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Lauren Todorov
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Princeton Molecular Biology Ph.D. Candidate in Mike Levine’s laboratory - formerly geobiologist (M.Sc/B.Sc) in Bruce Fouke’s laboratory at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Reposted by Lauren Todorov
The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more - these are the best science images from 2025, chosen by Nature's Photo Team

Check them out: go.nature.com/3MANqs5
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Congratulations to HCS Travel Awardees Kory J. Wells, @laurentodorov.bsky.social, and Mohammad A. Sohail!

These awardees will attend the Optical Microscopy & Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences workshop next month at MBL.

For more info on our travel awards: hcs.memberclicks.net/travel-awards
August 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It was such an inspiring experience to interview
@alinouri.bsky.social *06. His path—from molecular biology Ph.D. to White House advisor, Department of Energy leader, and now Princeton SPIA lecturer—shows how scientists can change the world.
“Policy is ultimately about people, and scientists need to be in those rooms—not just reacting after it’s made but helping shape it from the start.” MolBio grad alum and policy expert Ali Nouri *06 interview, leading up to the Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/al...
Ali Nouri *06, Molecular Biologist, Policy Strategist, National Security Advisor, Teacher
The career path of Ali Nouri *06 defies categorization but reveals a consistent through line: using scientific thinking to serve the public good. In this profile by Molecular Biology graduate student ...
molbio.princeton.edu
July 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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“Basic scientific research is so appealing to me because, despite it being very frustrating and a lot of work, the payout is so amazing,” explains @fsantoriello.bsky.social‬, a postdoctoral researcher in HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler’s lab at Princeton.
June 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reposted by Lauren Todorov
A decade in, expansion microscopy is unlocking insights across biology and medicine

https://go.nature.com/4adlNgg
‘Expansion microscopy’ turns ten: how a tissue-swelling method brought super-resolution imaging to the masses
A decade in, expansion microscopy is unlocking insights across biology and medicine.
go.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM