Lab news
New Year’s BBQ for 2026 and the year of the horse.
30th Jan 2026
Welcome baby. Introducing the youngest lab “member”.
15th Aug 2025
Shujian secures Bayer Foundation Fellowship for another 6 monhts’ research stay at Max-Planck. Huge congratulations!
8th Aug 2025
Ashvin receives the Outstanding Undergrad Researcher Prize. Congratualtions and welcome as Research Assistant
5th Aug 2025
3 year anniversary. Pizza, champagne, and the PhD movie. Thanks for three great years and many more to come.
16th Sept 2024
First PhD candidate from the lab. Congrats to Shujian on a successful midway exam – only 2 years to go!
17th May 2024
Lab xmas laser tag, Korean food, and drinks. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!
10th Dec 2023
Happy 2 year anniversary, lab! Coinciding with the mooncake festival makes for a tasty tradition.
15th Sept 2023
Alumni meetup in Toronto Our former Fredens Lab students Sean & Ruby at Sean’s poster session @UofT. Let’s make this an annual event!
7th Sept 2023
ME15 First conference together at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Packed programme of exciting talks but still time for rubbing elbows
14th June 2023
Lab Xmas outing to Sentosa. No snow, only tropical beach, kayaking, the Luge, and dinner. See you all next year!
15th December 2022
Happy 1 year anniversary, lab!
16th September 2022
Day 0 and day 365. It’s been fun and fulfilling to witness the transformation from an empty space to a busy lab with a great team. Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed and supported us!
16th September 2022
Island hopping. Spontanous retreat out of town to St John and Kusu Island off the coast of S’pore.
21st August 2022
Ruby’s farewell. The first summer student and poster prize winner of the lab. Best of luck back at Uni of Toronto – we hope to see you again soon, Ruby!
29th July 2022
Midsummer celebration with Kubb/King Game and Mexican food in Pasir Panjang. A new tradition that will most definitely happen again.
18th June 2022
First lab outing to celebrate that our lab is now fully certified for exciting research (plus most COVID restrictions are lifted)!
5th April 2022
We are always scouting for talented and motivated people with a passion for synthetic biology to join our group!
@ Students: If you are interested in conducting research in our lab, please email Julius. NUS students can join us for UROPS, FYP, and Master’s projects, while international students can reach out for URAPS and independent projects.
@ PhD applicants: Currently, we accept candidates from the NUSMed PhD programme, but we may be able to arrange with other programmes too. Please email Julius.
@ Postdoc applicants: Interested candidates with a PhD in molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, or medical research should email Julius their cover letter (detailing research interests and how they fit into our lab) and CV with a complete publication list.
