March 04, 2016
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BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, March 4, 2016
Using data collected in French Polynesia, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, the CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers), the Institut Louis Malardé, the French Polynesia Hospital Centre, and the Public Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP), have shown that infection by the Zika Virus (ZIKV) increases the likelihood of contracting Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a severe form of limb paralysis that is often accompanied by respiratory impairment. GBS has been observed in countries where the Zika epidemic is prolific.
Researchers have identified an inflammatory mechanism of depression through the study of a rare disease: mastocytosis
On 1 March, Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur, and François Houllier, President of INRA, signed a framework partnership agreement...
During its 138th session on January 30, 2016, the Executive Board of WHO admitted the Pasteur International Network Association as an institution "in official relations with WHO". The Association gathers all the 33 institutes of the Network. It is a great step for the recognition of the Association and the Institut Pasteur International Network as an important non-state actor in favour of global public health.
• Visit of the French President to the Institut Pasteur in Montevideo
• Inauguration of a new biosafety level 3+ laboratory (P3 +) at the Institut Pasteur of French Guiana
Launched as part of the Investing in the Future program, the "Health Research at Teaching Hospitals" (RHU) category was set up to...
• Scientific Council lecture on March 10
• Seminar on "Research, Science and Society: ongoing changes and debates"
• A look back at the Brainhack conference
The Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub at the Institut Pasteur is running a series of themed courses that are open to everyone.
Many of you came to the information meeting on the Jobs and Skills Framework held by Christian Bréchot and Olivier Gramail on February 19. A video of the session, the presentation and all the documentation produced to date on this topic (job description templates, employment maps, skills charts, etc.) are available on Webcampus.
On Wednesday March 16, the MAASC Department will be running a lecture on digital networking for scientists.
The 17th edition of Brain Awareness Week will take place from March 14 to 20.
• HAL- Pasteur open archive: submitting articles, copyright, transfer of ownership
• PubMed -My NCBI: useful tips and tricks
In January 2016, in a bid to support the Institut Pasteur's development and meet the IT needs on campus as best as possible, the Information Systems Department launched a campaign to gather user requirements, in cooperation with the heads of scientific departments and transversal research centers and the administrative directors. This process provided a pool of ideas which the Information Systems Department will use to identify the IT projects they will implement over the coming months.
Following the new partnership set up with the company Distriplus, the Institut Pasteur now has a series of snack dispensers offering not only drinks and sweets but also, since the beginning of the year, a range of fresh products.