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Pasteur Network Newsletter |
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ECOMORE 2: the National Restitution Meeting held in Cambodia
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On February 9, 2023, the National Restitution Meeting of the five years project funded by the Agence Française pour le Développement, ECOMORE 2, was held in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. The objective was to remind to all involved parties the approaches used and to share the results and outcomes of the project as well as tangible recommendations to actors in the field.
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Fiocruz co-organized the 6th Global Science Technology and Innovation Conference (G-STIC) with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Brazilian Ministry of Health
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Visit of the Agence Française de Developpement CEO to the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
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Return on the visit of the Director of the Agence Française de Développement Cameroon to the Pasteur Center of Cameroon
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Return on the visit of Maria Van Kerkhove, technical leader of the WHO at the Fiocruz
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The Pasteur Institut in Nha Trang celebrates the 80th Anniversary of Dr. Alexandre Yersin’s Passing
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At the Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, return on the "Cours Pasteur sur la Gestion du Risque Biologique et le Transport des Matières Infectieuses" in collaboration with the WHO
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Throw back on the 1st scientific seminar between the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge and the University of Health Sciences
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Ethnocultural diversity at the INRS – Armand-Frappier Santé Research Biotechnologie Centre
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Produces by the Institut Pasteur (Paris) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar, the SEA-RAFES video explains the key role of ethics committees
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INFECTIOUS AND NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
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First-in-class anti-tuberculosis drug candidate designed by Institut Pasteur Korea licensed out to TB Alliance for further development
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At the Institut Pasteur de Bangui, return on the restitution of the results of the COVERHA study regarding COVID-19
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SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS |
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Ribosomal RNA: turning a problem into a tool
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Institut Pasteur, eLife
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Five members of the Pasteur Network have published the results of a study on mosquito ribosomal RNA. In addition to the release of 234 complete ribosomal RNA sequences from 33 mosquito species to public databases, the study presents the bioinformatics methodology used to assemble these sequences and assesses the use of ribosomal RNA as a molecular marker for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on mosquitoes.
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HIV: third case of probable cure worldwide
Institut Pasteur et al., Nature Communications
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Forty years after the discovery of HIV in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, 38.4 million people were living with the virus worldwide in 2021 and only two cases of people being cured had previously been described. The IciStem consortium now presents a new case of probable HIV cure, following a bone marrow transplant from a donor with the genetic mutation CCR5-delta 32, known to provide natural protection against HIV.
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ARCANE project, a first publication on antibiotic resistance
Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie et al., Antibiotics
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In the first publication of the Arcane project, a method based on resistance to ertapenem, a carbapenem antibiotic, was proposed to distinguish Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in samples with a very high bacterial load. This method allowed the isolation of 18 EPC, including a type of carbapenemase never detected before in the region.
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Pasteur Joint International Research Unit (PIU) - Call 2023
Application deadline: March 31st, 2023.
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To implement their scientific strategy, create new scientific synergies and boost the existing ones, the Pasteur Network and the Institut Pasteur support the creation of Pasteur Joint International Research Units (PIU). It is a “Virtual Unit” created for 5 years and brings together research teams belonging to up to three international research institute or university where of at least one belongs to the Pasteur Network.
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47th Call for Applications: Bourses de la Fondation Pierre Ledoux - Jeunesse Internationale
Application deadline: March 31st, 2023.
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Grants co-financed by the Fondation Pierre Ledoux - Jeunesse Internationale and the Department of International Affairs of the Institut Pasteur for an internship in a Pasteur Network laboratory in a low- or middle-income country.
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Grand Challenges Canada : Laboratoires de confinement de diagnostiques durables - Demande d’expressions d’intérêt
Registration deadline: April 13th 2023, 4:59am UTC.
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This request for expressions of interest seeks to find innovative solutions to reinvent the physical component of the laboratory to reduce operating and maintenance costs and ensure a sustainable presence for the safe and secure handling of high-risk pathogens, while maintaining and/or optimizing the essential functions of a diagnostic laboratory in low and middle income countries.
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Generating evidence for decision-making on the use of the oral cholera vaccine
Application deadline: April 21st, 2023.
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This funding call seeks to generate evidence for decision-making on the use of the oral cholera vaccine, with a focus on real-world impact and preparing for future preventative vaccination campaigns. Successful teams will support and engage with policymakers and/or implementing partners who are responsible for preventing and controlling cholera.
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Pasteur Network PhD Grant - Annual Call for Applications 2023
Application deadline: April 30th, 2023.
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The annual Pasteur Network PhD call for applications allows to support, this year, up to 7 new PhD candidate and at least 1 per region of the Pasteur Network. Applicants must, in collaboration with their future host supervisor, propose an innovative research project within the scope of the scientific priorities of the Pasteur Network. The period of tenure of this PhD grant is 3 years. All information can be found here.
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ISIDORe - Pathogen X call for proposals
Deadline for pre-applications: as long as funding remains available.
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The ISIDORe consortium supports scientists with an interest in epidemic-prone pathogens, including pathogen X. Proposals must focus on at least one of the priority pathogens (pathogen X, Orthopoxviruses, Non polio enteroviruses, Polio enteroviruses), requires access to at least one of the ISIDORe services, and be aligned with the sections listed on the the calls webpage.
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Join the French-speaking Société Francophone de Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale (SFMTSI)
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The SFMTSI, founded by Alphonse Laveran, is an association recognized as being of public utility and resolutely open to the South. It is a space for exchange between French-speaking tropical researchers and clinicians, with the aim of facilitating the development of projects and contributing to the training of young researchers.
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MOOC Pasteur Network: Rabies
Dates: from September 9th, 2022, to November 1st, 2023.
Registration deadline: November 7th, 2023.
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Reminder MOOC: Tuberculosis
Dates: from February 01st, 2022 to April 14th, 2023.
Registration deadline: April 7th, 2023.
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Reminder MOOC: Advances in Stem Cell Biology
Dates: from April 14th, 2022 to April 14th, 2023.
Registration deadline: April 07th, 2023.
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MOOC: Epigenetics
Dates: from February 15th, 2023, to April 19th, 2023.
Registration deadline: April 12th, 2023.
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Extended deadline: Croucher Summer courses - 2023
Dates: from June 18th to June 23rd, 2023.
Registration deadline: March 24th, 2023.
Location: HKU-PRP, Hong Kong, China.
Language: English.
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Biobanking (Online course)
Dates: from May 23rd to June 15th, 2023.
Registration deadline: April 20th, 2023.
Location: Online.
Language: English.
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Course on Flow Cytometry and Applications
Dates: from September 04th to September 09th, 2023.
Registration deadline: April 30th, 2023.
Location: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodge.
Language: English.
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International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2023 – Making the Exceptional Routine
Dates: July 10th & 11th, 2023.
Location: Oxford, UK & online.
Language: English.
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