“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence” ................By Louis Pasteur


Institut Pasteur Korea Conducts ‘IPK Life Science Education’ Program
- Foreign/domestic experts educate biotechnology & drug discovery in English
- Field-learnings are expected to help cultivate global science brains in Korea

June 28, 2009, Seoul, S. Korea ? Institut Pasteur Korea (CEO: Ulf Nehrbass, www.ip-korea.org), a growing global translational research institute will conduct the ‘IPK Life Science Education’ program to young students from June 30, as a part of ‘Gyeonggi Science Mentor’ program.

This ‘IPK Life Science Education’ is a mentoring program differentiated with the education of Life Science & Drug Discovery in English by taking advantage of the excellent experts and infra at Pasteur Institut, a world class biotechnology institute. It is designed to reinforce youths’ interests and education on science as well as up-bring global science brains in Korea.

At the program conducted once a month from this June to January 2010 targeting 20 middle school students in Gyeonggi province, foreign and Korean experts currently working at Institut Pasteur Korea will provide an instruction to students and share their experiences in the real world.

In addition, the program consists of various learning programs which include the basic education of lectures and experiments at the field areas, fieldwork and on-the-spot-study, case study presentation.

Lectured in English, the course at IPK Life Science Education is free and the certificate will be issued upon the completion. Further details are provided at www.ip-korea.org or 031-8018-8041.

Ulf Nehrbass, CEO of Institut Pasteur Korea said, “Institut Pasteur has secured the world-class biotech experts and infra, 10 Nobel Prize Winner has come out so far. Based on these expertise, ‘IPK Life Science Education’ is expected to provide the education which leverages advantages of the fieldworks to help Korean youths cultivate the science intelligence and grow to world-class scientists”

‘IPK Life Science Education’ is implemented as a part of ‘Gyeonggi Science Mentor’ program, which is designed to build scientific thoughts by enhancing interests on science technology and develop creativity capacities. At the mentoring program, seniors such as professors, researchers and engineers become mentors to educate junior students through various learning methods for some period.

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About Institut Pasteur Korea
Institut Pasteur Korea is a non-profit organization based in South Korea. It was founded in April, 2004 with the strategic focus of enabling technologies and therapeutic development in disease models pertaining to public health. For additional information please visit http://www.ip-korea.org.

* Korean Version is attached