Institut Pasteur Welcomes New, Comprehensive Relationship With UCSF QBI

In a ceremony on October 21, 2022, the Institut Pasteur and UC San Francisco Quantitative Biosciences Institute (UCSF QBI) announced a new partnership for the joint establishment of  the Institut Pasteur-UCSF QBI Center of Excellence in Emerging Infectious Diseases with planned operations in San Francisco and Paris. The MOU was signed by Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur, Professor Sam Hawgood, Chancellor of UC San Franciso and Dr. Nevan Krogan, Director of Quantitative Biosciences Institute at UCSF.

The mission for the Center will be multifaceted:

• Pandemic preparedness: prediction and treatment

• Collection of data from worldwide cohorts for epidemiology and prevention of infectious and neglected tropical diseases, both internationally and domestically

• Increase the capacity and research capabilities of southern countries in pandemic preparedness through exchange program

• Deeper understanding of the effects of global warming on infectious and neglected diseases

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