BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, September 11, 2020

Pasteurdon

More than ever in 2020, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, lab coats have come to symbolize all the heroes working behind the scenes to protect our health. In 2019, the Institut Pasteur created the hashtag #PutOnYourLabCoat (#MetsTaBlouse) to announce the start of a new edition of Pasteurdon, the annual fundraising campaign that celebrates research and raises awareness of the need for funding to tackle disease and provide solutions to the major health challenges facing the planet. A dozen urban artists accepted the invitation to customize a lab coat

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

The Institut Pasteur is currently targeted by a phishing attack trying to infect computers with “ransomware” software. Some emails from people posing as someone you may know or work with, contain a malicious attachment which, when executed, encrypts your data and asks for a ransom to be paid. One of the emails looked like this: