Inside C2i | What is Growth Kinetics?
A demonstration by Tom Shuen. In our program, we measure the growth rate of a new recombinant virus, which is directly proportional to...
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Oct 31, 2022
C2i and HKUMed are now extending participation for the Healthy Human Global Project - HK!
Would you like to be part of a not-so-distant future where treatment are specifically designed for each one of us? The study is now...
Oct 24, 2022
Meet Our Team: Anna Lee
Currently, Anna is a Research Assistant under Dr. Darragh Duffy and Prof. James Di-Santo for the Healthy Human Global Project - Hong...
Oct 18, 2022
C2i at the Investment Promotion Week: Biotech Journey from Research to Commercial
C2i was invited by InvestHK to talk about its development and growth. Professor Leo Poon, Managing Director, was invited by InvestHK as...
Oct 17, 2022
Meet Our Team: Angel Ma
Angel is a Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Dr. Michael Chan for the Novel experimental platform of human respiratory tract program....
Oct 10, 2022
Meet Our Team: Yunshi Liao
Yunshi is a Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Tommy Lam for the Mosquito-borne Viruses: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and interventions...
Sep 27, 2022
Meet Our Team: Cheska Li
Currently, Cheska is a Research Assistant under Dr. Darragh Duffy and Prof. James Di-Santo for the Healthy Human Global Project - Hong...
Sep 15, 2022
Inside C2i | What is qPCR?
A demonstration by Ernest Li. Our team uses the qPCR machine for our mosquito surveillance project. We are screening for mosquito-borne...
Aug 23, 2022
Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in healthy teenagers
A new study from Professor Malik Peiris investigates potential immune reactions and adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BNT162b2 and...
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...
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 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...
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