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News | 2014.02.17
Visit of S.E. Essa Al Haj Al Maidoor, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority
On February 18th, the Institut Pasteur welcomed the Director-General’s delegation of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), S.E. Essa Al Haj Al Maidoor. They were received by Pr Christian Brechot, President of the Institut Pasteur, by Dr. Marc Jouan, General Secretary of the Institut Pasteur International Network and the Head of the Molecular Genetics RNA Viruses Unit/CNR influenzae virus, Pr...
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News | 2014.01.29
Designation of a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Surveillance of Anti-malarial Drug Ressistance - Institut Pasteur in French-Guiana
The World Health Organisation has designed the Laboratoire de Parasitologie de l'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane as WHO Collaborating Centre for the Surveillance of Anti-malarial Drug Resistance. Lise Musset and Eric Legrand will act as Heads of this new Centre attached to the WHO Americas Region (AMRO). This designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) is effective for a period of four...
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News | 2014.01.23
Alejandro Buschiazzo from the Institut Pasteur in Montevideo is the laureat of the 2014 François Jacob’s Prize
Alejandro Buschiazzo awarded the François Jacob’s Prize given by Professor Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur on January 24th, 2014. This Award recognizes his work on crystallography, his great commitment in the interface with the Institut Pasteur International Network especially in a leptospirosis' project and the creation of a structural biology network in Latin...
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News | 2014.01.19
Signing of an agreement with Myanmar within the framework of the ECOMORE project
The Institut Pasteur, the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the National Health Laboratory (based in Yangon), and the national Health authorities of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar signed a first Technical Collaborative Agreement within the framework of the ECOMORE project (“ECOnomic Development, ECOsystem MOdifications, & Emerging Infectious Diseases Risk Evaluation”). This...
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News | 2014.01.12
Professor Patrick Berche new President ot the Institut Pasteur in Lille
Pr Patrick Berche will take over as President of the Institut Pasteur in Lille in July 1st, 2014 after formal appointment on January 10th, 2014. Patrick Berche holds the position of Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Paris-Descartes, his mandate will end on June 30th, 2014. He will be in charge of the Institut Pasteur’s Scientific Director in Lille from January to June 2014. Medical doctor and...
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News | 2014.04.15
Sanofi-Institut Pasteur 2014 Awards
Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur are pleased to announce the Sanofi - Institut Pasteur 2014 Awards. These Awards will honor four scientists, whose outstanding research in the life sciences is contributing to progress in global public health, specifically in the following fields: tropical and neglected diseases, immunology, drug resistance and neurobiology. Deadline to submit nominations: Friday,...
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News | 2014.04.09
Chikungunya raises concern in the Americas
10.04.2014 - Despite the presence of potentially susceptible mosquitoes, the first autochthonous cases of chikungunya on the American continent were not reported until December 2013 when a severe epidemic struck the West Indies.
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News | 2014.05.21
The Institut Pasteur in Paris announces an international call for midcareer candidates to establish a research group in epigenetics.
Successful applicant will be integrated into the cutting edge interdisciplinary environment offered by an internationally renowned institute combining fundamental and translational research, in an attractive location in central Paris, in close proximity to other major research centers. Candidates specializing in the field of DNA methylation, chromatin modifications, chromatin remodelling, non...
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News | 2014.05.05
A working trip in Geneva for the Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur
On May 6th, few weeks before the 67th World Health Assembly which will concern some of the priority topics of the Institut Pasteur, the Professor Christian Bréchot, was in Geneva for a working visit. This visit allowed extensive discussions with the Global Fund to Fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria and the GAVI’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Seth Berkley. Several meetings...
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News | 2014.04.15
Strengthening ties between the IRD and the Institut Pasteur
On April 16th, 2014 Pr Michel Laurent, President of the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) and Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur, signed an amendment to the partnership agreement signed in 2010. This agreement aims to develop joint research projects in regions and communities overseas and in countries in Africa, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Latin America and...
