The Healthy Human Global Project - Hong Kong : a community-based cross-sectional study of a healthy Asian population The InnoHK Centre for Immunology & Infection (InnoHK C2i), established through a strategic partnership between The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Institut Pasteur, together with the Institut Pasteur Milieu Interieur (MI) , FAMILY Cohort (HKU, School of Public Health) and the Centre for Sports and Exercise (HKU CSE) have established the Healthy Hum

The Centre for Immunology & Infection is pleased to present the new edition of the Immunology Course, co‑organised with the HKU‑Pasteur Research Pole . Quantitative Immunology: From population to individual immunity NOVEMBER 15-20, 2026 Deadline for applications: 30 June 2026 The 12th HKU-Pasteur Immunology Course will explore the frontiers of quantitative immunology to describe the function of the immune system in health and disease at a population and individual level. Th

A new publication in Nature Lab Animal from C2i’s Alex Chin and Leo Poon demonstrates that the emerging SARS‑CoV‑2 Omicron EG.5 and JN.1 variants induce enhanced pathogenicity in K18‑hACE2 mice, overcoming limitations of early Omicron models and enabling more robust preclinical assessment of vaccines and antivirals. Abstract : The reduced pathogenicity of early SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants in human ACE2-expressing K18-hACE2 mice has posed challenges for assessing vacci

Join us on Thursday 26 March for a seminar from Professor Zhiyong Xi , Michigan State University. Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8nEWPEZFIQ_VUwP_F8IT1KSPwekNIE0shPrsyJ0COcLcy6w/viewform

Job Reference Number: C2i-126-Admin The Centre for Immunology & Infection (C2i) uses novel technology platforms for biomarker discovery and the development of new vaccine and therapeutic strategies. It is the fruit of a long-standing partnership of more than 20 years between the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Institut Pasteur, Paris, two major international leaders combining their expertise to establish this centre of excellence. C2i a