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Article | 2016.11.15
André Lwoff (1902-1994)
The scientific work of André Lwoff was dominated by two major discoveries: bacterial growth factors and dormant forms of bacterial viruses called prophages. With François Jacob and Jacques Monod he was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for their discovery relating to the genetic regulation of enzyme and virus synthesis."
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Article | 2021.10.18
Lwoff Class (2012-2015)
Ph.D. StudentUndergraduate studiesLaboratoryThesis AdvisorLab HeadDoctoral SchoolPh.D. projectEva Christina BORITSCHKarl-Franzens-University, Graz, AustriaIntegrated Mycobacterial PathogenomicsRoland BroschRoland BroschB3MIExploring the evolutionary success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent of TBIsidro CORTES CIRIANOUniversity of Zaragoza, SpainStructural BioinformaticsThérèse...
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Article | 2016.11.15
François Jacob (1920-2013)
François Jacob worked closely with Jacques Monod, developing the concept of genetic regulation considered revolutionary for the time. The two men were awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with André Lwoff "for their discovery relating to the genetic regulation of enzyme and virus synthesis."
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Article | 2016.11.15
Jacques Monod (1910-1976)
For Jacques Monod molecular biology was a way to piece together the puzzle explaining the mechanisms shared throughout the living world, from bacteria to complex animals. Inspired by André Lwoff, Jacques Monod worked closely with François Jacob to discover the first genetic regulation system, for which they coined the name operon. Four years after publication of the discovery the three scientists...
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Report | 2018.05.25
From Molecular Biology to Stem Cells
May 1968… While students took to the streets of Paris, Jacques Monod and François Jacob were getting ready for what would prove to be a decisive turning point for the Institut Pasteur: the opening of a new department dedicated to molecular biology—in other words the study of the molecular mechanisms governing cell behavior. The venture, which included plans for purpose-built premises, had...
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Document de presse | 2013.04.21
The loss of François Jacob, a prominent name in molecular biology
A former member of the French Second Armored Division and Companion of the Liberation, François Jacob risked his life to defend the fundamental values of democracy and freedom. He was a brilliant scientist who spent his entire career at the Institut Pasteur and who inspired many researchers who followed in his tracks. François Jacob never missed an opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to the...
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Document de presse | 2012.11.13
The Institut Pasteur inaugurates its new center for research on emerging diseases at a ceremony attended by French President François Hollande
On November 14, 2012, Professor Alice Dautry, President of the Institut Pasteur, and Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chairman of the Institut Pasteur Board of Directors, officially opened the Institut Pasteur’s research center for the study of emerging diseases at a ceremony attended by French President François Hollande. Paris, november 14, 2013 In recent decades, we have witnessed...
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Article | 2016.12.20
Microbiology
Bacteria have always been important research models at the Institut Pasteur. The Department of Microbiology studies bacteria, archaea and their viruses, through multidisciplinary approaches.
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Document de presse | 2022.02.21
Death of Professor François Gros, on February 18, 2022
It was with very great sadness that the Institut Pasteur learned of the death of François Gros, Professor at the Institut Pasteur and Director of Research at the CNRS, on February 18, 2022.François Gros, President of the Institut Pasteur between 1976 and 1981, made a major contribution to the discovery of messenger RNA and protein synthesis initiation factors, remarkable scientific achievements...
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Article | 2016.12.20
Pasteur-Weizmann Council
The Pasteur-Weizmann Council is an association which collects funds aimed at promoting scientific exchanges between the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Weizmann Institute of Sciences in Rehovot, Israel.