
2016 New Year address to all staff
The Institut Pasteur's senior management team will give its New Year message to all staff on Wednesday January 13, 2016, at 10.30am. In his address, Christian Bréchot will outline the Institut Pasteur's progress and successes in 2015 and the main achievements made under the 2014-2018 strategic plan. This event will also be an opportunity to present the plan to set up an Institut Pasteur Saclay ...

EMBO Conference “International Symposium on Problems of Listeriosis”
The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is responsible for severe food-borne infections that affect immunocompromised individuals, new born babies, elderly and pregnant women. Mortality due to listeriosis is still close to 30%. Contamination by this organism leads to food recalls from the market. Listeria is also of veterinary imortance. Strikingly, three decades of molecular, and cellular studies have ...

Concerted effort in the fight against Ebola - a message from Christian Bréchot
On December 29, 2015, the World Health Organization declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea. Forty-two days had passed since the person with the last confirmed case tested negative for the second time. On that date, Guinea entered a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to ensure that any new cases would be identified quickly before they could spread to other people. ...

Competition to choose the best name for the new communal space on campus
The Institut Pasteur has embarked on an ambitious infrastructure modernization program to underpin its strategic priorities. The aim of the master plan, which covers the period up to 2026, is to facilitate the flow of energy and talent, pool and share resources and skills, and provide cutting-edge equipment and technology. The Institut Pasteur is keen to draw on the benefits of our close-knit campus, ...

2016 New Year cards
2016 New Year greetings cards are now available. The cards can be collected from the Enzymes Shop in the François Jacob building, which is open every day from 1 to 4.30pm. All those who go to collect cards should wear their badge so that the staff in the Enzymes Shop can register their purchase. Price: 12 euros for a set of 10 cards. You can use 110x220 envelopes. An electronic ...