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Portrait | 2024.05.21
Philippe Bousso: harnessing immune responses to combat cancer
Philippe Bousso, an immunologist and technophile with insatiable curiosity, is constantly tackling new challenges in his efforts to combat cancer. Like the characters in the sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, he and his team use cutting-edge in vivo technologies to observe the ways in which the immune system wages war on cancer cells. For Philippe, creativity and innovation pave the way for new...
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Document de presse | 2011.01.02
Hepatitis C : in 2011, a predictive marker for response to therapy
Scientists at Inserm and Institut Pasteur have performed biomarker discovery on patients being treated for chronic hepatitis C infection. Their work, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrates that the plasma levels of the protein IP-10 predict, prior to treatment initiation, the efficacy of treatment with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin. Based on these results, the...
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Article | 2019.04.24
Dr Amy Kristine Bei to head a new 4-year research group on malaria in Dakar
A new 4-year research group (G4) is being set-up at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar and started in early February following the agreement signed between the Institut Pasteur and AUF (Agence universitaire de la francophonie) on 31 January 2019, in collaboration with the Yale School of Public Health. Entitled « Malaria Experimental Genetic Approaches and Vaccines », it will be led by...
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News | 2019.06.14
Ceremony for the 2019 Pasteur Vallery-Radot Prize (awarded by the BnF)
The National Library of France (BnF) has awarded the 2019 Pasteur Vallery-Radot Prize to Institut Pasteur scientists Guillaume Duménil and Rogerio Amino. The winners were invited by BnF President Laurence Engel to receive their awards on June 13, 2019, at a ceremony held in the BnF Richelieu Library and attended by Daniel Louvard, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and Stewart Cole,...
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Article | 2020.10.05
DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION
Development Of InnovationMichel Perez,Head of OfficeThe Development of Innovation Office works with researchers to develop their inventions throughout the acceleration and maturation phases by bringing industrial development skills and helping in attracting specific external funding.This office is composed of scientists with strong background in industrial research and development.The...
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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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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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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...