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Document de presse | 2017.12.14
Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur reward five researchers for their major contributions in the service of human health
Paris, France – December 13th 2017 - Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur presented the Sanofi - Institut Pasteur Awards for the sixth year in a row.Five internationally recognized researchers were rewarded for their work in two major fields with implications for global health: Immunology and Microbiology & Infection. The National Junior award winnersDocteur Fabrizia Stavru – Bacteria-Cell...
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News | 2017.12.18
Five young researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network attended the 2017 PhD students' ceremony
Like every year since 2013, the Institut Pasteur organized on December 11th a ceremony in honor of the young graduates who defended their PhD thesis during the 2016-2017 academic year. The 2017 edition honored 34 young Pasteurian scientists, 5 of whom completed their thesis in an institution member of the Institut Pasteur International Network."We are pleased and proud to welcome these young...
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News | 2017.12.19
Strong increase in antibiotic resistance in Cambodia
Antibiotic resistance is considered by WHO to be "one of the most serious threats to global health, food security and development". In Cambodia, the misuse of antibiotics is a known phenomenon, but there is little data on microbial resistance in the absence of a surveillance system. A study by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge assessed the frequency and characteristics of extended-spectrum beta-...
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News | 2017.12.19
"Pasteur, the experimenter" – the must-see exhibition!
The "Pasteur, the experimenter" exhibition officially opened on December 13, 2017 with a ceremony attended by French President, Emmanuel Macron. Organized by Universcience with the support of the Institut Pasteur, it is creating a buzz in the press. You can discover photos of the launch event below. The exhibition is on at the Palais de la découverte (Paris) until August 19, 2018. ©Ph.LevyNo...
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Report | 2017.12.27
The Research Journal : 2017's most read articles!
The Research Journal is celebrating its first year of existence, an opportunity to share with you the articles that were read the most over the past year.
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News | 2018.01.03
Roka village in Cambodia: a history of iatrogenic HIV infection
In December 2014, cases of HIV infection were detected in Roka, a village in Battambang province, northwestern Cambodia. Of more than 2,000 villagers tested for HIV, 242 people, aged from 2 to 89 years are diagnosed positive. Their common point: they were all treated by a "doctor" without a degree who reused the same syringes for several patients. Arrested in December 2014, he was sentenced at...
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News | 2018.01.05
Twelve new species of Leptospira discovered in New Caledonian soils
Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis that affects over one million people and is responsible for nearly 60,000 deaths each year worldwide. This disease transmitted to humans via freshwater contaminated with bacteria of the genus Leptospira has a record incidence in Oceania. A group of researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network coordinated by the Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle...
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News | 2018.01.11
Frédéric Tangy, expert from the Institut Pasteur, talks about vaccines of today and tomorrow
In 2017, vaccinology expert Frédéric Tangy was recognized by the Institut Pasteur for his work on the Measles Platform and was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Inventors. As the Institut Pasteur enters its 130th year – it will be celebrating its 130th anniversary on November 14, 2018 – it seemed like a good opportunity to ask the scientist to tell us a little more about his...
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Page avancée | 2018.01.16
2017 Thesis and Ceremony
2017 Thesis and Ceremony
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News | 2018.01.19
Proof-of-concept study reveals feasibility of eliminating rabies in Africa
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, together with European and African collaborators (including the Institut Pasteur in Paris), carried out a mass dog vaccination in Chad and determined its effect on human rabies exposure. The study employed a bio-mathematical method for estimating the transmission dynamics of rabies. The researchers conclude that with political will and the necessary...
