
Model systems [307]


François Schweisguth
Dynamics of Developmental Decisions in Drosophila
Francois Schweisguth studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris (1983-88) and obtained a PhD in Developmental Biology in 1990 under the supervision of Jean-Antoine Lepesant (IJM, Paris) and Alain Vincent (CBD, Toulouse). He […]

Ana Cumano
U1223 – Pathophysiology of the immune system

Yongzheng Wu
Cellular Biology of Microbial Infection
My interest is to investigate the pathogenesis of infectious diseases induced by bacteria in respiratory and reproductive systems. Particularly, I focus on pathogen-host interaction and try to understand the mechanisms by which host responses […]

Gérald Spaeth
Molecular Parasitology and Signaling
Dr. Gerald Späth currently holds a Research Director position at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, where he directs the Unit ‘Parasitologie moléculaire et Signalisation’ (12 members) and the Department ‘Parasites and Insect Vectors’ (ca. […]

Pascale Pescher
Molecular Parasitology and Signaling
Pascale Pescher is a research engineer in the unit ‘Parasitologie moléculaire et signalisation’. She started her career working on host-mycobacteria interactions and since 2006 joined the field of Leishmania research studying the molecular basis […]

Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Invasive Bacterial Infections

Glenda Comai
Stem Cells And Development
Glenda Comai is a CNRS permanent researcher at the Stem Cells and Development Unit. Her current research bridges the developmental biology and stem cells fields with focus on craniofacial muscles. Using 3D-imaging, mouse genetics […]

Shahragim Tajbakhsh
Stem Cells And Development
Our aim is to characterise stem cells and their daughters during embryonic and postnatal development of skeletal muscle to understand how this tissue is established, and how it regenerates. We are examining the genetic […]

Frédéric Tangy
Institut Pasteur-Oncovita joint laboratory

Patrick Trieu-Cuot

Christian Mitri
Biology of Insect Vectors and their Pathogens
From 2001 to 2005 I did my Ph.D in Montpellier (South of France) at the Institut of Functional Genomic. I worked on Drosophila melanogaster and I characterized a new G-Protein Coupled Receptor, only found […]

Robert Weil
Genome integrity, Immunity and Cancer

Christophe Zimmer
Imaging and Modeling

Cell polarity and asymmetric cell division
François Schweisguth

Christine Petit
Auditory Therapies Innovation Lab
SCIENTIFIC POSITIONS Head of Auditory Therapies Innovation Laboratory at the Hearing Institute (an Institut Pasteur Center), Paris Professor “Classe Exceptionnelle” at Institut Pasteur, Paris Professor Emeritus at Collège de France, Chair of Genetics […]