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Institut Pasteur Korea is an infectious disease-focused research institute located in Gyeonggi Province, Rep. of Korea. Its (mission ) 〔(Official website of Institut Pasteur Korea ). Retrieved 7 October 2010. 〕 is to identify novel molecular targets and discover small molecules by utilizing its proprietary platforms to diagnose, treat and address serious unmet global public health needs. It was inaugurated as a nonprofit private research institute on 12 April 2004〔“Conclusion on General Agreement for Establishment of Institut Pasteur Korea” KIST Newsletter No. 294, January 26, 2004〕 as a collaboration between the Institut Pasteur in Paris and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Seoul and it is supported by the Korean government through the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (former Ministry of Science and Technology)〔Jae-Eun Lee, Gi-jung Chun, "The Key Success Factors of the Policy Implementation for the Government Innovation: Inducing Policy of the French Institute Pasteur", Korean Policy Sciences Review, Vol. 8, Nov.4 (December 2004)〕 and Gyeonggi Province. Institut Pasteur Korea has been a key driver of early drug discovery among the 32 members of the Institut Pasteur International Network located in 28 countries on 5 continents, including China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Korea within Asia. Institut Pasteur Korea provides fundamental technologies and tools to bridge between Korean and international bio-pharma science. For more than a decade, it has integrated biology, IT and chemistry to develop innovative imaging technologies for high-throughput screening; resulting in discovery of a new best-in-class molecule to fight tuberculosis (TB). Institut Pasteur Korea is also focused on discovery biology to study and understand TB and on the development of new and more effective ways to diagnose and treat the disease. Leveraging its unique drug discovery capabilities and global partnerships, Institut Pasteur Korea also tackles antibacterial resistance, HCV, HBV, influenza, leishmaniasis, dengue fever and cancer. The Institute is housed in a purpose-built facility in the city of Pangyo in Gyeonggi Province, 20 km south of Seoul. ==Origins== Institut Pasteur Korea was established by collaboration between Institut Pasteur and KIST.〔(Creation of the Institut Pasteur of Korea ) 〕 The Institut Pasteur is a private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, microorganisms, diseases and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, its founder and first director, who successfully developed the first anti-rabies serum in 1885. KIST, founded in 1966, was the first multi-disciplinary scientific research institute in Korea and has contributed significantly to the economic development of the country.〔Moo-Young Han, "Annotated Chronology of Korea's Science and Technology: Fron Rice Paddies to Flat Panel Displays" http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/kaf0401.html 〕 In 2003, two major agreements between Institut Pasteur Paris and KIST paved the way for the launch of Institut Pasteur Korea. One established financial arrangements for the operation of the institute; the other was a general agreement on its foundation and management. Institut Pasteur Korea was mandated to expand the reach of Institut Pasteur by moving basic research toward therapy development and to introduce the “Pasteurian” research mission, management and culture to Korea.〔 Over its 130 year history, the Institut Pasteur in Paris has combined scientific achievements with their application in public health. Institut Pasteur Korea was inaugurated in April 2004. Operations began at the start of 2005 under the motto “From Drug to Genes”, with the mission of turning basic research into pharmaceuticals using “target-free” drug discovery. Using this approach, drugs are sought in a cellular context, with no preconceived notions of what targets within the cell are relevant. Institut Pasteur Korea joined the (Institut Pasteur International Network ) in November 2004 as a private foundation recognized as working toward the public good through biomedical research. Until April 2009 Institut Pasteur Korea was located in a small facility on the campus of KIST. It then moved into a new 15,199 square meter facility in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. The institute is one of the few in the world that contains robotic, high throughput optical imaging capacity within biosafety level 2 and 3 facilities. File: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Institut Pasteur Korea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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