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.

Program:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With 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, 7pm - Forgotten diseases, emerging diseases

With François Rodhain, honorary professor at the Institut Pasteur.

We would remind you that the exhibition "Pasteur, the experimenter" is running at the Palais de la découverte until August 19, 2018. This is a great family-friendly exhibition – make sure you don't miss it!