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Institut Pasteur
The historic Paris research institute founded by Louis Pasteur, whose cancer work centres on tumour viruses, immunology and the microbiome.
Also called: Pasteur Institute
Overview
Founded in 1887, the Institut Pasteur is a private foundation known for microbiology, immunology and ten Nobel laureates, including the 2008 prize for the discovery of HIV. Its Cancer Initiative gathers units working on oncogenic viruses (HPV, hepatitis B, EBV), tumour immunology, cell biology of metastasis, the gut microbiome and cancer, and computational biology, and it collaborates with Institut Curie and Gustave Roussy through Paris-area programmes. The institute also trains scientists from a worldwide network of Pasteur institutes, several of which run cancer registries and HPV programmes in low-income countries.
Location
Paris, FR
Type
research institute · Université Paris Cité
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#335 · 20 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 20 from 10 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-15.
Matched to Institut Pasteur, including child institutions. 159 works · 1,797 citations · 84% open access · 3% clinical trials · 2% reviews.
Oncology works per year
252022
382023
282024
402025
282026
Most works
- Philippe Bousso13 works
- Gilles Gasser10 works
- Pierre Mesdom7 works
- Olivier Blacque6 works
- Capucine L. Grandjean6 works
- Béatrice Corre6 works
- Marion V. Guérin6 works
- Zacarias Garcia5 works
- Mathilde Ruggiu5 works
- Sébastien Mella4 works
Most cited
- Cancer Initiative
- Oncogenic viruses
- Tumour immunology
- Microbiome and cancer
Yasmine Belkaid
President (Director General) of the Institut Pasteur
ImmunologyMicrobiome and host-microbe interactionsMucosal immunology
Immunologist who leads the Institut Pasteur in Paris, having taken up its presidency in January 2024 after a long career at the US National Institutes of Health.
Laurence Zitvogel
Research Director, INSERM U1015, Gustave Roussy
Tumour immunologyGut microbiome and immunotherapyImmunogenic cell death
Immunologist who showed that the gut microbiome shapes responses to immunotherapy and chemotherapy.
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