Which institute helped create the Radium Institute with the University of Paris?

The Pasteur Institute helped create the Radium Institute with the University of Paris. Founded in 1909, the Institut du Radium was a joint project linking Marie Curie’s university-based research with the Pasteur Institute’s medical and biological expertise.

The institute was divided into two complementary sections. Curie directed the laboratory devoted mainly to physics and chemistry, including research on radioactivity and radioactive elements. The Pasteur laboratory, directed by Claudius Regaud, studied the biological effects of radiation and its possible medical applications.

This partnership mattered because radium research was moving beyond pure science toward cancer treatment. After the First World War, Regaud’s work increasingly focused on radiotherapy, while Curie’s laboratory continued fundamental research. A related Foundation Curie was established in 1920 to support the institute and its therapeutic work.

The Radium Institute and Foundation Curie eventually merged in 1970, and the resulting organization took the name Institut Curie in 1978. The Royal Institution and Cavendish Laboratory were important scientific centers, but neither helped establish this Paris institution.