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2024.07.02
Climate change, globalization and the movement of people and animals are increasing the risk of these so-called "vector-borne" diseases, which are usually...
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2024.06.10
© musée des Confluences – Bertrand Stofleth
The exhibition looks back at a shared history involving humans, animals and microorganisms, the history of...
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2022.12.12
When it comes to emerging infectious diseases, it is crucial for us to be able to sound the alert and prepare so that we can implement effective measures to...
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2023.05.04
As the summer season approaches, the question of the effects of climate on pathogen transmission by mosquitoes inevitably arises. Scientists therefore...
Portrait
2024.01.15
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." These words from Marie Curie neatly sum up the philosophy and career of Sarah Dellière. She is...
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2023.12.18
"We have now reached a point that the experts in the IPCC anticipated 50 years ago. The reality of climate change is no longer in doubt. The acceleration of...
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2023.06.12
The adult human body is composed of 100,000 billion cells. It also interacts closely with a roughly equal number of microbes – bacteria, viruses or fungi....
Portrait
2023.04.14
Back "home"
After completing her PhD and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institut Pasteur, Sarah Bonnet worked for nearly 20 years at INRAE, the French...
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2022.10.27
Hospital-acquired infections are a major public health problem. Many such infections, contracted in hospitals and long-term care facilities, are caused by...
Portrait
2022.09.22
It's hard to miss this pair on the Institut Pasteur campus in Paris. Obviously they're twins, but there's more to them than that. Even a brief encounter with...