Jacob Scadden

@JacobScadden

Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Enjoy anything outdoors.

Sydney, Australia

Joined March 2022

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Jacob Scadden@JacobScadden · Jun 17

I'm excited to share that our latest research, "Mapping the loss of flagellar motility across the tree of life", in which I was a co-author, has been published in @ISME_microbes Journal! 🧪🦠Huge thanks to all the co-authors! 📖 Read the full paper here: academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

JacobScadden's tweet card. Abstract. Bacterial swimming is mostly powered by the bacterial flagellar motor and the number of proteins involved in the flagellar motor can vary. Quanti

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Matt Baker@phatmattbaker · Dec 7

"Easy come, easier go: mapping the loss of flagellar motility across the tree of life" 🌱🔬 We analysed ~11,000 bacterial genomes to examine how flagellar motility has evolved 🏊‍♂️➡️🛑 @UNSWBABS @UNSWScience biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Matt Baker@phatmattbaker · Sep 26

In our defense we study swimming, not jumping. Happy @UNSWBABS lab photo @bmh2024Melb - our first #squad conference all together since 2021! #bmh2024

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NarbadLab@NarbadLab · Mar 18

Exciting PhD opportunity. If you would like to explore the role of gut bacteria in obesity and you're passionate about microbiome research and metabolic health, apply now! 👉 shorturl.at/3iaEK #PhD #Microbiome #GutHealth #ObesityResearch #Microbiology

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BLAST Meetings@BlastMeetings · Feb 16

Congrats to the recipients of Peggy O'Neill Memorial Travel Award 2025👏🥳🥳. ✨ Xuanlin Chen from Victor Sourjik’s lab. ✨Alejandra Arango from Vijay Parashar’s lab. ✨Jacob Scadden from Matt Baker’s lab. Thanks to Blast community! #blastmeeting2025

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NarbadLab@NarbadLab · Feb 14

Exciting news! 🚀 Our latest research, published in @MicrobioSoc journal, explores the nisin O cluster dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases, and regulatory systems. Read more: microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

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Andrew Preston@apreston243 · Feb 10

New paper alert! The nisin O biosynthetic gene cluster lacks a leader-peptide cleaving protease but is distributed across different gut-associated genera. @MicrobioSoc @NarbadLab microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

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BLAST Meetings@BlastMeetings · Feb 7

Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Scadden from @UNSW for receiving the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Award for an outstanding poster presentation at #blastmeeting2025! 🏆👏 Well deserved! #blastmeetings #microbiology @FEMSmicro

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Jacob Scadden@JacobScadden · Jan 24

It is an honour to have been awarded the FEMS Microbiology Reviews outstanding poster award at the #blastmeeting2025! Thank you to the judges and all those who came to my poster and talked all things flagellin! @FEMSmicro @UNSWBABS @UNSWScience @BlastMeetings

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Jacob Scadden@JacobScadden · Dec 3

It was a pleasure to attend the @UNSW Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) awards last Friday. Great to see so many @UNSWBABS Labs receiving their awards for lab sustainability and honoured to receive the Silver award representing the Baker Lab! #sustainable

JacobScadden's tweet image. It was a pleasure to attend the @UNSW Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) awards last Friday. Great to see so many @UNSWBABS Labs receiving their awards for lab sustainability and honoured to receive the Silver award representing the Baker Lab! #sustainable

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NarbadLab@NarbadLab · Nov 29

Our latest paper in #GutMicrobes explores how Bilophila wadsworthia and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron interact in the gut, leading to increased H₂S production and metabolic changes that may contribute to inflammation and disease. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/194909…

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Jacob Scadden@JacobScadden · Oct 18

Nice explainer of our recent @UNSWBABS work to cobble together hybrid motors for baxterial swimming. Also great to chat to @newscientist! newscientist.com/article/245232…

UUNSW Science@UNSWScience · Oct 18

1/2 By building nano-sized "Frankenstein motors", @UNSWBABS Scientia Associate Professor @phatmattbaker and Dr @PietroRidone have helped to piece together the evolutionary history behind the motors powering bacterial flagella.

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Matt Baker@phatmattbaker · Oct 14

Appreciative of highlight by Mike Manson @TAMU of our recent hybrid stator work in @JBacteriology. Enjoyed sharing a quality tequila @BlastMeetings 2015 w/ Mike in AZ and honoured by his enthusiasm in this accessible commentary. Thanks! @UNSWBABS journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb…

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Jacob Scadden@JacobScadden · Oct 9

Thanks @AussieAstrobio for the invitation to present a talk on the evolution of the flagellar filament! A very interesting discussion on bacterial motility in extreme environments and early Earth! @UNSWBABS @UNSWScience 🌏🦠🌋

JacobScadden's tweet image. Thanks @AussieAstrobio for the invitation to present a talk on the evolution of the flagellar filament! A very interesting discussion on bacterial motility in extreme environments and early Earth! @UNSWBABS @UNSWScience 🌏🦠🌋

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Jacob Scadden@JacobScadden · Sep 30

Last week the Baker Lab (@UNSWBABS) made the drive down to Melbourne to attend the @bmh2024Melb. A week full of science, networking and entertainment! Thanks to all those who came to my poster to find out more about the bacterial flagellar filament and made the conference a joy!

JacobScadden's tweet image. Last week the Baker Lab (@UNSWBABS) made the drive down to Melbourne to attend the @bmh2024Melb. A week full of science, networking and entertainment! Thanks to all those who came to my poster to find out more about the bacterial flagellar filament and made the conference a joy!

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Matt Baker@phatmattbaker · Sep 24

And congrats to Shruthi for a flash talk to conclude @bmh2024Melb her Honours year @UNSWBABS in fluidics to separate motile bacteria #bmh2024 (poster #106 and Janelle #155).

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