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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."
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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.
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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.
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Article | 2016.11.17
The Scientific Council: missions and composition
The Institut Pasteur’s Scientific Council issues an opinion on all issues of scientific policy, organization, and research and teaching program. It must be consulted on the creation, abolition and consolidation of research and teaching structures. It meets at least twice a semester.
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Article | 2016.11.17
The Assembly : missions and composition
The Assembly is convened at least once a year by the Chairman of the Board of Governors. It rules on the Board of Governors Annual Report relating to Institut Pasteur activity and elects 16 members to the Board. It adopts the rules of procedure of the foundation and votes on changes to the Articles of association upon proposal by the Board of Governors.
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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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News | 2016.11.08
The Ebola virus adapted to better infect humans during the 2013-2016 epidemic
An international coalition of scientists* involving teams from the Institut Pasteur, has revealed that adaptive mutations to the Ebola virus occurred during the epidemic that swept across West Africa from 2013 onwards. In what remains the most devastating outbreak of this disease ever recorded, it was already known that several strains of the virus circulated at the same time. This new functional...
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News | 2016.10.18
Efficacy of cancer treatment: two bacteria in the microbiota identified
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the Institut Gustave-Roussy, have identified two bacterial species naturally present in the body, Enterococcus hirae and Barnesiella intestinihominis, which enhance the effect of cyclophosphamide, a common chemotherapy treatment. The scientists had already proven the role of the microbiota in the efficacy of chemotherapy. This time, they...
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News | 2016.10.17
Esrrb transcription factor plays a key role in maintaining stem cell identity even after countless divisions
How is it that embryonic stem cells are able to divide over and over again without ever losing their identity? Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have recently answered this question with their discovery that a transcription factor, Esrrb, is directly involved in controlling the transfer of information that enables stem cells to continue expressing the same genes as the initial stem cell even...
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News | 2016.10.10
How investigating the population biology of Listeria is ushering in a new era in listeriosis surveillance
By investigating the genome sequence of an international collection of strains of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, two Institut Pasteur scientists, Sylvain Brisse and Marc Lecuit, have helped improve our understanding of how different Listeria strains circulate across the world. Their method of typing strains using high-throughput sequencing signals a new era for the global monitoring of...
