July 21, 2017
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BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, July 21, 2017
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the Collège de France and Pierre & Marie Curie University have recently demonstrated that mutations in three genes responsible for Usher Syndrome – a hereditary condition that affects both hearing and sight – influence not only the workings of the ear, specifically the function of sensory cells in the cochlea, but also the development of the auditory cortex.
The 9th International AIDS Society Conference (IAS 2017) will take place in Paris from July 23 to 27, 2017, with many Institut Pasteur scientists contributing and participating. In the run-up to this event, the Institut Pasteur has compiled a brief review of its HIV/AIDS research over the past 34 years.
Health professionals are rallying around in support of the French government's plan to make 11 vaccines compulsory for children.
The Robert Debré Association awards two "Grands Prix" to support medical research.
Professor Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur, celebrated the first anniversary of the Pasteur Foundation Japan on July 6th at a scientific seminar with Japanese scientists and signed the following day a partnership agreement with the National Center For Global Health and Medicine (NCGM).
This theoretical and practical course is aimed at researchers who would like to get the most out of their Next Generation Sequencing datasets.
The subject will be "Research inside companies".
The Scientific Information Resources Center will be screening a selection of science documentaries from its DVD collection on campus from July 11 to August 8, 2017.
Over the past three weeks, many of you – including a handful of particularly devoted supporters – have taken part in "Vivons Vélo", a fundraising event to generate support for the Institut Pasteur's research by clocking up the kilometers on stationary bikes.
In view of upcoming required roadworks, contractor CPCU has informed us that it needs to access the work site via the entrance at 26 rue du Docteur Roux.