institutionA new 2019-2023 strategic plan for the Institut Pasteur
After taking office as President of the Institut Pasteur in January 2018, Professor Stewart Cole embarked on the development of a new strategic plan for the Institut Pasteur for the period 2019-2023. On December 21, 2018, the Board of Directors unanimously adopted this ambitious yet realistic action plan for the next five years. Three priority scientific areas have been identified: emerging infectious ...
Scientific eventsA closer look at your daily scientific activities – "Scientific events": January 25, 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 25, 2019 Consult the archives
Honor"Epidemiology, or the science of estimating public health risks" – Come along on January 31 for Arnaud Fontanet's inaugural lecture at the Collège de France
Arnaud Fontanet, Professor at the Institut Pasteur and at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), specializes in the epidemiology of infectious and tropical diseases. He is a former resident in the Paris Public Hospital Network (AP-HP) and a doctor of medicine (Paris V University) and public health (Harvard University). Since January 2002 he has directed the Epidemiology of Emerging ...
HealthExposure to biological risks: medical monitoring of research laboratory staff (IP, Inserm, CNRS)
The doctors in the Institut Pasteur's Occupational Health Department and the occupational health physicians at Inserm and the CNRS have drawn up an agreement on monitoring staff exposed to pathogens in research laboratories, with the aim of harmonizing the surveillance practices for these specific staff members. Standardizing medical surveillance practices for research laboratory staff exposed to biological ...
responsible campusDrinking water and wastewater statistics at the Institut Pasteur
The first estimates of drinking water consumption in 2018 are now available. Approximately 367,900m3 of water was consumed on campus in 2018 – the equivalent of 5,040 bathtubs each day. Water is a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce: over the past 75 years, the volume of drinking water available per person per year has fallen more than threefold. The Quality, Environment and Sustainable ...