BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, May 13, 2016

Research

The Institut Pasteur is issuing a second call for applications for its Chairs of Excellence. The aim of these chairs is to recognize the excellence of the research carried out by the Institut Pasteur's scientists in their given category and their commitment to the Institut Pasteur's key missions.

Press

A study from the University of Würzburg and the Institut Pasteur elucidates the mechanisms of the emergence of an outbreak of meningococcal disease in men who have sex with men (MSM).

Press

An international study conducted by scientists from the IRD, Inserm and the Institut Pasteur...

Decisions

• Creation of the Institut Pasteur Ethics Unit
• Creation of the PIBnet entity
• Organizational structure of the Center for Translational Science

Research

The Development Department/Partnerships and Incentive Research Programs Department organizes on June 6th - 9 am to 1 pm - a symposium/call for expressions of interest  in the framework of the Grand Programme Fédérateur (GPF) : Links between Infection, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cancer - LINMEC.

Scientific events

At the Pasteur Medicine Quarter-Hour sessions, two doctors give a brief presentation to Institut Pasteur scientists on the diseases they are involved in treating.

ethics

The Ethics Unit is pleased to invite you to a lecture given by Professor Céline Lafontaine (Université de Montréal) on May 24.

training

The training center in the Talent and Organization Development Department is running three training courses with the C3BI and the Citech.

Education

A new platform for e-learning has just been launched at the Institut Pasteur.

Health

On May 2, 2016, the British scientific medical journal The Lancet published a special issue entitled "France: from social security to global health". It looks at how the French healthcare system has contributed to the emergence of universal social security coverage and France's role in health diplomacy.

Center

The C3BI and the Bioinformatics and Biostatistics HUB are running a survey with the aim of improving the services they offer, strengthening relations with the units and platforms on campus and raising awareness of their activities and current projects

IT

To update the current High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster BIC and lift some limitations due to the batch system managing it, the Information Systems Department is opening today a new HPC cluster called TARS. This cluster runs under the SLURM batch system and contains common machines for a total of 2000 CPU.

CeRIS

Come and meet the Scientific Information Resources Center (CeRIS) team.

Carreers

The Jobs and Skills Guide has now been adopted and will be incorporated into the Institut Pasteur company agreement.

publication

Introducing the first MAASCC Newsletter, your source for information about career guidance and integration support within the Human Resources Department at the Institut Pasteur. Read about Professor Brechot's impetus for creating the MAASCC on page one, and be sure to also click the "MAASCC is RECRUITING" link to see a description of a position for a new MAASCC member!

Life outside the lab

Beneficiaries of profit-sharing bonuses for the financial year 2015 have until May 19...