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Report | 2020.01.22
Human evolutionary genetics: the benefits of genetic diversity
The Collège de France recently set up a new permanent chair entitled "Human Genomics and Evolution". It is currently held by Lluis Quintana-Murci, a population geneticist at the Institut Pasteur. He is particularly renowned for his expertise in human genetics because of the medical impact of his basic research – the aim of his work is to identify the genetic basis of immune system variability and...
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Page avancée | 2020.02.04
Scientific publications
Scientific publications
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Page avancée | 2020.02.04
About us
The library is one of the three divisions of the Institut Pasteur's Scientific Information Resources Center (CeRIS). It specializes in the fields of microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, neurobiology, biochemistry and the history of science. It is open to people from the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus and in the Institut Pasteur International Network. Access may be granted to external...
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Fiche maladie | 2020.01.21
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus)
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, discovered in December 2019 in the province of Wuhan in China, is responsible for COVID-19. This highly contagious emerging infectious disease spreads by airborne transmission and surface contamination. Although COVID-19 can be asymptomatic, it can also cause a variety of symptoms, including severe respiratory distress that may prove fatal. Vaccination and basic health...
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News | 2020.02.06
Rabies: new prophylactic and therapeutic avenues
Rabies is still responsible for approximately 60,000 human deaths per year mostly in Asia and Africa and affects especially underserved people. Yet, since the first vaccine developed by Louis Pasteur more than 130 years ago, prophylactic measures have significantly improved. They are now composed of the vaccine allied to purified human or equine rabies immunoglobulins. However, these...
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News | 2020.02.10
MOOC Emerging and Re-emerging viruses
A NEW FREE ONLINE COURSE OF THE INSTITUT PASTEUREmerging and re-emerging viruses represent a major global threat to the human population, as illustrated by the most severe recent outbreaks. Modifications of climate and life style, urbanization, vicinity to wild animals and livestock are altogether with the mutation capacities of viruses responsible for an increased risk of viral emergence.This...
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News | 2020.02.13
Bacterial Achilles' heel discovered providing a new target for antimicrobial treatments
When a bacterium invades a host, it seeks to proliferate by multiplying. Bacterial cell division is coordinated by several mechanisms including the synthesis of peptidoglycan, a thick complex surrounding the cell. This synthesis is enabled by the action of a specific enzyme (lytic transglycosylase). Scientists from the Biology and Genetics of the Bacterial Cell Wall Unit at the Institut Pasteur...
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News | 2020.02.14
Leishmaniasis: epigenetic mechanisms implicated in infection
Leishmaniasis is a human and animal disease caused by parasites of the Leishmania genus that affects 12 million people worldwide. It is endemic in around a hundred countries and is currently emerging in Europe as a result of climate change and large-scale population movements. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai-Chinese Academy of...
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Document de presse | 2020.01.10
Bruno Hoen appointed as Medical Research Director for the Institut Pasteur
On a proposal from Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur, Professor Bruno Hoen has been appointed as the Institut Pasteur's Medical Research Director. This decision was approved by the Board of Directors on October 18, 2019. Until December 31, 2019, Bruno Hoen was a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lorraine and Head of the Infectious and Tropical...
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Document de presse | 2020.01.21
Christophe d’Enfert appointed as Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur
On a proposal from Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur, Professor Christophe d'Enfert has been appointed as the Institut Pasteur's Scientific Director. This decision was approved by the Board of Directors on October 18, 2019. Professor Christophe d'Enfert took office on January 2, 2020, taking over from Professor Olivier Schwartz.Christophe d'Enfert will report directly to...
