We’ve been sciencing! M abscessus makes a arabinanase toxin to chop up the cell wall of competitor mycobacteria! #glycotime 🦠 thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the funding that makes this collaborative work possible! Also Sam’s structures are 😍 and Jean-Lou did some lovely biochem

We've been we've been working on this for quite a while now (hopefully published soon). Grateful to @proftracypalmer.bsky.social for concinving me & @lislowe.bsky.social that mycobacteria produce inter-bacterial toxins. Team science, led by @sambenedict5.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The complexity of glycoproteomics data creates a bottleneck in data interpretation and communication.

We (@timveth.bsky.social, @riley-research.bsky.social) built GlycoDiveR as a step toward bridging gaps between search-engine output and biological interpretation through #glycotime visualizations.

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Conserved CD4+ T cell staphylococcal and streptococcal epitopes enable broad-acting vaccines in mice Nature Microbiology, Published online: 19 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02265-yImmunopeptidomics identify CD4⁺ T cell epitopes from the conserved bacterial Hup protein that confer protection against multiple bacterial infections in mice suggesting potential for development of broader-spectrum vaccines against staphylococci and streptococci.

Out Now! Conserved CD4+ T cell staphylococcal and streptococcal epitopes enable broad-acting vaccines in mice #MicroSky

Uncovering bacterial pseudaminylation with pan-specific antibody tools - Nature Chemical Biology Pseudaminic acids (Pse) are a family of carbohydrates found within bacterial lipopolysaccharides, capsular polysaccharides and glycoproteins. Now, monoclonal antibodies have been developed that recogn...

Monoclonal antibodies against pseudaminic acid (Pse) – present in bacterial LPS, capsular polysaccharides, and glycoproteins – have been developed that enable Pse glycoproteome profiling and show therapeutic potential #glycotime

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Really happy to see this work out!

Super fun project with a great team. For me the highlight was that we finally were able to show the O-linked glycosylation systems of H. pylori/C. jejuni are general glycosylation systems which target non-flagellin proteins (suggest >10 years ago by click chem).

Phosphoproteomics of aged insulin-resistant bone identifies P70S6K phosphorylation of AFF4 as a gene-specific transcriptional regulator - Nature Communications Insulin signaling plays a crucial role in coordinating skeletal development with whole‑body energy metabolism. Here, the authors use phosphoproteomics to show insulin-signaling rewiring in aged, insul...

Our #phosphoproteomics analysis of insulin signaling in bone uncovered a new mechanism of transcriptional activation via S6K phosphorylation of AFF4. It appears to play a role in regulating the expression of genes in ageing and insulin resistance. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Uncovering bacterial pseudaminylation with pan-specific antibody tools - Nature Chemical Biology Pseudaminic acids (Pse) are a family of carbohydrates found within bacterial lipopolysaccharides, capsular polysaccharides and glycoproteins. Now, monoclonal antibodies have been developed that recogn...

🚨 Our new paper is out today in Nature Chemical Biology:
“Pan-specific antibodies to uncover bacterial pseudaminylation”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

This is the product of a collaboration between many teams, led by @nickescott.bsky.social, @payneresearch.bsky.social and myself.

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Quantitative interactome mapping of skeletal muscle insulin resistance Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are dynamic and critical to adaptive homeostasis. While there have been massive efforts to catalogue proteome-wide PPIs, global quantification of changes remains a ...

Protein:protein interactions are incredibly dynamic so how do we quantify and discover changes in native tissues? Our new study uses qXL-MS and PCP-MS to study dynamic remodeling of interactions following skeletal muscle insulin resistance. #MyoBlue #Proteomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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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Welcome to the club, what instrument are you generating the data on (QE?) can provide guidance, drop me an email.... Looking at the raw data, upping your AGC and using stepped nce is going to be your friend here

Postdoc position open!
Digital Pathology: Therapy-response prediction using spatial biology
University of Salzburg
Deadline: October 26th, 2025

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Conventional proteomics searches struggle with many modifications and fully open searches may be difficult to interpret. We introduce a "detailed" mass offset search in #MSFragger boosting interpretability and localization especially in complex cases (e.g. FPOP data): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Alan Marshall: A scientist and a Gentleman - MagLab Meet one of the greatest innovators in the history of mass spectrometry, hard at work.

RIP Alan Marshall, one of the greatest mass spectrometrists ever, and a great human to boot.

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The late-stage steps of Burkholderia cenocepacia protein O-linked glycan biosynthesis are conditionally essential Periplasmic O-linked protein glycosylation is a highly conserved process observed across the Burkholderia genus. Within Burkholderia, protein glycosylation requires the five-gene cluster known as the ...

Really nice to see this work finally out in print. This has been a long term project (> 3 years) in the lab to understand why we couldn't make a few mutants in the burkholderia o-linked glycan biosynthesis pathway. Special shout out to Leila who drove most of this work! www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Wait is that supposed to be a cid spectra (no charge reduction so doesn't look like a ExD)... I'm seeing z ions annotated...

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ANSMS 2025 Medal Recipients. Morrison Medal, Prof Nicki Packer from Macquarie University. Bowie Medal, A/Prof Shane Ellis from University of Wollongong.

🎉Announcing our ANZSMS 2025 Medalists 🎉

Congratulations to Prof Nicki Packer from Macquarie University and A/Prof Shane Ellis from University of Wollongong!

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Popularity of current DIA data analysis tools (vendor-independent, based on citations of initial publication) Updated for 2024:

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Regardless of current events, highlighting trainees as they continue to excel is a joy.

We just added @emmajays.bsky.social's recent J_@asms.org publication about chemical deamidation from common proteomics buffer to our website, too.

Congrats Emmajay! #TeamMassSpec

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Really cool stuff, this looks super specific to cys. Looking at the ms2 data do labelled peptides show any unique diagnostic ions?

Ha! Not my only bright jersey on this trip

For those interested in the distance cycled, not bad considering there was two days of travel in there

I rarely post personal things on here but it's my birthday and as it's the big 4-0 I've spent the week cycling in south east Asia which has been awesome.. 100% recommend cycling around Siem Reap in Cambodia

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Understanding the Glycosylation Pathways Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Sulfated Glycan Ligands for Siglecs Carbohydrate sulfation plays a pivotal role in modulating the strength of Siglec–glycan interactions. Recently, new aspects of Siglec binding to sulfated cell surface carbohydrates have been discovere...

Our latest work on Siglec binding to sulfated glycans. Great help: @khookh.bsky.social, @pengwu.bsky.social ,@raflynn5.bsky.social. Fom 1st PhD graduate of the lab (Jaesoo Jung) and help from Edward, Zeinab, Jhon, Kelli, @tayloregray.bsky.social, and Chris from my lab.
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