Third Institut Pasteur MOOC to be launched

A third Institut Pasteur MOOC (massive online open course), entitled "From neuron to behavior", will be available to the public from May 16 via the "France Université Numérique" (FUN) platform. This MOOC will cover cutting-edge topics in neuroscience research: evolution, development, plasticity and pathologies of the nervous system. The final sessions of this MOOC will also raise the fascinating issue of the interaction between the microbiota and the brain, a rapidly expanding research topic at the Institut Pasteur. Led by Pierre-Marie Lledo, Director of the Neuroscience Department at the Institut Pasteur, this MOOC will feature no fewer than 26 speakers. Registration for the new MOOC will open on February 16, 2016.

It is hoped that this third Institut Pasteur online course will emulate the success of the first two MOOCs, one on concepts and methods in epidemiology and the other on vaccinology, both of which attracted more than three thousand learners for each session.

Three additional MOOCs are planned for 2016 as part of efforts to consolidate and diversify the Institut Pasteur's role among the education community. The Institut Pasteur is aiming to maximize the possibilities offered by online teaching and further increase its range of MOOCs, in close partnership with the Institut Pasteur International Network.