VisitFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex salutes the Institut Pasteur's expertise on emerging infectious diseases
French Prime Minister Jean Castex visited the Institut Pasteur on Monday January 10, accompanied by Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, to talk to some of the scientists engaged in the response to the COVID-19 epidemic and to meet other teams involved in advancing research on infectious diseases such as shigellosis. Research on emerging infectious diseases is ...
SEASON'S GREETINGSA look back on the 2022 New Year ceremony
The New Year ceremony, held on Tuesday January 11, featured addresses by Christian Vigouroux, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and Stewart Cole, President. This event, organized remotely for the second year in a row because of the health situation, was attended by nearly 500 staff. During his address, Christian Vigouroux thanked and paid tribute to all those who are involved on a daily basis in ...
CORONAVIRUSAdditional analysis – Impact of the Omicron variant on the COVID-19 epidemic and the extent to which it is kept under control in mainland France in winter 2021-2022
In a report dated December 27, 2021, scientists in the Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases Unit at the Institut Pasteur used mathematical modeling to assess the possible impact of the Omicron epidemic based on various hypotheses on the severity of the Omicron infection and on the effectiveness of vaccines against this variant, as well as the control strategies implemented (the booster and ...
Scientific eventsA closer look at your daily scientific activities – 'Scientific events': January 14, 2022 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 14, 2022 Consult the archives
2019-2023 STRATEGIC PLAN Institut Pasteur Innovation Accelerator: projects selected in 2021
The Institut Pasteur Innovation Accelerator was set up in 2019 to de-risk the most promising research applications, boost their socio-economic transferability and thereby speed up the transition between the lab and the marketplace for medical products. The project engineering approach proposed by the Innovation Accelerator combines funding strategies, technical support and professional expertise from ...
PREVENTIONLaunch of the occupational risk assessment procedure and creation of the single document for 2021
La campagne de rédaction du document unique d’évaluation des risques professionnels (DUER) débute ce mois-ci. Work will begin this month on producing the Institut Pasteur's occupational risk assessment document. The aim of the risk assessment procedure is to enable every head of entity (laboratories, platforms and administrative, technical and support departments) to take an active role in risk ...
