
Wuhan coronavirus: mobilization of the Institut Pasteur, its teams and the institutes in the International Network
On January 9, the Chinese health authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that they had discovered a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The situation was monitored closely over the following weeks and on January 24 the French Ministry of Health reported the first three confirmed cases in France (and also in Europe). The number has since risen to six. In response to the situation, the ...

"A Genetic Tale: Our Diversity, Our Evolution, Our Adaptation" – Invitation to the inaugural lecture by Lluis Quintana-Murci on February 6, 2020 at the Collège de France
Lluis Quintana-Murci, a Professor at the Institut Pasteur and graduate of the Universities of Barcelona, Pavia (where he completed a PhD in Genetics) and Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris (where he was awarded his HDR – accreditation to supervise research), has been Head of the Human Evolutionary Genetics Unit (CNRS UMR2000) at the Institut Pasteur since 2007. This renowned scientist, who has more ...

A closer look at your daily scientific activities – "Scientific events": January 31, 2020 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 31, 2020 Consult the archives

Upcoming Scientific Council lecture on Wednesday February 5, 2019
Each month, the Institut Pasteur Scientific Council organizes a lecture by a scientist on campus. This regular event, open to all, is an opportunity to find out how research and knowledge are progressing in a specific field. It is also a way of establishing links between research issues and the broad scientific topics that are explored during the events. These unique lectures are aimed at the entire ...

Third edition of the conference on "Scientists, physicians and research participants"
The ICAReB platform is part of the Center for Translational Science (CRT), whose aim is to facilitate research on humans. It offers access to human biological resources (samples with associated clinical data) for the Institut Pasteur's scientists and external employees. Every two years, the healthy volunteers and patients who help advance research by giving samples and sharing their data are invited ...

Social and Economic Committee: first meeting
The Institut Pasteur Social and Economic Committee (CSE) was officially set up on January 1, 2020. The CSE merges all previous staff representative bodies, the staff representatives, the Works Council and the Hygiene, Safety and Working Conditions Committee (CHSCT). The first meeting of the CSE, which focused on setting up the various committees, was held on Thursday January 23. Find ...