Institut Pasteur
Research ServicesÎle-de-france, France1001-5000 Employees
The Institut Pasteur is a non-profit foundation with charitable status, established in 1887 by Louis Pasteur, and is based in Paris, France, at 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, Île-de-france 75724. It operates in the research services industry and employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people. The organization pursues its mission through four main areas: research, public health, training, and development of research applications. It is recognized internationally as a leader in infectious diseases, microbiology, and immunology, with research focused on the biology of living systems and topics such as emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, certain cancers, and brain connectivity. Core facilities for nanoimaging, computational biology, and artificial intelligence support its scientific work, and the institute maintains a network of 33 members worldwide. Ten Institut Pasteur scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, including two in 2008 for the HIV discovery.