October 13, 2017
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BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, October 13, 2017
The wait is over – Pasteurdon 2017 has officially begun! Several of you came along on Wednesday to the launch event for the 11th Pasteurdon to find out what's new for the 2017 edition of the annual Institut Pasteur campaign to raise awareness and funds. On the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus – temporarily transformed into a movie theater! – you got to see an exclusive preview of the new appeal films, masterminded by the unique creative genius of renowned film-maker Claude Lelouch and lit up by the sparkling presence of loyal patron Alexandra Lamy.
On October 8, the 54 energetic, sporty members in the Institut Pasteur team took to the streets of the French capital to run the prestigious "20km de Paris" road race in support of Pasteurdon.
On October 14, special "Vivons Vélo" rides will take place in all participating cities in aid of Pasteurdon.
Tomorrow, Saturday October 14, no fewer than 70 participants from the Institut Pasteur will take to the start line of a unique obstacle course, the Assu 2000 "Défi Run" in Paris.
On October 11, 2017, five young scientists at the Institut Pasteur received 2017 L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" Fellowships. Through their research, the three postdoctoral fellows and two PhD students are helping to advance scientific knowledge in the fields of child malnutrition, the immune system, vaccination, emerging diseases and psychotic disorders.
For the last few weeks, Madagascar has been facing a particularly severe outbreak of pneumonic plague, which is mainly affecting the major urban centers of Antananarivo and Toamasina. Every year, between 250 and 500 cases are reported on the island. This year, the outbreak has occurred earlier than usual and touched urban areas, which increases the risk of transmission.
The Microbes and Brain MOOC, directed by Grégoire Chevalier and Ivo Gomperts-Boneca, is open for registration on the FUN platform.
The core facilities of the Center for innovation and technology (CITECH) invite you to an "Open House" day on October 19, 2017. Come and discover the training and service offer in imaging, “omics”, production and characterization of proteins, cytometry, insect and animal models…If you are a newly arrived student or post-doc, this is the ideal opportunity to learn about the core facilities in a single day!
At the Pasteur Medicine Quarter-Hour sessions, two doctors give a brief presentation to Institut Pasteur scientists on the diseases they are involved in treating.
The workshop aims to bring awareness to the researchers of Institut Pasteur about the stakes and opportunities of intellectual property...
This training session is a mix of theory and hands-on exercises to show you how to deposit your scientific publications in the HAL-Pasteur platform.
For the past two years, the CeRIS has been holding informal campus presentation sessions...
The aim of this annual event is to improve our understanding of cultural differences so that we can extend a warm welcome to newcomers and help them settle in.
The social data report and the report on professional equality between men and women, published each year, summarize the main statistical data on the Institut Pasteur's personnel structure and indicate any changes that have occurred over the past year and the two previous years.
