Marc Eloit Prof DVM PhD PathoQuest

Marc Eloit served as a Professor of Virology at the Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort and held the position of Head of the Pathogen Discovery Laboratory at Institut Pasteur Paris until October 2023. He is deeply involved in virus discovery and the safety of biologicals. He has published a large number of scientific papers in the field of virology. He was member of the Virus Safety of Medicinal Products Committee, French Agency of Medicinal Products (1992-2013). In 2010, he founded PathoQuest, a spin-out of Institut Pasteur dedicated to the comprehensive testing of biologicals using untargeted Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). Serving as its Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) till 2016, he currently acts as a Scientific Advisor for the company.