1. 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...

2. Portrait | 2023.02.10

   Caroline Demangel – an ambitious and enterprising scientist

   Finding her path, making meaningful choices and daring to take the initiative – these are the principles that have guided Caroline Demangel through her career. In the demanding and competitive field of science, she has trusted her aspirations and risen to new challenges. In 2021, the scientist and her team revealed a new therapeutic target for bone marrow cancer.

3. Article | 2016.11.17

   Board of Governors: Missions and composition

   The Board of Governors is responsible for the affairs of Institut Pasteur. It approves the strategic orientations presented by the President. It approves budgets and financial statements.

4. Vidéo | 2024.10.04

   Behind the scenes at Institut Pasteur with Germano Cecere

   We followed one of our researchers, Germano Cecere, for a day.His research topic: epigenetics. With his team, Germano seeks to explain how the experiences of our ancestors can influence our own lives. This research sheds new light on theories relating to heredity and the transmissibility of disease.Video in french

5. Vidéo | 2024.10.04

   A better diagnosis of endometriosis

   Screening for endometriosis is the challenge facing Institut Pasteur researcher Camille Berthelot. With her team, she is working to find a biological marker for early and easy detection of this chronic disease. 1 out of 10women7 yearsaverage diagnosis 0screening toolOne woman in ten suffers from various forms of this gynecological disease, which can be very debilitating. Diagnosis...

6. Article | 2024.10.08

   Karikó Class (2024-2027)

    PhD studentMaster degree studiesLaboratoryPhD DirectorLab HeadPhD ProjectDoctoral schoolPPU classicALTAF FIGUEIREDO CarolinaInstituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa, PortugalPathogenesis of Bacterial AnaerobesDUPUY BrunoDUPUY BrunoExploring biology of biofilm formation by Clostridioides difficile and its role in gut persistence and relapse of infectionBioSPC ED 562CERCIAT...

7. Article | 2017.01.16

   Previous and current students

   Students selected within the PPU program come from all continents and their educational backgrounds and diplomas are often various, which participates to the richness of this multidisciplinary program. Each class receives a name corresponding to a renowned scientist who had worked at the Institut Pasteur.

8. Fiche maladie | 2016.06.24

   Poliomyelitis

   Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus (the poliovirus), which invades the nervous system and can lead to irreversible paralysis in just a few hours. It mostly affects children under the age of five. The disease has been preventable since the 1960s thanks to effective vaccines. A global program, aiming to eradicate the disease through vaccination, was launched under the...

9. Fiche maladie | 2024.08.23

   Stomach cancer and gastric ulcers

   The bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. Pylori) is the causative agent of stomach diseases in humans, including chronic gastritis, gastric ulcers (open sores that develop on the mucosa lining the stomach) and duodenal ulcers. It also plays a major role in stomach cancer genesis (adenocarcinoma and lymphoma). These findings have led to a review of treatment for peptic ulcer disease which is now...

10. Fiche maladie | 2019.06.17

    Diphtheria

    Diphtheria is a disease caused by several Corynebacterium species in the diphtheriae complex. Diphtheria typically manifests as a respiratory infection that causes impairment of the central nervous system, the throat and other organs, resulting in death by suffocation. The cutaneous form of diphtheria infection is more frequent but often less severe. There is an effective vaccine which is...

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