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"Pasteur, the microbe legacy" lecture cycle

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The Palais de la découverte is offering a lecture cycle to coincide with the "Pasteur, the Experimenter" exhibition, with scientific advice from Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur and scientific curator of the exhibition. Note that the exhibition will be held at the Palais de la découverte until August 19, 2018.

Louis Pasteur, a qualified chemist, was behind the greatest scientific revolutions of the 19th century in the fields of biology, agriculture, medicine and hygiene. He is particularly renowned for his work in developing the vaccine against rabies. His discoveries influenced the outcome of the Great War. Today, scientists are continuing his research in microbiology to tackle the emergence of new diseases and develop future vaccines. We are therefore delving into history to find solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

  • Wednesday March 14, at 7pm - Pasteur: artist, scientist and entrepreneur

Annick Perrot, honorary curator of the Pasteur Museum;
Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur and scientific curator of the exhibition "Pasteur, the Experimenter" (Pasteur, l’expérimentateur, in French).

  • Saturday March 17, at 3pm - The prion: when a protein becomes infectious

Session held as part of Brain Week.
Angélique Igel-Egalon, researcher, INRA;
Mohammed Moudjou, research engineer, INRA.

  • Wednesday March 21, at 7pm - Institut Pasteur scientists during the Great War

Annick Perrot, honorary curator of the Pasteur Museum;
Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur.

  • Wednesday March 28, at 7pm - Pasteur, the founder of microbiology

Patrick Berche, President of the Institut Pasteur in Lille, Emeritus Professor at Paris Descartes-University.

  • Wednesday April 4, at 7pm - The role of vaccines in the control of infectious diseases

Philippe Sansonetti, a microbiologist and infectious disease specialist at the Institut Pasteur, and professor at the Collège de France.

  • Wednesday April 11, at 7pm - Microbes in food, friends or enemies?

Pierre Feillet, Emeritus Director of Research at INRA, agronomist, member of the French Academy of Technologies and the French Academy of Agriculture.

  • Wednesday May 2, at 7pm - Forgotten diseases, emerging diseases

François Rodhain, honorary professor at the Institut Pasteur.

 

Palais de la découverte
Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 75008 Paris - France
Métro : Champs-Élysées Clemenceau or Franklin-Roosevelt