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...
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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...
Mar 10, 2022
C2i At The Hong Kong I&T Career Expo 2022
For the second year, you can find our virtual booth at the InnoHK Hall of this event organised by HKSTP from 10 March to 16 March. You...
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 31, 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...
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