The Immunology Department
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e Department of Immunology, which includes 13 research units and 2 technical platforms composed of 170 scientists, has a shared interest in exploring the fundamental processes of immunity with the hope to provide new insight into disease pathogenesis, inspire novel vaccines and design unique therapeutic strategies. Moreover, we share a commitment to training the next generation of scientists dedicated to research excellence in the field of immunology.The department recruits
The Institut Pasteur announces an international call for candidates wishing to create independent young researcher groups on its Paris campus in France. Outstanding candidates fostering new concepts in immunology and/or genetics are encouraged to apply.
In the context of this recruitment, the Immunology Department wishes to develop new themes of research including (but not limited to): systems and computational analyses of immunity, harnessing innate and adaptive immunity for vaccine development, molecular, environmental and systemic control of inflammation; identification of new mechanisms of immune regulation, and statistical and computational genetics.
(more information on the Institut Pasteur Website)
Upcoming seminars
Jeudi 5 AVRIL 2012 - 11 heures 00
Ø Pamela SCHWARTZBERG NIH, University of Princeton, Etats-Unis (Philippe Bousso)
Titre :
Vendredi 13 Avril 2012 -12 heures 00
Ø Margaret HARNET, Department of Immunology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (Caroline Demangel).
Titre : Capturing signalling in the immune system in situ
Vendredi 20 Avril 2012 – 12 heures 00
Ø Caetano REIS e SOUSA, American Cancer Society, Etats-Unis. (Helena Soares)
Titre : Innate regulation of adaptive immunity by dendritic cells
Vendredi 27 Avril 2012 -12 heures 00
Ø Yasmine BELKAID, NIH Bethesda, Etats-Unis. (Claude Leclerc).
Titre : Host-microbes at barrier sites: Role of commensals and nutrients.
News in the Department
Graft rejection at the cellular level filmed in 3D
In an effort to clarify these mechanisms immunologists from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm - Philippe Bousso (1) and Susanna Celli (2), of the Dynamics of Immune Responses unit, and Matthew Albert (3), of the Dendritic Cell Immunobiology unit – have used high power microscopy technology to non-invasively film the cellular process in animals. It was on a murine ear skin graft model that they were, for the first time, able to watch in vivo, in real-time, and within the thickness of the tissues, the “ballet” of immune cells taking their places during the graft rejection.
(See the film)
Publication: Chemokine antagonism during HCV infection
22/12/2010
Publication: Tertiary lymphoid tissues and intestinal immunodeficiency
20/12/2010
Publication: The origin of innate lymphoid cells
19/10/2010
Publication: NK and T cell dynamics during tumor regression
14/10/2010
Publication: Intravital imaging reveals the early functional diversification during T cell activation in lymph nodes.
29/09/2010
Publication: Counting human naive antigen-specific T cells
31/05/2010
