Congratulations to HKU-Pasteur's You Che on the publication of a new review article in Cell Host & Microbe, in collaboration with Dr. Heidi Kong from NIAMS, NIH. This important study highlights the skin virome as a key component of the skin ecosystem, with significant roles in microbial ecology, immune homeostasis, and skin health. It explores how the virome evolves across the human lifespan, its involvement in various skin disorders, and emerging therapeutic opportunities. T

Led by the Centre for Immunology & Infection with Professor Malik Peiris, Professor Roberto Bruzzone, and in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur, researchers from Milieu Intérieur (Institut Pasteur), the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the School of Public Health at HKU, this study has identified a key innate immune pathway that predicts individual responses to mRNA vaccines. In a study published in Science Advances, the research team demonstrates th

MEDIA RELEASE HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, Hong Kong, April 2026 Hong Kong, 27/04/26 A new study in Nature Health (published on 01 April 2026) links environmental exposure to agricultural pesticides with increased cancer risk. Combining environmental modeling, a nationwide cancer registry and molecular analyses, researchers from theIRD (National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, France), the Pasteur Network (HKU-Pasteur Research Pole and the Institut Pasteur in Pa