BIP: the Institut Pasteur Newsletter, July 31, 2015

Conference

EMBO Conference “Genetic Control of Development and Evolution”

The theme of the EMBO Conference was inspired by seminal studies of François Jacob on gene regulation and by his reflection on evolution expressed in a book published in French in 1981: "Le jeu des possibles, essai sur la diversité du vivant" and in English in 1982 “The possible and the actual“, Pantheon Books, in an article entitled: “Evolution and Tinkering” published in Science, 196,1161-1166,1977.

Education

A MOOC in vaccinology

A new Massive Online Open Course developed by the Institut Pasteur will be launched in September 2015.

Pasteur Paris-University

New class 2015

On October 1st, 14 outstanding PhD students will be welcomed at the Pasteur Institute, they come from all over the world.

Research and Education

iGEM program website

The iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) program, originally set up by MIT in Boston, was launched for the first time at the Institut Pasteur this year. This program invites Bachelor and Master students to complete a project based on an advanced scientific topic, taking into account its societal and ethical aspects.

International

First Tripartite Fiocruz-IP-USP Hands-on Course Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

The aim of this course is to provide students with theory and practical tools to analyze Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data.

évaluation

Performance reviews

The annual appraisals for staff of categories 1 to 6 and executive administrative and technical staff have begun.

Modernization

Procurement portal

Since procurement portal has been available on campus, several changes have been implemented to simplify your requests.

Hot temperatures

Guidelines

As we have entered the summer period we are likely to experience more hot weather, which can be unpleasant for those working at the Institut Pasteur.

Media Library

Cinema Club

Reminder: From July 21 to August 4, 2015, the science media library will be screening a variety of films on campus.

Funding

  • FOCUS

Presentation of 2016 - 2017 calls for the Horizon 2020 program and partnering

In the runup to the 2016 - 2017 calls for the Horizon 2020 program, the European Commission is organizing a series of events in Brussels:

17/09/2015: a brokerage event to bring together European research teams wishing to submit a project proposal. Various sessions are scheduled to give the researchers the opportunity to present their project for a given call.

18/09/2015: an information day on scientific programming as part of the Horizon 2020 program, entitled "Health, demographic change and well-being". This event will provide an opportunity for the European Commission to present its priorities and expectations for the projects submitted

 

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R21)
    Application Due Date(s): Several dates apply - next date: 16/10/2015
     
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    Translational Research on Adducts in Cancer Risk Identification and Prevention (U01)
    Application Due Date(s): standard dates apply
    Letter of Intent Due Date: October 23, 2015
     
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    Innovative Basic Research on Adducts in Cancer Risk Identification and Prevention (R01)
    Application Due Date(s): standard dates apply
    Letter of Intent Due Date: October 23, 2015
View the calls for proposals published this week on Webcampus
Newsletter

Last issue before the summer break

The Institut Pasteur newsletter team hopes you have a great summer!