BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, April 21, 2017

Agenda

All Institut Pasteur staff are warmly invited to come along to the CIS auditorium on Thursday May 4, 2017, at 11.30am, for a unique event. To mark the publication by Editions Fayard of his new book entitled Géopolitique du moustique ("The Geopolitics of the Mosquito"), Erik Orsenna will give a presentation alongside Anna-Bella Failloux in which he will describe his "Pasteurian journey" across the world and his encounters with scientists specializing in mosquito-borne diseases, who provided him with material and guidance for his book, due to come out on April 3.

Research

March for Science will be held on April 22, 2017 - Earth Day - when almost 300 marches will be taking place in over 20 countries

News

Nicolas Reyes' team has successfully stabilized and determined the first nearly-atomic resolution structure of a human excitatory neurotransmitter...

News

The natural pre-colonization of the mouse digestive track by Helicobacter hepaticus and the modification of the intestinal microbiota appear to prevent the immune system...

Press

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Institut Pasteur in Dakar have unexpectedly demonstrated a case of Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever coinfection in a patient in Angola. This discovery raises the question of the risk of circulation of Japanese encephalitis, previously endemic to Asia, in Africa.

Center

The Center for Human Immunology - the CRT Technology Core - is pleased to announce that Simoa technology for quantification of...

Training

The "Médecine-Sciences" program is a scheme that gives medical or pharmaceutical students interested in research the opportunity to combine their medical studies with high-level interdisciplinary scientific training.

Training

Some staff took a compulsory online training course between 2010 and 2012 on managing chemical risks in laboratories.

International

Viruses transmitted by arthopods such as mosquitoes and ticks are a growing global public health concern. The Mediterranean and Black Sea regions are not spared, as outbreaks of West Nile virus are periodically reported and cases of Rift Valley Fever, including humans, have already been identified. Thus, understanding the potential for future (re)emergence in these regions if of utmost importance.

CeRIS

Come and meet the Scientific Information Resources Center team.

Human resources

We would remind you that the deadline for filing your income tax return in France is Wednesday May 17, 2017 for the paper version.

IT

The Information Systems Department will be updating the Vidyo video conferencing infrastructure on Thursday May 4.

IT

The Information Systems Department has embarked on a project to modernize and secure the Institut Pasteur's IT network.