Under Review with Dr Elisabeth Bik - Research fraud detection, papermills and that rat Spotify video

In this episode of the Under Review podcast, I talk to @andytattersall.bsky.social about research fraud detection, papermills, and that rat.

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Save the Date: Our 21st YPIC Webinar!

📅 March 11th
⏰ 4:00 PM CEST

This is a great webinar for anyone navigating AI in their scientific work.

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This year's webinar series is kindly sponsored by the @Biognosys Group.

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👉 Submit your abstract & register here: proteomic-forum.com

The Proteomic Forum is 2026 a place to present your research, get feedback, and connect with peers in an open and supportive environment.
📝 Abstract deadline: 30 June 2026
🎟 Registration is now open
Join us in Würzburg for great science, inspiring discussions, and a strong international community.

💡 New method, new dataset, new idea? Bring it to Würzburg – abstract submission for #EuPA2026 is now open!
Whether you’re working on your PhD, a postdoc project, or leading a research group – we invite you to share your work, ideas, and experiences with the proteomics community.

We are pleased to introduce the three finalists of the Student Proteomics Fund:

Gina Piontek (linkedin.com/in/gina-piontek) & Ann-Cathrin Groba (linkedin.com/in/ann-cathrin-groba-801110333) from the ISAS in Dortmund, 1/3

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📢 Registration is now open for the Annual Proteomics Gathering, taking place on 16th April in Madrid.

We look forward to welcoming you in Madrid!
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Application form for the 2026 EuPA Vision and Commitment Award (VACA) With the EuPA Vision and Commitment Award (VACA), the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) aims to honour an early career researcher (ECR), recognised for their networking of young European scientis...

And finally, the EuPA Vision and Commitment Award – honours an ECR for their networking activities for scientists in Proteomics. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Application form for the 2026 EuPA Science Outreach Award (SOA) With the EuPA Science Outreach Award, the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) intends to support an individual or a group of individuals in undertaking an outreach activity. The award is intended t...

The EuPA Science Outreach Award – A very special award to acknowledges an organization or individual for science outreach activities and will be rewarded with 1,000 €: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Application form for the 2026 EuPA Breakthrough in Technology and Proteomics Award With the EuPA Breakthrough in Technology and Proteomics Award, the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) aims to reward a discovery that has transformed the frontier of knowledge in proteomics and ha...

The EuPA Breakthrough in Technology and Proteomics rewards a discovery that has transformed the field of proteomics through science, technology, or society. Free to everyone also for companies! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Application form for the 2026 EuPA Bioinformatics for Mass Spectrometry Award (BMSA) With the Bioinformatics for Mass Spectrometry Award (BMSA), EuPA intends to honor a researcher, recognized for his/her outstanding contribution to Bioinformatics developments for mass spectrometry. T...

The EuPA Bioinformatics for Mass Spectrometry will be awarded to honour a researcher for outstanding contribution to bioinformatics developments. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Application form for the 2026 EuPA Best Doctoral Thesis Award With the EuPA Best Doctoral Thesis Award, the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) intends to honor a young PhD who presented an outstanding thesis in any field of proteomics in 2025. Application i...

The Best Doctoral Thesis Award honours a young PhD who presented an outstanding thesis in proteomics. This year with a video applciation which is shown on the ECR day and the best three applications with a free registration for the EuPA conference! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline for the EuPA Awards is extended until the 1st of March! Apply now and share your research with the Proteomics Community. Here you can find more information: eupa.org/eupa-awards-...

In 2026 the established Brixen Proteomics Summer School FEBS Advanced Lecture Course

I am very pleased to announce that we have finalised the program for the @eupaproteomics.bsky.social Brixen Proteomics Summer School 2026 now also a @febsj.bsky.social advance lecture course.

www.brixenproteomics.org

This exciting manuscript tour is nearly to an end. Today we are highlighting a cardiomyocyte study by Blandine Chazarin and Jennifer E. Van Eyk www.ahajournals.org/.... This innovative single-cell proteomics study reveals deep proteome heterogeneity and offers new insights into cardiac biology.

Excited to explore cancer across dozens of tumor types? Dive into this comprehensive pan-cancer proteome atlas by Mengge Lyu and Connie R. Jimenez that uses mass spectrometry to map protein landscapes and uncover new biology, biomarkers and therapeutic avenues: www.cell.com/cancer-...

Frontiers | Extracellular vesicles secreted by 3D tumor organoids are enriched for immune regulatory signaling biomolecules compared to conventional 2D glioblastoma cell systems Background: Newer 3D culturing approaches are a promising way to better mimic the in vivo tumor microenvironment and to study the interactions between the he...

