Discover how SCELSE advanced biofilm & microbiome research in FY2024. From top-ranked publications to education, industry engagement, and real-world impact. Scan to read the SCELSE Year in Review flipbook now. @fillouxlab.bsky.social @cwhitch.bsky.social @drlauranolan.bsky.social

Happy New Year – new role! 🎉 We’re looking for a PostDoc to join us in @halllab.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Full-time, fixed-term to March 2028. Note tight closing date: 11 Jan 2026. CV + cover letter (submit via portal). Further details 👇 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Final presentation by Vanessa Lim on her Final Year Project research in the lab @scelse.bsky.social, NTU. She did a fantastic job contributing to our ongoing work on #food #spoilage #biofilms and we are sorry to see her go. Wishing her all the best with the next steps in her bright future! ✨

Another exciting talk from one of my team, this time at the @scelse.bsky.social annual retreat. Dr Xue (Essie) Zhao did a fantastic presentation on some of our food spoilage #biofilm and #microbiome work! Excited to see more of our research work being shared! 🦠🧫🧪

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

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 👇

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 😊

🧫 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

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!

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 ↓

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! 🧫🧪

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.

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

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

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!

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! 🧪🧫

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!

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/...

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...

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...

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...

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!

Funded PhD available in my lab. Pls repost! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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/...

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.

Microbiome research according to Gary Borisy

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

Fully Funded #PhD Position with Prof Andy Roe, Dr Rebecca McHugh and me as part of NorthWestBio bbsrc DTP INS AND OUTS OF DISARMING TYPE 3 SECRETION – UNDERSTANDING RESISTANCE TO AURODOX www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... please repost

Another charity funder featuring an old white man, this one spouting ableist crap that you are only suited for research if you are willing to sacrifice your weekends for it. Why do charities not learn? Why are such people given a platform? I am sure he thinks he means well, but it is oh so toxic.

Career opportunities post. The University of Dundee is looking to hire group leaders. Up to 45 Principal Investigators across all career stages (tenure-track to Professorial) are available. Sunniest city in Scotland, lots of outdoors and #proteomics Details: buff.ly/3sQcVvJ

I’ve made it over here, even if slightly late! Looking forward to seeing what’s happening here 😊 #MicroSky