BIP: the Institut Pasteur Newsletter, January 29, 2016

Inauguration

On Tuesday, February 2, at 12.30pm, the new social center at 25 rue du Docteur Roux, between the J. Monod and A. Fernbach buildings, will be officially opened. You are all invited to come to the opening ceremony - attended by the senior management, the architects and those involved in the project - and to check out the new building, which includes seating areas for group interaction, meeting rooms, relaxation areas and vending machines selling drinks and snacks. This is also your chance to find out the name that has been chosen from the 72 suggestions received during the competition. We would like to thank you for taking part and for your creative ideas!

HEALTH/ECONOMICS

On Thursday, January 21, 2016, Christian Bréchot attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) for the first time.

Press

It is the disappearance of a glycolipid from the bacterial cell envelope during evolution that may...

awards

Several Pasteuriens were recently recognized for the value their work brings to the scientific community. The Fondation Olav Thon International Research Prize, the Fondation de France Medical Awards, and the annual fellowship elections of the The International Society for Optics and Photonics honored researchers from the Institut Pasteur.

Research

Animal testing is a fundamental aspect of biological and medical research, for scientific, legal and ethical reasons.

Center

With its new Center of Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Integrative Biology (C3BI), the Institut Pasteur has taken a decisive step forward into the era of big data...

Carreers

An information meeting about the Institut Pasteur Jobs and Skills Framework will be held on Friday, February 19, at 3.30pm in the Duclaux lecture hall. This session - open to all staff on campus - is an opportunity to review this key element of the Institut Pasteur strategy which has been designed to strengthen career development.

Campus training

The training center in the Talent and Organization Development Department is organizing training in animal testing ("designer" and "surgery" levels), FlowJo software and oral scientific communication.

International

The Department of International Affairs of the Institut Pasteur launches the call for Traineeship Grants, Calmette and Yersin Programme.