1. News | 2016.09.22

   Culex mosquitoes do not transmit Zika virus

   Since the first cases of infection were identified in Brazil, in May 2015, the Zika virus has spread to over 46 countries in America. Several hypothesis are discussed to explain the extent of the epidemic and the rapidity with which the virus has invaded the continent. The transmission could be facilitated by the absence of immunity of the American populations as the virus comes from Africa but...

2. News | 2016.12.15

   MediLabSecure contributes to Zika preparedness in the Mediterranean area

   The current Zika virus emergence has highlighted the global need to conduct comprehensive risk assessments and develop preparedness activities against arboviral threats. An article published in BMC Public Health examines how the actions and strategies implemented by the MediLabSecure network contribute to the prevention and control of the Zika virus threat in the Euro-Mediterranean area.Thanks to...

3. News | 2016.12.02

   Avelin Fobang Aghokeng, laureate of the 2015 Dedonder-Clayton prize​

   Thursday 1 December 2016 - Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Christian Bréchot opened the third day of the Institut Pasteur International Network Symposium by presenting Avelin Fobang Aghokeng with the 2015 Dedonder Clayton Prize, on the occasion of the World AIDS Day.The Cameroonian virologist who works at IRD has been awarded for his research on the limitations and challenges in diagnosing people...

4. Article | 2017.01.03

   ASP-IP Team

   The Amgen Scholars Program at Institut Pasteur is run by

5. Article | 2017.01.03

   Wollman class (2016-2019)

     Ph.D. StudentUndergraduate studiesLaboratoryThesis AdvisorLab HeadDoctoral SchoolPh.D. projectUsama ASHRAFHuazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, ChinaMolecular Genetics of RNA VirusesNadia NaffakhSylvie van der WerfBioSPCStructure/function analysis of the interface between influenza virus transcriptional machinery and the cellular splicing machineryGiorgia BARUCCIAlma Mater...

6. News | 2016.12.01

   Three joint units created to strengthen the research cooperation

   The agreements to create the first 3 Pasteur International Joint research units within the Network were signed.One unit is created with the Institut Pasteur in Shanghai on parasitology jointly directed by Gérald Spaeth (Head Molecular Parasitology and Signaling Laboratory, Institut Pasteur) and Guangxun Meng (Research Director of Innate Immunity unit, Institut Pasteur in Shanghai)The second one...

7. News | 2016.12.01

   Elisabeth Ravaoarisoa (Institut Pasteur in Madagascar) is the 2016 Robert Deschiens Prize Laureate

   The second day of the Institut Pasteur International Symposium started with the Robert Deschiens Prize awarded to Elisabeth Ravaoarisoa, research engineer at the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar. The laureate, rewarded for her work on the evaluation of malaria control strategies in Madagascar, received her prize from Yves Buisson, President of the Exotic Pathology Society.Since 10 years, Elisabeth...

8. News | 2016.11.30

   3rd Institut Pasteur International Network Symposium celebrates Biomarkers

   The opening ceremony of the Institut Pasteur International Network Symposium held on 29th of November at the Institut Pasteur Conference Center gathered nearly 350 participants. Building on the success of the two previous editions, the Symposium focuses this year on all research aspects that might potentially lead to the development of new biomarkers.In his opening speech, Christian Brechot,...

9. News | 2016.11.16

   The Institut Pasteur of Iran held the 2016 MATI Regional Meeting of the Institut Pasteur international Network

   100 participants were gathered from 7th to 9th November 2016 at the Institut Pasteur of Iran for the MATI Regional Meeting (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Iran) of the Institut Pasteur International Network.The meting was opened by Pr. Hassan Hashemi, Minister of Health of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pr. Mostafa Ghanei, Director of the Institut Pasteur of Iran,  Mr. François Sénémaud,...

10. News | 2016.11.15

    First stone laid for the Institut Pasteur in Guinea​

    On November 11 in Conakry, the President of the Republic of Guinea, His Excellency Professor Alpha Condé, laid the first stone of the Institut Pasteur in Guinea at a ceremony attended by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault. In the wake of the WHO's declaration that the Ebola outbreak in Guinea has ended, on June 1 this year, the event marks...

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