ResearchA tenth gene for the AIDS virus
Any biology textbook will tell you that the AIDS virus (HIV) has nine genes. The existence of a tenth gene, asp, was suggested in the late 1980s but remained a point of contention. However, this claim has recently been confirmed by scientists from the CNRS and the Institut Pasteur, who compared 23,000 sequences of HIV and SIV (the equivalent of HIV in non-human primates). They demonstrate that the ...
NewsA single catalytic heart for replication and transcription in archaea
The first structure of a member of an essential DNA polymerase family (polD) found in archaea, one of the three main 'domains' of life, was recently determined by crystallography by a team involving scientists from the CNRS, the Institut Pasteur and IFREMER. Surprisingly, the catalytic heart of polD, which is responsible for DNA replication, has the same architecture as the RNA polymerases ...
educationOutreach-school program (stage de 3ème)
The Education Department renews for the year 2016/2017 its outreach-school program (stage de 3ème) for their observation training. 50-60 students in total will be welcomed on December 12 to 16, 2016 and from January 30 to February 3, 2017. To facilitate the welcoming of these students in the laboratories, all the administrative procedures and the organization of weeks, including campus tours and activities, ...
PartnershipFrance Médias Monde and the Institut Pasteur sign a partnership agreement
On Wednesday October 19, 2016, Marie-Christine Saragosse, Chief Executive Officer of France Médias Monde, and Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur, signed a framework partnership agreement which provides for the organization of joint communications campaigns and the exchange of content. This partnership signals the establishment of closer relations between two leading stakeholders ...
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FundingNews - October 28, 2016
Focus on: Upcoming calls for projects - "Chemistry, Screening": 2017 edition of the Global Care Initiative consortium The Global Care initiative consortium at the Institut Pasteur is pleased to launch its 2016-2017 edition of call for research proposals. By combining human resources and automated instrumentation at the Institut Pasteur, the Global Care initiative with the Chemogenomic ...