The Pasteur Institute was founded in 1887 in France as a non-profit foundation by Louis Pasteur, a microbiologist. From among the innumerous research contributions by the Pasteur Institute, some of them were, discovery of mechanism of action of Corynebacterium diphtheria by Emily Roux and Alexander Yersin; development of the first anti-polio
vaccine by Pierre Lepine and discovery of two
HIV viruses Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi. Some of the notable Nobel Prize winners are: Charles Nicolle, Alphonse Laveran, Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Jules Bordet, Jacques Monod and Francois Jacob. Major research centers of the Pasteus Institute are: Cell
Biology and Infection, Developmental Biology,
Genomics and Genetics, Immunology,
Infection and Epidemology and Microbiology. Some of the noted accomplishments of the institute’s members are: cure against diphtheria and studies on syphilis, Metchnikoff’s
phagocytosis theory, Yersin’s studies on the plague, Calmette’s and Guerin’s anti-tuberculosis vaccine, Nicolle’s work on epidemic typhus and Chantemesse’s typhoid vaccine.
Last Updated on: Nov 25, 2024