ceremonyA look back at the New Year ceremony on January 9, 2019
On Wednesday January 9, all staff were invited to the traditional New Year ceremony to hear from Christian Vigouroux, Chairman of the Institut Pasteur Board of Directors, and Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur. This event, which many of you attended, was an opportunity to look back on the achievements and milestones that marked 2018, especially in the area of governance but also in terms ...
Scientific eventsA closer look at your daily scientific activities – "Scientific events": January 11, 2019 edition
The Scientific Secretariat General compiles information on the week’s conferences and publications, patents, funding opportunities, job vacancies, training and events that you may find useful for your career... If you have any questions, please contact: scilife@pasteur.fr Download the PDF of the "Scientific events" edition from January 11, 2019 Consult the archives
educationA new edition of the Medical Entomology MOOC
About 25% of annual deaths worldwide are related to infectious diseases and 23% of them are directly related to vector-borne diseases (VBD). The MOOC “Medical entomology”, directed by Anna-Bella Failloux of Institut Pasteur and Vincent Robert of IRD, will teach the role of vectors in the functioning of ecosystems and how to interrupt the vector transmission chain. It is organized from ...
InternationalPartnership between the French Development Agency, the Institut Pasteur and the Mérieux Foundation to rebuild the National Health Laboratory in Myanmar (Burma)
The project, signed on December 21th, 2018 between the three institutions, will enable Myanmar (Burma) to acquire a high-security national reference laboratory in Rangoon and to strengthen its diagnosis capabilities to enable the population, particularly the most vulnerable, to be better protected from epidemics and emerging diseases. The integration of Myanmar into its regional and international environment ...
PREVENTIONLaunch of the 2018 occupational risk assessment procedure and creation of the single document
Work will begin this month on producing the Institut Pasteur's occupational risk assessment document. The aim of the risk assessment procedure is to encourage every head of entity (laboratories, platforms and administrative, technical and support departments) to take an active role in risk prevention and improving working conditions. The risk assessment document should be produced by the entity head ...
