lindsay Alfano is an associate professor in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She is a physical therapist specializing in outcome measure administration, selection, and development for patients with neuromuscular diseases.

University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem , Belgium

Dr Willem De Ridder is a neurologist and senior staff member at the Neuromuscular Reference Centre, University Hospital of Antwerp. He combines clinical and research expertise in myopathies, with specific strengths in EMG, muscle MRI, and myopathology. His work focuses on the clinical and genetic characterisation of both inherited and sporadic muscle disorders and the mechanisms underlying these diseases.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , United States

Jim Dowling is a pediatric neurologist and senior scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. His research is focused on gene discovery and therapy development for congenital myopathies.

Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok Noi -Bangkok , Thailand

Dr. Jantima Tanboon is an assistant professor of anatomical pathology at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand. Dr.Tanboon was a research student and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Neuromuscular Research at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Japan under the supervision of Dr.Satoru Noguchi and Dr.Ichizo Nishino where she grew in depth passion in neuromuscular research. Dr.Tanboon is one of a few specialists in her country responsible for muscle biopsy diagnosis.

TaRGeT UMR1089, Nantes , France

Nicolas Wein worked as a postdoc in the team of Pr. Kevin Flanigan in The Center for Gene Therapy in USA. He started his own group 2016 and works on neuromuscular disorders such as DMD and myotonic dystrophy type 1 and is interested in adeno associated viral treatments. In 2025, he moved to the TaRGeT UMR1089 institute inn Nantes, Franceto continue his research and develop further the AAV.U7 plateform.

Children's Medical Research Institute, Westmead , Australia

Michaela Yuen is a biomedical scientist and muscle physiologist aiming to provide genetic diagnosis and seeking an in-depth understanding of the pathomechanism of rare neuromuscular disorders. Her work involves disease gene discovery (particularly genetic variants affecting pre-mRNA splicing) and disease pathogenicity studies focusing on the contractile apparatus of skeletal muscle.

Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai , China

Dr. Wenhua Zhu is an associate professor at Fudan University and a senior doctor at Huashan Hospital, Fudan University. She graduated in medicine from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University where she also specialised in neurology. She is now working in Huashan Hospital as a neuromuscular disease specialist, participating in clinical practice, translational research and clinical trials. Dr.Zhu has a specific interest in the care, management and translational research in inherited myopathies. She has participated in clinical trials in late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) and other neuromuscular diseases and is leader of the LOPD screening project in high-risk population in China. Wenhua is a member of the Neuromuscular Group of the Chinese Society of Neurology. She is involved in an educational programme in collaboration with PYRD Neuromuscular Alliance to improve early recognition and management of neuromuscular diseases in adults.

Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam , Netherlands

Josine de Winter is a muscle physiologist working on congenital myopathies interested in how variants in sarcomeric proteins affect the contractility and energetics of muscle. The aims are to identify therapeutic targets that improve contractile function and energetics.