February 15, 2019
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Environment and Infectious Risks (ERI) Research and Expertise Unit, CIBU hub and Hantavirus CNR hub
In reference to Decision 762, we would remind you that the French government decree of March 7, 2017 lays down the list of National Reference Centers (CNRs), CNR-associated laboratories and CNR-expert laboratories for the fight against communicable diseases (see the French legal gazette (JO) of March 9, 2017) as approved by the French National Public Health Agency (Santé publique France) for the term from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2021.
At the Institut Pasteur, CNRs are affiliated with the research unit involved in research on the same pathogen or in the same scientific field. In general, the Head of Unit also manages the CNR, but there are some exceptions. To make sure all CNR Heads are free to manage their activities, staff and budget, independently of the resources belonging to the unit, it was decided that from January 1, 2018, a "CNR hub" would be set up within each corresponding research unit for all the CNRs listed in the decree of March 7, 2017.
In an extension to Decision 762, it was decided that on January 1, 2019, the Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats (CIBU) hub would be set up in the Environment and Infectious Risks (ERI) Research and Expertise Unit, and the Hantavirus CNR hub would be affiliated with the ERI Research and Expertise Unit.