HKU-Pasteur researchers recently participated in the Options XIII Conference for the Control of Influenza, held in Washington, DC, from 30 August to 2 September 2026, following the Options XIII Mini-School on 29 August. The delegation included Malik Peiris, Sook-San Wong, Vijay Dhanasekaran, and Sophie Valkenburg, together with students Iris Li, Isaac Cheuk Long Chow, Sarah Bai, and Taoyang Wang. Organized by the International Society for Respiratory Viruses (ISRV), the confe

New publication in npj Vaccines from HKU-PRP's Co-Director Professor Leo Poon's team describing an innovative approach to developing a live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate. The study demonstrates a novel approach to engineering a highly attenuated yet fully immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, showing: Near-sterile immunity in mice under stringent challenge conditions Broad protection against antigenically distinct variants and even SARS-CoV Complete block of onw

During his studies in the HKU-KCL Joint PhD program, Hogan conducted multidisciplinary and cross-cultural research at the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole (HKU-PRP) and the King’s College London Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions (KCL CHMI). His PhD was focused on deciphering the role of different Staphylococcus strains in atopic dermatitis (AD): "It is well-known that the skin microbiome of AD patients is different from that of healthy individuals. There is a difference in the