Institut Pasteur newsletter, July 3, 2015

News

Since May 20, 2015, South Korea has been facing an outbreak of MERS-CoV that began with a traveler who returned from the Middle East.

As of June 26, 2015, there have been 180 cases and 31 deaths in Korea. 

As part of its global health mission, the Institut Pasteur is actively involved in monitoring the development of the outbreak, through its dedicated outbreak investigation taskforce. Institut Pasteur in Korea is also evolved on the ground.

                                                                            

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Carreers

Watch the June 29th meeting and find out more about the Jobs and Skills Framework !

Many of you came to the information meeting on the Jobs and Skills Framework held by Christian Bréchot and Olivier Gramail on Monday, June 29th.

A dedicated space has been set up on Webcampus containing a video of...

Decisions

• Creation of the Pathogenesis of Vascular Infections Unit
• Appointment of the new Head of the Clinical Research Department 

 

 

  •  Creation of the Pathogenesis of Vascular Infections Unit

 

Following the favorable opinion issued by the Scientific Council in October 2014, the Pathogenesis of Vascular...

Scientific events

In accordance with applicable regulations, the Institut Pasteur is required to regularly review and update its statement with the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Ethical Research Committee for the Greater Paris region (CPP Ile-de-France I) concerning the preparation, development, use and preservation for scientific purposes of parts of the human body.

The Medical Affairs and Public Health Department is coordinating this process and is contacting all the relevant entities to ask them to fill in or update the collection inventory form, available on Webcampus.

 

 

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Download the form, which should be returned as soon as possible to ceboh@pasteur.fr.

 

Please note: if...

Education

Starting from the beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year, the Institut Pasteur will be organizing job shadowing weeks for middle school students. This scheme will enable students aged 14 and 15 (in their last year of collège) to come and find out more about research professions, regardless of whether they know anyone at the Institut Pasteur.

 

This does not prevent Institut Pasteur staff members from inviting students of their acquaintance to...

Pasteurdon

Many of you lent your faces, your smiles and your enthusiasm last week for the shooting of this year's Pasteurdon short films, which will play a vital part in the campaign.

BIP invites you to check out a behind-the-scenes photo gallery. These pictures will also be displayed on the screen in the cafeteria. The dedication, generosity and cheerful attitude of all those involved certainly made it a memorable occasion!

 

 

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Sponsorship

For the fourth year in a row, a "Roulons solidaires" campaign organized in partnership with AG2R La Mondiale will be held on the campus to clock up the kilometers and raise money for the Institut Pasteur’s research. For three weeks from July 6 to 24, two stationary bikes will be set up in the...

Art and science

An organoid or neo-organ is literally a new structure that resembles an organ. Organoids are used in medicine to test new biological functions or molecules or to recreate and visualize the activity of an existing organ within an integrated system.

logo-organoide.png The Institut Pasteur and the...

Funding

  • Focus on: New call for proposals in connection with the large-scale Vaccinology program
    The Vaccinology program is one of the three large-scale, horizontal GPF programs that are implemented by the Institut Pasteur. Basically, the GPFs support the development of relevant collaborative projects, the organization of internal and international symposia, and contribute to recruitment strategies based on inter-departmental interactions.
     
  • Appel d’offres 2015 Enfance & Cancer
  • Programmes de bourses d'excellence pour étudiants étrangers du FQRNT
  • Bourses postdoctorales au Japon
  • Appel à candidatures Concours Genopole: l’innovation en biotechnologie
  • Appel à projets de recherche sur la prévention
  • The...