Institut Pasteur de Lille

[[Image:LouisPasteurMonumentLille.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Institut Pasteur de Lille]] The '''Institut Pasteur de Lille''' (Pasteur-Lille) is a research centre, membre of the [[Pasteur Institute]] network. It includes 14 research units, 1150 employees including 626 researchers located in [[Lille]] ([[France]]). 300 employees located outside the Pasteur site come in addition. Its revenues are above 70 million Euros. Several start-up companies in neuro-sciences have emerged from the Institut Pasteur de Lille. == Research == Since [[Louis Pasteur]] became the dean of the faculty of sciences in Lille in 1854, the research activities of the '''Institut Pasteur de Lille''' have been associated with medical faculties of the [[Université Lille Nord de France]] (campus [[Lille 2 University of Health and Law]]). It is in its premises that the [[Bacillus Calmette-Guérin]] (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis was invented by [[Albert Calmette]] and [[Camille Guérin]]. Research thema include * [[Microbiology]] * [[Parasitology]] * [[Immunology]] * [[Cancer]], [[Cardiovascular disease]]s, metabolic diseases, [[Neurodegenerative disease]]s == See also == * [[Université Lille Nord de France]] * [[Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale]] * [[Louis Pasteur]] * [[Albert Calmette]] * [[Camille Guérin]] * [[Bacillus Calmette-Guérin]] == External links== * [http://www.pasteur-lille.fr Web site of Institut Pasteur de Lille] {{Université Lille - Nord de France}} {{Pasteur Institute}} {{coord missing|France}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Institut Pasteur De Lille}}