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Aug 22, 2022
Inside C2i | What is Reverse Genetics?
A demonstration by Mandy Ho. Currently, our team is trying to develop neuraminidase (NA)-based vaccine through rescuing recombinant...


Aug 16, 2022
Meet Our Team: Shaolin Han
Shaolin is a Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Tommy Lam for the Mosquito-borne Viruses: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and interventions...


Aug 9, 2022
Inside C2i | What is Ultracentrifugation?
A demonstration by Asad Murtaza. The ultracentrifuge is used to isolate smaller sized particles, and study purified molecules and...


Aug 5, 2022
Garrick Yip – Not just a researcher, but also a skilled trainer!
Garrick is the Technical Officer - Research & Development under Dr. Darragh Duffy and Prof. James Di-Santo for the Healthy Human Global...


Aug 2, 2022
Visit of the Hong Kong Life Sciences Society
We are very happy to have met with the summer interns and management of the Hong Kong Life Sciences Society for a guided tour of C2i’s...


Jul 29, 2022
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...


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 28, 2022
Meet Our Team: Interview with Md Atiqul Islam
Atiqul is a Post-Doctoral Fellow under Leo Poon for the Novel Vaccine Platforms For Influenza project. His background After graduating...


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,...

Jun 27, 2022
HKBU Awards Leo Poon ‘Distinguished Alumni’
As a Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) alumni, C2i's Principal Investigator Professor Leo Poon received this year’s ‘Distinguished...

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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 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 19, 2022
Institut Pasteur Korea: The Business of Managing Science
Entrepreneurial and Organizational skills for professionals working in life sciences. Institut Pasteur Korea is hosting the international...


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...
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