To celebrate the bicentenary of Louis Pasteur's birth and pay tribute to this scientist who was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, the Institut Pasteur and the Académie des sciences are organizing a symposium with support from the Royal Society. This symposium will present cutting-edge research in Louis Pasteur’s own research areas and promote international cooperation in science and scientific outreach as he did throughout his life.
The day will consist of a series of scientific presentations given jointly by scientists from the Institut Pasteur and from British institutes and universities. The symposium will take place at the Royal Society. It will be free and open to the public with registration. The event will also be broadcasted online on the Royal Society's YouTube channel.
More information : https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2022/10/pasteur-bicentenary-tribute/
Registration
Online registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-bicentenary-tribute-to-louis-pasteur-foreign-member-of-the-royal-society-tickets-441522133587
Program
2.15-2.20 pm Welcome remarks from the Royal Society & the Académie des Sciences (Jim Smith & Pascale Cossart)
2.20-2.30 pm Louis Pasteur’s legacy
Stewart Cole (Institut Pasteur)
2.30-3.05 pm Chemistry – chair Peter Leadlay (University of Cambridge)
Paola Arimondo (Institut Pasteur): Chemistry and Biology match together to tackle epigenetics and fight diseases
Chris Schofield (University of Oxford): The importance of chemistry in antibiotic discovery
3.05-3.40 pm Biotechnology – chair Isabelle Buckle (Institut Pasteur)
Caroline Demangel (Institut Pasteur): From Buruli ulcer to Cancer: tale of a mycobacterial toxin
Caetano Reis e Sousa (Francis Crick Institute): Translating fundamental principles of immunology into cancer immunotherapies
Break – 20’
4.00-4.35 pm Microbiology & Infectious diseases – chair Ewan Birney (EMBL-EBI)
George Kassiotis (Francis Crick Institute): The Achilles' heel of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike
Olivier Schwartz (Institut Pasteur): SARS-CoV-2 variants, sub-variants and sub-sub-variants
4.35-5.10 pm Vaccines – chair Fiona Powrie (University of Oxford)
Adrian Hill (University of Oxford): Malaria vaccine development: a new era
Laurence Mulard (Institut Pasteur): Chemistry for advancing innovative vaccine development: from concept to first-in-human study
5.15-5.30 pm Closing remarks
Paul Nurse (Francis Crick Institute)
