Insect vectors and transmission of pathogens

Description

This Pasteur-IRD course combines theoretical and practical training in biology and control of disease vectors and the pathogens they transmit. The understanding of host-vector and vector-pathogen interactions and vector control will be addressed. Students will gain specialised skills covering all aspects of major vector-borne diseases.

Medical entomology is a key discipline for many past and present researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the IRD; in this line, this course deliberately combines tradition and modernity.

Lectures will be given during morning sessions by more than 40 internationally recognized experts in their field of research. It will be focused on the ecology and biology of insect vectors, and the control of their natural populations.

Practical work will be offered during afternoon sessions, also by experts on the main families of (insect and tick) vectors or nuisance, as well as on the basic techniques in medical entomology.

Students are invited to actively participate in discussions with speakers during conferences and roundtables. The course provides a unique opportunity to enter in the world of research in Medical Entomology.

This IP-IRD course will be held every even-numbered year at the Institut Pasteur Paris. A 2-week workshop will be conducted in an institute of the Institut Pasteur International Network in odd-numbered years; vector diseases of importance to the region will be examined.

Sponsor: We thank you LabEx IBEID for its support

Applications are evaluated by the Course Committee.

Calmette and Yersin Study Grant :

Pasteur Network Members can apply to a C&Y Study Grant  (supporting their registration fee and part of their living expenses - 1200 euros/monthly pro rata). Application must been submitted  by the same date as the course’s application deadline through the following link: https://calls.pasteur-network.org/applications.aspx   

For more information : p4p@pasteur.fr