September 27, 2024
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Upcoming scientific conferences with the Institut Pasteur Conference Center
The Institut Pasteur Conference Center is pleased to announce the next three outstanding events that will be held on campus. Practical details can be found below.
- "Meeting in memory of Gérard Orth, a visionary (1936 – 2023)" on October 16
On October 16, the Institut Pasteur will pay tribute to Gérard Orth with an event in the Emile Duclaux lecture hall from 9am to 4.45pm.
Gérard Orth was an Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS, an Honorary Professor at the Institut Pasteur and a Member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was a passionate scientist who devoted his life to advancing knowledge on the links between papillomavirus infections and cervical cancer and on improving the prevention of this common disease through early diagnosis and vaccination.
We hope that lots of you will come along to this event, at which several speakers will pay tribute to Gérard Orth.
• Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur
• Christine Bergeron, Cerba Pathology
• Robert D. Burk, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Jean-Laurent Casanova, Rockefeller University & Imagine
• Pierre Charneau, Institut Pasteur
• Joakim Dillner, Karolinska Institute
• Peter Howley, Harvard Medical School
• Reinhard Kirnbauer, Vienna Medical University
• Doug Lowy, National Cancer Institute
Organizing committee: Christine Bergeron, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Antoine Gessain, Philippe Sansonetti and Moshe Yaniv
- Klebsiella Epidemiology and Biology Symposium 2024, from November 20 to 22, 2024
The meeting is the first international symposium specifically focused on Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn).
It will cover all aspects of Kpn and related Klebsiella species’ research, from fundamental biology and genomics, to epidemiology, public health, One health and clinical aspects, to therapeutics.
Sessions:
• Epidemiology in humans
• Ecology and One Health
• Klebsiella molecular biology
• Host-pathogen interactions
• Genomics and evolution
• Infection models
• Vaccines and novel therapeutic approaches
Organizing committee: Sylvain Brisse (Conference chair) and Chiara Crestani, Institut Pasteur, France, with support from the conference secretariat
• 1st international conference on CK1 protein kinase family from February 3 to 6, 2025
The Institut Pasteur is pleased to announce the first international conference on CK1 protein kinases: “from cell signaling to therapeutic targets in human disease”.
Casein kinase 1 (CK1) is a family of serine/threonine protein kinases crucial for regulating multiple cellular processes. Defects in CK1 regulation, localization, or mutations within the CK1 coding sequence are associated with important human diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and sleeping disorders. Consequently, members of the CK1 protein kinase family have emerged as promising targets for novel drug development, each paralog exhibiting distinct therapeutic effects. Furthermore, there is growing evidence linking CK1 to infectious diseases through the manipulation of its signaling pathways by pathogens. The primary objective of this inaugural conference is to share the latest research findings on CK1. Beyond that, the conference aims to foster collaboration among diverse scientific communities engaged in CK1 research, thereby encouraging the exploration of new avenues in CK1-related studies. The conference sessions will encompass the following areas:
• CK1 in development and regeneration
• Exploring CK1 function in model organisms
• CK1 structure and mechanisms of regulation
• CK1 and circadian clocks
• CK1 in human diseases, part I cancer
• CK1 in human diseases, part II neurodegenerative diseases
• CK1 in human diseases, part III infectious diseases
• Spatial and temporal aspects of signaling
• Targeting CK1 for therapy, part I and II
A round table will also be organized to discuss ways for different fields to collaborate on CK1 through dedicated funding.