September 04, 2015
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BIP: the Institut Pasteur Newsletter, September 4, 2015
In 1965, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to André Lwoff, Jacques Monod and François Jacob "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis". Over and above the prestige of winning the Nobel Prize, the research carried out by these three Pasteurian scientists, often in collaboration with other colleagues (including Elie Wollman and Melvin Cohn), is generally considered to be among the most significant contributions to the foundation of molecular biology...
Group B streptococcus (GBS), a mostly benign inhabitant of healthy adults, is one of the leading causes of neonatal sepsis and meningitis...
♦ World Sepsis Day
♦ Second Symposium in Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases
On November 4, 2015, the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards will be presented following a scientific symposium.
The first results of the revamp of the pasteur.fr website will soon be launched. The newly designed top-level pages and the fully revamped Research section will shortly be launched. This is a major first step in the website overhaul project, which is due to be completed for the entire website by 2016.
On July 8, the 26th Neuronal Plasticity Prize was awarded to three recipients including Thomas Bourgeron, Head of the Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit.
The Technological Innovation and Research Center (Citech) is launching its first in-house call for proposals to capitalize on the arrival of two technologies under development in its new Tech Lab.
The 14th edition of the Institut Pasteur Laboratory Show will take place from 10am to 5.30pm on September 17 in the CIS hall and auditorium.
The 2015 edition of Pasteurdon, the Institut Pasteur's annual awareness and fundraising event, will run from October 8 to 11. This 9th edition will depend more than ever on the concerted efforts and determination of the Institut Pasteur's scientists, who will once again show that they are willing to go to any lengths to beat viruses and improve human health!
Work is continuing on the Unified Communications Project, and the changeover process will be starting up again in September.
On Tuesday, September 15, from 2 to 4pm, the science media library will be running a training session on "Calculating your h-index".
Final weeks to complete performance reviews.
The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors – the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" (LIP) – contains a special feature on the Institut Pasteur's research into our microbial flora (the microbiota).
Are you looking for a way to spend your excess energy or simply to relax? Come and discover the many activities on offer at the Institut Pasteur sports club. You're sure to find a sport that suits you!