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Portrait | 2019.03.11
Diego Cordero Cervantes, globe-trotting researcher
Diego was born and grew up in La Paz, Bolivia. His father and grandfather were both lawyers, and his mother was a history and geography teacher. They explained to Diego while he was still a boy that there were two ways of making a living and providing for his family – he could become either a lawyer or a doctor. Diego has finally made his own way: becoming a researcher.His parents always wanted...
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Portrait | 2019.01.24
Lida Katsimpardi – on the hunt for an elixir of youth
Can we slow down the aging process and rejuvenate an aged brain? Can we repair a brain that has been damaged by neurodegenerative disease? Neuroscience researcher Lida Katsimpardi has been investigating these questions for the past decade. She has discovered that young blood contains proteins capable of rejuvenating an aged brain, and she has identified one of these revitalizing blood factors in...
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Portrait | 2019.02.21
Tracking down biomarkers with Eliette Touati
After completing high school, Eliette chose to study science, and when she experienced the realities of life as a scientist she decided to pursue a career in research. Eliette began her academic career with a Master's (DEA) in the Biochemistry Department at CEA Saclay. She was keen to continue with the research project she had started and to go on to do a PhD. Although in a stroke of bad...
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Portrait | 2019.06.20
Thomas Gregor - Following a passion through countries and disciplines
Thomas Gregor, biophysicist and elected EMBO member, set up his Physics of Biological Functions Unit at the Institut Pasteur (in Paris) and published three papers in high-impact journals in the span of twelve months (in 2018-2019). We sat down with him and a cup of tea to learn a little bit more about his passion for science.In October 2023, Thomas Gregor has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant for...
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Portrait | 2019.02.12
An Epidemiologist Faces Ebola in The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ebola has battered the Democratic Republic of the Congo for many months, from the outbreak that ended in July 2018 to the epidemic currently raging. These are reminders that there is progress to be made in terms of controlling and understanding this deadly infectious disease. In 2018, during the epidemic in the north west of the country, Dr. Amber Kunkel, a scientist from the Institut Pasteur in...
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News | 2019.09.19
The BTP PLUS Foundation is funding a research project to fight asbestos cancer
The BTP PLUS Foundation, a joint foundation representing the construction sector, signed a sponsorship agreement with the Institut Pasteur in the spring to fund a research project led by Frédéric Tangy, an Institut Pasteur scientist. The aim of the project is to fight mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer that particularly affects people working in the construction sector.The BTP PLUS...
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Report | 2019.09.19
Alzheimer’s disease: towards new diagnostic and therapeutic tracks
Nearly a million French people have Alzheimer’s disease. Many hopes have been raised by medical research in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, which are at the heart of the public’s concerns. But the brain still remains mysterious, with complex functioning, still largely unknown. At Institut Pasteur, brain connectivity and neurodegenerative diseases is one of the scientific priorities areas...
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Article | 2019.09.20
Center for Technological Resources and Research (C2RT)
A center providing access to cutting-edge technologies supporting Institut Pasteur research projects
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Article | 2019.09.20
Center for Animal Resources and Research (C2RA)
Experimentations using animals remain central to our understanding of human biology and to the evaluation of novel strategies to prevent and cure diseases.
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News | 2019.09.19
Establishment of the Hearing Institute, a new Institut Pasteur center: scientific experts within the field of hearing brought together for a high-level international meeting
An international scientific inauguration meeting was held on September 16 and 17, 2019 at the Collège de France to mark the creation of the Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur center dedicated to auditory neuroscience research. Organized by Professor Christine Petit, a scientist emeritus at the Institut Pasteur, holder of the Genetics and Cell Physiology Chair at the Collège de France, and...
