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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 16, 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 14, 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

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 26, 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 16, 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...
Sep 13, 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...
Aug 31, 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 19, 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 13, 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...
Jul 6, 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...
Jun 29, 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....
May 12, 2021


First Participants Vaccinated In HKU Trial To Test COVID-19 Vaccines In Healthy Adolescents
Press Release Investigators of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of...
May 11, 2021


Welcome to C2i!
It was a pleasure to welcome our distinguished guests to mark the soft opening of the Centre for Immunology & Infection (C2i). Guided by...
Apr 30, 2021
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