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News | 2018.10.18
Liver cancer: the Peruvian exception
Scientists and physicians are attempting to elucidate the mechanisms of an atypical form of liver cancer in Peru that is mainly affecting young people. Their research has revealed previously unknown risk factors.Why are young Peruvians developing liver cancer? The highly unusual forms of the disease are attracting the attention of scientists and healthcare workers. Their goal is to prevent,...
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News | 2018.10.22
Deep-learning to improve super-resolution microscopy methods
Earlier this year, scientists from the Institut Pasteur have developed a method for increasing the spatio-temporal resolution in optical microscopy. Christophe Zimmer, author of this discovery, explains this method called ANNA-PALM, rely on recent developments in artificial intelligence and especially in deep learning. Christophe Zimmer, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, explains how he...
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News | 2018.10.23
The Institut Pasteur de Guinée opens its first laboratory in Conakry
The first laboratory at the Institut Pasteur de Guinée was officially opened on October 22, 2018. Based at Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, the Pasteur Laboratory will mainly focus on training, diagnostics and research.With the support of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Expertise France agency, in connection with the LAB-NET program1 a 230m2 space generously...
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News | 2018.10.30
Zika virus in the Pacific : the influence of the geographical context on an outbreak’s emergence
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. ZIKV is divided into two phylogenetic lineages: African and Asian. In New Caledonia, the complex interactions between humans, mosquitoes and the virus led to a important outbreak in 2014.In 2013, the Zika virus emerged in French Polynesia and more than 1,500 cases were identified the following year in New Caledonia....
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News | 2018.11.08
Institut Pasteur scientists during the Great War
On August 3, 1914, war was declared between France and Germany. It was the most horrific and deadly war in history, during which alas, in Pasteur's own words, the law of blood and death prevailed. However, as Pasteur had foreseen, his work and that of other Institut Pasteur scientists saved the lives of thousands of soldiers. An excerpt from a talk at the Palais de la Découverte on Wednesday...
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Article | 2018.11.09
Welcome day
Depuis 2017, le doct-office organise une journée d'accueil spécialement dédiée aux nouveaux doctorants. Cette journée permet aux nouveaux arrivants de se rencontrer et de connaître les differents engagements académiques et sociaux proposés par l'Institut Pasteur
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Fiche maladie | 2018.11.14
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a bacterium that lives in the digestive tract of humans and warm-blooded animals. Most strains of E. coli are harmless, but a small number can cause illness in humans. One such strain is enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). EHEC strains regularly cause food poisoning after consumption of undercooked or raw animal products (meat or dairy products). Fresh fruit and...
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Report | 2018.11.14
The Institut Pasteur in 2018: A legacy of excellence
On November 14, 1888 – exactly 130 years ago –, the Institut Pasteur was officially opened at a ceremony attended by French President Sadi Carnot and many other prestigious guests. The Institut Pasteur's history is marked by countless scientific discoveries – ten of its scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work, as you will find out in the following paragraphs. Drawing on...
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News | 2018.11.16
Moritoshi Iwagami Wins the 2018 Robert Deschiens Prize
Professor Yves Buisson, President of the Exotic Pathologies Society, presented the Robert Deschiens Prize to Dr. Moritoshi Iwagami at the 4th annual Institut Pasteur International Symposium. Iwagami was honored for his research on Plasmodium falciparum’s resistance to artemisinin in Laos.A specialist in population genetics of Plasmodium and certain helminths, Dr. Iwagami took up his appointment...
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News | 2018.11.14
130 years ago, the Institut Pasteur opened its doors for the first time
The Institut Pasteur, set up following the success of the human rabies vaccination with funds from a public appeal launched by the French Academy of Sciences, was officially opened 130 years ago, on November 14, 1888, at a ceremony attended by the French President Sadi Carnot and several other prestigious guests. We look back on a day that "would go down in the history of medicine".*A huge crowd...
