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December 2008
>> Scientific Congress
- 13th Research Postgraduate Symposium, December 10-11, 2008, Laboratory Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong -
Mr Kim Tat Teoh will present his work on "A PDZ-domain Binding Motif of the SARS-CoV E Proteins Binds to Tight Junction Cellular Factors, PALS1" (Oral Presentation Sessions, Session III, Infection & Immunology, Seminar Room 7, LG1).
Mr Mateusz Kudelko wil present his work on "Development and Characterization of a Virus-like Assembly System for Dengue Four Serotypes" (Poster Presentation Sessions, Theme VI, Infection & Immunology, Multidisciplinary Laboratory 2-3, G/F).
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October 2008
>> Scientific Seminars
- 1st Pasteur-Asia Immunology Course, Innate immunity and its signaling mechanisms, October 23-November 5, 2008, HKU-Pasteur Researtch Centre -
The following lectures of the 1st Pasteur-Asia Immunology Course are seminars open to the public:
- Dr Paola Castagnoli (SIgN, Singapore), "Dentritic Cells & Macrophages"
- Dr Takashi Fujida (Kyoto University, Japan), "The Interferon System" and "Structural Mechanisim of RNA Recognition by the RIG-I-like Receptors"
- Dr Jean-Marc Cavaillon (Institut Pasteur, France), "Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs)"
Dr Kensuke Miyake (University of Tokyo, Japan), "Innate Immune Recognition of Microbial Products by Toll-like Receptors"
- Dr Eric Vivier (Univeresité de la Méditerranée, France), "Innate Immunity and NK Cells"
All are welcome.
>> 1st SAB Meeting
- October 16-17, 2008,HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, 8 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong -
The first meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) will take place on October 16-17, 2008. The SAB will review in depth all research programs and the activity of the teaching and training center.The following persons are part of the 2008 SAB:
- Prof Robert E W Hancock (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
- Prof Hans-Dieter Klenk (Philipps University Marburg, Germany)
- Prof Albert Osterhaus (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
- Prof Lucas Pelkmans (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
- Prof Olivier Schwartz (Institut Pasteur Paris, France)
- Prof KY Yuen (University of Hong Kong, China)
>> Grant & Award
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RFCID's grant -
The Research Fund for Control of Infectious Diseases from the Hong Kong Health, Welfare and Food Bureau has approved for funding the "Mechanistic study on the assembly and release of lentiviral particles pseudotyped with hemagglutinin of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses: implication for strain-specic pseudotype development" project submitted by Dr Dong Jiang Tang.
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September 2008
>> Scientific Seminar
- October 14, 2008, 4:00 p.m., Department of Biochemistry, Seminar Room 4, G/F, Laboratory Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong -
Pr A. Danchin from the Genetics of Bacterial Genomes Unit in Institute Pasteur, France and first Scientific Director of HKU-PRC (2000-2003) will give a seminar entitled "In vivo, in vitro, in silico: the future of biology, from genomes to synthetic cell" at the Department of Biochemistry on October 14, 2008.
>> New Publication
- Published Article -
The article entitled "The M, E and N structural proteins of the SARS coronavirus are required for efficient assembly, trafficking and release of virus-like particles." by Siu Y. L. et al. is published in Journal of Virology. |
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June 2008
>> New Publications
- Published Articles -
The article entitled "Genomic Characterizations of Bat Coronaviruses (1A, 1B and HKU8) and Evidence for Co-infectioins in Miniopterus Bats" by Chu D. K. W. et al. is published in Journal of General Virology.
The article entitled "Avian Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007" by Al-Azemi A. et al. is published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.
>> Grant & Award
- RGC grant -
The Research Grants Council (RGC) of the University Grants Committee (UGC) has approved for funding a project entitled "Regulation of early steps of coronavirus infection by the ezrin ERM protein" submitted by Dr Roberto Bruzzone.
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RFCID's grant -
The Research Fund for Control of Infectious Diseases from the Hong Kong Health, Welfare and Food Bureau has approved for funding the following projects:
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May 2008
>> Grant & Award
- Pr M Peiris awarded by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia -
Academy of Sciences Malaysia has decided to confer the Mahathir Science Award to Pr. Malik Peiris in recognition of his discovery of the aetiological agent causing SARS leading to the understanding of pathogenesis and epidemiology of the disease in 2003.
This prize is Malaysia's most prestigious Science Award for tropical sciences and was launched in August 2004 in honor of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir, a man of science whose contributions to science and technology advancement are hailed not only in Malaysia but internationally.
Pr Peiris has generously donated the award to the HKU- Pasteur Research Centre.
>> New Publication
- Published Article -
The article entitled "Comparison of the NucliSens easyMAG and Qiagen BioRobot 9604 nucleic acid extraction systems for detection of RNA and DNA respiratory viruses in nasopharyngeal aspirate samples " by Chan K. W. et al. is published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology. |
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April 2008
>> Grant & Award
- Area of Excellence "Control of Pandemic and Inter-pandemic Influenza" grants -
The Area of Excellence (AoE) scheme of the University Grants Committee has approved for funding the following projects:
- "The cellular interactome of the H5N1 influenza virus" submitted by Dr B. Nal-Rogier
- "Pseudotyped influenza viruses for serodiagnosis and sero-epidemiology" submitted by Dr R. Bruzzone
- "A novel approach to exploring the interactions between influenza and sialic acid linked glycans using virus like pseudoparticles" submitted by Dr J. Nicholls and Dr J.-M. Garcia
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February 2008
>> Cell Imaging Workshop
- February 15, 2008, HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, 1/F, 8 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong & Lecture Theatre 4, William MW Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong -
The Cell Imaging Workshop on February 15, 2008 has been a great success. The workshop consisted of lectures and practical sessions. During the morning, Pr George Tsao (Department of Anatomy, HKU) gave an update on the Faculty of Medicine core imaging facility with a special focus on life cell imaging. Dr Béatrice Nal-Rogier, organizer of the workshop, presented projects and strategies of the Centre to visualize virus-host interactions and Dr Ria Oosterweld-Hut (Lambert Instruments, the Netherlands) gave a lecture on fluorescence lifetime imaging as a method to detect FRET. The attendance was high, with students and scientists coming from HKU and other local institutions indicating the growing interest for the development of imaging techniques. The pracctical sessions were designed to illustrate the power and application of the FLIM technique. They were originally scheduled on Friday afternoon, but because of the high number of applicants, two extra FLIM demonstration sessions were organised on February 16, 2008 at HKU-Pasteur Research Centre.
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From left to right: Pr George Tsao, Dr Ria Oosterveld-Hut, Dr Béatrice Nal-Rogier and Dr Roberto Bruzzone |
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Students and scientists coming from HKU and other local institutions attended this worshop |
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January 2008
>> New Publication
- Published Article -
The article entitled "H5-type Influenza Hemagglutinin is Functionally Recognized by the Natural Killer Activating Receptor, NKp44" by Ho J. W. et al. is published in Journal of Virology.
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