BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, May 20, 2016

News

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and the Max Planck Institute have used high-throughput screening to identify the cellular factors involved in the replication of chikungunya virus in human cells. These findings have revealed potential therapeutic targets that could help tackle this virus.

awards

• Pierre-Marie Lledo and the Spoelberch Foundation
• Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili and the European Academy of Microbiology
• Thomas Bourgeron and Academia Europaea

Partnership

Monday 9 May at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, Jean-Yves Le Gall and Christian Bréchot signed...

Research

To help scientists at the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus find new funding and identify relevant opportunities offered by foreign funding bodies, the Mapping and Scientific Communications service (part of the Department of Development) has introduced Research Professional, an online monitoring tool.

Research

Are you interested in scientific outreach, citizen science, and more generally...

Center

The International Network for Data Analysis (INDA) was created to federate and promote the bioinformatics and biostatistics research and education in the Pasteur International Network (RIIP).

Center

The next session will take place on May 31 on the subject "Ethics committees: applying the new EU legislation".

Scientific events

The next seminar in the "Science and Society" cycle will take place on May 26. It will be presented by Didier Torny on the topic "Vaccine Controversies".

training

The training center in the Talent and Organization Development Department is running three training courses with the C3BI and the Citech.

IT

Over the past few months, the Information Systems Department has been working on the implementation of an infrastructure that can cater for the increasing needs in terms of application hosting.

responsible campus

To mark European Sustainable Development Week (May 30 to June 5, 2016), the Quality, Environment and Sustainable Development Department is organizing two open days to present the measures adopted by the Institut Pasteur in this area and discuss the issue of sustainable development.

Donors

The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors - the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" (LIP) - contains a special feature on Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Security

This year, the evacuation drills will take place from May 30 to June 2, 2016.