BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, March 31, 2017

corporate

François Romaneix was appointed as the Institut Pasteur's Senior Executive Vice-President Administration and Finance by the Board of Directors at its meeting on March 24, 2017. "It is a great honor for me to join the Institut Pasteur. I do so with enthusiasm, humility, and a commitment to support the development of the Institut Pasteur and the changes it introduces as it continues to strive for scientific excellence," he stated following his appointment.

Decision

Isabelle Pelletier-Doucement has been appointed as acting Vice-President Human Resources with effect from March 28, 2017.

award

Allianz France, an active player in the field of health, is also committed to supporting medical research with the aim of reducing and preventing health risks.

Research

The March for Science initiative was launched in the United States to champion the vital importance of science for society.

Scientific events

The Institut Pasteur's senior management team has set up a Careers Committee with the aim of strengthening career support and promoting career development. The committee will provide scientists with the opportunity to voice their goals, recognize their skills and identify possibilities for professional development or retraining, in line with their own aspirations and the Institut Pasteur's strategic choices.

Agenda

Following on from the launch of the new versions of pasteur.fr and research.pasteur.fr, a new centralized procedure for signing up to scientific events is now available via the website research.pasteur.fr.

CeRIS

The HAL-Pasteur open archive is a platform that you can use to submit scientific articles and make them freely available for consultation.

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?

Book signing

To mark the publication by Editions Fayard of his new book entitled Géopolitique du moustique ("The Geopolitics of the Mosquito"), Erik Orsenna will give a presentation alongside Anna-Bella Failloux in which he will describe his "Pasteurian journey" across the world and his encounters with scientists specializing in mosquito-borne diseases, who provided him with material and guidance for his book, due to come out on April 3.

documentary

“What is it about the 21st century that makes us so particularly vulnerable to epidemics?”

Scientific events

In connection with the partnership between the Institut Pasteur and Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Procurement Department and the Equipment Center are inviting all scientists to come and check the compliance of their PCR equipment.

Practical

We would like to inform you that the Personal Protective Clothing store and mail service have moved.

restaurants

Following the Institut Pasteur's call for tenders for the staff restaurant, snack bar and catering and club services, the company Eurest was selected and will begin its work on Monday April 3, 2017. A welcome booklet is available to present the company. To mark the start of this new partnership, Eurest and its team are delighted to invite you to a welcome drinks reception on April 3, 2017.