Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pandemic trend in HK
Leo Poon and Hein Min Tun from the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole used wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to analyse the evolution of the...
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- Jul 13, 2022
Strength and durability of antibody responses to BNT162b2 and CoronaVac
Leo Poon and Malik Peiris recently conducted a study on antibody response to the two Covid-19 vaccines available to the general public in...
- Jul 7, 2022
Ye Peng Awarded For His Research On Gut Microbiota
Laureate of the first HKU-Pasteur Research Pole Fellowship and PhD candidate under Dr Hein Min Tun, Ye Peng was awarded by the Beijing...
- 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 the...
- Jun 27, 2022
[Job Opening] Research Assistant Professor
Applications are invited for appointment as Research Assistant Professor in the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole of the School of Public Health...
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- Jun 24, 2022
HKBU Awards Leo Poon ‘Distinguished Alumni’
As a Hong Kong Baptist University alumni, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole’s co-director Professor Leo Poon received this year’s ‘Distinguished...
- May 31, 2022
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...
- 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...
- May 31, 2022
[Podcast] Leo Poon on COVID19:"By May 2020 we have sent reagents to over 150 labs in 70 countries"
Leo Poon shares about the significance of the connection and collaboration in the early hours of COVID-19 with Vivien Marx (Nature...
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- 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 19, 2022
Institut Pasteur Korea: The Business of Managing Science
Entrepreneurial and Organizational skills for professionals working in life sciences. Institut Pasteur Korea is hosting the international...
- Apr 11, 2022
[Job Opening] Research Assistant I/II
Sophie Valkenburg is looking for a Research Assistant (I/II) to help long term on the group's cohort studies. Ref.: 512152 Work type:...
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- Apr 4, 2022
[Job Opening] Research Assistant for the Dhanasekaran Lab
Vijay Dhanasekaran is looking for a Research Assistant with background in Bioinformatics and excellent communication skills to develop...
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- 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:...
- Apr 1, 2022
Leo Poon Awarded Silver at the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days
He 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...
- 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.
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