Page avancée | 2017.01.24
The 2015 ceremony was held on December 11th 2015, in the presence of Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2008).
Article | 2017.01.24
The 2016 ceremony will be held on December 16th 2016, in the presence of Alim-Louis Benabid, recipient of the Lasker Prize 2014 and the Breakthrough Prize 2015.
Page avancée | 2017.01.26
International calls
News | 2017.01.30
Pathogenic bacteria known as AIEC, which bind to the intestinal mucosa, are frequently found in Crohn's disease patients. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Clermont Auvergne and the Lille Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, administered a cocktail of bacteriophages orally to murine models for the disease. This led to a...
News | 2017.02.01
As a leading biomedical research center in many fields of health, the Institut Pasteur also has an education center which contributes to the dissemination of scientific and medical knowledge. Some of the Education Center's course offerings are digital, including three MOOCs whose registration period is currently underway, on the topics of medical entomology, epidemiology and...
News | 2017.02.02
On the African continent, diarrheal diseases are very frequent but their etiology is often unknown which does not allow an optimal care of the patients.Yersinia enterocolitica is a bacterium responsible for gastroenteritis whose natural reservoir is the pig. Well known in Europe, where it is the 3rd cause of bacterial diarrhea, it is, on the other hand, poorly diagnosed in Africa because of the...
News | 2017.02.03
Given the immense complexity of brain organization, neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux has come up with a new research strategy that encourages a more comprehensive understanding of autism. This approach, outlined in the interdisciplinary journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences – which covers topics ranging from neuroscience to social sciences – combines knowledge about the disorder at several...
Page avancée | 2017.02.10
Resources for media
Article | 2017.02.10
The Institut Pasteur Annual Report is drawn up by the Board of Directors, who then hand it over to the General Meeting of the Institut Pasteur for approval. In addition to the Accounts Report (only available in French), it brings together the discoveries and the scientific breakthroughs as well as the highlights of the past year.
Page avancée | 2017.02.14
Drawing on its excellent reputation and true to its universal values, the Institut Pasteur has an ambitious international policy. Its Department of International Affairs is responsible for animating and developing the Institut Pasteur International Network, particularly by coordinating major programs that meet current global health challenges. It is also in charge of developing new corporate and...