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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...
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News | 2020.02.18
The Chinese Ambassador to France visits the Institut Pasteur
On Friday February 14, 2020, Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur, played host to His Excellency Mr Lu Shaye, Chinese Ambassador to France, who was visiting the Institut Pasteur to show support both personally and on behalf of his country for the Institut Pasteur’s efforts in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The visit provided an opportunity to introduce the ambassador and...
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News | 2020.02.26
Novel coronavirus: what we know about the Covid-19 disease
During the weekend of February 22-23, 2020, the epidemic situation evolved worldwide with the intensification of outbreaks in South Korea, Japan and Singapore, and the appearance of new outbreaks in Iran and Italy. In these countries, we are witnessing a community transmission with no identified link with cases imported from China. This situation raises many questions. How is the disease...
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News | 2020.02.27
Foreign travel – a tonic for the health?
All travelers can come into contact with health risks that are completely different from those they generally encounter on a daily basis. So it is vital to prepare thoroughly for any trip – and that involves consulting a specialist travel clinic such as the Institut Pasteur Medical Center (CMIP).Travel is a formative experience for young people – and young people often take a casual attitude to...
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News | 2020.02.27
Inauguration of the Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur center
The Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur center, opened its doors on Thursday February 27, 2020. The new buildings will soon house cutting-edge auditory neuroscience research teams from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and the CNRS. This center for basic and translational neuroscience research in the field of hearing was set up in June 2019 at the initiative of the Fondation Pour l'Audition and the...
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Portrait | 2020.03.05
Nicolas Michalski, an engineer tackling auditory neuroscience
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 5% of the world's population – some 466 million people – are affected by disabling hearing loss.Recent research has led to significant progress in elucidating the molecular physiology of the cochlea, the auditory sensory organ, but Nicolas Michalski has chosen to focus instead on the molecular physiology of the auditory pathways in the brain...
