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@garcialabms.bsky.social

Professor and Head of @WUSM_BMB. Studying protein PTMs in chromatin biology. #TeamMassSpec cheerleader. Working towards changing academia. Views my own ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ

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Benjamin Garcia, winner of the 2024 ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Award for Maximizing Access in Science, delivers a talk at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting while standing in front of a backdrop that reads "Make It Possible."

Benjamin Garcia, winner of the 2024 ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Award for Maximizing Access in Science, delivers a talk at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting while standing in front of a backdrop that reads "Make It Possible."

Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB), ASBMBโ€™s new gold open access journal will provide a welcoming home for the full spectrum of molecular life science discovery.

Congratulations to inaugural Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-...

25.11.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Colorful 3D molecular structures representing complex biochemical interactions on a dark background for the cover of ASBMBโ€™s forthcoming journal, Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB).

Colorful 3D molecular structures representing complex biochemical interactions on a dark background for the cover of ASBMBโ€™s forthcoming journal, Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB).

A new publishing home is here! Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB) is ASBMBโ€™s new gold open access journal for all molecular lifeโ€‘science discoveries.

Fast, fair, author-friendly submissions led by editor-in-chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
ow.ly/riuf50XveiS

21.11.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards Visit the post for more.

The Field and Franklin Award for Mass Spectrometry is back! Since 1985, this award has recognize outstanding achievement in the development or application of #massspec #teammassspec. Please submit nominations by November 14! Nomination details: acsanalytical.org/awards-resou...

01.11.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chromatin profiling identifies putative dual roles for H3K27me3 in regulating cell type-specific genes and transposable elements in choanoflagellates Nature Communications - Here, the authors investigate chromatin-based gene regulation in the closest relative of animal, choanoflagellates. They uncover a putative dual role for the histone...

Very happy to see our paper published online natcomms.nature.com. Thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding this work during my time with @robklose.bsky.social and David Booth! Thanks also to collaborators @garcialabms.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and the other authors!

29.10.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Lab picture of Holehouse lab members past and present

Lab picture of Holehouse lab members past and present

Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.

29.09.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 185    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Ben Garcia stands in front of a bookcase lined with past printed issues of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, which have green covers and gold lettering. He is holding one of the journals open to his 2007 article "Organismal Differences in Post-translational Modifications in Histones H3 and H4."

Ben Garcia stands in front of a bookcase lined with past printed issues of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, which have green covers and gold lettering. He is holding one of the journals open to his 2007 article "Organismal Differences in Post-translational Modifications in Histones H3 and H4."

Full circle moment!

While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec

27.09.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Peer review wouldnโ€™t be the same without #asbmbJBC's Gaetano Santulli, Susan Bellis, Birte Svensson, #asbmbJLR's Bill Griffiths, John Parks, Robert โ€œNateโ€ Helsley, #asbmbMCP's @garcialabms.bsky.social & so many others!

Thank you for lending your time, expertise & passion to ASBMB journals. #PRW2025

23.09.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Top reviewers at ASBMB journals Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.

#TuesdayInspiration | ICYMI, last week was Peer Review Week (@peerreviewweek.bsky.social)!

Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX

23.09.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The best lab group ever!

29.08.2025 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great work and talk Thelma!

20.08.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inspirational talk by Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social at the @acs.org American Chemical Society National Meeting today. Thanks to @acsbiol.bsky.social ACS Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Division for sponsoring this session.

19.08.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breaking Down Barriers for Hispanic/Latinx Scientists: Dr. Benjamin Garcia

In this episode of โ€œFrom Where Does it STEMโ€, @jpflores.rbind.io and I interview @garcialabms.bsky.social, a Department Head at WashU School of Medicine.

Dr. Garcia discusses his journey from community college to becoming a world leader in mass spectrometry: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ncx...

15.07.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US senators poised to reject Trumpโ€™s proposed massive science cuts Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.

US senators poised to reject Trumpโ€™s proposed massive science cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

11.07.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!

15.05.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The undergraduate poster session at #ASMS2025 is the place to be tonight.

02.06.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿป RSVP NOW!! ๐Ÿ“ข

The Hispanic & LatinX in MS group, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher, invites you to our Happy Hour at Pratt Street Ale House โ€” just 1 minute from the Baltimore Convention Center!

Everyone is welcome!
RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ASMS2025

28.05.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

received an NSF Special Creativity Award extension, but this is what we will have to do. 2/2

21.05.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Although there has been many positive things happening lately for myself and my lab group, this week we've gotten the bad news of a grant termination, as the lead PI is at Harvard (and they've had all their federal funding terminated). It will be tough to stop the work that only last year 1/2

21.05.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!

15.05.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœˆ๏ธ ASMS 2025 Early Career Researcher Travel Awards โœˆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“ข Call for Applications ๐Ÿ“ข
Donโ€™t miss this opportunity!
Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* ๐Ÿ“ง
hispanicsandlatinxinms.org/asms-2025-ea...

#ASMS2025 #MSCommunity

09.05.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s my daughter! ๐Ÿคฉ

07.05.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

represent the United States as a scientific ambassador. I'm so thankful for this opportunity and look forward to my time in Sรฃo Paulo. Looking forward to making as many connections with scientists in Brazil as I can!

02.05.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy to share that I have been named a Fulbright Scholar. I will spend short periods in Brazil over the next two summers to begin new research collaborations and teach a short course. Its always been a dream of mine to one day be a part of this historic program to further global exchanges and 1/2

02.05.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Start Page: /home/software/Skyline/events/2025 UW Course

Pleased to announce the summer's Skyline Targeted Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Course - the week of July 7-11, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Details and registration information can be found here: skyline.ms/project/home...
#massspecsky #proteomicssky #proteomics #skyline

28.04.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Manuscript Competition EXTENDED Deadline โ€“ May 4, 2025 โฐ

Present at HUPO 2025, compete for cash prizes & global recognition!

โœ… Share your 2024/2025 research
โœ… Dedicated plenary session
โœ… โ€œProteomics Highlight of the Yearโ€

๐Ÿ”— Details: 2025.hupo.org/early-career-researchers/

#HUPO2025

28.04.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah never touched it.

28.04.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A bat flew into our house yesterday and it went exactly howโ€™d you expect that would go in a comedy movie. I wish I would have taken a picture or video of it, but I was too busy breaking everything in the house with a pool net and oven mits on to take a pic.

28.04.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spoke with a vendor this week. Higher prices coming real soon, theyโ€™ve held the line as much as they could. Import fees will be added as well.

26.04.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh they died already. Water builds up into huge puddles there when it rains. Need to remove them.

26.04.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just opened our pool. First swimmer of the season arrived.

25.04.2025 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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