1. News | 2018.04.05

   Medical entomology for surveilling vector-borne diseases explained in motion design

   Pathogens transmitted by vectors insects, mosquito being the number one, are a growing threat in all parts of the world. The scientific discipline which aims to study insects impacting  uman health is called medical entomology. Little known by the general public, medical entomology is nevertheless essential to identify vector insects, evaluate their risk for the health of...

2. Page avancée | 2018.04.05

   Why join us?

   Joining the Institut Pasteur means becoming part of a team driven by curiosity and dedicated to delivering groundbreaking innovations in the fields of research, medicine and public health. We aim to attract the brightest and best to join our research and support teams so that we can achieve our ambitious targets of excellence and impact.  

3. Article | 2018.04.05

   Campus

   The Institut Pasteur's staff enjoy the luxury of a 5-hectare campus in the center of Paris that currently houses 39 buildings, 23 of which are used for scientific research. Several of these buildings are listed historical monuments. The Institut Pasteur has a total of 48,000m2 of laboratory space.We are fully committed to this historical campus and are currently making major investments to...

4. Article | 2018.04.05

   When you arrive

   We have introduced dedicated procedures for welcoming newcomers to the Institut Pasteur and helping them to settle in. As a new staff member, you will be invited to a Welcome Day shortly after you arrive, and you can also sign up for other welcome modules.

5. News | 2018.04.05

   SODA, a new analysis tool for fluorescence imaging

   SODA (Statistical Object Distance Analysis) is a new method for performing automatic statistical analysis on images and determining the spatial distribution of molecules. It has been made available free of charge for the scientific community via Icy and does not require any programming knowledge. This software is applicable to all fluorescence imaging and can be used for either conventional...

6. Document de presse | 2018.04.10

   Hepatitis C: a novel point-of-care assay

   One of the major challenges identified by the WHO in efforts to eradicate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the diagnosis of chronic cases that are generally asymptomatic. Major progress is required for new diagnostic techniques that can be "decentralized", in other words accessed by populations and countries with limited resources. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, in collaboration...

7. News | 2018.04.16

   Halima Maïnassara: from field investigator to director of CERMES in Niger

   In February 2017, Dr Halima Maïnassara is the first woman from Niger to be appointed Director General of the Center for Medical and Health Research (CERMES) in Niamey. Physician, epidemiologist expert in meningitis, she started to work for this public institution, member of the Institut Pasteur International Network, in February 2005 as a field investigator.Since primary school, Halima Boubacar...

8. News | 2018.04.11

   New Pasteur-USP Scientific Platform in Brazil to tackle neurological disorders with a one health approach

   A group of scientists are in the process of setting up the first crew of a research taskforce in Brazil, spawn of the University of São Paulo/Institut Pasteur /Fiocruz tripartite agreement signed in 2015. This scientific platform will focus on neurological disorders caused by either infectious agents or as a consequence of degenerative/progressive diseases. Both causes are growing problems in...

9. News | 2018.04.17

   Aedes aegypti mosquitoes’ gut microbiota is environmentally determined

   For many years, microbiota – all the microorganisms that colonize a host - has been the subject of intensive research in many multicellular organisms. The mosquito Aedes aegypti vector of pathogens responsible for diseases such as dengue or yellow fever, is no exception to this rule. Recent scientific work has shown that the bacteria colonizing the mosquitoe’s digestive tract play a role in their...

10. News | 2018.04.18

    Genomics study in Africa: demographic history and deleterious mutations

    Scientists from the Institut Pasteur set out to understand how the demographic changes associated with the Neolithic transition also influenced the efficacy of natural selection. By comparing the genome diversity of more than 300 individuals from groups of forest hunter-gatherers (pygmies) and farmers (Bantu-speaking peoples), from western and eastern Central Africa, they discovered that the...

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