advisor to the French government and the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations. Pasteur scientists also help to monitor epidemics and control outbreaks of infectious diseases throughout the world. These activities have created a close collaboration between the Institute and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccines and diagnostic products Production and marketing of diagnostic tests developed in the Institute laboratories are the responsibility of Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, a subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi, while production and marketing of vaccines are the responsibility of Pasteur Mérieux, Sérums et Vaccins. Structure and support As a private, non-profit organization, the Institut Pasteur is governed by an independent board of directors, currently chaired by François Ailleret. The director-general is Stewart Cole. By drawing financial support from many different sources, the institute protects its autonomy and guarantees the independence of its scientists. The institute's funding includes French government subsidies, consulting fees, licensing royalties, contract revenue, and private contributions. In popular culture The book The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds begins with four men blowing up the Institut Pasteur, as a cover for stealing a molecular computer project being done there. References Bibliography Gascar, Pierre. La Strada di Pasteur, Jaca Book, Milano 1991. . Hage, Jerald and Jonathon Mote. "Transformational Organizations and a Burst of Scientific Breakthroughs," Social Science History (2010) 34#1 pp 13–46. online Reynolds, Moira Davison. How Pasteur Changed History: The Story of Louis Pasteur and the Institut Pasteur (1994) Seidel, Atherton. "Chemical research at the Institut Pasteur," Journal of Chemical Education, (1926) 3#11, p 1217+ DOI: 10.1021/ed003p1217 Weindling, Paul. "Scientific elites and laboratory organization in fin de siècle Paris and Berlin: The Institut Pasteur and Robert Koch's Institute for Infectious Diseases compared," in Andrew Cunningham and Perry Williams, eds. The Laboratory Revolution in Medicine (Cambridge University Press, 1992) pp: 170–88. External links Monod, J.: The Institut Pasteur. The Nobel Foundation. 1890-07-05: M. Pasteur in his cabinet at theInstitut Pasteur PARIS. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur in Gallica, the digital library of the BnF Sources The History of Institut Pasteur Fondation Mérieux Medical research institutes in France Institut pasteur Research institutes established in 1887 Microbiology institutes Organizations based in Paris Buildings and structures in the 15th arrondissement of Paris 1887 establishments in France 1887 in biology Virology institutes COVID-19 pandemic in France