
Key cellular factors for chikungunya virus replication identified
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and the Max Planck Institute have used high-throughput screening to identify the cellular factors involved in the replication of chikungunya virus in human cells. These findings have revealed potential therapeutic targets that could help tackle this virus. Like all other viruses, chikungunya penetrates host cells and makes use of their cellular machinery ...

Reminder - New tool to keep up to date with international calls for proposals
To help scientists at the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus find new funding and identify relevant opportunities offered by foreign funding bodies, the Mapping and Scientific Communications service (part of the Department of Development) has introduced Research Professional, an online monitoring tool. Research Professional is a fully searchable, regularly updated database of international funding ...

Sustainable development open days on May 31 and June 2, 2016
To mark European Sustainable Development Week (May 30 to June 5, 2016), the Quality, Environment and Sustainable Development Department is organizing two open days to present the measures adopted by the Institut Pasteur in this area and discuss the issue of sustainable development. Come and meet the Institut Pasteur's new partners (including VertDeco, in charge of green spaces on campus, ...

News - May 20, 2016
Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) franco-allemand - Programme Procope 2017 / en Allemagne: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) / en France: Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du développement Interational (MAEDI) et Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MENESR) Objet: développer les échanges scientifiques et technologiques ...