
Message from the Chairman of the Board of Governors about the governance of the Institut Pasteur
Message of February 24: "Dear Institut Pasteur staff, Shortly after my arrival, I had the pleasure of speaking to you at the New Year ceremony on January 10. This was an opportunity for me to tell you how proud I was to be joining the big Institut Pasteur family, to highlight the advances you have made in recent years and to set out the challenges we are facing together. One of these challenges is ...

Gender equality: a look back at International Women's Day on March 8 and other Institut Pasteur initiatives
On International Women's Day on Wednesday March 8, the Institut Pasteur celebrated the contribution of all female employees to the missions and visibility of the Institut Pasteur. To launch the day, Stewart Cole sent an email to everyone on campus in which he paid tribute to the "dedication, skills and creativity demonstrated (both now and in the past) by so many women at the Institut Pasteur, playing ...

HIV: scientific research hits the headlines and the Institut Pasteur introduces a label to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the virus
On February 20, the Institut Pasteur published a press release about a new case of probable HIV cure, an announcement that generated great interest. "HIV: third case in the world of probable cure after a bone marrow transplant" Forty years after the discovery of HIV in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, 38.4 million people were living with the virus worldwide in 2021. Only two cases of people being cured ...

A closer look at your daily scientific activities – 'Scientific events': March 10, 2023 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 March 10, 2023 Consult the archives

Survey on the mental health of early career scientists: results, conclusions and launch of a new survey
Recognizing the importance of mental health among its community of early career scientists, the Institut Pasteur implemented an assessment and prevention initiative in 2022. An anonymous and confidential internal questionnaire was conducted to evaluate perceived stress levels and their impact on the health and daily routines of postdoctoral fellows and PhD students. Results and conclusions ...

Get voting to elect the Louis Pasteur stamp!
For the 32nd year in a row, the French postal service La Poste is running a competition to elect the stamp of the year. Participants are given the opportunity to select their favorite products and then their top product for the year 2022 in eight different categories: • Stamps: all stamps issued as part of the French philately program (1 single stamp). • Blocks/small ...

Network maintenance on the weekend of April 1: outage and disruptions to be expected
As part of the renewal of Institut Pasteur's network connectivity equipment, the Information Systems Department would like to inform you that a maintenance is to be carried out on the first weekend of April. In order to enhance the internet speed within the campus and to overcome the obsolescence of the current equipment, our technical teams will replace the switch connectors during the weekend of ...