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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...
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Document de presse | 2017.11.22
Leishmania : a parasite that adapts to its environment by chromosomal amplification
Leishmaniasis is an important human and veterinary disease caused by Leishmania parasites that affect 12 million people in over 98 endemic countries. The disease is now emerging in Europe due to climate change and massive population displacement. The parasite is known to rapidly adapt to novel environments with important consequences for disease outcome. It has therefore been recognized as an...
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News | 2017.11.16
Book release: “Institut Pasteur: Today's Research, Tomorrow's Medicine”
As the Institut Pasteur enters the 130th year of its existence (the anniversary will be celebrated on November 14, 2018), the book Institut Pasteur: Today's Research, Tomorrow's Medicine – available in both French and English – is being released. This illustrated volume, which is accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds, describes the major challenges and medical issues facing the...
