To rally and inform the various communities that follow the Institut Pasteur through its social media accounts, several videos have been filmed both on and off the Institut Pasteur campus to illustrate and reflect the scientific themes of Pasteurdon 2025 (see the dedicated article in the September 5 issue of the newsletter).

The videos are short and dynamic, including interviews and reports, some direct to camera and others on the move. They showcase life in the lab, shine a light on the challenges facing different research fields, offer an insight into the daily lives of scientists and emphasize the need for donations. These sequences, whether featuring one person or a duo and whether filmed in the lab, out on campus or in other locations, have brought a dynamic new set of places and faces to the Institut Pasteur's social media accounts (LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, Facebook and the recently launched TikTok channel) since September 10.

The newsletter team has selected some of the videos posted in the past few days. Scientists and Pasteurdon patrons have been busy creating content for the Institut Pasteur's communities of followers on social media:

•    Question for a scientist

Watch Sandrine Etienne-Manneville explaining how her team is working to understand and curb the growth of brain tumors in children

•    Support from our media partners

Check out the messages from presenters and journalists at our TV and radio partners

•    Our supporters: Julia Vignali and Kad Merad, campaign patrons

As they did in 2024, Julia Vignali and Kad Merad were keen to meet the Institut Pasteur's scientists. This year they were presented with a plate of different foods and invited to talk to experts about the microbiota and why it is so important to study, understand and "protect" it for our health. Brut media recorded their discoveries in Benoit Chassaing's unit. 

See the Brut report with Julia Vignali and Kad Merad

Check out the reactions from the Pasteurdon patrons following their visit

Marc Levy

•    Raising awareness of meningitis with Dr. Good

Dr. Good's teams, with Michel Cymès, came to the Institut Pasteur campus in September to meet scientists working on meningitis and find out more about the latest research, why meningitis is so dangerous, how we can protect ourselves and how to recognize it.

Samy Taha, a physician and scientist at the Institut Pasteur, was invited onto the program to talk to the journalists about the disease and ongoing research. He also spoke to Flavio Da Pozzo, a young para-athlete and meningitis survivor, who shared his experience as a patient and athlete.

Protecting yourself from meningitis

Learning how to recognize meningitis

Why meningitis is dangerous