CORONAVIRUSCOVID-19: additional business continuity measures following the staff memo of October 29
Key points: Reduce presence on campus as much as possible: • Priority given to wet-lab research activities, organization of teams on campus coordinated by line managers; • All staff who can do so must work from home Restrictions on external visitors and intern supervision No business trips allowed without special permission Further to the staff ...
CORONAVIRUSMicrosoft Teams webinars: sessions by the Information Systems Department on the possibilities of this remote working tool
The emergence of the health crisis and the need to work remotely has led to new working methods and the use of new tools for information and communication at the Institut Pasteur to ensure that activities can continue. So far, Microsoft Teams, used with the support of the Information Systems Department, has helped staff to keep in touch with each other and with external contacts, securely, from campus ...
CORONAVIRUSCOVID-19: Senlis Criminal Court convicts the author of a fake news video for defamation
On November 2, 2020, Senlis Criminal Court convicted the author of a misleading video claiming that the Institut Pasteur invented COVID-19, posted online on March 17, 2020, of public defamation towards the Institut Pasteur. The author's words, which were untrue and unfounded and were based on a misinterpretation of a patent submitted in 2004, led to a wave of strong reactions against the Institut Pasteur. ...
NewsAntibiotic resistance: the Institut Pasteur's microbiological expertise and unique collection of resistant strains contribute to research on group A streptogramins
The Institut Pasteur's outstanding collection of bacterial strains has played a key role in research at the University of California. The collection was used in a study exploring how the modification of group A streptogramins, a class of antibiotics discovered and isolated in France in the 1960s, can restore their efficacy by enabling them to overcome the resistance mechanisms employed by the bacteria ...
Scientific eventsA closer look at your daily scientific activities – "Scientific events": November 6, 2020 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 November 6, 2020 Consult the archives
ITNew data storage solutions now available
With the support of the Institut Pasteur senior management team, we are moving to a new system that reflects the realities of invoicing this type of service offered to campus. We will now be offering 100TB of free storage to all PIs, with a new funding/invoicing model and a service that is more closely aligned with the needs of the scientific community. What is changing? Each PI will be able to spread ...
Human resourcesProvident insurance/healthcare platform: finalize your registration from November 16 to December 10
As announced in October, from January 1, 2021, the company Verspieren will become the new manager of the Institut Pasteur's provident insurance/healthcare contract, taking over from the company Vivinter. To enable the new provident insurance/healthcare platform to be set up, we are asking you to finalize your registration between Monday November 16 and Friday December 10. What it means ...
