Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S. Chagas disease is deadly, pervasive and more prevalent in the U.S. than you'd think. It's not just brought here by people from nations where the disease is endemic, but by bloodsucking kissing bugs na...

This is something many of us have been warning about for years now: Chagas disease is becoming endemic in the southern US.

www.latimes.com/science/stor...

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

Then, I recommend LibreWolf

If you are looking for a privacy focused browser you should check Brave.

Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

May Institute on Computation and Statistics for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics @KhouryCollege @Northeastern in Boston MA is happening in person on April 28-May 11, 2025 and is accepting applications! You will not regret attending computationalproteomics.khoury.northeastern.edu

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Ok, this is awesome… 😎 Doom as a captcha, in the browser (using wasm.)

doom-captcha.vercel.app

A New Logo for Perl perladvent.org/2024/2024-12...

Human H5N1 cases and deaths over time.

We are seeing an explosion of cases compared to 8 years with barely any cases.

⚠️ BREAKING:

Suspected H5 Bird Flu detected in Los Angeles County cats that consumed recalled raw milk, according to LA County Department of Public Health.

Symptoms included lack of appetite, fever and neurologic signs. The cats died after severe worsening of their illness.

⚠️ BREAKING:

H5 bird flu has been found at every wastewater testing site in California in the past two weeks, according to WastewaterSCAN.

The last wastewater samples were negative.

⚠️ BREAKING:

H5N1 bird flu found in second lot of raw milk sold in California, according to California Department of Public Health.

Congratulations, Ben !!!

Hi all, what is the largest #SCP dataset already published, the one with more coverage (#proteins) and number of cells? #proteomics #singlecell #help

MS Word is Using You to Train AI How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents

MS Word and Excel is Using You to Train AI: How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents to protect your work from trillion dollars corporations. the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings

medium.com/illumination...

⚠️ BREAKING:

California reports two new human cases of H5N1 bird flu, bringing the statewide total to 29.

58 cases have been reported nationwide this year.

Great opportunity 🧪 to set up your lab at a fantastic institution in downtown Toronto 🇨🇦 and be my neighbour ⬇️

My first project on @bsky.app! 🚀 We deployed an open-source API to announce datasets published by @pride-ebi.bsky.social. It posts every 2 hours, using LLMs to craft posts from dataset titles/descriptions. Check it out: github.com/PRIDE-Archiv... #LLMs #proteomics follow @pride-ebi.bsky.social

EMBL Jobs We offer a wide range of challenging scientific and non-scientific positions at all of our European locations and encourage applications from international candidates at all career levels.

We are looking for a Software developer for @pride-ebi.bsky.social. We are looking for a developer who knows #python, #java and #vuejs. It would be fantastic if the candidate has a background in bioinformatics and #proteomics www.embl.org/jobs/positio...

is there a #lipidomics community here?
For a #MassSpec bid, which would you go for?
Ideally to quantify 700+ lipids and high resolution for discovery, bonus if it can switch to imaging
#chemsky

The Open Visualization Academy is coming in 2025 My next big project is finally taking shape

New in the newsletter / Nuevo en la newsletter:

English: The Open Visualization Academy is coming in 2025
theartofinsight.substack.com/p/the-open-v...

Español: La Open Visualization Academy llegará en 2025
albertocairo.substack.com/p/la-open-vi...

#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism

It's ASMS Awards Season! Make your nomination or application today. Deadline is November 30.

Pro-Tip: Need a nominator for Biemann Medal or the new Fellows of ASMS program? Ask a friend or colleague to serve as your nominator. This is a common practice, don't be shy!

Details here: https://www.asm…

The Great Search Engine Race YouTube video by Magnus Palmblad

The Great Search Engine Race (cumulative citations in Europe PMC over time): youtu.be/7l5gAFOm6VE?...

Why is TMTpro 32-plex available only in 5mg packs?? That too at the price of 18k?? It's never a great idea to reconstitute TMT in bulk and store for subsequent uses!!

A panel from Watchmen. Doctor Manhattan appears in a kitchen on November 10 as a circulatory system as he is reconstituting himself. Art by Dave Gibbons.

Happy Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.

The mass spec. discussions are the only thing keeping me from removing Twitter from my phone. It would be great to have everyone here.

#teamMassSpec here is a starting pack in case you just moved over, or in case you've been absent for a while. This is #proteomics or #massspec related. The pack is not comprehensive but it's a start.

go.bsky.app/HH7kqEh

An illustration of the Standard Notes and Proton logos together.

Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces! We’re excited that #StandardNotes will be joining the Proton family to bring end-to-end encrypted note-taking to Proton users.

Standard Notes will remain free, #opensource, and fully supported: proton.me/blog/proton-...