INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUADELOUPE Meeting RIIP America 2019 Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
At a glance • Establishment of Institut Pasteur • About 50 staffs • Service activities : – Environmental hygiene laboratory (25 FTE) – Specialized Biomedical lab : reduced activities (3 FTE) – Vaccination center : (1.7 FTE) • Research activities (13,5 FTE) – 1 unit « pathogens transmission, reservoirs and diversity » • 2 labs – LECOV : laboratoire d’études et de contrôle des vecteurs – LEMIC : laboratoire des écosystèmes microbiens • Incomes : Service activities : 55-60%, French research ministry : 25%, grants (research or public health) 15-20% Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
Research • Vector control – Surveillance of resistance to insecticides – Alternative control methods • Pheromones • microbiote • Pathogens from the environment – Free living amoeba – Angiostrongylus cantonensis – Klebsiella pneumoniae • Antimicrobial resistance – Diffusion of resistant bacteria and resistance genes – Exchange of bacteria and genes between different biotopes Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
Platforms • level 3 microbiological safety laboratory • Molecular biology • Proteomics (MALDI/ToF-TOF), Nano LC • Bioinformatics facilities (3 bioinformaticians) • Chemical lab : ICP for heavy metals, GC-MS Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
Training axes • Development of the guadeloupean bioinformatique capacities – IPG leader in Guadeloupe • One training on « metagenomics » with IP Montevideo • A discussion group lead by IPG • A master in bioinformatics will probably be implemented with the help of IPG • Entomology : – Collaboration with IP Guyane Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
Main partners – In Guadeloupe – Consortium in infectious diseases (10 partners) : CIRAD, INRA, UA, ARS… . FEDER grant from 2015 to 2021. – In the Caribbean : – CARPHA – Instituto Pedro Kouri – In America – Institut Armand Frappier : 2 projects – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo : 1 project Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
What do we expect • Small size of IPG limits ambitious projects • Money hardly increases • RIIP used as a lever to raise money • Ambitious public health programs with fondamental, applied and translational reseach projects • Complementarity of RIIP teams instead of duplication in different countries Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
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