Interested in tumor microenvironment dynamics? Check out this compelling study by Martina Schuster and Marlene Reithmair showing how 3D glioblastoma organoids secrete extracellular vesicles with distinct immune signaling cargo compared to traditional 2D cultures:

Privacy-preserving multicenter differential protein abundance analysis with FedProt Nature Computational Science - In this Resource, the authors present FedProt, a tool that enables privacy-preserving, federated differential protein abundance analysis across multiple institutions....

Yuliya Burankova and Olga Zolotareva are demonstrating in their exciting paper how to perform a mulicenter MS proteomics analysis on clinical samples. Today on Countdown day 10, you should really check it out:

Astrogliosis and neuroinflammation underlie scoliosis upon cilia dysfunction Brain ventricular astrogliosis and neuroinflammation precede scoliosis onset in the zebrafish rpgrip1l ciliary mutant and anti-inflammatory treatment drastically reduces scoliosis while correcting urotensin related peptide level is ineffective.

Countdown day 9. Today, we highlight the manuscript from Morgane Djebar & Christine Vesque from a fascinating zebra fish study that links ciliary defects to neuroinflammation and astrogliosis as drivers of scoliosis. If you are interested in cilia then check it out: elifesciences.org/ar...!

Struggling with robustness and throughput in single-cell proteomics? Check out this thorough workflow optimization study from Pauline Perdu-Alloy and Christine Carapito that pushes label-free SCP toward reproducible, high-depth, high-throughput analysis:

Countdown day 7 is here to get your R skills rolling with an updated workflow from Charlotte Hutchings and Lisa M. Breckels. If you are looking to analyse protein subcellalur locations and still need a way to analyse the data, please check it out:

High-throughput peptide-centric local stability assay extends protein–ligand identification to membrane proteins, tissues and bacteria Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Li et al. further develop a high-throughput peptide-centric local stability assay that speeds up sample preparation 100-fold and extends...

Want to explore protein–ligand interactions at unprecedented scale and speed? Check out this exciting high-throughput adaptation from Keija Li and Mira Lea Burtscher that dramatically broadens detection across tissues, bacteria and even tricky membrane proteins:

Hesitant to do proteomics on bacteria? Check out this fantastic publication from Miram Abele and Christina Ludwig highlighting the possibilities and benefits as well as supplying resources to help along the way: www.mcponline.org/ar...

Day 4 is to celebrate Xiaofang Zhong and Ruth Hüttenhain and their amazing manuscript, where you can learn how to map spatial proteomes with better consistency. Check out this streamlined proximity proteomics pipeline that boosts throughput and reproducibility: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....

Extracellular proximal interaction profiling by cell surface-targeted TurboID reveals LDLR as a partner of liganded EGFR - PubMed Plasma membrane proteins play pivotal roles in receiving and transducing signals from other cells and from the environment and are vital for cellular functionality. Enzyme-based, proximity-dependent approaches, such as biotin identification (BioID), combined with mass spectrometry have begun to illu …

Wondering how cell surface proteins dynamically interact in response to signals? Check out this exciting study from Rasha Al Mismar and Anne-Claude Gingras that unveils new extracellular receptor partnerships and expands the toolkit for membrane interactomes: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39499777/

Cardinal v.3: a versatile open-source software for mass spectrometry imaging analysis - PubMed Cardinal v.3 is an open-source software for reproducible analysis of mass spectrometry imaging experiments. A major update from its previous versions, Cardinal v.3 supports most mass spectrometry imaging workflows. Its analytical capabilities include advanced data processing such as mass recalibrati …

On Day 2 we highlight the manuscript from Kylie A. Bemis and Olga Vitek. If you are excited about exploring MS imaging data, then check out this powerful open-source release that supercharges analysis workflows and brings advanced stats and processing tools to life: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37996752/

Proteome-wide structural changes measured with limited proteolysis-mass spectrometry: an advanced protocol for high-throughput applications - PubMed Proteins regulate biological processes by changing their structure or abundance to accomplish a specific function. In response to a perturbation, protein structure may be altered by various molecular events, such as post-translational modifications, protein-protein interactions, aggregation, alloste …

How do protein structures shift across thousands of molecules at once? Dive into this powerful protocol that opens the door to proteome-wide structural insights using limited proteolysis-mass spectrometry.
Check it out with Liliana Malinovska & Paola Picotti: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36526727/

In two weeks, we celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. This year, we’re marking the occasion by highlighting 14 outstanding manuscripts with inspiring women as first and last authors — each with a short teaser to spark your curiosity. Explore, discover, and celebrate with us ✨

📢 3rd YPIC Annual Proteomics Gathering – Preliminary Program Out Now!

We’re excited to share the preliminary program for the 3rd YPIC Annual Proteomics Gathering, taking place on 16 April 2026 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 🇪🇸

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🧪 Online (Zoom)
📅 23 April 2026
⏰ 14:00–16:00 CEST

✅ Free registration is mandatory!

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