Logeshwari MN

Research Associate

MTech. Biotechnology | Anna University, India
BTech. Biotechnology | Anna University, India

About

Logeshwari joins the lab as a Research Associate in October 2026. She trained in nanovesicle production, cell culture and animal models. She previously worked at NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering on bacterial mimetic vesicles as vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae. She also helped develop mimetic stem cell vesicles against wound infection pathogens. Most recently, she worked at SCELSE on in vivo studies of tissues, bacteria and immune cells. In the lab, she will study how host cells and pathogens interact in wounds.

Project

Wounds are open to infection. We study how host cells and bacteria respond to each other at the wound site, and how this shapes healing.

Publications

  1. Antypas H, Da Silva RAG, Wong GKX, Liang C, Muthualagu Natarajan L, Tan RJW, Neo CJY, Wong SL, Kline KA. Enterococcus faecalis biofilm rewires neutrophil metabolism to suppress antimicrobial functions. bioRxiv 2026. DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.18.733107

  2. Chong SP, Khan Mohammad A, Antypas H, Muthualagu Natarajan L, Tan RJW, Török P. Ultrabroadband OCT for simultaneous visible and near-infrared light imaging of the mouse retina. Biomed Opt Express 2026;17:2442–66. DOI: 10.1364/BOE.590449

  3. Antypas H, Schmidtchen V, Staiger WI, Li Y, Tan RJW, Ng KKF, Neo CJY, Radhesh SM, Tanoto FR, Da Silva RAG, Colomer-Winter C, Schütz SD, Kloehn J, Muthualagu Natarajan L, Manzano C, Wong JJ, Pethe K, Hasse B, Brugger SD, Wong SL, Van Tyne D, Zinkernagel AS, Kline KA. Loss of Fsr quorum sensing promotes biofilm formation and worsens outcomes in enterococcal infective endocarditis. Nat Commun 2026;17:1668. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68366-8

  4. Yee MZL, Lim YW, Muthualagu Natarajan L, Czarny B, Ng KW. One-Step Tunable Human Hair Keratin Gradient Hydrogel with Antibacterial Activity for Tissue Engineering. Small 2025;21:e09775. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202509775

  5. Foo LL-E, Logeshwari MN, Czarny B, Ng KW. Development of keratin-based fibers fabricated by interfacial polyelectrolyte complexation for suture applications. Biomaterials 2025;314:122878. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122878

  6. Seles M, Banu J, Anandan R, Logeshwari MN, Modilal MRD. Anticariogenic effect of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Premna latifolia leaves. Indian J Nat Sci 2016;6(35).

  7. Modilal MRD, Anandan R, Logeshwari MN. Antibacterial activity of Premna latifolia leaves against isolated cariogenic pathogens. J Exp Zool India 2015;18:433–6.

  8. Modilal MRD, Anandan R, Sindhu R, Logeshwari MN. Screening of Solanum nigrum for its phytochemical and antimicrobial activity against respiratory tract pathogens. Int J Pure Appl Zool 2015;3:210–5.