BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, May 25, 2018

Press

Using an original mathematical and statistical analysis method, a team of scientists from the Institut Pasteur partnered with researchers from the United States and Thailand to analyze a Thai cohort that has long been a focus of study for dengue specialists, and obtained new information that should help identify individuals at risk of infection.

Scientific events

Each month, the Institut Pasteur Scientific Council organizes a lecture by a scientist on campus. This regular event, open to all, is an opportunity to find out how research and knowledge are progressing in a specific field. It is also a way of establishing links between research issues and the broad scientific topics that are explored during the events.

Book signing

On Monday June 11, from 10.30am to 2.30pm, Annick Perrot, honorary curator of the Institut Pasteur, and Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur, will be signing copies of the book "Louis Pasteur le visionnaire". This event, organized in partnership with the bookshop La Cédille, will be held in the CIS hall.

regulation

The new European Union legislation on personal data processing and protection, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), comes into force today, Friday May 25, 2018. This is the most significant EU legal reform on personal data protection for the past 20 years.