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News | 2020.07.09
Sleeping sickness: one step further in improving diagnosis
The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a parasite responsible for chronic Human African Trypanosomiasis, more commonly known as sleeping sickness. Diagnosing sleeping sickness generally involves two stages: serological screening (to search for antibodies against parasites in the bloodstream), followed by the microscopic detection of live parasites in the blood or a lymph node...
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Document de presse | 2020.11.03
Number of Covid-19 deaths in the under-65s: a more reliable indicator for assessing infection rates in populations
Simply comparing the total number of deaths across countries may provide a misleading representation of the underlying level of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of large differences in reported COVID-19 death rates in elderly populations in different countries.The research conducted by the University of Cambridge, the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, published...
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News | 2020.11.24
Researchers from Hong-Kong University - Pasteur Research Pole and Institut Pasteur of New Caledonia are winners of the "Pasteur Network Talent Award" 2020.
«Pasteur Network Talent Awards» 2020 were presented on Thursday 19 November 2020 to Dr Sophie Valkenburg and Dr Roman Thibeaux by Pr Pierre-Marie Girard, Institut Pasteur vice-president international Affairs and by Prof. Stewart Cole, President of The Institut Pasteur.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these awards were presented by videoconference during the 52nd Council of Directors of the...
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News | 2020.12.28
Genuage: virtual reality supporting super-resolution microscopy
Research teams working within the field of virtual reality to enable biologists to visualize and analyze super high-resolution microscopy data are still scarce at global level. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and Institut Curie developed the Genuage software platform to enter cells and perform various types of measurements more effectively.Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and Institut Curie...
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Document de presse | 2022.01.11
Anne-Lise Mamessier Giraud appointed Director of the Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur Center
Professor Anne-Lise Mamessier Giraud has been appointed as Director of the Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur center. She took up office on January 1, 2022 and succeeds Professor Christine Petit in the role.Anne-Lise Mamessier Giraud has been appointed as Director of the Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur center, for an initial five-year term, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026....
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Document de presse | 2022.01.24
Pierre Buffet appointed as Medical Director of the Institut Pasteur
Professor Pierre Buffet has been appointed as Medical Director of the Institut Pasteur. Pierre Buffet took up his post on January 3, 2022 within the Institut Pasteur's Department of Scientific Affairs. Professor Pierre Buffet has been appointed as Medical Director within the Institut Pasteur's Department of Scientific Affairs, led by Senior Executive Scientific Vice-President Christophe d'...
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Document de presse | 2022.04.13
Colon cancer: how mutation of the APC gene disrupts lymphocyte migration
In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic disease predisposing to colon cancer, mutations of the APC gene induce the formation of intestinal polyps, but also reduce immune system activity. In a new study, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, INSERM(1) and Université Paris Cité describe the mechanisms that modify the structure of T lymphocytes and hinder their migration towards...
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News | 2022.12.13
ERC Starting Grants: three scientists working at the Institut Pasteur among the successful candidates
On November 22, 2022, the European Research Council unveiled the list of recipients of ERC Starting Grants, a funding instrument aimed at early career scientists. The 408 laureates include three scientists working at the Institut Pasteur.
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Document de presse | 2023.03.31
The Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo sign articles of association to establish the Institut Pasteur in São Paulo
On Friday March 31st, 2023 at a ceremony in Paris, the Institut Pasteur President, Professor Stewart Cole, and the University of São Paulo (USP) Rector, Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Junior, signed articles of association for the Institut Pasteur in São Paulo, a private non-profit organization under Brazilian law. The mission of the institute, an associate member of the Pasteur Network, is to conduct...
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Document de presse | 2023.07.11
A global overview of antibiotic resistance determinants
To understand the main determinants behind worldwide antibiotic resistance dynamics, scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Université Paris-Saclay developed a statistical model based on a large-scale spatial-temporal analysis. Using the ATLAS antimicrobial resistance surveillance database, the model revealed significant differences in...