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Document de presse | 2017.01.23
How nicotine acts on the brains of schizophrenic patients
Several studies have indicated that schizophrenic patients are likely to show a high level of nicotine dependence. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm and the ENS used a mouse model to elucidate the mechanism of action of nicotine on cells in the prefrontal cortex. They visualized how nicotine has a direct impact on the restoration of normal activity in nerve cells (neurons)...
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Page avancée | 2017.01.24
2013 Thesis and ceremony
The 2013 ceremony was held on September 30th, in the presence of Jules Hoffmann, recipient of the CNRS Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2011).
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Page avancée | 2017.01.24
2014 Thesis and ceremony
The 2014 ceremony was held on December 12th, 2014, in the presence of Cédric Villlani, recipient of the Fields Medal (2010).
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Page avancée | 2017.01.24
2015 Thesis and ceremony
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).
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Article | 2017.01.24
2016 Thesis and ceremony
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.
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Page avancée | 2017.01.26
International calls
International calls
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News | 2017.01.30
Phage therapy effective in Crohn's disease
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...
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News | 2017.02.01
Sign up for the upcoming Institut Pasteur MOOCs
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...
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News | 2017.02.02
Hypermutative enterobacteria isolated for the first time in Côte d'Ivoire
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...
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News | 2017.02.03
A theory linking genes with social awareness
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...
