BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, July 6 2018

At the staff general information meeting on June 12, the Institut Pasteur management gave you the opportunity to ask them questions directly via the email address questionsDG@pasteur.fr Please find on Webcampus a dedicated page which presents the topics and answers to the questions posed to the management team since June 12. It also presents responses to the questions posed to the elected Institut Pasteur members of the General Meeting who interacted with the Institut Pasteur management team during the June 12 meeting.

The Institut Pasteur is pleased to invite you to the official unveiling of the newly installed Titan Krios^TM electron microscope. This event will take place on July 12 at 5.30pm in the CIS auditorium and will be led by Christian Vigouroux, Chairman of the Institut Pasteur Board of Directors, Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur, Frédérique Vidal minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and Erik Orsenna, Ambassador for the Institut Pasteur.

Pasteurdon is known for its inspirational short films, designed to raise awareness among the general public of the vital role of research in improving health. This year, from June 26 to 28, the Department of Communications and Fundraising held sessions to shoot the new short films that will be shown for this year's 12th edition of Pasteurdon.

Next Monday, July 9, the Institut Pasteur campus is hosting its own version of the Tour de France! So now is the time to gear yourselves up and get ready to pedal for charity. From July 9 to 27, for the seventh year in a row, the three-week "Vivons Vélo" campaign, organized in partnership with AG2R La Mondiale, will be held on campus to clock up the kilometers and raise money for the Institut Pasteur’s research.