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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research
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👩‍🔬 The Institut Pasteur is a leading global biomedical research institute.

🔬 Explore with us the frontiers of biomedical research
🧪 Follow us to uncover groundbreaking discoveries
🌍 Join a community passionate about progress and open science
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👏 Congrats to Frédéric Barras, elected Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium (Science Class)!

He leads our unit on Stress Adaptation & Metabolism in Enterobacteria.

A proud recognition for Institut Pasteur.
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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🫀 How do we recreate organs in labs to study diseases?

Discover organoids research at Institut Pasteur

📅 Jan 26, 2026 | 9:20AM-6PM
📍 Paris | Free, registration required

Register: www.eventbrite.fr/e/translatio...

#Organoid #TranslationalResearch
January 26, 2026 - Duclaux Amphitheater – 9.20am – 6.00 pm An english in person symposium organised since 2015 by the Medical Direction dedicated to translational research.
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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✨ Wishing you a wonderful 2026! ✨

In 2026, we’ll keep pursuing our mission: to understand, prevent, and cure - protecting health worldwide 🌍🧬

Thanks to everyone who supports our researchers and believes in the power of science.

Let’s keep science moving forward for life 💛

#HappyNewYear2026
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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🏆 Institut Pasteur Canetti Prize 2025 awarded to Céline Loot for her innovative contributions to infectious disease research.

This annual Institut Pasteur prize (€15K) honors scientific excellence, funded by the Canetti family legacy.

Congratulations Céline 👏
Institut Pasteur Canetti Prize 2025 awarded to Céline Loot for her innovative contributions to infectious disease research. ©Institut Pasteur ©Institut Pasteur
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🔬 Honoring Spencer Shorte's legacy

Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.

Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.

Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Symposium : Spencer Shorte, a visionary mind January 28th, 2026, 1:30pm @ Institut Pasteur, Paris
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention

📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris

Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
Shigella was the leading cause of diarrheal disease during World War One; and more than 100 years later, it continues to cause approximately 200 million cases and 216,000 deaths per year around the globe. Shigella is a leading cause of moderate to severe diarrhea in children less than five years of age in low- and middle-income nations, and significant disease occurs throughout Europe and North America due to sexual transmission, food borne and water borne outbreaks, and high incidence in homeless populations. The lack of a licensed vaccine, coupled with alarming increases in antimicrobial resistance, has led the World Health Organization to declare Shigella a priority pathogen for which research into new therapeutics are urgently needed.
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🧬 Nanopore Users Day 2026 registration is OPEN!
📅 March 10, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur Paris

Join us for talks, hands-on discussions & networking around Nanopore sequencing.
Open to all!

Register : www.eventbrite.com/e/billets-na...
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The Nanopore Users Day is coming back! Join us for an exciting day focusing on Nanopore technology - don't miss out! Following the success of the first edition in 2024, the Nanopore Users Day is back! This year, the event is open to participants from outside the Institut Pasteur community. Whether you're a regular user of Nanopore technology or simply curious to learn more, this day is for you! Join us for a program full of scientific exchanges, inspiring talks, hands-on discussions and networking opportunities around Nanopore sequencing and its applications. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and share with the community. See you there!
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🌍👏 We’re proud to share that @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social, group leader at the Institut Pasteur, has been selected as an EMBO Young Investigator 2025!

This program supports outstanding young scientists building their labs across Europe and beyond.

More : www.embo.org/funding/fell...

@embo.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🏆 4 Institut Pasteur scientists awarded by French Academy of Sciences @academiesciences.bsky.social

🥇 Romain Levayer
🥇 Pierre-Jean Corringer
🥇 Eduardo Rocha
🥇 Hervé Bourhy

Congratulations !
4 Institut Pasteur scientists awarded by French Academy of Sciences
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🎗️ Congratulations to Han Li @hanli-pasteur.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Ruban Rose Avenir Award for her breast cancer research.
Award ceremony today at French National Assembly with President Yaël Braun-Pivet.
Han Li, Head of Cellular Plasticity in age-related pathologies, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Institut Pasteur/CNRS UMR3738
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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137 years ago today 🎂 Institut Pasteur opened in Paris (Nov 14, 1888 🏛️)

Funded by 100K+ donors after the rabies vaccine success, it launched a scientific legacy:
🔬 10 Nobel Prizes
🌍 32 Pasteur Network Institutes
💉 Countless lives saved

From rabies to COVID-19, the mission continues.
november 14, 1888 : inauguration of the Institut Pasteur ©Institut Pasteur
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🇬🇧🇫🇷 "By working together we can overcome challenges faster"

Pasteur Foundation UK launched the formal @institutpasteur x @ox.ac.uk partnership in London.

