130TH ANNIVERSARYBuilding work on the Institut Pasteur began 130 years ago
"This is the start of post-exposure rabies prophylaxis. (...) A rabies vaccine center should be set up," declared Louis Pasteur on March 1, 1886 at the French Academy of Sciences, after revealing the results of the first human vaccinations against rabies. The Academy immediately appointed a committee, which took the unanimous decision to launch an international appeal for funds to set up ...
PressCholera: understanding the link between the world’s major outbreaks paves the way to a better control strategy
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in collaboration with several other international institutions, recently published two studies tracing the history of cholera outbreaks in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean from the last 60 years. Genomic analysis of more than 1,200 strains of Vibrio cholerae revealed for the first time the link between the different ...
ResearchInception project: Call for applications for the creation of five-year groups
Institut Pasteur has launched an international call for junior candidates wishing to establish new independent research groups in the cutting edge interdisciplinary environment of its campus in Paris, France. This year the call will be focused on the topics associated with the INstitut Convergence entitled “Emergence of Pathologies Through Individuals and populatiONs” (Inception program). ...
supportLaunch of the Institut Pasteur housing platform
The Education Department and the Office in Charge of Integration and Career Guidance of Scientists (MAASCC) are pleased to announce you the launching of the housing platform of Institut Pasteur. It is available today in 3 languages (English, French, Chinese) : http://housing.pasteur.fr/en/ Already at Institut Pasteur? Sign up using your email address (@pasteur.fr) Almost at Institut Pasteur? ...
responsible campusGet involved in the European Week for Waste Reduction: discover the presentations
The European Week for Waste Reduction is coordinated in France by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME). Sessions will be held on the Institut Pasteur campus from 11.30am to 2pm on Thursday November 23 and Friday November 24, on the terrace of the company restaurant. The focus of the 2017 edition is reuse: Products can be reused for the same purpose they were designed for. To ...
FundingNews - November 17, 2017
Focus on: Research grants from the Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation The Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation research grants, first set up in 2001, are designed to promote research by a post-doctoral fellow working full time on cardiovascular research at a French institution (research placements abroad are not eligible). The research topic can include cardiovascular development, physiology, diseases, epidemiology ...