A look back at the European Heritage Days at the Institut Pasteur

Over the weekend of September 21 and 22, from 2 to 6pm, the Institut Pasteur opened its doors for the 41st European Heritage Days. For the occasion, the museum organized a campus tour combining science, heritage and history. The Institut Pasteur last took part in the European Heritage Days in 2015.

A total of 1,030 visitors came to campus over these two half-days.

The event was made possible thanks to the efforts of the StaPa (the Institut Pasteur's association for young scientists) and 19 volunteer PhD students. Many thanks to them!

Naomi Plays, a young violinist and winner of several international competitions, provided some musical interludes during the tour, playing several pieces including the first sonata for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach and the first sonata by Eugène Ysaÿe.

The exhibition "The journey of RNA: from the discovery of mRNA to Katalin Karikó's Nobel Prize" was also open to visitors in the greenhouse.

 

Film director Raphaël Hitier spoke to the audience following the screening of his documentary "Les aventuriers de l'ARN messager" in the lecture hall in the François Jacob building.

Photos: François Gardy/Institut Pasteur

See the StaPa's PhD students in action at the French National Science Festival!

The PhD students in the StaPa will be at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie on October 4, 5 and 6 for the French National Science Festival. Over the three days they will be running a workshop entitled "Seeing the invisible: how do scientists investigate microbes?"

This is an opportunity for visitors to take a deep dive into the fascinating world of microbes and to learn about the techniques used by scientists to observe and analyze them.

Friday October 4: 10am to 6pm (day for school students only)
Saturday October 5: 10am to 6pm
Sunday October 6: 10am to 7pm

The workshop is free and accessible to everyone and includes free entry to the Cité des Sciences.

 

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