BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, June 19, 2020

CORONAVIRUS

On June 8, the Director-General of the World Health Organization stated that although the COVID-19 epidemic situation is improving in Europe, globally it is worsening, and we must avoid lapsing into complacency. The situation is a complex one.

CORONAVIRUS

The Institut Pasteur in Paris and its International Network of 32 institutes have been extremely active worldwide in responding with science to the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Its response currently involves a lot of people at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and several teams in the network in other countries

general meeting

The elections to replace outgoing members of the Institut Pasteur's General Meeting board were held the last week (on June 8, 10 and 12, 2020). The results for each category can be found below.

Scientific events

The Scientific Secretariat General compiles information on the week’s conferences and publications, patents, funding opportunities, job vacancies, training and events that you may find useful for your career...

INFORMATION SECURITY

During the lockdown period, the Institut Pasteur was the victim of an information security attack caused by the download of pirated, non-professional software. The software, which turned out to be malware, led to a risk of our IT system being compromised and required the concerted efforts of the information systems security teams and the Information Systems Department for several days.