Dr Laura Nolan
@drlauranolan.bsky.social
PI at SCELSE and Asst/Prof at NTU Singapore. Researching biofilm development and bacterial interactions. Views my own, repost not an endorsement. She/Her.
Harold Natano, the first PhD student to join my lab @scelse.bsky.social NTU Singapore presented his work on #foodchain #biofilms and #microbiomes at the Bacterial Ultra Group (BUG) meeting today - he totally smashed it! #proudsupervisor 🧫🧪🦠 #microsky #microbiome
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Harold Natano, the first PhD student to join my lab @scelse.bsky.social NTU Singapore presented his work on #foodchain #biofilms and #microbiomes at the Bacterial Ultra Group (BUG) meeting today - he totally smashed it! #proudsupervisor 🧫🧪🦠 #microsky #microbiome
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Thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social! It was so much fun chatting with Editor @seemagrewal.bsky.social about my journey, research, and advice for junior scientists.
It’s great that it reads just like our conversation flowed. I sincerely hope it resonates with trainees out there!
Read the interview 👇
It’s great that it reads just like our conversation flowed. I sincerely hope it resonates with trainees out there!
Read the interview 👇
Interview with Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social – President of the Society for Cell Biology Singapore
We chatted about Guillaume’s route into academia, his research and his advice for junior scientists.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
We chatted about Guillaume’s route into academia, his research and his advice for junior scientists.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social! It was so much fun chatting with Editor @seemagrewal.bsky.social about my journey, research, and advice for junior scientists.
It’s great that it reads just like our conversation flowed. I sincerely hope it resonates with trainees out there!
Read the interview 👇
It’s great that it reads just like our conversation flowed. I sincerely hope it resonates with trainees out there!
Read the interview 👇
Had a great time lecturing the 2nd year Microbiology students the last 2 weeks for my first Undergrad teaching here at NTU Singapore. They were a fantastic group with good questions and discussions afterwards 😊
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Had a great time lecturing the 2nd year Microbiology students the last 2 weeks for my first Undergrad teaching here at NTU Singapore. They were a fantastic group with good questions and discussions afterwards 😊
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🧫 ASM Biofilm SIG Speaker Series Oct 2025
Join us for two exciting talks on how microbes build & battle within biofilms from food systems to medical innovation!
🧬 Dr @drlauranolan.bsky.social (NTU Singapore)
🧪 Dr Thuy Nguyen (Monash BDI)
📅 Thurs 30 Oct 🕐 1–2pm AEDT
💻 Zoom: uws.zoom.us/j/83362129519
Join us for two exciting talks on how microbes build & battle within biofilms from food systems to medical innovation!
🧬 Dr @drlauranolan.bsky.social (NTU Singapore)
🧪 Dr Thuy Nguyen (Monash BDI)
📅 Thurs 30 Oct 🕐 1–2pm AEDT
💻 Zoom: uws.zoom.us/j/83362129519
October 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🧫 ASM Biofilm SIG Speaker Series Oct 2025
Join us for two exciting talks on how microbes build & battle within biofilms from food systems to medical innovation!
🧬 Dr @drlauranolan.bsky.social (NTU Singapore)
🧪 Dr Thuy Nguyen (Monash BDI)
📅 Thurs 30 Oct 🕐 1–2pm AEDT
💻 Zoom: uws.zoom.us/j/83362129519
Join us for two exciting talks on how microbes build & battle within biofilms from food systems to medical innovation!
🧬 Dr @drlauranolan.bsky.social (NTU Singapore)
🧪 Dr Thuy Nguyen (Monash BDI)
📅 Thurs 30 Oct 🕐 1–2pm AEDT
💻 Zoom: uws.zoom.us/j/83362129519
My lab @scelse.bsky.social NTU is growing! Fun evening out with the team, I'm so fortunate to work with such a great group of scientists!
October 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My lab @scelse.bsky.social NTU is growing! Fun evening out with the team, I'm so fortunate to work with such a great group of scientists!
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Today is International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Millions of tonnes of food are wasted in the EU each year, impacting the planet and our future.
We cannot afford to waste it ↓
We cannot afford to waste it ↓
September 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today is International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Millions of tonnes of food are wasted in the EU each year, impacting the planet and our future.
