November 06, 2015
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BIP: the Institut Pasteur Newsletter, November 6, 2015
As part of a vast program to combat infectious encephalitis in South-East Asia, scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia are focusing their research on the bats that carry the Nipah virus, an emerging infectious agent that causes the disease. Their aim is to prevent or limit a possible future epidemic in Cambodia.
On October 26, the European Molecular Biology Organization published its list of the 23 scientists selected for the 2015 Young Investigators Award. The winners include Nolwenn Jouvenet and Romain Koszul.
Following the favorable opinion issued by the Scientific Council in December 2014, the Evolutionary Bioinformatics Unit was set up on November 1, 2015.
The Pasteur - Paris University International PhD Program presents a workshop on ethics in research every year for their first-year PhD students.
What are the key factors for a successful research–industry partnership? To help you answer that question, along with a host of others, the Teaching Center, in partnership with the Talent and Organization Development Department (part of the HR Department), is running a new in-house training program entitled "Business development and biomedical innovation".
• "Write and publish a scientific article" (in English) with Sciences Impact
• "C3BI School - Winter session - Programming and scripting"
• Zotero
• Calculating your h-index
One of the priorities of the Institut Pasteur's strategic plan is to strengthen links with industry and business, particularly through teaching and training activities. The Education Department, the MAASCC welcome and support structure for contract researchers and the Research Applications and Industrial Relations Department have therefore decided to introduce a monthly event to encourage scientists to create their own companies.
On October 27th, 2015 the Institut Pasteur was pleased to welcome Mr José Mujica, who was the 40th President of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015, now Senator.
On October 30, a ceremony was held to present the 2015 long-service awards. Christian Bréchot and Christophe Mauriet were in attendance to see 66 Institut Pasteur staff members receive their awards this year. Long-service awards are a nationwide tribute in recognition of a number of years' service in the private sector. They are awarded at the employee's request.
he first round of elections for members of the Works Council and staff representatives will take place from November 26 to December 2, 2015.
The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors - the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" (LIP) - contains a special feature on a seasonal infection that can be more severe than often thought: influenza.
The Financial Affairs Department would like to inform you that no more orders may be placed after Friday, November 27, 2015.