Institut Pasteur

Mission & Goals

The Institut Pasteur, a non-profit foundation with recognized charitable status set up by Louis Pasteur in 1887: an internationally renowned center for biomedical research. The Institut Pasteur operates in four main areas: research, public health, training, and development of research applications. Among its areas of investigation are emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, certain cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, and brain connectivity disorders. The Institut Pasteur's outstanding research is facilitated by the development of a technological environment of the highest standard, with core facilities for nanoimaging, computational biology and artificial intelligence. Ten Institut Pasteur scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine, including two in 2008 for the 1983 discovery of the HIV virus. The Institut Pasteur is part of the Pasteur Network a worldwide network of more than 30 members on five continents with shared values.