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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...
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News | 2020.07.20
i-Lab 2020 competition: two winners from the Institut Pasteur, one awarded a Grand Prix
On July 16, the i-Lab 2020 innovation competition unveiled the names of 73 winners, which this year included the D4Zin (Grand Prix) and AVATAR MEDICAL projects, both based on research carried out at the Institut Pasteur and supported by the Pasteur Microbes and Health Carnot Institute.Sponsored by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and organized in partnership with...
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Document de presse | 2017.10.12
Five Institut Pasteur scientists receive 2017 L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" Fellowships
On October 11, 2017, five young scientists at the Institut Pasteur received 2017 L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" Fellowships. Through their research, the three postdoctoral fellows and two PhD students are helping to advance scientific knowledge in the fields of child malnutrition, the immune system, vaccination, emerging diseases and psychotic disorders. These fellowships, awarded to...
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News | 2016.11.10
Chikungunya spreads in and around homes with women at highest risk
The mosquito-borne disease chikungunya seems to spread from infections centered in and around the home, with women much more likely to become infected. This finding was revealed by a new study conducted by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, in collaboration with the US-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (...
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News | 2017.09.29
Three projects from the Institut Pasteur in Dakar and Madagascar selected for funding by AESA’s Grand Challenge Africa
The African Academy of Sciences and the NEPAD Agency’s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) announced funding for eight African innovators to tackle maternal, neonatal and child health on the Continent. Among them 2 teams from the Institut Pasteur in Dakar and one from the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar were selected from among about 400 applicants from 20 African...
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News | 2023.01.12
Improving our understanding of insect vectors to curb disease outbreaks
A few weeks after the book Le moustique, ennemi public n°1? , published by Quae, Anna-Bella Failloux, researcher at the Institut Pasteur and co-author of the book, looks back on the Pasteurian expertise on vector-borne diseases.
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Article | 2016.12.19
iGEM Pasteur 2016
iGEM, or the international Genetically Engineered Machine competition, was created to promote research in synthetic biology. This annual competition started in 2004 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2015 the Institut Pasteur has created a new iGEM-Pasteur initiative and has assembled the iGEM-Pasteur team.
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Article | 2016.12.20
Cell Biology and Infection
The work of the Department of Cell Biology and Infection is focused on elucidating the workings of cells – the basic building blocks of all living beings –, to gain a greater understanding of how they behave in the presence of microbes or diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The teams in the research department pursue an integrative approach that combines expertise in...
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Document de presse | 2018.06.19
In-Cell-Art, the Institut Pasteur and BioNet-Asia announce the collaborative development of a dengue vaccine candidate
In-Cell-Art (ICA), a biotechnology company specialized in nanocarrier technologies, BioNet-Asia (BNA), an innovative vaccine developer, and the research team led by Dr. Anavaj Sakuntabhai at the Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur Paris France, (GFMI-IP), announce today the development of Nanotaxi® formulated DNA vaccine to induce strong immune response against...
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News | 2019.03.06
Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health visited the vectopole of the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
At the end of her visit to French Guiana, Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, visited the vectopole of the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane on Friday 1 March 2019. During this visit, Agnès Buzyn met with the Institute's researchers to talk about their research, and how they monitor infectious diseases through the national reference centres funded by the Ministry of Health."The Minister...
