
WHO and France convene high-level meeting to defeat meningitis
Global leaders highlight the need to defeat meningitis – a leading cause of disability – at a high-level meeting co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of France, under the High Patronage of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. The event took place on 26-27 April 2024 at the Institut Pasteur and is supported by prominent athletes advocating on the cause ahead ...

See you on June 25, 2024 at CIS for Pasteur Innov' Day, Applications are fundamental!
After a successful 1st edition in 2022, Pasteur Innov' Day will be back on June 25, 2024, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the CIS, still with the ambition of helping healthcare manufacturers (from startups to major groups, via SMEs/ETIs) discover all the innovation potential of the Pasteurian continuum. The Research Applications and Industrial Relations Department (DARRI) is the initiator of this project, ...

The Technical Resources and Environment Department becomes the Department of Corporate Social Responsibility and Technical Resources
The Institut Pasteur has to deal with increasingly diverse and complex societal challenges. Under the impetus of Stewart Cole and with the commitment of Yasmine Belkaid, the measures already pursued by the departments and taken on the initiative of staff (Make Pasteur Greener, etc.) in the various areas related to CSR (corporate social responsibility, e.g. social, environment, ethics) provide the basis ...

A closer look at your daily scientific activities – ‘Scientific events’: May 3, 2024 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 May 3, 2024 Consult the archives

Upcoming Scientific Council lecture on May 16 at 4.30pm
The lectures organized by the Scientific Council are an opportunity to find out about the latest developments in research and knowledge in a particular field. They are also a way of establishing links between specific research challenges and the broad scientific topics explored at each session. These unique lectures are aimed at the entire Institut Pasteur community. The upcoming lecture, entitled ...

Launch of Pasteur Learn: win prizes by taking part in the teaching challenge until June 14, 2024
Pasteur Learn, the new online training platform for all Institut Pasteur staff, was launched by the Human Resources Department on Monday April 22. The new learning management system (LMS), known as Pasteur Learn and available to Institut Pasteur staff via the Talentsoft Career Portal, offers a range of online training with customized, specialized and continually updated content. Pasteur Learn complements ...

Upcoming education webinar on May 23 with David Bikard on "CRISPR technology applications"
The Department of Education, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur Alumni Association and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) – Western Europe, is pleased to invite you to attend the latest in its series of "Education Webinars." At this upcoming session, entitled "CRISPR technology applications,” you will have the opportunity to be online with David Bikard, Head of the Synthetic Biology ...

"Epidemics. Taking care of the living world," the new exhibition at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon
From April 12, 2024 to February 16, 2025, the Musée des Confluences is hosting "Epidemics. Taking care of the living world," an exhibition in which epidemics are viewed as both a biological and social phenomenon. To mark the occasion, the Institut Pasteur museum, as partner to the exhibition, met with Mathilde Gallay-Keller, anthropologist and project manager for the exhibition. Pasteur Museum, ...

Next issue on May 17
We'll look forward to seeing you again on Friday May 17 for the next issue of the newsletter. Until then, all the best and take care!