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Laura Choong

@phenylauraline.bsky.social
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master procrastinator | 🔬👩🏻‍🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Conway Institute, University College Dublin | all opinions are my own

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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today marks 1 month of my postdoc at The Conway Institute at @ucddublin.bsky.social! 👩🏻‍🔬 At our latest Metabolic Physiology Forum, I shared about my research journey and key highlights from my PhD project. I am excited about the new opportunities and cool science that will soon be underway!
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ANZSMS is proud to support The Bieske-O’Hair Symposium held at the University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry in July. Registration is essential and covers catering across the symposium in addition to an evening social event. #TeamMasSpec (1/3)
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨Applications close next week!🚨 A reminder to our student members planning to attend ASMS, applications for travel support from ANZSMS close next week! Remember to check the application guidelines on our website 👉🏻 www.anzsms.org/travel-suppo...
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Travel Support for Current Members - ANZSMS Membership
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📣 Calling all our student members 📣 Travel support is available for travel to international mass spectrometry conferences Check the guidelines and application process here 👉 www.anzsms.org/travel-suppo...
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Sarah E Hancock @sarahehancock.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Super thrilled to have this one accepted at AnalChem last week. Nice way to see out the end of the year. 🎉 #lipidomics #TeamMassSpec
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Happy to see this paper now out! Congratulations to @sarahehancock.bsky.social and our collaborators who helped make this work possible.
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Very surprised to have been awarded the best student talk for the Paul Korner Seminar Series at the VCCRI! Definitely ending the year on a high note! ☺️
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Cellular Bioenergetics Laboratory @cellbioenerglab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Featuring our very own Dr @jasmineleighb.bsky.social as Star Scientist! 🌟👩🏻‍🔬 Read up on all the awesome work that she’s been up to!
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Cellular Bioenergetics Laboratory @cellbioenerglab.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This week our PhD student @phenylauraline.bsky.social & Post-Doc Dr @jasmineleighb.bsky.social presented their work at the Australian New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Meeting held in Perth! 👩🏻‍🔬 #WomeninSTEM
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Started off the week in Perth at the Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Meeting presenting my work on novel ceramide synthases & their anti-obesogenic effects. Had a great time at ANZOS and exploring Rottsnest Island, home to the extremely friendly and fluffy quokkas! #WomeninSTEM
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
In my final few days in Vienna, I presented my ongoing PhD research on novel ceramide synthase inhibitors at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)’s Annual Conference! Thank you to EASD for the travel grant, enabling me to share my research! #EASD2025 #WomeninSTEM
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Had the great opportunity to present my PhD research at the 10th #LipidomicsForum held in #Vienna at the University of Vienna! Have spent the last few days sitting where Einstein once did & hearing some great talks about lipidomics applications and developments! #TeamMassSpec #FemalesinMassSpec
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Cellular Bioenergetics Laboratory @cellbioenerglab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Our Lab Head, Nigel Turner, showing off our ongoing projects at the UNSW's School of Biomedical Sciences and Health Sciences Research Info Night 🧑‍🔬 Looking forward to meeting many keen and aspiring scientists in the making! 🤩
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Showing off my poster (34) on subcellular ceramide localisation at @aomsc2025.bsky.social ! 🤩 Very thankful to have received funding from @anzsms.bsky.social, AOMSC and UNSW School of Clinical Medicine to attend this exciting conference! #TeamMassSpec #FemalesinMassSpec
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Thrilled to share my recent work on subcellular ceramide distribution at @aomsc2025.bsky.social’s Young Scientist Forum in Ishigakijima, Japan! 🇯🇵🗾 Looking forward to many great discussions this week 👩🏻‍🔬 Come visit my poster (34) on Monday morning! #AOMSC2025 #TeamMassSpec #FemalesinMassSpec
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Had a great opportunity to be invited to speak at CVRN’s Rising Stars Seminar held at UTS yesterday! 👩🏻‍🔬🌟 Great to head from a diverse range of EMCRs working on really interesting topics!
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Cellular Bioenergetics Laboratory @cellbioenerglab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Some more behind-the-scenes from our lab photoshoot yesterday, featuring @phenylauraline.bsky.social and @sarahehancock.bsky.social 🧪👩‍🔬
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Cellular Bioenergetics Laboratory @cellbioenerglab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Some behind the scenes moments from our lab photo shoot earlier today. #SeemyScience 🧪
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
For those in technical and research support roles, 🧑‍🔬 we have our Carolyn McKinlay travel award. ✈️ This award goes toward travel to our ANZSMS meeting at AUS-oMicS this year! The deadline is fast approaching next week, 18th March! 🚨
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
📣 Calling all students! 📣 Did you know that ANZSMS have travel support for attending ANZSMS conferences and international mass spectrometry conferences? 😮 The deadline for students attending the 30th ANZSMS at AUS-oMicS this year is coming up next week, 18th March! 🚨
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
AOMSC25 is also hosting a Young Scientist Forum (YSF) to connect students and ECRS attending the conference! ⭐️ Registration is separate from the main conference, but free for those who wish to attend! See here for more info 👉 aomsc2025.org/ysf/ #TeamMassSpec #massspec #massspectrometry
Young Scientist Forum event at the Asia Oceania Mass Spectrometry Conference in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan. June 21 -22 2025. Background Image features the beach in Ishigaki Island. Photo courtesy of Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Enjoy Mass Spectrometry and the Beach? 🧑🏻‍🔬🏝️ Join our colleagues at the Asia Oceania Mass Spectrometry Conference (#AOMSC25) in Ishigaki, Japan! 🚨Get in quick - abstracts close next week, 14 March 2025🚨 See here for details 👉 aomsc2025.org
Asia Oceania Mass Spectrometry Conference 2025 in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, June 21-22 2025. Advertisement for Abstracts closing 14th of March. Background image features shisa at the beach.
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Amazing to see this now up! 🎉Having contributed to this project as a Honours student many years back, and then seeing it expand and grow has been so exciting! 👩🏻‍🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Targeting de novo lipogenesis improves gemcitabine efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive disease with few treatment options and poor survivability. In this work we sought to characterise metabolic adaptions to gemcitabine (GEM...
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Ending the year on a high note!! 🎉 And, a big congrats to my fellow PhD student @jasmineleighb.bsky.social on best student award, who gave an absolutely brilliant talk this year! 👩🏻‍🔬
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Big wins for our lab group this year!!
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Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Delighted to have been awarded the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS) Student Demonstrator of the Year Award! 🎉 Thankful to have been able to meaningfully contribute to the journey and learning experience of Pathology andPharmacology students! #HigherEd #WomenInSTEM
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