We cannot afford to waste it ↓
We cannot afford to waste it ↓
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Nice to see a follow up story on @drlauranolan.bsky.social Pseudomonas aeruginosa T6SS toxin Tse8
August 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nice to see a follow up story on @drlauranolan.bsky.social Pseudomonas aeruginosa T6SS toxin Tse8
Thrilled to see my first publication on food chain biofilms out! Check out the super cool biofilms Pseudomonas makes on food surfaces and the contribution of these to food spoilage. We're continuing to work in this space to find novel ways to extend food shelf life and reduce food waste! 🧫🧪
Tissue destruction during food spoilage is associated with the formation of biofilms by Pseudomonas species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.11.664243v1
July 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Thrilled to see my first publication on food chain biofilms out! Check out the super cool biofilms Pseudomonas makes on food surfaces and the contribution of these to food spoilage. We're continuing to work in this space to find novel ways to extend food shelf life and reduce food waste! 🧫🧪
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If you don’t get your child vaccinated against #measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
June 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
If you don’t get your child vaccinated against #measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
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New capabilities! SCELSE has installed a new isothermal microcalorimetry system (Symcel CalScreener) to track microbial metabolism in real-time — including responses to antibiotics, phage; and in biofilms and during transitions to alternate lifestyles. Pix (R): Prof Whitchurch - cwhitch.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
New capabilities! SCELSE has installed a new isothermal microcalorimetry system (Symcel CalScreener) to track microbial metabolism in real-time — including responses to antibiotics, phage; and in biofilms and during transitions to alternate lifestyles. Pix (R): Prof Whitchurch - cwhitch.bsky.social
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Thank you so much to @drlauranolan.bsky.social and Mark Webber for putting this JBC review together. Such exciting days that bacterial genetics and transposon mutagenesis can push the boundaries on discovering novel gene function and put more light on the genomic dark matter. See at rb.gy/ovefri
Throwing a spotlight on genomic dark matter: the power and potential of transposon-insertion sequencing
Linking genotype to phenotype is a central goal in biology. In the microbiological
field, transposon mutagenesis is a technique that has been widely used since the 1970’s
to facilitate this connection...
rb.gy
May 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thank you so much to @drlauranolan.bsky.social and Mark Webber for putting this JBC review together. Such exciting days that bacterial genetics and transposon mutagenesis can push the boundaries on discovering novel gene function and put more light on the genomic dark matter. See at rb.gy/ovefri
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I have an exciting opportunity to join my research team in Singapore @scelse.bsky.social as a PhD student to explore programmed cell death in biofilms. See below for more information and please share widely!
February 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I have an exciting opportunity to join my research team in Singapore @scelse.bsky.social as a PhD student to explore programmed cell death in biofilms. See below for more information and please share widely!
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Here's an exciting opportunity for a PhD studentship to study #biofilms and #microbiomes in the food chain with @drlauranolan.bsky.social at SCELSE @scelse.bsky.social.
I highly recommend!
🧪🧫
I highly recommend!
🧪🧫
My lab at SCELSE, NTU, Singapore, is recruiting a PhD student to study food chain biofilms! The PhD will commence in January 2026 and tuition and stipend is provided for 4 years. Singaporean and international applicants welcome. See attached for more details. Please share widely!
February 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Here's an exciting opportunity for a PhD studentship to study #biofilms and #microbiomes in the food chain with @drlauranolan.bsky.social at SCELSE @scelse.bsky.social.
I highly recommend!
🧪🧫
I highly recommend!
🧪🧫
My lab at SCELSE, NTU, Singapore, is recruiting a PhD student to study food chain biofilms! The PhD will commence in January 2026 and tuition and stipend is provided for 4 years. Singaporean and international applicants welcome. See attached for more details. Please share widely!
February 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My lab at SCELSE, NTU, Singapore, is recruiting a PhD student to study food chain biofilms! The PhD will commence in January 2026 and tuition and stipend is provided for 4 years. Singaporean and international applicants welcome. See attached for more details. Please share widely!
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We derive iron-siderophore interaction networks among Pseudomonas strains from sequencing data. One key insight: natural strains form dense networks, whereas pathogens are loners. With @frimanscience.bsky.social @zhiyuanli.bsky.social & Nanjing colleagues
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Siderophore synthetase-receptor gene coevolution reveals habitat- and pathogen-specific bacterial iron interaction networks
Coevolving siderophore genes shape bacterial iron networks, unveiling the complexity of cheating across habitats and lifestyles.
www.science.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We derive iron-siderophore interaction networks among Pseudomonas strains from sequencing data. One key insight: natural strains form dense networks, whereas pathogens are loners. With @frimanscience.bsky.social @zhiyuanli.bsky.social & Nanjing colleagues
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Noncomparative and heterogeneous, but so refreshing to see something larger than a small report or case study confirming that bacteriophage therapy is safe and, in many cases, effective.
