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News | 2017.01.12
Yellow fever: using modeling to optimize the use of vaccine stocks
In December 2015 a yellow fever epidemic broke out in Angola, subsequently giving rise to 7,300 suspected cases and nearly 400 deaths. A group of scientists from Oxford University and the Institut Pasteur conducted research into the geographical spread of this epidemic, with the aim of containing this outbreak and optimizing the use of the limited available vaccine stock.According to the World...
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News | 2014.12.03
Institut Pasteur Graduation Ceremony 2014
The Institut Pasteur will host on the 12th of December 2014 the 2nd ceremony in honor of its graduating PhD class, with the Doctors having defended in 2013-2014. This ceremony will be chaired by Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur. It will be held in presence of Jean-Philippe Pierre, deputy mayor of the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Document de presse | 2017.08.09
Allergies: cross-reactivity between cypress pollen and peaches/citrus fruits finally explained
Working in collaboration with teams from the Czech Republic and Japan, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, AP-HP and AP-HM have identified, for the first time, the likely origin of the cross-reactivity between cypress pollen, peaches and citrus fruits. Their work has shown that these sources contain allergens belonging to a new family of proteins involved in pollen food associated syndrome....
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News | 2019.04.10
2017 pneumonic plague outbreak in Madagascar characterized by scientists
Plague is an endemic disease in Madagascar. Each year there is a seasonal upsurge between September and April, especially in the Central Highlands, which stand at an elevation of more than 800m. In 2017, an unprecedented pneumonic plague outbreak hit the main island, primarily affecting the capital Antananarivo and the main port city of Toamasina.Scientists from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar...
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News | 2016.01.06
University of Maryland School of Medicine researcher Jacques Ravel receives prestigious international science award
Jacques Ravel, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, as well as Associate Director for Genomics at the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), both at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has been named a 2015-2017 Blaise Pascal International Research Chair, one of the most prestigious European science awards. He is spending this year working at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, and...
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News | 2015.10.29
Visit to the Institut Pasteur of Mr José Mujica, former President of Uruguay
On October 27th, 2015 the Institut Pasteur was pleased to welcome Mr José Mujica, who was the 40th President of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015, now Senator. He was accompanied by Mrs Lucia Topolansky, Senator, and Ricardo Ehrlich, former Minister of Education and Culture in Uruguay and current Chairman of the Board from the Institut Pasteur in Montevideo. When visiting the Alzari Pedro'...
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Vidéo | 2025.08.28
Researchers take the stage!
Researchers... but also artists!At the Institut Pasteur, science isn't just about labs.For Music Day 2025, Remigiusz Walocha (PhD student in intestinal cell biology) and Billie Libri (postdoctoral researcher in genetics and DNA repair) took to the stage with their band, formed at the Institute.Their energetic performance, featuring synths, vocals, drums, and guitar, showed that scientific...
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Document de presse | 2014.12.03
Institut Pasteur Graduation Ceremony 2014
The Institut Pasteur will host on the 12th of December 2014 the 2nd ceremony in honor of its graduating PhD class, with the Doctors having defended in 2013-2014. This ceremony will be chaired by Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur. It will be held in presence of Jean-Philippe Pierre, deputy mayor of the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Press release Paris,...
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Document de presse | 2025.06.04
Vigilance and targeted public health measures are essential in the face of the diphtheria epidemic that has affected vulnerable populations in Western Europe since 2022
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reveals that the largest diphtheria epidemic in Western Europe for 70 years, which broke out in 2022 among migrants and in 2023 spread to other vulnerable populations in several European countries, is the result of contaminations occurring during migratory travel or in destination European countries, and not in the countries of...
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Document de presse | 2021.05.07
Christine Petit co-recipient of the 2021 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Since 1993 the Gruber Foundation honors and encourages educational excellence in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice and Women’s Rights, recognizing groundbreaking work that provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture.Established in 2004, the Neuroscience Prize honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the...