BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, November 10, 2016

Agenda

In the context of very rapid evolutions of science, medicine and public health, the Institut Pasteur has initiated in 2014 a strategic plan to reinforce its ambition and leadership while maintaining its specific positioning in research.

Award

The iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition was set up to promote research in the area of synthetic biology. This annual competition was launched in 2004 by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the United States. This year, a new team was set up, comprising around twenty students in a wide variety of fields including biology, chemistry, mathematics, journalism, political science and biodesign.

International

Discover online the exciting programme of this unique scientific event to be held at the Institut Pasteur from November 29 to December 02. This 3rd edition is focused on biomarkers.

Conference

The Institut Pasteur is very pleased to announce the 10th “NMR: a tool for biology“ Conference.

Conference

The IDAMS and DENFREE consortium in collaboration with WHO-TDR organize its final stakeholder meeting...

Center

Two doctors will give a brief presentation to Institut Pasteur scientists on the diseases they are involved in treating.

event

On Friday December 16, at 3pm, the Institut Pasteur will be hosting a graduation ceremony for students who have completed their PhD thesis on campus. The PhD degrees will be awarded by their respective universities.

education

The "Principles and Applications of Fluorescence Microscopy" course will take place from February 27 to March 10, 2017.

CeRIS

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

CeRIS

The media library can help you to self-archive your scientific publications.

Human resources

The annual intercultural seminar on the topic "Settling and Living in France" will take place on Monday November 21.

Security

n connection with the security master plan that has been rolled out on campus by the Technical Resources and Environment Department (DRTE), the technology in the badges used to access the Paris site is being changed, which means that all staff will be issued with a new badge and will need to produce a new profile photo.

Donors

The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors (LIP) has a special feature on autism, a common syndrome that affects 1 in every 100 children at birth.

Fundraising

On November 16 at 7pm, the Institut Pasteur in Paris will stage a production of the play "Oublier"...

Practical

On Monday November 7, the Enzymes Shop switched back to its pre-August opening times.