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Celebrating The International Women's Day 2022
March 8 is the International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women....
Mar 8, 2022


Exploring the landscape of immune responses to influenza infection and vaccination
Leo Poon and Sophie Valkenburg commented for Nature Medicine the unique influenza vaccine cohort study led in Vietnam by Maria Auladell....
Mar 3, 2022


Development of a Transparent Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Antibacterial Silver Oxide Coatings
Leo Poon's team and collaborators from Virginia Tech have developed a transparent antibacterial silver oxide coating which reduces 99.3%...
Feb 18, 2022


Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 under an elimination strategy in Hong Kong
C2i and the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole studied the viral dynamics of the four previous SARS-CoV-2 waves in Hong Kong. Their findings are...
Feb 9, 2022


SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Replication in Human Bronchus and Lung Ex Vivo
Ex vivo models show how Omicron replicates in upper and lower respiratory tissues, it's cell entry mechanism and it's pathogenicity....
Feb 7, 2022


A Newsletter for the New Year!
Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous Year of the Tiger!! On this occasion C2i is very proud to launch its first Newsletter, presenting...
Jan 31, 2022


Surveillance of Rodent Pests for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses in Hong Kong
Our teams report surveillance of rodent pests for SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses during the 4th wave of COVID-19 in early 2021 in...
Jan 27, 2022


Countries Primarily Using CoronaVac Vaccines Should Consider mRNA Vaccine Boosters to face Omicron
Malik Peiris signed with Leo Poon a new publication in Nature Medicine suggesting that countries primarily using CoronaVac vaccines...
Jan 26, 2022


Institut Pasteur of Shanghai: 2022 ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents
The call for applications is now open! The submission deadline for applicants and referees is on Thursday, March 31st, 2022. The ANSO...
Jan 3, 2022


Pasteur Network Course: Proteome Analysis by Mass Spectrometry Course 2022 - IP Montevideo, Uruguay
The Proteome Analysis by Mass Spectrometry Course, a Pasteur Network association funded course which had to be rescheduled due to the...
Dec 25, 2021


Omicron variant can multiply 70 times faster than other strains in lower respiratory tracts of hosts
South China Morning Post reports Michael Chan and team findings and warns the overall threat could be ‘very significant’, although there...
Dec 16, 2021


Malik Peiris finds Omicron significantly reduces virus neutralisation ability of BioNTech vaccine
A recent study jointly conducted by the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Medicine, The...
Dec 14, 2021


Development of the world’s first stainless steel that kills the COVID19 virus within hours
Leo Poon and the Department of Mechanical Engineering (HKU) developed the world’s first stainless steel that kills the COVID19 virus...
Dec 8, 2021


Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, Nov-21
Leo Poon reports in Emerging Infectious Diseases the detection of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) in an asymptomatic, fully...
Dec 8, 2021


Electron Microscope Image of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant
Prof Malik Peiris, Managing Director at C2i and Prof John Nicholls from the Department of Pathology at HKU have released an electron...
Dec 8, 2021


Malik Peiris Featured in the November-2021 HKU Bulletin
"The Forces Of Nature Are Much More Powerful Than Us" Professor Malik Peiris was interviewed for the cover story of the November 2021...
Nov 26, 2021


US Vice President Kamala Harris Meets Top Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris
As part of her trip to France for the fourth Paris Peace Forum – which includes three round tables on the challenges raised by the...
Nov 11, 2021


HKU-Pasteur 20th Anniversary: Know Thy Microbes
The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole concluded the celebrations of its 20th Anniversary with an international workshop. Many thanks to all the...
Oct 26, 2021


WHO: Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO)
The World Health Organization has announced a list of members for the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens...
Oct 18, 2021


A Push for Real Normal: Mass Screening for COVID-19
Leo Poon provided an editorial on mass screening strategies fo COVID-19 for Clinical Chemistry. In this publication, Professor Leo Poon,...
Oct 13, 2021
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