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Report | 2018.06.22
Microscopes – observing living organisms in order to fight disease
With the naked eye, humans can make out a detail measuring roughly 1 mm from a distance of 3 meters. Titan Krios™, the world's most powerful microscope, which will be officially inaugurated in July 2018 at the Institut Pasteur, magnifies objects millions of times (compared with just 10x for the earliest microscopes) and reveals what is happening at the atomic level. Scientists investigating...
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Document de presse | 2018.06.21
HKU to Collaborate on Biomedical Innovation with the Institut Pasteur and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
The University of Hong Kong (“HKU”), the Institut Pasteur and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (“HKSTP”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) in Paris today (June 21, 2018) to set up a joint biomedical research centre, witnessed by a high-level delegation led by The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and Mr Nicholas W...
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News | 2018.07.02
Roman Thibeaux’s joust with bacterial armor
Countering the bacteria responsible for leptospirosis by attacking the "shield" they make to protect themselves: this is the strategy that Roman Thibeaux, a young researcher at the Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie is trying to develop. Born on the island, he left the South Pacific region for a decade before coming back better armed.Roman Thibeaux has been immersed in a medical environment...
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News | 2018.06.27
Progress in the understanding of the mechanisms of genetic diversification in a major fungal pathogen of humans, Candida albicans
Candida albicans is one of the most formidable fungal species, causing infection in humans. Investigating the structure and reproduction methods of pathogenic populations can help us to understand how they emerge and spread. A team of scientists therefore decided to sequence and analyze the genomes of 182 strains of C. albicans from around the world. They confirmed the clonal reproduction of this...
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News | 2018.07.02
Daniel Iffla-Osiris, a great 19th-century philanthropist and the Institut Pasteur's most generous donor
The square known as "Place Daniel Iffla-Osiris", at the junction of boulevard Haussmann and boulevard des Italiens in Paris, was officially opened on June 27, 2018. This inauguration is an ideal opportunity to look back on the story of Daniel Iffla-Osiris, one of the greatest philanthropists of the 19th century. At his death in 1907, he left behind the largest legacy ever received by the Institut...
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News | 2018.07.04
A modular gene enhancer plays a role in leukemia
Every day, the bone marrow generates billions of new blood cells. This process, known as hematopoiesis, consists of a series of stages by which hematopoietic stem cells produce red blood cells, macrophages, lymphocytes, etc. The MYC gene and the mechanisms that regulate its expression play a major role in these various stages, but they are also involved in several types of leukemia as a result of...
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Document de presse | 2018.07.09
The sea anemone, an animal that hides its complexity well
Despite its apparent simplicity – a tube-like body topped with tentacles –, the sea anemone is actually a highly complex creature. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the CNRS and the Weizmann Institute of Science, have just discovered over a hundred different cell types in this small marine invertebrate as well as incredible neuronal diversity. This surprising...
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Article | 2018.07.12
MOOC HIV SCIENCE
HIV infection remains an outstanding global health issue despite the dramatic progress made over the past 35 years in developing and giving access to prevention and treatment tools. There are still 2 million new infections and 1 million deaths every year. Half of the 37 million people living with HIV do not have access to life-saving antiretroviral treatments. Although these molecules are...
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Document de presse | 2018.07.12
Titan Krios gives the Institut Pasteur a closer look at life
The Institut Pasteur's new Titan Krios™ (Thermo Scientific™ Krios™ Cryo-TEM), from Thermo Fisher Scientific is an industry-leading electron microscope with advanced capabilities. It was officially unveiled today, July 12, 2018. With the Titan Krios™, biological structures and phenomena such as viruses, cell components and protein complexes can be visualized with an unprecedented level of detail....
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News | 2018.07.16
Can we make human plague history?
An international workshop to identify research priorities to improve human plague control.For most of the people living in high-income countries, plague is a disease that belongs to the middle-age. But the reality is that for the past 30 years, WHO has reported a continuously increasing number of human cases of plague and the disease is considered as “re-emergent” on different continents.In...
