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Nicole Kilian
@nicolekilianphd.bsky.social
Malaria Research & Science Communication.
Art, Opera & Crime Show Fan.
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The next Science in the Pub event will happen on the 18th of November with a fantastic lineup of speakers. Hope to see you there! #science
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Save the date for something fabulous. The first Science Ball organized by Profs @drdre4000.bsky.social, @atomiclab.bsky.social & I is happening on the 5th of December at the Prior Performing Arts Center, College of the Holy Cross.

Let's celebrate #science & #art.

scienceball.atomic-lab.org
Science Ball 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A new Science Speaks interview is out today. I had the great pleasure talking to Christiaan van Ooij who is a Lecturer of Molecular Parasitology at Keele University. #scicomm #malaria #research

www.science-speaks.com/christiaan-v...
Christiaan van Ooij
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November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We had a great turnout for the first Science in the Pub event. Many thanks to Madison Bear Garden for hosting us, to the speakers for their exciting talks and to everyone who joined us. Picture credit: discoverchico
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The first Science in the Pub event is happening soon. Drop by for great talks and fun science trivia.... #science #research #scicomm
October 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A new Science Speaks interview is out today! I had the great honor talking to Prof. Taco Kooij about the #malaria #research his laboratory conducts.

Be sure to check out the incredible pictures he shared.

www.science-speaks.com/taco-kooij
Taco Kooij
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September 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A #science course happening in an #art museum? Absolutely! Many thanks to everyone at the Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico for making our visit possible. We had a great time.
September 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Super proud of my students Fatehveer Sidhu and Jesus Bravo who presented the findings of their CSC²-funded #malaria #research for the first time today. You guys rock! 💪 (Picture credit: Rachel Olive 😊)
August 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I had the great honor presenting the work of my lab at Yale University/ Yale School of Medicine today. Many thanks to Prof. Shangqin Guo & everyone involved for the amazing opportunity. I even got a visit from the best boy in town, Handsome Dan XIX & his handler Kassie Haro afterwards. So much fun!
July 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A new Science Speaks interview is out today. I had the great honor to talk to my colleague Prof.
@rjgriffin-nolan.bsky.social about his career and the #ecology #research his laboratory conducts at @calstate.bsky.social, Chico.

www.science-speaks.com/robert-griff...
Robert Griffin-Nolan
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June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Congratulations to my student Rona Heinz who aced her MSc defense today! 🎉
I am so proud of you! 💪
May 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It’s the most wonderful (conference) time of the year. 🎶 Happy to be a part of BioMalPar XXI @EMBL in Heidelberg (obligatory picture of the ATC below 😊). Come see me at poster number 44 tomorrow to see what we have been up to. #EMBLMalaria
May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Impressions of my first commencement ever. So happy to share this joyous occasion with my fellow faculty members and my students Kira Lapides and Rachel Olive, who graduated today.
May 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congratulations to my students Kira Lapides and Rachel Olive! 🎉 Kira received the "Outstanding Student Leader Award" and Rachel is the recipient of the "George E. Corson Honor Award" (and the "SARC Award"). 🏆
You ladies rock!
May 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Congratulations to my student Rachel Olive who received the SARC award for her #malaria #research project. 🎉 I am super proud!
Watch out, #Plasmodium! 💪
May 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Nicole Kilian
It’s #WorldMalariaDay
The good news: 2.2 billion #malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000.
The bad news: after years of steady declines, progress has stalled.
bit.ly/MalariaDay2025
April 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Congratulations to Veer and Jesus who received funding for their #malaria #research by the CSC2 program. 🎉
I am super proud!
Watch out, #Plasmodium! 💪
April 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This week my students & I had the great honor to welcome researcher, founder & whistleblower Tyler Shultz. He e-visited our lecture to talk about his career, blood testing and how he became a whistleblower against Theranos.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to speak to us, Tyler!
April 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Happy to see this article out in The Lancet Microbe. My friend Liza Ding & I wrote about our work with trainees on different career paths from the perspective of two people who had vastly different careers themselves.
#teaching #microbes
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Innovating the future of science: inspiring trainees on different career paths in infectious diseases
For centuries, microbes and their associated diseases have plagued humanity, with both microbes and humans engaged in an evolutionary struggle for survival. Early and comprehensive education on infect...
www.thelancet.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A new Science Speaks #interview is out today. I had a great time speaking to statistician Prof. Giles Hooker @gilesh.bsky.social from @upenn.edu about his life, his career and why his students are his greatest supporters. #scicomm

www.science-speaks.com/giles-hooker
Giles Hooker
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March 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Proud to announce that my student Kira Lapides is the recipient of the NSC Outstanding Student Leader Award. This award honors students based on excellence & leadership. Kira was surprised in her practical course by the Dean & other dignitaries.
March 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy to see our #malaria #diagnosis work in ChemBioChem. Many thanks again to everyone involved, especially @broichhagenj.bsky.social, @glembockyte.bsky.social as well as my students Claudia Bastl, Ingo Holtz, Mareike Eis & Michelle Werum.
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A Silicon Rhodamine‐fused Glibenclamide to Label and Detect Malaria‐infected Red Blood Cells
A far-red fluorescent silicon rhodamine-conjugated glibenclamide (SiR-glib) is synthesized. Labeling experiments in cells reveal the endoplasmic reticulum as the primary target of SiR-glib, and is ap...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Two manuscripts and one conference abstract accepted. 🎉
Time for some cupcakes. Many thanks to my husband Patrick who made his famous vanilla cupcakes for my lab. 😃
March 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A new Science Speaks #interview is out today. I had an amazing time speaking to Assistant Professor Anna Doty from CSU Sacramento about the research she conducts with bats all around the world. #conservation #scicomm

www.science-speaks.com/anna-doty
February 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
When a chance encounter during an SFB meeting leads to a great collaboration. Happy to see this study out in preprint.
Many thanks to @broichhagenj.bsky.social, @glembockyte.bsky.social, my students (Claudia, Ingo, Michelle, Mareike) & everyone involved. #malaria
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A silicon rhodamine-fused glibenclamide to label and detect malaria-infected red blood cells
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum affects the lives of millions of people worldwide every year. The detection of replicating parasites within human red blood cells is of paramount importance,...
www.biorxiv.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM