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Document de presse | 2023.03.31
Professor Yasmine Belkaid appointed Institut Pasteur President
On March 29, 2023, Professor Yasmine Belkaid was appointed President of the Institut Pasteur by its Board of Governors for a six-year term. She will take office in January 2024. A French Algerian born in Algiers in 1968, Professor Yasmine Belkaid is an internationally renowned scientist who has focused her research on the relationship between microbes and the immune system.She began her...
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Document de presse | 2023.11.14
Odette Tomescu-Hatto appointed Institut Pasteur Executive Vice-President, International Affairs
Dr. Odette Tomescu-Hatto has been appointed Executive Vice-President, International Affairs at the Institut Pasteur, with effect from January 2024.Following the meeting of the Board of Governors on October 11, 2023, Dr. Odette Tomescu-Hatto was appointed Executive Vice-President, International Affairs at the Institut Pasteur, with effect from January 2024.Dr. Odette Tomescu-Hatto holds a PhD in...
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Article | 2024.04.30
Hélène Sparrow: microbe hunter
A Polish-born French physician and biologist, Hélène Sparrow lived through wars and revolution, moving between soldiers’ bedsides and her research laboratory.
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News | 2024.11.25
Four New Pasteur Courses to Boost Your Expertise
The Institut Pasteur is offering four new specialized courses for professionals and students eager to expand their knowledge in critical areas of health science. With urgent global challenges such as climate change, emerging infectious diseases, and maternal and child health, these courses provide the expertise needed to address today’s most pressing issues.Explore key topics such as climate...
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Portrait | 2025.09.04
Sebastian Baumgarten: understanding the impact of climate change, from the Arctic to malaria
Sebastian Baumgarten is a scientist with a fascination for marine and molecular biology, and more recently the huge potential of bioinformatics. At the Institut Pasteur, his research focuses on the infectious agent responsible for malaria. Driven by insatiable curiosity and a desire to understand the mechanisms used by organisms to adapt to climate change, his career brought him to Paris, where...
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Document de presse | 2016.01.07
University of Maryland School of Medicine researcher Jacques Ravel receives prestigious international science award
Research Focuses on the Intersection of Women’s Health and the Microbiome 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...
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Document de presse | 2016.03.23
Lluis Quintana-Murci appointed as Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur
On March 23, the Institut Pasteur announced that Lluis Quintana-Murci had been appointed as Scientific Director. This new position has been created in connection with the implementation of the general strategic plan adopted by the Institut Pasteur management. Lluis Quintana-Murci, a member of the Executive Board, will serve as the person of reference and coordinator for the Institut Pasteur's...
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Document de presse | 2015.03.01
Themis Bioscience’s Chikungunya Vaccine Study Results Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Phase 1 trial of the vaccine candidate which was developed under an R&D collaboration between Themis Bioscience GmbH and the Institut Pasteur (Paris) shows good immunogenicity, safety and tolerability. Themis Bioscience (‘Themis’), a biotechnology company developing innovative prophylactic vaccines for emerging tropical infections, and the Institut Pasteur, an international...
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Article | 2016.11.15
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008. 25 years after isolating the AIDS virus, this prize, jointly received with Luc Montagnier"for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus" in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur" recognizes, beyond the work of the scientists, the tireless engagement of a whole community in the fight against HIV.
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Article | 2016.12.19
iGEM Pasteur 2016
iGEM, or the international Genetically Engineered Machine competition, was created to promote research in synthetic biology. This annual competition started in 2004 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2015 the Institut Pasteur has created a new iGEM-Pasteur initiative and has assembled the iGEM-Pasteur team.