Pasteur Courses

Specific training to design and perform surgical procedures on rodents

This course involves a 3 day-training which is compulsory for scientists implementing surgical procedures. This is appropriate to train for surgical procedures on rodents (mice and rats). It has been approved by the Ministry of agriculture (Approval reference: R-75Institut Pasteur-CHIR-18).

Practical Information

  • 3 jours / 3 days
  • December 8, 2026 - December 10, 2026 February 23, 2027 - February 25, 2027 May 10, 2027 - May 12, 2027
  • Institut Pasteur
  • English

Contacts

surgery@pasteur.fr

Registration

  • Registration dates :
    • October 18, 2026
    • January 5, 2027
    • March 31, 2027
  • Attendees : 12

Accreditations:

  • Regulatory training approved by the Ministry of Agriculture Reference: R-75Institut Pasteur-CHIR-18
  • Certificate issued by the Institut Pasteur
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Description

The 3-day course program is based on the “Arrêté du 1er février 2013 relatif à l’acquisition et à la validation des compétences des personnels des établissements utilisateurs, éleveurs et fournisseurs d’animaux utilisés à des fins scientifiques”. It includes theoretical and practical trainings that cover the following topics: Regulation, Design of surgical procedures, Human endpoints adapted to experimental procedures, Pre- Per- Post operative care, Anesthesia, Analgesia, Asepsis, Demonstration on machines used in surgery rooms, Surgical instruments and sutures. The course includes lectures from experts in the field, and practice of basic techniques involved in surgical procedures on laboratory animals.

The course is approved by the Ministry of Agriculture (Approval reference: R-75Institut Pasteur-CHIR-18)

3 sessions per year (two in Winter and one in Spring/Summer). All sessions are in English, except the December session which may be in French if the candidates are predominantly Francophone.

We select 12 candidates for each session.

At the end of each session, all participants will be evaluated and a graduation certificate is given to those who follow the entire course and have successfully completed the exam.

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Directors

BERARD Marion - Institut Pasteur
MATTEI Myriam - Institut Pasteur

Members of the course committee

BERARD Marion - Institut Pasteur
BOURSAUX-EUDE Caroline - Institut Pasteur
CHERIET Samia - Institut Pasteur
MATTEI Myriam - Institut Pasteur
PONTICELLI Virginie - Institut Pasteur
SALA Monica - Institut Pasteur