
100 days: message from the President
« Dear Colleagues, After 100 days in a new post it is customary to compare the achievements with the original objectives and route map. When I began as President of the Institut Pasteur my initial task was to consolidate and complete the senior management team, the CODIR. It is unnecessary to remind you that our “raison d’être” is to perform world-class biomedical ...

Pierre-Jean Corringer selected for funding by the European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) has published the results of its 2017 Advanced Grant call for proposals. Pierre-Jean Corringer, Head of the Channel Receptors Unit, was selected for his project Dynacotine (Signal transduction and allosteric modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from ion channel electrophysiology to atomic 3D structures). The aim of the project is to shed light on the ...

Take part in the "Health Lab", the new collaborative health event on entrepreneurship in health
The Institut Pasteur is one of the organizers of "Health Lab", a "hackathon"-style event on the theme of health, which will be held in central Paris from June 1 to 3. Whether or not you have your own idea, come along and join a team at the "Health Lab" hackathon, where you can turn an idea into a start-up in 50 hours! This event is a wonderful opportunity for team-based ...

The 2018 Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards – encouraging and rewarding innovative research in life sciences and biomedical research
The Institut Pasteur's long-standing partner Sanofi is renewing its commitment to research by organizing the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards for the seventh year running. These awards go to scientists and their teams whose discoveries lead to practical applications in research fields with a major impact on global health. For this new edition, the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards will be divided into ...

101st issue of the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" out now
The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors – the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" (LIP) – contains a special feature on allergies. More than one in every four people in Europe currently suffer from allergies, and WHO predicts that by 2050 half of all those living in industrialized countries will be affected. Allergies are caused by a deregulation ...

News - May 4, 2018
Reminder: David Itier and the Department of Development (DDGO) Mapping Department (sccs@pasteur.fr) are on hand to help you identify the funding opportunities that match your research interests; The Grants Office (GO) has the expertise to complement your scientific knowledge and can help with the structuring and drafting of your applications. It is important that you contact the office as soon ...