The ceremony is inaugurated by an honorary guest who speaks about general themes such as the practice of science, the processes of discovery in research and his/her personal career. Each graduate has one minute and one slide to present him/herself and his/her thesis project. A certificate of the Institut Pasteur is awarded to each graduate on this occasion. The ceremony closes with a friendly moment with a buffet.
The Ceremonies
2023 Ceremony
The 2023 ceremony was held
on December 8, 2023, in the presence of Valérie
Masson Delmotte, climatologist,
Research Director at the CEA
2022 Ceremony
The 2022 ceremony was held on December 9, 2022, in the presence of Uğur Şahin, Professor of Translational Oncology and Immunology, University Medical Center, Mainz, and CEO of BioNTech
2021 Ceremony
The 2021 ceremony was held on December 17th, 2021, with the participation of Edith Heard, Director General of the EMBL, Grand Prix Inserm 2017, Professor at the Collège de France
2020 Ceremony
The 2020 ceremony was held on December 4th 2020, with the participation of Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
2019 ceremony
The 2019 ceremony was held on December 13th 2019, in the presence of Stefan W. Hell, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014.
2018 ceremony
The 2018 ceremony was held on December 8th 2018, in the presence of Serge Haroche, recipient of the Nobel Prizes in Physics (2012)
2017 ceremony
The 2017 ceremony was held on December 11, 2017, in the presence of Stewart Cole, the appointed President of the Institut Pasteur
2016 ceremony
The 2016 ceremony was held on December 16th 2016, in the presence of Alim-Louis Benabid, recipient of the Lasker Prize 2014 and the Breakthrough Prize 2015.
2015 ceremony
The 2015 ceremony was held on December 11th 2015, in the presence of Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2008).
2014 ceremony
The 2014 ceremony was held on December 12th, 2014, in the presence of Cédric Villlani, recipient of the Fields Medal (2010).
2013 ceremony
The 2013 ceremony was held on September 30th, in the presence of Jules Hoffmann, recipient of the CNRS Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2011).
Titre court
Organizing committee
2024 organizing team
From left to right, top: Patricia Panikulam, Vincenzo Di Bartolo, Laura Pedró-Cos and Cécile Markarian ;
bottom :Valérie Lorin, Marine Oberkampf, Jasmin Ostermayer et Leonardo Alvarez-Quinche.
2023 organizing team
(From left to right) Sylvie Malot, Deshmukh Gopaul, Vincenzo Di Bartolo, Marine Oberkampf, Valérie Lorin, Julie Thomsen, Patricia Panikulam
2021 and 2022 organizing team
(From left to right) Viviana Scoca, Deshmukh Gopaul, Sylvie Malot, Vincenzo Di Bartolo, Eugen Pfeifer, Valérie Lorin, Sylvie Garnero et Marine Oberkampf
2020 organizing team
2019 organizing team
Marine Oberkampf, Vincenzo Di Bartolo, Sylvie Malot, Nicolas Malausse, Sonja Kuhn
2018 organizing team
Vincenzo Di Bartolo, Borja Rodriguez de Francisco, Nicolas Malausse, Sonja Kuhn,
Marine Oberkampf and Sylvie Malot
2017 organizing team
Vincenzo Di Bartolo, Sylvie Malot, Sonja Kuhn and Marine Oberkampf de Dabrun
2016 organizing team
Friederike Jönsson, Guy-Franck Richard, Sylvie Malot and Laura Sinigaglia