#IDSky
#Phage
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky
#Phage
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multinational, retrospective observational study - Nature Microbiology
Analysis of 100 consecutive personalized bacteriophage therapy cases supports the use of personalized and sometimes pre-adapted, bacteriophage preparations, often in combination with antibiotics.
www.nature.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Noncomparative and heterogeneous, but so refreshing to see something larger than a small report or case study confirming that bacteriophage therapy is safe and, in many cases, effective.
#IDSky
#Phage
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky
#Phage
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Institut Pasteur is recruiting group leaders!
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Call for applications 2025 – Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur | Research - Institut Pasteur
research.pasteur.fr
December 16, 2024 at 10:07 AM
The Institut Pasteur is recruiting group leaders!
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
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Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Type IV pilus
Finally out in PLOS Pathogens. Congrats Hannah Ochner and co-authors. @mrclmb.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Finally out in PLOS Pathogens. Congrats Hannah Ochner and co-authors. @mrclmb.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
December 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Type IV pilus
Finally out in PLOS Pathogens. Congrats Hannah Ochner and co-authors. @mrclmb.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Finally out in PLOS Pathogens. Congrats Hannah Ochner and co-authors. @mrclmb.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Great and busy times at @fillouxlab.bsky.social a few years back 😅. @lukeallsopp.bsky.social, @drlauranolan.bsky.social and I constructed a few TraDIS libraries to answer T6SS questions. Still remember the soundtrack of these days: Barry White 😂😂😂 over and over so the experiments were repetitive
While leaving Twitter/X I have downloaded my post archives and found back some jewels
What about the TraDIS team building season 1 back in 2017
What about the TraDIS team building season 1 back in 2017
December 9, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Great and busy times at @fillouxlab.bsky.social a few years back 😅. @lukeallsopp.bsky.social, @drlauranolan.bsky.social and I constructed a few TraDIS libraries to answer T6SS questions. Still remember the soundtrack of these days: Barry White 😂😂😂 over and over so the experiments were repetitive
I'm recruiting a Research Fellow/Postdoc to join my team at #SCELSE to work on food chain biofilms to find new ways to extend food shelf life and reduce food waste. If you have skills in #microbiology and #biofilms apply via Workday: tinyurl.com/3468xm34 or MCF: tinyurl.com/5fyy6hdd. Share widely!
Research Fellow (Food Chain Biofilm Biology)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Ministry of Educati...
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December 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM
I'm recruiting a Research Fellow/Postdoc to join my team at #SCELSE to work on food chain biofilms to find new ways to extend food shelf life and reduce food waste. If you have skills in #microbiology and #biofilms apply via Workday: tinyurl.com/3468xm34 or MCF: tinyurl.com/5fyy6hdd. Share widely!
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Funded PhD available in my lab. Pls repost! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD studentship: Staphylococcus aureus interactions in cystic fibrosis polymicrobial infections at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD studentship: Staphylococcus aureus interactions in cystic fibrosis polymicrobial infections at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Funded PhD available in my lab. Pls repost! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Research Fellow (eDNA in Biofilms)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Ministry of Educati...
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:49 AM
I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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For my first post on BlueSky I thought about to share some of the fun we had at the SCELSE year end party. Many thanks to Allen Chow and all organisers for giving us some relax and enjoyable timer after a very intense 2024.
November 30, 2024 at 3:07 PM
For my first post on BlueSky I thought about to share some of the fun we had at the SCELSE year end party. Many thanks to Allen Chow and all organisers for giving us some relax and enjoyable timer after a very intense 2024.
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Microbiome research according to Gary Borisy
November 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Microbiome research according to Gary Borisy
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Join us!
4 Assistant/ Associate Professor posts available at University of Warwick School of Life Sciences, 2 in Host-Pathogen interactions and 2 in Plant Sciences:
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#microsky
4 Assistant/ Associate Professor posts available at University of Warwick School of Life Sciences, 2 in Host-Pathogen interactions and 2 in Plant Sciences:
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#microsky
Assistant or Associate Professor (Host-Pathogen Interactions) (109794-1024) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant or Associate Professor (Host-Pathogen Interactions) (109794-1024). Application Deadline:
warwick-careers.tal.net
November 8, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Join us!
4 Assistant/ Associate Professor posts available at University of Warwick School of Life Sciences, 2 in Host-Pathogen interactions and 2 in Plant Sciences:
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#microsky
4 Assistant/ Associate Professor posts available at University of Warwick School of Life Sciences, 2 in Host-Pathogen interactions and 2 in Plant Sciences:
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#microsky