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Oct 20, 2023

The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus in Nature

Vijay Dhanasekaran, Sook-san Wong, Mark Zanin and Leo Poon’s teams investigated global avian influenza H5 virus outbreaks over the past...

The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus in Nature

Oct 6, 2023

New RGC grant for Sook-San Wong’s team

This new RGC grant will allow Sook-San Wong and her team to lead a new project at HKU-Pasteur: Systematic investigation into the breadth...

Sep 29, 2023

Learn more on HKU-Pasteur's work!

The HKU-Pasteur Research was born in 2000 when Institut Pasteur and The University of Hong Kong joined forces to build a common research...

Sep 12, 2023

Usp25-Erlin1/2 activity limits cholesterol flux to restrict virus infection

Read this new publication from HKU-Pasteur by Qi Wen Teo with Sumana Sanyal investigating cholesterol flux and virus infections. In brief...

Usp25-Erlin1/2 activity limits cholesterol flux to restrict virus infection

Sep 12, 2023

Suisha Liang: "I hope to help develop therapeutics for people struggling with mental health"

Our newest PhD graduate Dr. Suisha Liang shares with us her experience studying the gut microbiome in Hein Min Tun's team at HKU-Pasteur...

Suisha Liang: "I hope to help develop therapeutics for people struggling with mental health"

Sep 5, 2023

Professor Leo Poon conferred the title of Professor, Chair of Public Health Virology

Professor Leo Poon, co-director of The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, has been conferred the title of Professor, Chair of Public Health...

Professor Leo Poon conferred the title of Professor, Chair of Public Health Virology

Aug 29, 2023

SARS-CoV-2: How The History Of Human Populations Influences Their Immune Response

Professor Malik Peiris, Professor Roberto Bruzzone and Doctor Darragh Duffy from HKU-Pasteur and the Centre for Immunology & Infection,...

SARS-CoV-2: How The History Of Human Populations Influences Their Immune Response

Aug 25, 2023

Thank you for a successful 1st Science Slam!

HKU-Pasteur with the sponsorship of the Pasteur Network organised earlier this week its 1st Science Slam, an event for students to...

Thank you for a successful 1st Science Slam!

Aug 25, 2023

[Job Opening] Research Assistant

Applications are invited for appointment as Research Assistant I/II in the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole of the School of Public Health...

Aug 24, 2023

[Job Opening] Research Assistant Professor

The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole is seeking talented, dynamic and highly motivated candidates to establish a new research group that will...

[Job Opening] Research Assistant Professor

Aug 16, 2023

Malik Peiris Conferred the Degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Oxford

Professor Malik Peiris received from the University of Oxford the honorary degree in recognition of his pivotal role in identifying the...

Malik Peiris Conferred the Degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Oxford

Aug 10, 2023

SARS-CoV-2: Comparative study on third-dose booster with either one dose of CoronaVac or BNT162b2

Leo Poon, Malik Peiris, Sophie Valkenburg's team and collaborators from the School of Public Health (HKUMed) released a publication in...

SARS-CoV-2: Comparative study on third-dose booster with either one dose of CoronaVac or BNT162b2

Aug 9, 2023

Oral Presentation Workshop with the Pasteur Network

The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole and the Centre for Immunology & Infection (C2i) organized an oral presentation workshop with the Pasteur...

Oral Presentation Workshop with the Pasteur Network

Jul 31, 2023

Lack of neutralizing antibodies against influenza A viruses in adults during the 2022/2023 winter

Chris Mok and Weiwen Liang just published in the International Journal for Infectious Diseases a serological study on neutralizing...

Lack of neutralizing antibodies against influenza A viruses in adults during the 2022/2023 winter

Jul 26, 2023

Get to know our Croucher Summer Course alumni!

As 2023 marked the return of HKU-Pasteur courses with a Croucher Summer Course edition on emerging viral infections, more are coming....

Get to know our Croucher Summer Course alumni!

Jul 21, 2023

1st HKU-Pasteur Science Slam: Celebrate science through creativity!

Apply now and join us for the 1st HKU-Pasteur Science Slam! Present the scientific subject of your choice in 5 minutes in the most...

1st HKU-Pasteur Science Slam: Celebrate science through creativity!

Jul 3, 2023

[Seminar] A TANGO for Skin And Bones on 13 July

Join us on July 13th at 11:30am for a seminar on quantitative cell biology with Professor Vivek Malhotra from the Catalan Institution for...

[Seminar] A TANGO for Skin And Bones on 13 July

Jun 26, 2023

Croucher Summer Course 2023: a week to remember!

The Croucher Summer Course on Emerging Viral Infections is back at HKU-Pasteur! 32 students from more than 15 nationalities came to learn...

Croucher Summer Course 2023: a week to remember!

Jun 20, 2023

Broad-spectrum pan-genus and pan-family virus vaccines

HKU-Pasteur's co-director Professor Leo Poon together with Dr Sophie Valkenburg and their teams investigated the development of universal...

Broad-spectrum pan-genus and pan-family virus vaccines

Jun 15, 2023

HKU-PRP Fellowship: Bonjour from Paris!

Our first of five laureates of the 2023 edition of the HKU-Pasteur Fellowship has now begun his research internship at Institut Pasteur!...