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We will hold two discussion sessions in the next #IZAZ workshop. In past workshops, these discussion sessions have been pivotal in advancing community efforts. So - what do you think the theme of these discussions should be? 🤔💭
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this study provided some of the rhino bone fragments I tested for aDNA preservation within my MSc! without ZooMS they would’ve remained unidentified!

I am SO EXCITED to announce that CENIEH in Burgos, Spain will be hosting the third installment of the IZAZ (Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology) Workshop on the 15th – 16th September 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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400 USD to have a paper written for you and submitted to an editor who is guaranteed to select reviewers who will only give minor reviews.

The way that this makes my soul ache. So little money to erode confidence in scientific research.

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The influence of fragmentation on a combined ZooMS and zooarchaeological study at Geißenklösterle Cave in the Swabian Jura, Southwestern Germany Geißenklösterle Cave, a Palaeolithic site located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany, has yielded multiple Middle Palaeolithic strata and some of…

Our new paper is out!
If you love caves, if you love archaeology, if you love ZooMS (and let's be honest, who doesn't?!) you'll LOVE this! #palaeoproteomics #ancientproteins #archaeology #ZooMS

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We have benches, we have sinks, and now we have LAMINAR FLOW CABINETS. Almost to the finish line of the new #palaeoproteomics and #aDNA laboratory @cenieh.bsky.social

MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A fast and flexible method for assessing deamidation in ZooMS data and its application to the Denisova Cave bone assemblage Estimating deamidation from ZooMS spectra has frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despi…

The MALDI Deamidation Score is now published! Congratulations @bharathabnair.bsky.social @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy and Fei Yang! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Construction on the NEW @cenieh.bsky.social Molecular Paleobiology laboratory starts TODAY 🤩
So excited for this next chapter to begin! 🎉👩🏻‍🔬

MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A Fast and Flexible Method for Assessing Deamidation in ZooMS Data and Its Application to the Denisova Cave Bone Assemblage Estimating deamidation from MALDI-TOF MS spectra of bones has most frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despite this accessibility, q2e is...

Looking for a new approach to quantification of #deamidation in your MALDI-TOF data? Then you need to check out our new preprint!!! Fei Yang will be speaking about it at ISBA11_Torino tomorrow in Methods 5 at 16:00! #palaeoproteomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Paleoproteomics in Atapuerca - Diálogos Sapiens - Sapiens Dialogues - Podcast on iVoox Listen and download Diálogos Sapiens - Sapiens Dialogues episodes for free. 22nd episode of Sapiens Dialogues. This is the fourth dialogue of the fourth season. The paleoproteomics specialist Prof. Ma...

I had the opportunity to interview @matthewcollins.bsky.social on his recent visit to @cenieh.bsky.social. The podcast is out now! It's a fun chat about #palaeoproteomics and the ways we can study ancient #proteins at Atapuerca! Thanks Matthew for the chat! www.ivoox.com/en/paleoprot...

Distinguished Article Award The Distinguished Article Award is awarded by the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology for the best research article on the topic of biomolecular archaeology. The award is made to the fi...

Nominations are now open for the ISBA Distinguished Article Award! ISBA members are encouraged to nominate their own articles for these awards or those of others. Deadline for nominations is 29th June and the winners will be announced at ISBA11 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Outstanding Publication Student Prize The Outstanding Publication Student Prize is awarded by the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology for an outstanding publication of the highest distinction by a student in a first author ...

Nominations are now open for the ISBA Outstanding Publication Student Prize! ISBA members are encouraged to nominate their own articles for these awards or those of others. Deadline for nominations is 29th June and the winners will be announced at ISBA11 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ISBA Trustee Expressions of Interest This form is to record initial expressions of interest to become a trustee of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology. You must be an ISBA member to become a trustee. The deadline for ...

Would you like to help shape the future of ISBA? We are taking expressions of interest to become a trustee of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology. Nominations are open for members at any stage of their career! The deadline is the 26th April 2025 docs.google.com/forms/d/18jx...

