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Created in 2021, Microb’UP Institute aims to strengthen exchanges between researchers from Paris Cité University, the Pasteur Institute and, in the near future, the National veterinary school of Alfort, within a multidisciplinary community interested in microbiology and infectious diseases.

MICROB’UP brings together nearly 500 researchers and students in 92 research teams spread across 20 units. By uniting this community, the institute constitute a genuine breeding ground for the development of ambitious inter-institutional collaborative projects and research strategies in microbiology.

A momentum illustrated by the selection in 2025 of the MICROB’EX project among the IdEx initiatives of Université Paris Cité. A true flagship of the Microb’UP Institute, this project, which aims to better understand the role of microorganisms in our lives and in our ecosystems, now contributes, among other things, to supporting the scientific activities of the IHM.

As the recent health crisis illustrates, infectious diseases remain a major public health concern today. From HIV to SARS-Cov-2, from antibiotic resistance to tuberculosis and malaria, infectious diseases continue to take a heavy toll on people across the globe, regardless of their origin, with the physically and/or economically weakest paying the greatest burden. To respond effectively to the recurrent challenges posed by infectious diseases, a significant structuring of the various facets of microbiology is necessary to allow the sharing of protocols, materials, expertise and reflections on the modes of communication with the general public. Increasing our most fundamental knowledge is necessary to better understand emergencies. The association between the Université Paris Cité and the Institut Pasteur is an exceptional framework for making progress in this direction.  Because of its size and its strong involvement in medical research, this association can have the ambition to develop within it a network for structuring exchanges on research in microbiology, from its most fundamental aspects to the most clinical.

The Microb’UP institute is committed to student training and works closely with the BioSPC and MTCI doctoral schools, as well as with several graduate schools associated with the BMC master’s degree.

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