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News | 2024.12.16
Microbiota tailored skin humoral immunity and its potential for the development of novel vaccinal approaches
Scientists have just made two major discoveries about a harmless bacterium, Staphylococcus epidermidis, present on our skin. A first study identifies the skin as a compartment able to develop highly protective antibody responses to skin colonizing microbe in the absence of inflammation or lymph node contribution. A second study concerns the development of a topical vaccine that can be applied...
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News | 2024.10.23
Talent Award: Claire Sangba-Kembi-Ngounou, 2024 winner
Dr. Claire Sangba-Kembi-Ngounou, entomologist at the Institut Pasteur in Bangui (Central African Republic), receives the Talent Award. This award highlights young Pasteur Network researchers who have demonstrated scientific potential. The Talent Award is funded since 2017 by the Institut Pasteur (Paris).
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Article | 2017.06.19
Call For Projects Fiocruz - Institut Pasteur – USP
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo (USP) are launching a common call for projects. This call is also open to the members of the Pasteur Network.
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Page avancée | 2016.09.21
Our programs and courses
Ever since the introduction of the “Technical Microbiology” course in 1889, education has been a priority at the Institut Pasteur. Institut Pasteur courses are designed for doctoral and 2nd year Masters students of the Greater Paris universities, students registered at the Pasteur-Cnam School of Public Health, postdoctoral fellows, scientists and healthcare professionals seeking to update and...
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News | 2024.12.11
An Inaugural Ceremony to Honor Agnes Ullmann, an Exceptional Scientist and Key Figure in Education at the Institut Pasteur
On December 11, 2024, a symbolic and historic inaugural event took place to pay tribute to Agnes Ullmann, an iconic scientific figure at the Institut Pasteur, celebrating her legacy both as a renowned researcher and as a prominent personality who left her mark on scientific education, research, and innovation within the institution. Dozens of guests, including friends, colleagues,...
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News | 2024.12.20
Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Institut Pasteur and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
The Institut Pasteur and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) are strengthening their commitment to global health by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking a new milestone in their collaboration. The official ceremony took place on December 19, 2024, on the Institut Pasteur campus in Paris, in the presence of Yasmine Belkaid, Director General of the Institut Pasteur, and Dr....
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Page avancée | 2021.01.26
Our governance
With an effective management policy and successful response strategy, the Management, Board of Directors and General Meeting board provide the impetus for the Institut Pasteur’s research.
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News | 2024.12.03
The essential role of the gene Nr5a2 in embryogenesis
Scientists have elucidated the role of the gene Nr5a2 in the first stages of embryonic development in mammals. This research sheds new light on a biological process that is not yet fully understood.
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Fiche maladie | 2024.12.09
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic autoinflammatory skin condition. It is characterized by recurring painful nodules, abscesses and suppurative lesions in areas where the skin rubs together, mainly the armpits, the skin folds of the groin, the buttocks and under the breasts. Symptoms occur in cycles or flare-ups, and the condition has a considerable impact on patients' quality of life, both...
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Fiche maladie | 2018.12.05
Cholera
Cholera is an epidemic acute diarrheal disease that only affects humans and is caused by serogroup O1 (and in rare cases O139) of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. Although this infection is sometimes caused by direct contact with infected individuals (e.g. through unwashed hands, last offices, etc.), it is more commonly attributable to the ingestion of water or food contaminated with the feces of...