PhD position in archaeozoology and omics at the University of Vienna! 🤠🦊🐯🦁🐱🐰🐍🦬🐂🦣🐄 The student will be based in Vienna and co-supervised in Santander!

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Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers - Nature Communications Ancient diets have been reconstructed from archaeological pottery based on lipid remains, but these can lack specificity. Here, Hendy and colleagues analyze ancient proteins from ceramic vessels up to...

Week 11 – Pottery and Residues
This week is all about how ancient people did not wash their pottery very well and how grateful we should all be about that. Take a look at these studies from Çatalhöyük, Turkey (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s414...) and Baħrija, Malta (dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007...)

Week 10 – Ancient Textiles
The precious nature of textiles makes them such a unique view point into the archaeological world. Here are two papers on how ancient proteins can help us understand Pre-Columbian textiles (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...) and Viking clothing (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...)

New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences There has long been debate over the origins of dairy consumption within European populations. Whilst it was previously assumed that lactase persistence (LP) was under positive selection following the ...

Week 9 – Dental Calculus
If you don’t finish this week’s readings with a powerful urge to brush your teeth, then I am not doing my job. Welcome to the wonderful world of dental calculus, from the Neolithic link.springer.com/article/10.1... to the Bronze Age www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sex estimation of teeth at different developmental stages using dimorphic enamel peptide analysis Mandible and developing teeth of a perinatal infant.

Week 8 – Enamel
Enamel might be the hardest tissue in the body but it will hold a tender place in your heart… too much? Check out enamel proteins for sex estimation (dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...) And this (very advanced - sorry 😅) paper on a Rhino tooth from Dmanisi (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...)

Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time A chemically unstable ostrich eggshell peptide survives for at least 3.8 million years at the equator, stabilized by strong mineral interactions.

Week 7 – Eggshell
Welcome to the fascinating world of eggs! #Darwin would have loved this one. Look how far back in time we can recover eggshell proteins in this paper (dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) and PMF approaches to their study in this paper (dx.doi.org/10.1080/2054...)

Identifying Archaeological Bone via Non-Destructive ZooMS and the Materiality of Symbolic Expression: Examples from Iroquoian Bone Points - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Identifying Archaeological Bone via Non-Destructive ZooMS and the Materiality of Symbolic Expression: Examples from Iroquoian Bone Points

Week 6 – Archaeological bone
You need to read this absolute STUDENT FAVOURITE paper on Iroquoian bone points (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) and (OK this is not really an intro paper) but this multi-protease study highlights so many possibilities in studying bones (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...).

Molecular signatures written in bone proteins of 79 AD victims from Herculaneum and Pompeii - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Molecular signatures written in bone proteins of 79 AD victims from Herculaneum and Pompeii

Weeks 4 and 5 – Post Translational Modifications
Let me convince you that the way proteins degrade in the archaeological record is actually the most FASCINATING thing on the planet with these papers on Herculaneum and Pompei (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) and Milk! (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...)

Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates - Nature Protein sequences preserved in two Quaternary taxa, Macrauchenia and Toxodon, resolve the evolutionary history of South American native ungulates.

Week 3 – Shotgun Proteomics!
Since it’s Darwin Day take a look at the evolutionary history of his fav ungulates (dx.doi.org/10.1038/natu...) and this paper on birds (dx.doi.org/10.1093/zool...) to dip your toes into shotgun proteomics on ancient specimens

Species identification by analysis of bone collagen using matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry Species identification of fragmentary bone, such as in rendered meat and bone meal or from archaeological sites, is often difficult in the absence of clear morphological markers. Here we present a ro...

Week 2 – ZooMS!
It feels impossible to choose only two papers but I think you have to read the OG ZooMS paper (dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm....). And this study on domestication in southern Africa is a really nice example of what ZooMS can do! (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...)