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Open archive2026-07-19 09:02 UTC
UC Berkeley 2026 study reveals purine nucleotides as endogenous molecular glues tethering PPAT to NUDT5, with conformational flexibility enabling rational thiopurine design. This discovery challenges conventional MS-based interaction screens, necessitates new bioinformatics tools for dynamic PPI modeling, and signals emerging licensing strategies and competitive positioning among omics service providers.
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Open archive2026-07-21 - 2026-07-27 · 7 days
This week's research was dominated by community-driven efforts to standardize metaproteomics and microbiome studies, coupled with key findings linking microbiome dysbiosis to health outcomes. The Metaproteomics Initiative published a reporting checklist to improve reproducibility and FAIR compliance, alongside a review …
- • Metaproteomics Initiative releases standardized reporting checklist, addressing reproducibility gaps in metaproteomics studies.
- • Community benchmarking of microprotein detection finds only 3.5% peptide replication across 12 studies; immunopeptidomics yields higher confidence than conventional proteomics.
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Community benchmarking reveals low reproducibility and need for standardized protocols in mass spectrometry detection of unannotated human microproteins
2026-12-15
A community benchmarking study of 12 publications on mass spectrometry-based detection of human microproteins encoded by short open reading frames (sORFs) found high variability in reported numbers (range 6 to 4903) with …
#MS microprotein detection #Proteomics benchmarking #Reproducibility standards -
Immunosuppression linked to loss of airway microbiome stability in severe COVID-19 patients
2026-07-23
A study analyzing 604 airway samples from 243 mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients found that immunosuppression is associated with progressive loss of airway microbiome resilience. SARS-CoV-2 enrichment over time, i …
#Airway microbiome dysbiosis #COVID-19 immunosuppression #Metatranscriptomics -
Standardization and open data practices in metaproteomics: community reporting checklist
2026-07-23
A consortium of 29 authors from the Metaproteomics Initiative published a reporting checklist in Microbiome to address the lack of standardization in metaproteomics. The checklist covers experimental design, sample handl …
#metaproteomics reporting checklist #FAIR data principles #multi-omics integration -
Metaproteomics Initiative Reviews Five Years of Community-Driven Standardization and Benchmarking
2026-07-23
The Metaproteomics Initiative, launched in 2021, has grown into a structured global network advancing metaproteomics through three pillars: communication/collaboration, education/outreach, and standardization. It has org …
#Metaproteomics standardization #Community-driven benchmarking (CAMPI) #Grand Metaproteome Challenges -
Handheld breath test accurately detects fat burning by measuring acetone in a single exhalation
2026-07-23
Researchers at ETH Zurich developed a handheld breathalyser that measures acetone in breath to detect when the body is in ketosis. Tested on 12 volunteers, the device showed strong agreement with gold-standard PTR-MS. It …
#breath acetone detection #ketosis monitoring device #ETH Zurich spin-off -
Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database constructed via hybrid Nanopore and Illumina sequencing
2026-07-22
Researchers present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), comprising 5,283 prokaryotic, 808,585 viral, and 20 chromosome-level picoeukaryote genomes from seawater samples. Hybrid long-read (Nanopor …
#hybrid assembly #marine metagenomics #reef management indicators