1. Article | 2016.11.15

   Ilya Mechnikov, Elie Metchnikoff in French (1845-1916)

   Ilya Ilitch Metchnikov discovered phagocytes and phagocytosis in 1883. He is considered the father of cell-mediated immunity as opposed to the humoral immunity observed by Paul Ehrlich. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize with Paul Ehrlich in 1908.

2. Article | 2016.11.15

   Jules Bordet (1870-1961)

   In 1919 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the role of antibodies and the complement system. Jules Bordet’s discoveries expanded early 20th century knowledge of immunology considerably.

3. Article | 2016.11.15

   Charles Nicolle (1866-1936)

   In 1928 Charles Nicolle won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on typhus. He notably discovered the role of lice in transmission of the infection in humans.

4. Article | 2016.11.15

   Daniel Bovet (1907-1992)

   In 1957, Swiss-born Daniel Bovet won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds and their effects on blood vessels and skeletal muscles. Daniel Bovet discovered the first antihistamine and the first synthetic curare-like agents. He pioneered medicinal chemistry.

5. Article | 2016.11.15

   André Lwoff (1902-1994)

   The scientific work of André Lwoff was dominated by two major discoveries: bacterial growth factors and dormant forms of bacterial viruses called prophages. With François Jacob and Jacques Monod he was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for their discovery relating to the genetic regulation of enzyme and virus synthesis."

6. Article | 2016.11.15

   Jacques Monod (1910-1976)

   For Jacques Monod molecular biology was a way to piece together the puzzle explaining the mechanisms shared throughout the living world, from bacteria to complex animals. Inspired by André Lwoff, Jacques Monod worked closely with François Jacob to discover the first genetic regulation system, for which they coined the name operon. Four years after publication of the discovery the three scientists...

7. Article | 2016.11.15

   François Jacob (1920-2013)

   François Jacob worked closely with Jacques Monod, developing the concept of genetic regulation considered revolutionary for the time. The two men were awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with André Lwoff "for their discovery relating to the genetic regulation of enzyme and virus synthesis."

8. Article | 2016.11.15

   Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

   Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008. 25 years after isolating the AIDS virus, this prize, jointly received with Luc Montagnier"for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus" in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur" recognizes, beyond the work of the scientists, the tireless engagement of a whole community in the fight against HIV. 

9. Article | 2016.11.15

   Luc Montagnier, born in 1932

   Luc Montagnier is Emeritus Professor at the Institut Pasteur, where he was director of the Viral Oncology Unit from 1972 to 2000. He is also Emeritus Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and member of the French Academies of Sciences and Medicine. 

10. News | 2016.11.10

    Chikungunya spreads in and around homes with women at highest risk

    The mosquito-borne disease chikungunya seems to spread from infections centered in and around the home, with women much more likely to become infected. This finding was revealed by a new study conducted by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, in collaboration with the US-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (...

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