top of page
Latest News
Search
Congratulations Carolyn!
HKU-Pasteur’s Carolyn Cohen  was awarded the Li Ka Shing Prize 2022/23. Dr Carolyn Cohen  was awarded the Li Ka Shing Prize for the...
Mar 13
Innovative Antiviral Candidates for Covid-19: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of High-Affinity Derivatives
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) , the  Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo (USP) launched a common call for...
Jan 17
Dr KP Stephen Chang Gold Medal: Congratulations Ruopeng!
Dr Ruopeng Xie was awarded for the quality of his PhD research on phylodynamics in infectious disease. Ruopeng was previously awarded...
Jan 16
Detection and characterisation of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (H5N1/H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4b, Hong Kong SAR, China, 2021 to 2024
A new publication in Eurosurveillance  from Professor Leo Poon , Professor Malik Peiris , and teams at the Centre for Immunology &...
Jan 16
Vijay Dhanasekaran's Team Honoured With The HKU Research Output Prize 2023/24
Vijay Dhanasekaran and his team won the HKU Research Output Prize 2023/24 for their work on H5N1 published in Nature. With Leo Poon ,...
Jan 9
Differential antigenic imprinting effects between influenza H1N1 hemagglutinin and neuraminidase in a mouse model
New publication from Roberto Bruzzone and team in the Journal of Virology on immune history and its impact on influenza antibody...
Dec 10, 2024
Updated checklist with new records and molecular data for the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Hong Kong
New publication in  Journal of Medical Entomology  from Tommy Lam 's team at the Centre for Immunology & Infection detailing an...
Oct 7, 2024
Another award for Ruopeng Xie's outstanding research!
HKU-Pasteur’s Ruopeng Xie was awarded the HKU Foundation Publication Award for Research Postgraduate Students 2024. About the Award: The...
Sep 5, 2024
Antibody Fc receptor binding and T cell responses to homologous and heterologous immunization with inactivated or mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2
A recent study from Sophie Valkenburg and Carolyn Cohen published in Nature Communications highlights significant differences in immune...
Sep 5, 2024
A(H2N2) and A(H3N2) influenza pandemics elicited durable cross-reactive and protective antibodies against avian N2 neuraminidases
A new study from HKU-Pasteur’s Sook-San Wong with Vijay Dhanasekaran and C2i’s Mark Zanin in Nature Communications demonstrates that the...
Jul 9, 2024
Epistasis mediates the evolution of the receptor binding mode in recent human H3N2 hemagglutinin
New publication in Nature Communications from Roberto Bruzzone and Weiwen Liang examining the evolution of the receptor binding mode of...
Jun 27, 2024
Influenza antibody breadth and effector functions are immune correlates from acquisition of pandemic infection of children
Sophie Valkenburg’s team and collaborators from the Centre for Immunology & Infection published a new study in Nature Communications on...
May 3, 2024
Congratulations Ruopeng!
HKU-Pasteur’s Ruopeng Xie was awarded the YS and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship 2023/24. Based on academic merit, this...
Apr 5, 2024
Amino acids in the polymerase complex of shorebird-isolated H1N1 influenza virus impact replication and host-virus interactions in mammalian models
New publication from Sarah Yaqin Bai with Sook-San Wong, Mark Zanin and Hui Lei in a collaborative work with the Centre for Immunology &...
Apr 3, 2024
Predictive evolutionary modelling for influenza virus by site-based dynamics of mutations
HKU-Pasteur's Weiwen Liang published a significant study in Nature Communications with collaborators from CUHK on the development of a...
Mar 25, 2024
AVERT-Cam: An Early Warning System for AIV Transmission and Gene Flow in Cambodia
Vijay Dhanasekaran and his team are leading a collaborative project within the Pasteur Network involving the Institut Pasteur Phnom Penh,...
Feb 8, 2024
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole Fellowship - Ruopeng's testimonial!
Exciting news! As the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole Fellowship deadline is just two weeks away, we are thrilled to share our alumni...
Feb 7, 2024
Prof. Leo Poon, Prof. Malik Peiris, and Dr. Sook San Wong listed in the world’s top 1% scholars
Congratulation to HKU-Pasteur's team for this world class ranking! Professor Leo Poon, Co-Director, Professor Malik Peiris, Honorary...
Nov 30, 2023
Vaccination-induced protective antibodies to define conserved epitopes on influenza N2 neuraminidase
New publication from Tomas Lyu in Immunity on antigenicity of neuraminidase (NA) as an influenza vaccine target. Summary There is growing...
Nov 17, 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...
Oct 20, 2023
bottom of page