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Dr Siddharth Sridhar 
Clinical Assistant Professor 
Department of Microbiology 

Unsung Heroes

TSOI, Hoi Wah  

Hoi Wah joined our department over 25 years ago. An expert in viral and bacterial genome sequencing, he has played a pivotal role in the discovery and characterization of many novel pathogens. 

CHAN, Chris Chung-Sing (left) joined our department more than 20 years ago. He is highly competent in biosafety level 3 works, especially those related to animal models. He is a key member of the animal modelling team that has established various models for coronaviruses, flaviviruses, and influenza viruses at the department. 

POON, Vincent Kwok-Man, an 19-year veteran at our department, is an expert in designing unique systems for animal experiments. He has played an important role in the establishment and applications of the Syrian hamster model for COVID-19

LI, Kenneth Sze Ming

Kenneth has been working in the department for over 20 years. He has worked extensively on hunting novel animal viruses with zoonotic potential, including bat coronaviruses and rodent picornaviruses. He is an expert in bioinformatics analysis in the study of genomics, and the evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships of novel emerging pathogens.

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