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An international PhD program in Life Sciences and Biomedicine

                                                      EVENTS !

Upcoming and/or ongoing events

- Thesis Advisory Committee by the Cannetti Class
- Start of Journal Clubs
- Case studies for the Ethics Workshop (held on Nov 30th 2011) coming up in January 2012

 

Past Events

Workshop on the Institut Pasteur International Network

On Nov 7th 2011, the PPU organized as part of its training program, a workshop on Global Health & The Institut Pasteur  international network.

The program included a keynote lecture by Pr. Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University (USA), on challenges and solutions of global health issues. 

After this introduction, the International  Institut Pasteur Network was addressed at two levels. The first part was from a historic perspective, with a presentation given by Pr. Anne-Marie Moulin, CNRS, in which she restituted the context and challenges of early pioneering work by Institut Pasteur scientists in foreign countries. In the second session, an overview given by Dr. Salomon, head of the International Department of Institut Pasteur, Paris, who emphasized the density and variety of the research centers around the globe . The following presentations by Dr. Roberto Bruzzone, Director of IP Hong Kong, gave insights into the management of an international research center with scientific, strategic and financial perspectives. Finally Dr. Sara Eyangoh of the Centre Pasteur of Cameroon highlighted the ongoing research progress on the Buruli ulcer, with a special mention of the impact of stigmatization, hence the social impact of the disease and the role of the scientist in the field.

Fianly, students and speakers gathered around some refreshments to exchange point of views and questions.

 



The Pasteur Paris University welcomes the Canetti Class 2011-2014 !
                                                 October 4th 2011

Retreat 2011

The second retreat of the PPU was held from the 12th-thru the 13th of May 2011, at Trouville, Calvados.
Students learned about their Class "Patron". This year the focus was on Jacques Monod, Nobel laureate for the co-discovery of the Lac Operon.
From Top Left:

- Scientific presentations of research
- Time to Say "Hotel de la Plage"
- 3000 yrs of Indian classical dance?! No, just 200 generations of Yeast Evolution.

From Bottom Left:

- "We missed you at Trouville"  get together !: In front of Pasteur Museum
- A good mix of Grad School staff, students, and Ph.D. advisors
- figure legends


 

Journal Club

The following dates have been set for the journal club for the Monod Class:

Date Student’s name
 Title
23/11/2010 Brian Mozeleski  
11/01/2011 Mangay Periasamy  
08/02/2011 Andreas Kühbacher  
08/03/2011 Jason Bland  
05/04/2011 Katie Siddle  
10/05/2011 Yu-Huan Tsai  



Results : 2010-2011 Interview

Candidates ranked  by the Scientific Committee


Candidate Citizenship Last Diploma Student’s Advisor Unit Head of Unit Doctoral School Ph.D. Project
CHEN
Peter		 USA BSc in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA, 2001) Eduardo
Rocha		 Evolutionary Microbial Genomics Eduardo Rocha CdV The Population genomics of emergent monomorphic bacterial pathogens
GOEBELS
Carolin		 Germany MSc in Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen (Germany, May 2011) Guilhem
Janbon		 Aspergillus Jean-Paul Latgé B3MI Analysis of the role of intron on gene expression in Cryptococcus neoformans
KUMAR
Namit		  India  Master of Technology (Biotechnology), Amity University (India, May 2010) Shahragim Tajbakhsh Stem Cells and Development Shahragim Tajbakhsh  CdV  Characterisation of muscle stem cell survival and self-renewal
MARTINS
Mariana		 Portugal MSc in Biochemistry, University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences (Portugal, 2009) Shaynoor Dramsi Biology of Gram Positive Pathogens Patrick Trieu-Cuot B3MI Deciphering host signaling pathways hijacked by S. gallolyticus during infection of human colonic epithelial cells.
RAYMANN
Kasie		  USA  MSc in Biology, Indiana University, Lynch Laboratory (USA, May 2011) Simonetta Gribaldo  Molecular Biology of Gene in Extremophiles Patrick Forterre CdV  Reconstructing the evolutionary relationships between Archaea and Eukaryotes: a phylogenomic approach
REDMOND
Seth		  UK/USA MSc in Bioinformatics, University of Liverpool (UK, 2001) Kenneth Vernick  Genetics and Genomics of Insect Vectors  Kenneth Vernick  CdV  Genome-wide association in mosquitoes by whole genome resequencing
ROZEN-GAGNON
Kathryn		  USA  BSc in Biological Sciences, Columbia University, NY (USA, May 2010) Marco Vignuzzi  Viral Populations and Pathogenesis  Marco Vignuzzi  B3MI In vivo population dynamics studies of Chikungunya virus infection
SHANMUGASUNDARAM Mathura Singapour BSc in Biomedical Sciences, National University of Singapore NUS (Singapore, May 2011) Benoît Robert Morphogenesis Molecular Genetics Benoît
Robert		 CdV Mechanisms of morphogenesis in the mouse limb

                                           



Interview days for 2011:

The interview for the 2011 candidates was held on the 8-9-10-11 March 2011.

Luncheon
The last luncheon was scheduled on the 2nd of December 2010, 12:00-14:00H, 5th Fl. Metchnikoff Bldg. seminar room.


Classe Pasteur, Retreat May 25th 2010
               
             Presentation of their Scientific work-in-progress                       Class Pasteur 2009-2012, at Hotel Lutecia, in Paris.     
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After an introductory lecture by Pr. Patrice Debré on the impact of the work of Louis Pasteur, a full workday was dedicated to presentations of their research by the Ph.D. students.
A scientific session introduced by Dr. Luis Quintana-Murci included work presented by Dr. Shahragim Tajbakhsh from the Institut Pasteur on stem cells and their role in development and regeneration.
This annual event is a cornerstone for updates on the students’ progress and for setting the tone for the remainder of their thesis research projects.
The day ended with refreshments and pizza at a local Pizzeria round the corner from the Institut Pasteur !

  • 2009 Class Pasteur Welcome Ceremony - October 8th 2009.

Student - Graduate office Luncheon   Monday 16th November 2009 - Pasteur Club
Library - Training for full text access Tuesday 1st December 2009 - 10:00H