Mass spectrometrist. Passionate about clinical proteomics. Leading a great team of professionals, Views are my own. ๐ฎ๐ฑ I live between the river and the sea
Palestinian kid explaining how Hamas is preventing by force (hitting them and shooting) families from getting the humanitarian aid. So this aid is fueling the war?
When a third of the lab was enlisted to the military (guarding our borders from evil) and the rest are at home watching over the kids, I open my lab notebook (last entry was 11 years ago ๐ฏ), pick up the pippets and get to work ๐ช
@AbuAliEnglishB1
Also when you look at Jewish buildings in Europe you see armed guards. What does it mean?
We are forced to carry arms because of Palestinian terrorism.
Conversation with my mom:
Me: Mom, youโll never guess what we discovered today..
Mom: ?
Me: we can separate glycopeptide isomers!
Mom: just by retention time?! Without Ion Mobility??
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(Mom is an Analytical Chemist)
Our paper is out!
#RawBeans
is a QC tool for inspecting raw mass spec data quickly and easily. We made an effort to make it easy to run and visually appealing. Give it try
Our glycopeptide enrichment method is now public ().
Glycosylation is among the most fascinating post translational modification but also the most challenging to analyse. We were not please with current glycopeptide enrichment methods.
I am blown away by DIA-NN. Looking in Skyline at the data to visually inspect it (cause the numbers are too good to be true) and it is very convincing.
A question to all you software developers in
#TeamMassSpec
. When you perform spectra recalibration, do you take into account that the mass error distribution looks like this?
I feel so privileged to be able to provide my 7 yrld a โmolecular seat beltโ against COVID19. Thank you to the amazing Israeli healthcare system and to the scientists who made this happened.
MS1 chromatogram of 250pg HeLa injected from a 384well plate on a
#Bruker
nanoElute2 and timsTOF Ultra in DIA-PASEF resulting in 2,740 proteins (15,400 peptides), processed with Spectronaut 18.1 with precursor PEP cutoff of 0.001. I think we're ready for scProteomics.
1/3 Our paper is out! (probably) The largest mass spec based glycoproteomic profiling ever done. 366 human brains were analyzed, quantified >11,000 glycopeptiforms..
#glycotime
#teammassspec
Our manuscript is out! We compared FFPE vs fresh frozen tumor tissue and used the G-PTMD module in MetaMorpheus
@Smith_Chem_Wisc
to find interesting differences between the storage methods:
Our first Q Exactive. You served us well for 11 years. Still delivering very high mass accuracy and decent sensitivity.
But we need to make room for newer, shinier (much more expensive) toys.
So long budy. I hope you enjoy measuring metabolitesโฆ
#teammassspec
Proteomics folks out there, I have a question about correction for multiple hypothesis testing (FDR). We find a lot of experiments when Q vales are very high with p values very low. We validate the results and find they are indeed significant. What would you do in such cases?
Running a set of 96 samples. Instead of opening them one by one in Xcalibur to check raw data quality, I ran our RawBeans QC tool and easily spotted a problematic sample during the run.
Tip of the day for
#TeamMassSpec
: if youโre setting up a PRM method, take the time to optimize the NCE values for each peptide. You can get a significant boost in sensitivity (particularly if you try lower values)
Impressions from running a 'Sandbox': a system dedicated for indepdendant use by students and postdocs. 1. in our case, it is meant for people who can bring true ready to run samples and know now to process the data.
Our โsuper sophisticatedโ nanospray setup: 1. The LC column; 2. Alligator clip connected to a conductive true zero dead volume tee (Waters p/n 700002843, fittings 700002842); 3. Pre-cut uncoated emitter. Emitters last for about a month.
Yesterday the students didnโt know what an annotated ms2 spectrum looks like. Today they do ๐ and realize why we need to search against the right db ๐
PhD position available. Do you like proteins? Do you like sugar? The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center (JSNC) (Israel) is recruiting an outstanding Ph.D. student to investigate the role of the glycoproteome (using mass spec) on brain function (using MRI and PET-CT)
I've been using/servicing mass specs for over 20 years now (yikes ๐ฌ). Once in a long while you get to use one that is truly transformative. The
#bruker
timsTOF Ultra is one like that. The sensitivity is just phenomenal.
(no stock or business relations to Bruker)
Anyone interested in playing the numbers game?
0.5ng HeLa on column, DDA:
Exploris+FAIMS (trap+analytical): 406 proteins, 1155 peptides
TIMS-ToF Pro (analytical only): 512 proteins, 1799 peptides
Processed with MSFragger
Over half of the peptides in the
#immunopeptidome
are still unidentified!
Check out our new paper in
@NatureBiotech
where we develop PROMISE to identify modified HLA peptides and illuminate๐ฆ MS dark matter, revealing new classes of cancer antigens.
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#gretasupportsISIS
Greta, if a deadly cruel terror organization would have invaded your home, kill your parents, kidnap your sister and burn your house at a massive scale, youโd expect your government to eliminate that threat.
Thatโs whatโs happening in Gaza.
@GretaThunberg
Greta why are you lying?
Why did the Hamas start a war? why rape girls and women? why massacre, slaughter and loot and then cry that they're losing?
Are you a political activist or a climate activist?
#gretasupportsISIS
We are looking to purchase the TIMS-ToF SCP and already have the Pro. Does anyone have a 1:1 comparison of the two instruments that is willing to share? Our local rep is unable to provide this (which is very strange to me)
@BrukerMassSpec
One of those amazing moments when the proteomics data shows something completely new about a very important protein. The kind that gives you โgoose bumpsโ
Years ago: first installation of a QE: what? Youโre relying on fully automated optimization and calibration ๐ฑ?
Today: first installation of the TIMS ToF: the optimization and calibration is not automated ๐ฑ?
Yes I know, proteomics is not just about IDs and bla, bla, bla. Still, its an important factor. Is anyone else getting less IDs with FAIMS compared to without it? This is what I got from the Pierce HeLa sample. Any thoughts appreciated.
The setup is so easy. It tells you exactly which consumables you need and how many for a given protocol. Tells you which blocks you need and how many. It has sensors and a camera so it checks you set it up properly. Absolutely human/idiot proof!
The
@YMerbl
and us are recruiting a post-doc to develop cutting-edge proteomic approaches including mapping the degradation landscape and single cell proteomics. If youโre interested, let me know which poster/presentation I should check out.
#ASMS2022
#TeamMassSoec
Lumos: has an IRM problem. Exploris: vacuum pump just died. HFX: recovering from a vacuum problem. TTP: clogged column and collision cell needs replacement.
#TeamMassSpec
, can I switch to
#TeamGenomics
?
Proteomics people, I need help troubleshooting a set of single cell runs. This is a SCOPEMS experiment, FACS sorting into 384 plate, digestion in the plate, TMT10, carrier of 100cells, controls and 6 single cells per TMT batch. I ran them on the Exploris 480+FAIMS (-45,-65)
After seeing how the Biden admin. treats Saudi Arabia regarding assassination of Jamal Khashqji, its worth asking how Biden will treat the case ofIranian journalist executed by Iran on 12.12.20 in both cases the regimes kidnapped journalists and executed them.
double standards?
A question for TIMS-ToF users on
#TeamMassSpec
, do you run the 'wellness' test with GluFib+tune mix? Is this test really sensitive enough to show a drop in MS sensitivity?