The unity of research UMR 8640 PASTEUR has been contractualized with the Ecole Normale Superieure, CNRS and the University Pierre et Marie Curie.

• Director: Ludovic JULLIEN - Vice Director: Laurent THOUIN
   
• Address:
  UMR CNRS 8640 PASTEUR
  Ecole Normale Supérieure, Chemistry department
  24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
  
  Administrative contact : Frédéric BATAILLE - +33 1 44 32 33 98 - frederic.bataille@ens.fr
   
• Federation:
  FR 2702 “Sciences Chimiques de l’Analyse et de la Mesure de Paris-Centre” 

• Doctoral Schools:
  ED 388 : Chimie Physique et Chimie Analytique de Paris-Centre
  ED 406 : Chimie Moléculaire de Paris-Centre

• Affiliations :
  Ecole Normale Superieure | Chemistry department of ENS
  CNRS
  University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) | Faculty of Chemistry (UFR 926)

• Members of the unity  (09 2011):
  Professors - Assistant professors :  12
  Researchers: 16
  Technical staff: 9
  Post-doctorants : 18
  PhDs: 29

P.A.S.T.E.U.R. does not stand for Louis Pasteur’s name but is the acronym of the French title of our UMR: “Processus d’Activation Sélective par Transfert d’Energie Uni-électronique ou Radiatif” which was introduced by Christian Amatore, the former director of the UMR.
However the acronym P.A.S.T.E.U.R. is obviously a “clin d’oeil” to Louis Pasteur who was not caring if his research topics where classified in chemistry, in biology, in medicine or in agriculture. Even if the acronym of the title of our UMR 8640  is quite far from its evocation, it still carries the concept that every molecular activation is chemical, whatever it occur under chemical, physical or biological conditions