
HIV: “controller” patient research holds promise for cell therapy
Rare patients infected by HIV spontaneously control viral replication without antiretroviral therapy, and do not go on to develop AIDS. The ability of these patients, known as "HIV controllers", to limit HIV replication appears to result from a highly effective immune response. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, together with colleagues from Monash University, Melbourne, found that the ...

A closer look at your daily scientific activities – "Scientific events": June 22, 2018 edition
Each week, in this section entitled "Scientific events" and written by Scientific Secretariat General, you will find upcoming scientific events to note in your diaries, calls for proposals and funding opportunities that might interest you – along with tools and databases specially designed to help you identify funding possibilities –, training courses available on campus, internal vacancies and ...

Preparations for Pasteurdon 2018 are under way – save the date!
Save the date for Pasteurdon 2018! Pasteurdon 2018, the 12th edition of the Institut Pasteur's annual fundraising extravaganza, will be held from October 10 to 14. Make sure you note the date in your diary! The annual information and fundraising campaign is a great opportunity to improve the visibility of the wide-ranging research carried out at the Institut Pasteur, while raising awareness among the ...

See the Institut Pasteur turn into a film set and take part in the new 2018 Pasteurdon short films
Once again this year, the Paris campus will provide the backdrop for a series of new short films designed to give the public a glimpse of the science and research that takes place every day at the Institut Pasteur. Featuring captivating close-ups, the short films – which are a real hallmark of the Pasteurdon campaign each year – offer a fresh perspective on the Institut Pasteur. This year's films ...

Items loaned from the Pasteur Museum for special events being held around Louis Pasteur's birthplace
As part of a regional tribute to painter Auguste Pointelin, the towns of Dole and Arbois are each organizing an exhibition. Louis Pasteur was a great admirer of Auguste Pointelin: "… the fine arts are very fortunate at the moment to have a highly talented artist, Auguste Pointelin […] For the past few years, Pointelin has been one of our leading landscape artists…" (Note from Louis Pasteur to ...