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News | 2017.10.09
Alexandre Yersin, the man who discovered the bacterium responsible for the plague
Swiss-born Alexandre Yersin joined the Institut Pasteur in 1885 aged just 22 and worked under Émile Roux. He discovered the plague bacillus in Hong Kong. A brilliant scientist, he was also an explorer and pioneer in many fields. Alexandre Yersin was buried in Nha Trang (Vietnam) and next to his grave there is a small temple that is always decorated with flowers and incense – a great honor for a...
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News | 2017.10.27
In remembrance of Dr Vu Thi Que Huong
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the sudden demise of Dr. Vu Thi Que Huong.Huong was a senior virologist and Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City. She formerly held the position of Head of the department of Microbiology and Immunology in the same institute.Huong trained as pediatrician, specialized in the field of dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis...
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News | 2017.11.06
The Institut Pasteur International Network enters the GloPID-R alliance
Last October, the Institut Pasteur International Network has officially become a member of the Global Research collaboration for infectious diseases preparedness research alliance (GloPID-R).GloPID-R is a network comprising 27 research and research funding organizations on the global scale as well as WHO. The aim of this alliance is to ensure that research capacity and capabilities are in place...
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Document de presse | 2017.11.03
Rift Valley fever virus: an infection mechanism identified
Rift Valley fever virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, is responsible for outbreaks in livestock in Africa and can also be fatal in humans. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, working with the University of Göttingen, have characterized the mechanism used by the virus to insert one of its envelope proteins into the host cell membrane, thereby enabling it to infect the cell. They have...
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Article | 2017.11.10
Nicolle Class (2017-2020)
Ph.D. StudentUndergraduate studiesLaboratoryThesis AdvisorLab HeadDoctoral SchoolPh.D. project Diana Paola BAQUERO URIZA Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Molecular Biology of the Gene in ExtremophilesPrangishvili David & Krupovic Mart (as co-advisor)Forterre Patrick CdVMolecular mechanisms of virus release in ArchaeaPaulo BASTOS University of Aveiro,...
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Article | 2017.11.10
Nicolle Class (2017-2020)
Ph.D. StudentUndergraduate studiesLaboratoryThesis AdvisorLab HeadDoctoral SchoolPh.D. project Diana Paola BAQUERO URIZA Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Molecular Biology of the Gene in ExtremophilesPrangishvili David & Krupovic Mart (as co-advisor)Forterre Patrick CdVMolecular mechanisms of virus release in ArchaeaPaulo BASTOS University of Aveiro,...
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Article | 2017.11.10
MOOC Microbes & Brain
Historically, microbes were considered as potential threats that could be harmful to us, in particular to our brain, considered for long as a privileged organ, particularly sensitive to infections and inflammation. However, our vision of the microbial world has evolved and we are now paying more and more attention to this world that is intimately living within us and may be beneficial for our...
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Document de presse | 2017.11.10
Cholera: understanding the link between the world’s major outbreaks paves the way to a better control strategy
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in collaboration with several other international institutions, recently published two studies tracing the history of cholera outbreaks in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean from the last 60 years. Genomic analysis of more than 1,200 strains of Vibrio cholerae revealed for the first time the link between the...
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News | 2017.11.14
130 years ago, the Institut Pasteur was under construction
On June 4, 1887, the Institut Pasteur was created following the success of the rabies vaccine developed by Louis Pasteur – and thanks to the generous support of countless donors. Just set up as an institution with official charitable status, the building work began straight away."This is the start of post-exposure rabies prophylaxis. (...) A rabies vaccine center should be set up," declared Louis...
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Article | 2017.11.14
Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM)
The CNCM is a collection of microorganisms, cell cultures and viruses, all deposited for purposes requiring a strictly defined secrecy provision. The CNCM has the status of International Depositary Authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.The CNCM secures the deposit of microorganisms according to...
