1. News | 2014.05.15

   Call for abstracts: Scientific Symposium of the Institut Pasteur International Network, Septembre 10-13, 2014

   The Institut Pasteur in Paris will host the Scientific Symposium of the Institut Pasteur International Network (RIIP) - a three-day scientific conference - followed by the different meetings with the Directors from the Network. The aim of the meeting is to reinforce the interactions between scientists from the various institutes of the network and between scientists working on the campus in Paris...

2. News | 2014.06.02

   Call for application: Dedonder Clayton Award 2014

   The Institut Pasteur is pleased to open the call for application for the 2014 Dedonder Clayton Award. This Award will honor scientists in Africa and Asia whose outstanding research is decisive to progress in public health, specifically in the field of research on HIV / AIDS and related infections. This Prize is awarded by Pr Christian BRECHOT, President of the Institut Pasteur and Pr Françoise...

3. News | 2014.03.27

   The Institut Pasteur in Dakar mobilizes researchers to fight against the Ebola virus

   The Institut Pasteur in Dakar mobilizes researchers under epidemic hemorrhagic fever raging in Guinea. To support countries in epidemic situations with the implementation of control measures is one of the missions of the Institut Pasteur and the instituts of its network. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur in Dakar and more specialy the Arboviruses and hemorrhagic fevers viruses WHO...

4. News | 2014.06.01

   Elucidating the pathogenic mechanism of meningococcal meningitis

   Neisseria meningitidis, also called meningococcus, is a bacterium responsible for meningitis and septicemia. Its most serious form, purpura fulminans, is often fatal. This bacterium, which is naturally present in humans in the nasopharynx, is pathogenic if it reaches the blood stream. Scientists have deciphered the molecular events through which meningococci target blood vessels and colonize them...

5. News | 2014.05.22

   Directing stem cells fates

   Researchers have discovered that the immediate environment of stem cells can have a strong influence on the fate of their descendants : they observed that the forces applied to stem cells during division influenced the likelihood that these dividing cells would produce two new stem cells, one stem cell and one specialized cell, or even two specialized cells. This study has major implications for...

6. News | 2014.06.09

   Immunological memory discovered in fetuses

   Scientists have recently demonstrated the existence of immunological memory cells in fetuses. These cells are developed in utero and are capable of producing an inflammatory-type immune response. The results of this study suggest that it may be possible to develop vaccine-induced immunological memory, during pregnancy and specific to the fetus, which would increase immunity in infants during the...

7. News | 2014.06.16

   Call for applications: Scientists specialized in Microbiology

   Institut Pasteur is seeking to reinforce its position by recruiting outstanding scientists (including clinicians) specialized in microbiology (virologists, bacteriologists). Major areas that we want to strengthen are vector-borne diseases (viral and bacterial), vaccine-preventable diseases (whooping cough, diphtheria, papillomaviruses), anaerobes, antimicrobial drug resistance.

8. News | 2014.06.18

   Can injuries to the skin be painless?

   When the body receives an injury to the skin, a signal is sent to the brain, which generates a sensation of pain. Researchers have studied lesions in patients with Buruli ulcer, a tropical disease. They show that, despite the extent and severity of these wounds, they are less painful than others that seem relatively minor (e.g. scratches, low-degree burns). They discovered an analgesic mechanism...

9. News | 2014.06.25

   The Institut Pasteur in Algeria diagnoses the first case of MERS-coronavirus

   Since June 10th, the General Directorate of Prevention of the Ministry of Health in Algeria and the Institut Pasteur in Algeria remains on alert following the death of a man contaminated during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia by a new type of coronavirus-MERS (MERS-Cov). The diagnosis of the first case detected in Algeria was made by Dr. Derrar and his team in the Institut Pasteur in Algeria. A...

10. News | 2014.06.25

    Second wave of Ebola in Africa: the Institut Pasteur in Dakar is in the first line

    SECOND WAVE OF EBOLA IN AFRICA: THE INSTITUT PASTEUR IN DAKAR IS IN THE FIRST LINE Since March 21, date of the declaration of the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, the Institut Pasteur from the Africa Region and particularly the Institut Pasteur in Dakar in collaboration with partners, face up to a deadly Ebola epidemic second wave. The point of the situation in Guinea of June, 15th shows that 3 new...

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