Inside C2i | What is Flow Cytometry?
A demonstration by Amandine Schneider. For the Healthy Human Global Project - Hong Kong, the major task of our team is to collect and...
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- Jul 15, 2022
Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pandemic trend in HK
Leo Poon and Hein Min Tun's team from the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole used wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to analyze the evolution of...
- Jul 13, 2022
Strength and durability of antibody responses to BNT162b2 and CoronaVac
Professor Leo Poon and Professor Malik Peiris recently conducted a study on antibody response to the two Covid-19 vaccines available to...
- Jun 27, 2022
Natural Reassortment of Eurasian Avian-Like Swine H1N1 and Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs
Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a study led by Prof. Leo Poon and Prof. Malik Peiris, from HKU-Pasteur Research Pole and C2i,...
- May 19, 2022
Visit of the French Chamber of Commerce at C2i
The Centre for Immunology & Infection had the pleasure to receive representatives of the Healthcare and Insurance Committee of the French...
- 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...
- Apr 1, 2022
Leo Poon & Alex Chin Awarded Silver at the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days
They developed with the Department of Mechanical Engineering (HKU) the world’s first stainless steel that kills the COVID19 virus within...
- Mar 15, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is more stable than the ancestral strain on various surfaces
New study by Malik Peiris and Leo Poon with the School of Public Health finds that BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 variant is more stable than its...
- Mar 15, 2022
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant from pet hamsters to humans
Leading to onward human-to-human transmission: a case study Malik Peiris and Leo Poon just published a report in the Lancet showing that...
- Mar 8, 2022
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 3, 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....
- Feb 18, 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 9, 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 7, 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....
- Jan 27, 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 26, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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