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Vidéo | 2025.08.28
Researchers take the stage!
Researchers... but also artists!At the Institut Pasteur, science isn't just about labs.For Music Day 2025, Remigiusz Walocha (PhD student in intestinal cell biology) and Billie Libri (postdoctoral researcher in genetics and DNA repair) took to the stage with their band, formed at the Institute.Their energetic performance, featuring synths, vocals, drums, and guitar, showed that scientific...
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Vidéo | 2025.08.28
The power of chirality
Two smells, one molecule. It's just reversed!Jeanne Fenouil, science writer at the Institut Pasteur, explains how a simple reversal can change everything.This is called chirality: two “mirror” versions of the same molecule that cannot be superimposed, like your left and right hands. Discovered by Louis Pasteur, this property plays a major role in biology, perfumery... and even medicine! Certain...
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News | 2025.07.25
Neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against hepatitis E virus
The Humoral Immunology Unit has identified neutralizing antibodies that are effective against the hepatitis E virus (HEV). They could be used for prevention or treatment against HEV infection, which affects approximately 20 million people worldwide every year. Structural analyses carried out with the NanoImaging Core Facility enabled atomic-scale visualization of the neutralization site...
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News | 2025.06.03
Tackling HIV – statins can stimulate antiviral immunity
A team at the Institut Pasteur has been investigating the possibility of reprogramming the immune cells of individuals living with HIV to halt the infection. The scientists recently revealed the potential of anti-cholesterol treatments to strengthen patients' immunity. This work has been published in eBioMedicine (The Lancet Discovery Science) (1).
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News | 2025.05.28
Launch of a therapeutic trial of a new treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a skin condition that causes painful abscesses in skin folds. There are three stages of the disease. A new clinical trial, ABCESS2, has recently been launched to treat stage II hidradenitis suppurativa. The trial is being led by the Institut Pasteur.
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News | 2025.05.21
Bacteria use the same tools to resist antibiotics and viruses
The severity of the bacterial antibiotic resistance phenomenon is growing, creating a major public health problem. One possible alternative to antibiotics involves the use of phages, or viruses that infect bacteria. However, a recent study has demonstrated that one of the principal resistance mechanisms used by bacteria against antibiotics is also used against phages. This work highlights the...
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Vidéo | 2025.09.01
Tiger mosquito: we're fighting back!
Tiger mosquito mission activated!Rachel Bellonne, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, is heading into the field with her team to track down one of France's most feared insects: the tiger mosquito.Found throughout most of the country, this mosquito can transmit viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. And with climate change, the threat continues to grow...With the EMa-Tigre project,...
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Page avancée | 2016.12.20
Housing in Paris
Housing solutions for our PhD students, postdoctorants, visitors and trainees
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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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Page avancée | 2020.05.05
Pasteur courses
Pasteur courses