From climate to AMR, cross-border collaboration is science's engine.
↘️ www.pasteurfoundation.uk/pasteur-oxfo...
In Conversation "science knows no country": Professor Sir Stewart Cole and Professor Dame Angela McLean. ©Pasteur Foundation UK
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🇪🇺 Major recognition for Institut Pasteur

Our National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses (led by Pr Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti) selected as EU Reference Laboratory by @ecdc.europa.eu 🔬
Part of an 8-country consortium to strengthen EU's capacity against respiratory viral pathogens.
#PublicHealth
Professor Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti. Head of the National Research Center for Respiratory Infections and the Molecular Mechanisms of Pneumovirus Multiplication Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris. ©Institut Pasteur / François Gardy
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🏆 Congrats Dr. Grégoire Davignon!

Honored with the Talent Award at Pasteur Network Annual Meeting (Vietnam) for outstanding research on leptospirosis & remarkable science outreach 🔬🌍

Inspiring the next generation of scientists from New Caledonia!

#TalentAward #PasteurNetwork
Congratulations to Dr. Grégoire Davignon! During the Pasteur Network Annual Meeting held last week in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Dr. Grégoire Davignon, Research Engineer at the Institut Pasteur of New Caledonia, was honored with the Talent Award. Funded by the Institut Pasteur Paris, this distinction celebrates young researchers from the Pasteur Network who demonstrate outstanding scientific potential and a remarkable sense of initiative in scientific dissemination. Dr. Davignon works on leptospiroses and has been deeply engaged in public outreach, sharing his research through television and radio programs, as well as presentations in schools to inspire the next generation of scientists.
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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💚 Last night, the Institut Pasteur lit up its historic building in green: the color of Phelan‑McDermid syndrome.

This rare genetic disorder is linked to developmental & language challenges and autism.

It was here that researchers identified SHANK3, the gene behind the syndrome 🧬✨
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Six Pasteur scientists win 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents! 🌟 Yolène: Caribbean plants vs dengue mozzies; Leah: gastruloid biophysics; Marion: cancer immunotherapy; Eulalie: menstruation genetics; Sabrina: fixing hearing nerve; Marie: TB & sarcoid immunity. #WomenInScience
October 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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🏅 What a run! Huge bravo to our team for finishing the #20kmdeParis and sharing Pasteurian values all along the route.

Your energy drives discovery & supports #pasteurdon — merci to everyone who cheered and participated ! 💙👟
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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🏃‍♂️ 60 Pasteuriens sur la ligne de départ des 20km de Paris ce dimanche !

Depuis 17 ans, ils courent pour porter les valeurs de la recherche : persévérance, engagement, dépassement de soi.

#20kmDeParis #Pasteurdon
Photo de groupe des 60 Pasteuriens sur la ligne de départ des 20km de Paris ce dimanche 12 octobre.
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Pour le Pasteurdon, on a donné des appareils photos aux chercheurs 📸👩‍🔬
Voici ce qu’ils ont capturé !

#pasteurdon
October 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Pour chaque vie, la science agit.
Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant !
Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr
#Pasteurdon
Pour chaque vie, la science agit. Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant ! Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer. Faites un don sur pasteurdon.fr
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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SHERLOCK4HAT: a CRISPR-RNA test rapidly spots animal trypanosomes, boosting sleeping-sickness surveillance and protecting herds. Led by Institut Pasteur & partners, study in eLife.

Details: www.pasteur.fr/en/home/rese...
Forme sanguine de Trypanosoma brucei, parasite flagellé responsable de la maladie du sommeil en l'Afrique Centrale. Microscopie électronique à balayage. Crédit : Institut Pasteur/Thierry Blisnick, unité Biologie cellulaire des Trypanosomes. Acquisition à la Plate-Forme de Microscopie Ultrastructurale
September 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🟢 The Institut Pasteur goes green for Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week! 🟢
These rare diseases affect 1 in 5,000 people. Mitochondria, the “powerhouses” of our cells, are also thought to play a role in Alzheimer's disease.
Research today, cure tomorrow. 🔬 #WorldMitoWeek2025
© Institut Pasteur
September 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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🔬 "La science n'est pas une affaire d'opinion personnelle !"

Yasmine Belkaid, Directrice générale de l'Institut Pasteur, dénonce le démantèlement de la recherche US et réaffirme le rôle crucial de la science face aux défis sanitaires mondiaux.

↘️ www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats...
Professeure Yasmine Belkaid, Directrice Générale de l'Institut Pasteur depuis janvier 2024. ©Institut Pasteur / François Gardy
September 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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👏 Huge congrats to @audeber.bsky.social, group leader and head of our Molecular Diversity of Microbes lab, on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar! Her pioneering work on ancestral immunity opens new perspectives for biomedical innovation. 🔬🌍

@valleefoundation.bsky.social

#Science #Immunity
September 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.

Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, [email protected], PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬

Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Programme, The call for enrollment of students in October 2026 will be open from September 1st to October 20th, 2025
September 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM