BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, March 1, 2019

The circulation of the dengue virus for the past sixty years in South-East Asia is relatively well known. For Zika, the situation is much less clear. In an attempt to shed light on Zika circulation, scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, in collaboration with US teams and the Thai National Institute of Health, decided to investigate the history of the Zika virus in Thailand.

On March 30, the Institut Pasteur will be hosting an event entitled "Autism: what can we learn from research?", attended by Erik Orsenna, Ambassador for the Institut Pasteur. This day, organized on the initiative of Thomas Bourgeron, Head of the Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit at the Institut Pasteur, and his team, will be an opportunity for the general public, and especially patients and their families, to meet the scientists and clinicians involved at various levels in work to understand and tackle autism.

The next "Start-up breakfast" will be held on Tuesday March 12, 2019, at 8.30 am. Lyonbiopôle will present its actions to help innovators develop new technologies, products and services in a push toward a more personalized medicine and better treatments for patients. It will be the opportunity to discover the different actors of the Health ecosystem outside Paris.