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...
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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...
Jan 3, 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...
Dec 25, 2021
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 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...
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...
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...
Nov 11, 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...
Oct 26, 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 18, 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 13, 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
Reduction of Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 by Zinc Oxide Coatings
Professor Leo Poon, Principal Investigator at C2i and Co-Director of HKU-Pasteur, published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering...
Oct 4, 2021
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole Fellowship 2022
Call for application now open! The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole is pleased to announce the launch of the second edition of the HKU-Pasteur...
Sep 24, 2021
Institut Pasteur Vaccinology Course
With sessions on theory and hands-on practicals, the courses held at the Teaching Center are grouped into three themed areas:...
Sep 23, 2021
Air Travel-Related Outbreak of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Professor Malik Peiris and Professor Leo Poon signed a paper in the Journal of Travel Medicine with HKU-Pasteur's team about a large...
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...
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