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News | 2025.07.09
Escherichia coli food poisoning outbreak: update on the epidemiological situation
Since June 6, 2025, the town of Saint-Quentin (in the Aisne département and the Hauts-de-France region) has witnessed cases of severe food poisoning, mostly in children, caused by Escherichia coli bacteria. We look back at the timeline of events, the epidemiological situation and the Institut Pasteur's role in the crisis.
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Document de presse | 2015.12.15
Sepsis: cell therapy to repair muscle long-term impairment
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Paris Descartes University, Sainte-Anne Hospital and the CNRS have recently published a paper in Nature Communications in which they reveal mayor players in the severe muscle damage caused by sepsis, or septicemia, which explains why many patients suffer debilitating muscle impairment long-term after recovery. They propose a therapeutic approach based on...
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Document de presse | 2013.09.10
A simple in vitro test to bring surveillance of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites to scale
A fruitful international cooperation, scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed the first in vitro test adapted to field conditions in malaria-endemic areas for the study of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (the parasite responsible for severe cases of malaria). Artemisinin is a major component...
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News | 2017.02.03
A theory linking genes with social awareness
Given the immense complexity of brain organization, neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux has come up with a new research strategy that encourages a more comprehensive understanding of autism. This approach, outlined in the interdisciplinary journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences – which covers topics ranging from neuroscience to social sciences – combines knowledge about the disorder at several...
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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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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...
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News | 2018.05.22
Tiger mosquitoes: heightened surveillance in France, from May to November 2018
On Monday April 30, 2018, the French Ministry of Health announced that it was stepping up surveillance of the tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, which is now present in 42 French départements – twice as many as two years ago. But just how dangerous is this mosquito, vector of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya or zika?The tiger mosquito (see What is the "tiger mosquito" (Aedes albopictus)?) is...
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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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News | 2020.04.30
A comprehensive analysis of midbodies, bridges between dividing cells
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have developed a method to isolate midbodies, bridges that link cells undergoing cytokinesis. Using the latest mass spectrometry methods, they produced a comprehensive inventory and revealed the presence of 1,732 proteins! By characterizing three of these proteins in detail, they pinpointed novel molecular mechanisms involved in both cell division and virus...