BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, October 8, 2021

From September 29 to October 1, the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Inserm and the ANRS I Emerging Infectious Diseases, broadcast the international conference "COVID-19: Advances and Remaining Challenges" live from its campus in English. The event, followed by nearly a thousand people worldwide (some in person and some remotely), was attended by global COVID-19 experts and held under the high patronage of the French President...

Lights off... silence... and action! The Pasteurdon 2021 opening film began at 12 noon, offering a touching, heartwarming retrospective to mark the 15th anniversary of the fundraising campaign. On Wednesday October 6, the launch event for the 2021 edition of Pasteurdon got under way, with the participation of Stewart Cole, President, Antoine Bogaerts, Director of Philanthropy, Erik Orsenna, Institut Pasteur Ambassador, and several TV and radio partners and partner companies. The colorful event began by looking back at 15 years of commitment, efforts and generosity, a wave of collective momentum – with the lab coat, decked out for the occasion in a kaleidoscope of colors, taking center stage!

BioImage Informatics is an annual meeting in the processing, analysis, and extraction of information and knowledge from biological images.

Leptospirosis is treatable in the first few days after the onset of illness using inexpensive, widely available antibiotics. This is also the case for other bacterial zoonotic diseases that mainly affect tropical regions, but often such conditions are not taken into consideration or are poorly treated because they are confused with malaria or viral fevers.