BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, September 15, 2017

Agenda

On September 28, all Institut Pasteur staff are invited to attend two events.

Tribute

The Institut Pasteur would like to pay tribute to the businessman and great philanthropist Pierre Bergé, who was an AIDS activist in the early years of the epidemic.

education

The Institut Pasteur has established partnerships with several international European Universities within the framework of the European Erasmus+ program. This program provides fellowships to students for a training period of up to 6 months in a research center in a European country.

education

This September the Young Researchers program starts up again.

Scientific events

The speaker will be Nonia Pariente, Senior Editor for Nature Microbiology,

Scientific events

StaPa, the Institut Pasteur's association for young researchers, organizes its first annual Photo Contest.

CeRIS

Have you ever got stuck trying to find the impact factor of a journal or compare it with other journals from the same discipline?

International

Read online or download the new report of the Institut Pasteur International network 2015-2016. Over the past two years, the network has been characterized by the unprecedented strength of the links between its different institutes.

International

Targeting the real risk areas and predict - up to 6 months before - a dengue epidemic: it is the ambitious challenge of epidemiology laboratory at the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana.

career

The speaker of this session will be Franck Mouthon, CEO and founder of Theranexus, a biotechnology company.

community

Come and discuss the topic that lies at the essence of our community: "What is the Pasteurian spirit?", with guests Farid Bouzidi, scientist, sole trader and first alumnus of the Institut Pasteur Alumni community on LinkedIn, Corinne Jamma, a non-scientific staff member and Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors, the Lettre de l’Institut Pasteur, and Gerald Spaeth, scientist and Director of the Parasites and Insect Vectors Department.

Health

Blood products have a limited shelf life and there is an ongoing need...

Security

To improve security at access points and in view of the applicable regulatory directives, biometric readers are currently being installed at the BSL-3 laboratories and A3 and Lwoff animal facilities.

Fundraising

The Institut Pasteur's runners once again put in an outstanding performance in the "La Parisienne" women's road race.

Life outside the lab

Institut Pasteur’s Cultural Association is back ! Come join one of our activities (free trial classes) ! Starting October 2, 2017. To kick-off the academic year 2017-2018, La Pasteurale would like to announce the creation of a music lab ("Le Music Lab"). Its inauguration - followed by a jam session - is scheduled this Friday, September 15 at The 25.

Life outside the lab

To start the new academic year in great shape, why not come along to the Institut Pasteur sports club fair...

building work

Major refurbishment on the auditorium in the François Jacob building is scheduled to start on October 16. This will involve replacing several faulty seats and waterproofing the floors, plus a full cleaning operation. The work should be completed by October 31.