C2i & HKUMed Investigate Vaccine Effectiveness Against Omicron Infection
The study reveals three or fourth doses of the Comirnaty or CoronaVac vaccines remain effective in preventing Omicron infection. Press...
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- Jan 30
The Pasteur Network LP200 Prize awarded to Leo Poon
C2i's Managing Director and HKU-Pasteur's Co-Director Professor Leo Poon was awarded the Pasteur Network LP200 Prize, a special prize in...
- Jan 26
RTHK: C2i Investigating Individual Immune Responses
C2i and its Managing Director Professor Leo Poon were featured in the latest episode of the programme "I&T New Era II (創科新里程 II)”. The...
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- Jan 9
[Exhibition] From Louis to Pasteur, 1822-1895 in Science Park
Celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur, C2i and the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole are presenting an Institut Pasteur...
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- Jun 21, 2022
[Press Release] C2i & HKU lead the way to benchmark immune health
First participants recruited in the Healthy Human Global Project - Hong Kong Partners in the Healthy Human Global Project - Hong Kong...
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- May 31, 2022
[Podcast] How does the Global South handle COVID-19?
Leo Poon shares about the significance of the connection and collaboration in the early hours of COVID-19 with Vivien Marx (Nature...
- May 26, 2022
Hong Kong SAR Government to Launch the InnoHK Initiative
The InnoHK initiative was officially launched during a ceremony officiated by the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, at the Hong Kong...
- May 17, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant BA.2 Neutralisation in Sera of Vaccinated or Infected People
Malik Peiris and Leo Poon published the result of a joint study with CU Medicine showing that vaccinated individuals develop more robust...
- Dec 16, 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 14, 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 8, 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...
- Nov 26, 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...
- Sep 16, 2021
SAVE THE DATE! Know Thy Microbes Seminar With HKU-Pasteur
To conclude the celebrations of its 20th Anniversary, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole will organize a workshop on 21 October 2021 with C2i:...
- Sep 13, 2021
Congratulations Professor Peiris!
We are very proud to share that Professor Malik Peiris won the Future Science Prize in life sciences alongside Professor Yuen Kwok-yung...
- Aug 31, 2021
Professor Bruzzone: Hong Kong, Australia’s goal to eliminate Covid-19 ‘not sustainable’
Roberto Bruzzone, Co-Director of the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole and the Centre for Immunology & Infection , was recently interviewed by...
- Jul 19, 2021
New Study Compares Antibody Level in BioNTech and Sinovac Vaccine Recipients
Cosigned by Malik Peiris in the Lancet Microbe, the study has found that recipients of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have 10 times more...
- Jul 13, 2021
Leo Poon To Coordinate Major UGC Funded TRS 2021/2022 Project
The University Grant Council has announced the results of the Theme-based Research Scheme 2021/22 funding approval on 13 July with eight...
- Jul 6, 2021
Will mRNA vaccins change human DNA?
TVB's team published the second video they have shot here in C2i to ask Professor Leo Poon about COVID-19 vaccination. >>> Watch the...
- Jun 29, 2021
Will the 2nd generation of vaccine be more effective? Should I wait to get the shot?
Listen to Professor Leo Poon's answers to TVB about the need for the community to get vaccinated as soon as possible. >>> Watch the video...
- May 12, 2021
Interview of Michael Chan for RTHK
RTHK came to C2i to ask Dr Michael Chan questions about his recent breakthrough study on Simeprevir as a potent treatment for COVID19....
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