Carolyn Cohen: "I hope that my research can help inform vaccination strategies"
Carolyn, PhD student in immunology at HKU-Pasteur tells us about her experience as a researcher and how she became highly inspired by the...
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- May 12
Viral subversion of selective autophagy is critical for biogenesis of virus replication organelles
HKU-Pasteur together with the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology of the University of Oxford released an article on the biogenesis of...
- Apr 6
Within-host genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals
Brilliant work from HKU-PRP Co-Director Professor Leo Poon investigating the genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in unvaccinated and...
- Mar 31
Professor Leo Poon appointed Co-Editor in-Chief of Virology Journal
Professor Leo Poon, Co-director of The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, was recently appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of BMC and Springernature's...
- Mar 10
[Applications Closed] Croucher Summer Course Outbreak Investigation & Response to Pandemics
The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole is delighted to announce the return of its renowned Croucher Summer courses with a new edition on emerging...
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- Feb 7
C2i & HKUMed Investigate Vaccine Effectiveness Against Omicron Infection
The study reveals three or fourth doses of the Comirnaty or CoronaVac vaccines remain effective in preventing Omicron infection. Press...
- Feb 2
Mouse models, HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63 and cross protection from challenge with SARS-CoV-2
Professor Malik Peiris and his team investigated the need to develop experimental animal models for common cold coronaviruses (CCCoV)....
- Jan 11
Development of multiplex RT-ddPCR assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses
Investigating Sars-CoV-2 and other common respiratory viruses co-infection, Professor Leo Poon and Professor Malik Peiris developed a...
- Dec 20, 2022
The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus
Vijay Dhanasekaran, Sook-san Wong, Mark Zanin and Leo Poon’s teams investigated global avian influenza H5 virus outbreaks over the past...
- Dec 14, 2022
Multi-cohort analysis of depression-associated gut bacteria
Hein Tun’s team conducted a multi-cohort meta-analysis aiming to show the association between gut bacteria and depression. Abstract Gut...
- Nov 23, 2022
Vaccine effectiveness against Omicron infection in an infection-naive population in Hong Kong
Malik Peiris and Sophie Valkenburg’s teams conducted a population-based sero-epidemiological study to estimate thereal-world vaccine...
- Nov 4, 2022
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole Fellowship 2023 – APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole is delighted to announce the applications opening of the third edition of the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole...
- Oct 28, 2022
[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] Join the Institut Pasteur in Paris as a PhD Student!
Applications are still ongoing for the international doctoral program (PPU) of the Institut Pasteur. Apply now to get the opportunity to...
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- Oct 13, 2022
Resurgence of Omicron BA.2 in SARS-CoV-2 infection-naive Hong Kong
Vijay Dhanasekaran’s team investigated the surge of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong in early 2022 and the efficiency of the estimates...
- Sep 9, 2022
HKU-PRP Fellowship: Greetings from Paris!
HKUPRP fellowship laureates are now in Paris! This program enables young researchers from all Hong Kong and Macau universities to conduct...
- Sep 8, 2022
Serology study on the potential benefits of Covid-19 vaccination
Professor Leo Poon, co-director of The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, and his team conducted a comprehensive serology study on the effects of...
- Sep 1, 2022
How is it to conduct research at HKUPRP? - Testimony from Tomas Lyu, PhD student
Tomas first joined our research pole as a MPhil student, before starting a PhD a few months later, all of that under the guidance of...
- Aug 19, 2022
Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in healthy teenagers
Malik Peiris and Sophie Valkenburg's teams investigated potential immune reactions and adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BNT162b2...
- Aug 4, 2022
Yihan Lin: “HKU-Pasteur is like a big family that has accompanied me through the past two years"
Yihan, young MPhil graduate in virology from Chris Mok's team, looks back on her experience at HKU-Pasteur. Within her MPhil study aimed...
- Jul 28, 2022
International travel, the gut microbiome, and ESBL-E coli carriage
Professor Hein Tun, from HKU-Pasteur, together with PhD student Ye Peng share their thoughts and analysis on an article written by...
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