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Article | 2025.01.20
Neuroscience
The nervous system has yet to reveal all its secrets. That is why the Institut Pasteur's Department of Neuroscience is committed to investigating the organization and functions of the central nervous system. The teams of this department conduct research to shed light on the mechanisms that are responsible for mental processes at different levels, from molecular to individual, and to explore the...
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Article | 2016.12.20
Parasites and Insect Vectors
Parasitic diseases are all too often neglected. However, they affect close to 3 billion people in the world. Biomedical research is therefore at the heart of global public health challenges, and the mission of the scientists in this department is to tackle the ongoing need for better prevention, control and treatment of these parasitic diseases.
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Article | 2016.12.20
Structural Biology and Chemistry
Observing life at atomic level because chemistry is the motor of life. Researchers in the Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry study the three-dimensional organization and properties of molecules of biological interest.
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Article | 2016.12.20
Cell Biology and Infection
The work of the Department of Cell Biology and Infection is focused on elucidating the workings of cells – the basic building blocks of all living beings –, to gain a greater understanding of how they behave in the presence of microbes or diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The teams in the research department pursue an integrative approach that combines expertise in...
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Article | 2025.07.09
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
How do cells acquire their identity? How are organs formed? Little is known about the mechanisms behind the “development” of animals, including human beings.
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Article | 2025.07.09
Virology
Fighting viral infections that affect human health.
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Vidéo | 2025.07.15
The secrets of the hydra
Did you know about HYDRA? Not the mythological one... the real one. And it hides a CRAZY power.Thibault Lagache, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, takes you on a journey of discovery of one of the most fascinating organisms on the planet. It doesn't age. It can regenerate ad infinitum. It has neurons... and a microbiota.And guess what? These miniature creatures could well help us better...
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News | 2025.07.09
Escherichia coli food poisoning outbreak: update on the epidemiological situation
Since June 6, 2025, the town of Saint-Quentin (in the Aisne département and the Hauts-de-France region) has witnessed cases of severe food poisoning, mostly in children, caused by Escherichia coli bacteria. We look back at the timeline of events, the epidemiological situation and the Institut Pasteur's role in the crisis.
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Article | 2017.01.23
Ceremony for newly graduated students
Since 2013, the Institut Pasteur organizes each year a ceremony for the students who have graduated during the year. This both solemn and festive event is open to all people working on campus and to family and friends of the newly graduated students, as well as representatives of partner organizations.
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Vidéo | 2025.07.18
the language of cells
He's created an AI that can read... the language of cells!Jérémie Kalfon, a doctoral student in the Institut Pasteur's Machine Learning for Integrative Genomics team, has developed scPRINT, an AI trained on over 50 million human and animal cells.It can predict if a cell is sick, guess its type, understand how its genes are expressed... and it discovers links that take researchers years to find....
