Register for the last version of the MOOC Viruses and human cancers, led by Jean-Pierre Vartanian

The digital education office is pleased to invite you to sign up for the last edition of the “Viruses and Human Cancers” MOOC.

About 20% of human cancers are related to a viral infection or to the presence of viral genes in the organism. The mechanisms of virus-induced oncogenesis are multiple: encoding of proteins that reprograms host cellular signaling pathways controlling cell death, proliferation, differentiation, genomic integrity, recognition by the immune system, induction of inflammation and immunological alterations by viral infection. This MOOC is a full immersion into the relationship between viruses and cancers, focusing on the different mechanisms of carcinogenesis, the host immune response and progress in preventing tumors.

This fourth edition has been revised and 2 new video sessions have been added.

At the end of this MOOC, you will be able to :
•    Describe the biology and the replicative cycle of several viruses associated with cancers.
•    Explain the direct and indirect mechanisms of tumorigenesis induced by these viruses and the role played by inflammation and by the immune system.
•    Understand the key role of prevention through vaccination and discover that cure of the viral infection does not always abolish the risk of associated cancer.

Additional information:
• Opens on May 6, 2025
• Directed by Jean-Pierre Vartanian, Director of the Virus and Cellular Stress Unit.
• Animated by Laurie Pinaud, clinical research project manager within the Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit of the Institut Pasteur.

As a Pasteurian, you can now access at any time all the content of the 24 online courses created by Institut Pasteur.

As a doctoral student, you can take advantage of the free Digital Diploma in Infectious Diseases (DNM2IP). This MOOC is one of 18 MOOC’s labeled to obtain the diploma launched in 2019 and which already has more than 2500 registrants in all continents.