ceremonyA look back at the New Year ceremony on January 12
On Friday January 12, 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, who took office as President of the Institut Pasteur on January 2. At this event, which many of you attended, the speakers focused on the themes of sharing knowledge, developing close working relationships, the current ...
reportSalmonella outbreak: the Institut Pasteur first to issue the alert!
The French National Reference Center (CNR) for Salmonella based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris is in charge of microbiological surveillance of cases of human salmonella infection. In late November 2017, it was this CNR that alerted the authorities to the excessive number of salmonellosis cases in infants, and thus engaged the fight against the outbreak of salmonella infections linked to powdered ...
educationRegistration now open for the Malaria MOOC
As part of the ongoing development of its online training, the Institut Pasteur has set up a MOOC on malaria, a disease which remains a major public health threat and claims more than 400,000 lives each year. Although the widespread use of currently available malaria control measures has led to a considerable reduction in the spread of the disease over the past decade, the elimination of malaria in ...
InternationalTwelve new species of Leptospira discovered in New Caledonian soils
Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis that affects over one million people and is responsible for nearly 60,000 deaths each year worldwide. This disease transmitted to humans via freshwater contaminated with bacteria of the genus Leptospira has a record incidence in Oceania. A group of researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network coordinated by the Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Calédonie ...
FundingNews - January 19, 2017
Reminder: David Itier and the Department of Development (DDGO) Mapping Department (sccs@pasteur.fr) are on hand to help you identify the funding opportunities that match your research interests; The Grants Office (GO) has the expertise to complement your scientific knowledge and can help with the structuring and drafting of your applications. It is important that you contact the office as soon ...