A triple mission for a single goal:
01.
Promotion of Biomedical Research
The main area of intervention of the Pasteur Institute is basic biomedical research, which is essential for understanding many human pathologies and developing increasingly targeted medical therapies.
Its researchers, with diverse expertise, study the molecular mechanisms that govern the integrity of our cells and the interactions between bacteria, viruses, parasites, and our organism.
Alterations in these processes are the cause of infectious diseases, tumors, chronic inflammatory conditions, and neurodegenerative diseases.
A unique characteristic of the Pasteur Institute is transferring the progress of knowledge derived from basic research to various fields of biomedicine – following the example of Louis Pasteur: “Il y a la science et les applications de la science, liée entre elles comme le fruit à l’arbre qui l’a porté”.
By combining basic and applied research, thanks also to a close and fruitful collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome, the Istituto Pasteur Italia develops research programs aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of numerous pathologies, for a better quality of life and reduced social costs.
02.
Training and protection of young researchers
One of the goals of the Pasteur Institute is to counter the so-called “brain drain”, the phenomenon that forces many talented Italian professionals to go abroad to conduct research. Many young researchers, in fact, are forced to seek work outside our country to pursue their research studies.
The commitment of the Pasteur Institute is to train and support researchers and allow them to work in Italy, by funding new projects and providing state-of-the-art equipment to achieve new discoveries in the biomedical field.
03.
Scientific dissemination in society
The Istituto Pasteur Italia has always promoted scientific dissemination within society. This is an aspect that is often underestimated but which, especially when talking about infectious and therefore easily transmissible diseases, should be of fundamental importance.
To know is to protect and to protect oneself. This is why the Pasteur Institute organizes annual meetings with schools to expand the scientific knowledge of children and young people. Scientific progress is at the foundation of a good quality of life, and it is important that the citizens of tomorrow have the essential tools to acquire this awareness.
