How COVID-19 created dramatic changes in a 'winter virus'
Vijay Dhanasekaran published a major study with colleagues from the University of Sydney highlighting the role of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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- May 31, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 accessory proteins reveal distinct serological signatures in children
Sophie Valkenburg’s team sign with Leo Poon and Malik Peiris an important publication in Nature Communications revealing why children...
- Apr 19, 2022
Next-generation T cell–activating vaccination increases influenza virus mutation prevalence
Máiréid Bull published with Leo Poon and Sophie Valkenburg the work of her PhD thesis in Science Advances, examining the effects of T...
- Apr 4, 2022
Human seasonal influenza under COVID-19 & potential consequences of influenza lineage elimination
New publication from Vijay Dhanasekaran's team with Sophie Valkenburg and the School of Public Health in Nature Communications. Abstract:...
- 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...
- Feb 18, 2022
A New Inflammatory Activation Pathway in Blood Vessels After SARS-CoV-2 Infection
A great collaborative work from Leo Poon's team with CUHK Medicine. Summary: To date, the direct causative mechanism of...
- Feb 18, 2022
Development of a Transparent Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Antibacterial Silver Oxide Coatings
Leo Poon's team with the Centre for Immunology & Infection and collaborators from Virginia Tech have developed a transparent...
- Feb 16, 2022
Institut Pasteur Publications about SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19
The Institut Pasteur’s list of scientific publications on SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and Covid-19 disease.
- Feb 14, 2022
Gut microbiota composition is associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine immunogenicity and adverse events
Hein Min Tun and his team have identified specific gut microbiota markers in association with improved immune response and reduced...
- Feb 9, 2022
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 under an elimination strategy in Hong Kong
Our latest work with the Centre for Immunology & Infection is published Nature Communications. The study, led by Vijay Dhanasekaran and...
- Jan 27, 2022
Surveillance of Rodent Pests for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses in Hong Kong
HKU-Pasteur reports with the Centre for Immunology & Infection and the School of Public Health the surveillance of rodent pests for...
- Jan 26, 2022
Countries Primarily Using CoronaVac Vaccines Should Consider mRNA Vaccine Boosters to face Omicron
Leo Poon signed with Malik Peiris a new publication in Nature Medicine suggesting that countries primarily using CoronaVac vaccines...
- 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 9, 2021
Development of the world’s first stainless steel that kills the COVID19 virus within hours
Professor Leo Poon and the Department of Mechanical Engineering (HKU) developed the world’s first stainless steel against SARS-CoV-2. The...
- 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...
- Oct 26, 2021
Altered ISGylation drives aberrant macrophage-dependent immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection
In this new publication in Nature Immunology, Qiwen Teo (co-first author), HKU-Pasteur PhD student who just graduated, Chris Mok and...
- Oct 13, 2021
Reduction of Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 by Zinc Oxide Coatings
Professor Leo Poon, Principal Investigator at the Centre for Immunology & Infection and Co-Director of HKU-Pasteur, published in ACS...
- Oct 13, 2021
A Push for Real Normal: Mass Screening for COVID-19
Professor Leo Poon, Principal Investigator at C2i and Co-Director of HKU-Pasteur provided an editorial on mass screening strategies fo...
- Sep 23, 2021
Air Travel-Related Outbreak of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Vijay Dhanasekaran and his team published in the Journal of Travel Medicine with the Centre for Immunology & Infection about a large...
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