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Document de presse | 2025.07.29
Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2 persists in the brainstem in the long term and deregulates neuronal activity
Symptoms can persist in some SARS-CoV-2 patients several months after infection. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated in an animal model that SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain and persists in the brainstem for up to 80 days after the acute infection phase. The presence of the virus is linked to symptoms of depression, impaired memory, and anxiety. Genes associated with neuronal...
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News | 2025.07.30
Official Signing of the Institut Pasteur – ALFI Partnership to Expand Housing Opportunities for Young Scientists
On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, the Institut Pasteur and the association ALFI (Association for Housing Families and Individuals) officially signed a strategic partnership aimed at expanding access to affordable housing for young scientists. The signing ceremony, held in the presence of François Romaneix, Executive Vice-President of the Institut Pasteur, and Guillaume Brugidou, General Delegate of ALFI...
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Vidéo | 2025.08.05
Long Covid: the brain puzzle
What if Covid could remain hidden... in our brains?This is what Anthony Coleon and his team at the Lyssavirus, Epidemiology and Neuropathology Unit at the Pasteur Institute have revealed: SARS-CoV-2 can persist for up to 80 days after infection... in the brain stem.As a result, the virus disrupts the activity of genes linked to dopamine, a neurotransmitter essential for memory and emotions.This...
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Portrait | 2025.05.22
Guilherme Dias de Melo, exploring the mysteries of long COVID
The Brazilian-born scientist has devoted his career to exploring the links between viral infections and the brain. He specializes in neurotropic viruses and is working to elucidate the infectious mechanisms underpinning the SARS-CoV-2 and rabies viruses. With a transcontinental background, a passion for science and a coherent approach to research challenges, Guilherme Dias de Melo is driven by an...
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Vidéo | 2025.08.08
Dengue fever at the helm
Does dengue fever hijack mosquitoes' brains?!Louis Lambrecht and his team, including Félix Hol, have discovered that infected mosquitoes take smaller blood meals...As a result, they bite more often.So they infect more people. An extremely clever... and scary viral strategy.(video in french, English subtitles available)
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News | 2025.07.10
Summer 2025: early emergence of chikungunya in mainland France
An unprecedented situation has arisen this summer, with the first locally acquired cases of chikungunya detected as early as June, notably affecting the Grand Est region for the very first time. Chikungunya is a viral disease mainly transmitted to humans by bites from mosquitoes of the Aedes genus. It is characterized by symptoms such as fever and intense joint pain. In the wake of severe...
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News | 2025.07.11
Which mosquitoes pose a risk? Species, main diseases and high-risk regions
From the tiger mosquito, now well established in Europe, to endemic species in the tropics or Pacific region, these insects have colonized vast areas of the planet and play a key role in local ecosystems. Only around a hundred mosquito species, some of which potentially transmit pathogenic agents, are known to bite humans. Given their diversity and geographic expansion, special efforts must be...
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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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Page avancée | 2025.08.12
About Institut Pasteur
About Institut Pasteur
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Article | 2025.07.15
Archives
The Archives Division in the Scientific Information Resources Center (CeRIS), set up in 1987 for the Institut Pasteur's centenary, is responsible for collecting, organizing and cataloging the records of the Institut Pasteur's administrative and scientific departments. More than 300 archive collections are currently available to scientists and historians. They cover the period from the time of...
