BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, January 27, 2017

Press

Several studies have indicated that schizophrenic patients are likely to show a high level of nicotine dependence. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm and the ENS used a mouse model to elucidate the mechanism of action of nicotine on cells in the prefrontal cortex.

Partnership

The École Normale Supérieure and the Institut Pasteur work closely together in the fields...

News

As of mid-January 2017, influenza is continuing to spread across France and has now reached most regions.

Center

The Center of Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Integrative Biology (C3BI) was set up in March 2015 and became an Institut Pasteur–CNRS joint service and research unit in January 2016.

Research

With its illustrious past, outstanding research and wide-ranging missions, the Institut Pasteur occupies a unique position on the global research landscape. The Institut Pasteur successfully combines fundamental research, its core activity, with the practical application of this research in the field of medicine and public health and the development of teaching activities and industrial partnerships. The Institut Pasteur International Network is also a key part of its history and its work.

career

The second 2017 session will take place on Tuesday February 7. The speaker will be Sjaak Deckers, who became Chief Executive Officer of G-Therapeutics two years ago.

education

The "From neuron to behavior" MOOC, launched in 2016 under the leadership of Pierre-Marie Lledo, Director of the Department of Neuroscience,  is opened up...

education

The aim of the course is to provide students and researchers with a general overview in major research areas...

International

The Department of International Affairs of the Institut Pasteur launches the call for Traineeship Grants, Calmette and Yersin Programme. These grants, funded by the Department of International Affairs, are designed to facilitate mobility within the Institut Pasteur International Network (RIIP) and to promote and facilitate traineeships at Institut Pasteur in Paris or in a RIIP member institute for scientists (students, researchers and technicians) from the Institut Pasteur and from the RIIP.

CeRIS

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Human resources

In accordance with new legislation for all organizations with more than 300 employees, the Institut Pasteur payslip will be changing from January 2017 to comply with new presentation guidelines.

Human resources

The Institut Pasteur training plan for 2017 has been adopted and is being rolled out on campus.

Security

Given the nature of its missions and activities, the importance of its research and also its geographical location, the Institut Pasteur has to strike a fine balance between the need for flexibility in its scientific activities and the safety of staff and research. This balance must also comply with an increasingly stringent regulatory framework of best practices for biological safety and security, designed to ensure the protection of scientific and technical potential and the protection of people.

responsible campus

At the beginning of this year, the Institut Pasteur installed a first bird box, known as a "lifebox", on its campus.