1. Article | 2024.04.30

   Thérèse and Jacques Tréfouël, an inseparable pair

   Near the Institut Pasteur in Paris, at the exit for Pasteur metro station is Place Jacques et Thérèse Tréfouël. A couple about town, these two great chemists put their first names and surnames to discoveries that helped save countless human lives.

2. Article | 2024.04.30

   Pierre Lépine, virus explorer

   Known for discovering a poliomyelitis vaccine, this researcher with a keen interest in the history of medicine also furthered use of the microscope and worked on health for Paris City Council.

3. Article | 2024.04.30

   Paul-Louis Simond, world traveler working on multiple diseases

   A French naval medical officer, Paul-Louis Simond traveled the world and studied many diseases. After heading up a leprosarium in French Guiana from the age of 24, he spent several years in Indochina where he battled smallpox, and then in China.

4. 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.

5. Article | 2024.04.30

   Félix d’Hérelle, discoverer of bacteriophages

   Father of the first antibacterial therapy, known as “phage therapy,” Félix d’Hérelle lived in many countries and spent the last years of his life studying the bacterial viruses he discovered: bacteriophages.

6. Article | 2024.04.30

   Federico Nitti, researcher and resistance fighter

   Known for demonstrating the antibacterial activity of sulfonamides, the first antibiotics used, this Italian biologist and naturalized French citizen was a celebrated resistance fighter.

7. Article | 2024.04.30

   Émile Roux, savior of children

    In 1878, Louis Pasteur was looking for a physician to help him study contagious diseases. His associate Émile Duclaux introduced him to a former student of his – Émile Roux – who quickly came into the orbit of the famous scientist. The young physician was 25, Pasteur was 56.

8. Article | 2024.04.30

   Charles Chamberland, the inventor of sterilization tools

   Physicist and biologist Charles Chamberland was one of Louis Pasteur’s earliest associates. Associated with much of his tutor’s work, he was also a great inventor, designing an autoclave and a water filter, which are both named after him.

9. Article | 2024.04.30

   Edmond Nocard, discoverer of the Nocardia bacterium

   Veterinarian and biologist, this disciple of Louis Pasteur pioneered the study of microbial animal diseases and is considered the founder of veterinary microbiology.

10. Article | 2024.04.30

    Albert Calmette, pioneering social medicine

    From Nice to Lille, via Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh, many schools, hospitals and streets are named after Calmette. And for good reason, as all of these were places where Albert Calmette worked to improve hygiene and healthcare. A pioneer of social medicine, his work on tuberculosis focused on both research and health education.

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