What research institute in Paris was founded by Louis Pasteur in 1888?

The research institute in Paris founded by Louis Pasteur was the Pasteur Institute, also known as Institut Pasteur.

The institute grew out of Pasteur’s work on infectious disease and rabies vaccination. An international fundraising campaign began in 1887, and the institute was formally inaugurated in Paris on 14 November 1888. This explains why some sources list 1887 as its founding year and others associate its creation with 1888.

Pasteur intended the organization to combine laboratory research, medical treatment, and education. Its early departments focused on microbiology, hygiene, rabies, and other infectious diseases. Émile Roux, Charles Chamberland, and Élie Metchnikoff were among the scientists involved in its first research program.

The Pasteur Institute remains a major biomedical organization. It has studied microbes, vaccines, and diseases worldwide, and its scientists were among the first to isolate HIV in 1983. It is not the same institution as the Sorbonne, Collège de France, or Institut Curie.