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Archaeological Proteomics Lab

@archaeoprotein.bsky.social
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Lab at University of Reading using #archsci #Palaeoproteomics #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology 🦌🦏🦴🐂 to study past human behaviour; home to project COEXIST. PI Karen Ruebens.

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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚨Job alert🚨We are hiring a Laboratory Technician (24 months) to support our research in Archaeological Proteomics (ZooMS) at the University of Reading (UK), including our COEXIST project. More info here: tinyurl.com/bdfvawh8 #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS
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Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I am SO EXCITED to announce that CENIEH in Burgos, Spain will be hosting the third installment of the IZAZ (Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology) Workshop on the 15th – 16th September 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Join the mailing list to stay up-to-date: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our workshop abstract booklet is live! 📘 Check out the upcoming talks and don’t miss your chance to join us online — registration closes this Wednesday, March 4. All info: research.reading.ac.uk/coexist/work...
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Workshop - COEXIST
We are organising an online workshop on Tuesday March 10th 2026 on Maximising data from Palaeolithic bone: methods, integration and application. Bone from Palaeolithic excavations is often very fragme...
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Register now for our free online workshop on 10th March,
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Still time to submit an abstract for our free online workshop as part of COEXIST🧪🦣🏺
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨 We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We are approaching conference season! We are currently preparing 9 presentations for 4 conferences, and look forward to sharing some of our first COEXIST project results, and more! #archsci #Palaeoproteomics #ZooMS #Zooarchaeology 🧪🦣
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺
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Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
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Kate Britton @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Spotting her first MALDI plate! Thanks to @archaeoprotein.bsky.social for offering this wonderful training opportunity to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social and helping us further develop our ZooMS capacity in Aberdeen @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social - and for running our first PALaEoScot samples with us!
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Palaeoanthropology CDF @palaeocdf.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
This interactive 1.5 hour webinar allows students and researchers from around the world to ask questions from our panel of #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology experts: @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Camilla Speller, @abigaildesmond.bsky.social, Emmanuel Discamps, @mcodlin.bsky.social and Naihui Wang.
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Palaeoanthropology CDF @palaeocdf.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are hosting a free online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event as part of the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology workshop series. For more info and to submit questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📅 Date: June 30, 2025 🕒 Time: 15:00 CET 📍 Location: Online (link: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...)
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Takumi Tsutaya @tsutatsuta.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Our paper on the #palaeoproteomic identification of a male Denisovan mandible from Taiwan is out in @science.org ! doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan
Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...
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ICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The next ICAZ-AGPM meeting (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics) will take place 14-17 October 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark 🐘🐐🦈🦜 Abstract are due 25 April! More info: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...
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ICAZ AGPM 2025
Exploring the Past, Informing the Future: Two Decades of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeozoology
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
🧵 Thread: Comparing mass analyzers for ZooMS on poorly preserved collagen 1/5 Raymond et al. @palaeocdf.bsky.social @archaeoprotein.bsky.social test MALDI-TOF vs MALDI-FTICR for ZooMS analysis on Palaeolithic bone fragments (37-34 ka BP). Paper: doi.org/10.1002/rcm.... #ZooMS
Simplified workflow for the collagen extraction procedures and mass spectrometry techniques (MALDI-TOF and MALDI-FTICR) applied to a sample of indeterminate bone fragments from Le Piage, France. This figure illustrates the three collagen extraction protocols (AmBic, TFA and HCl) and the two mass spectrometry approaches (MALDI-TOF and MALDI-FTICR) used in the analysis. The lower left and right panels show Peptide Mass Fingerprinting (PMF) of peptide P1 (ɑ1 508, m/z 1105) for a single sample (PI-134-ICR) analysed with both mass spectrometers. The isotopic distributions are markedly different in these panels due to the separation by MALDI-FTICR of the two components of the first isotope. The spectrum shows a 13C and deamidated peptide peaks separated by 0.019 m/z.
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS starter pack has been updated to include, amongst others @archaeoprotein.bsky.social and @drsambrown.bsky.social
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The @eaapam.bsky.social deadline has been extended until 10th February. Still time to submit to our session on #Zooarchaeology #ZooMS and subsistence in central and SE Europe. 🦣🧪🏺
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/01/2025
New findings pin down when the Zlatý kůň woman lived to about 45,000 years ago and shed light on the remarkably mobile lifestyle of the earliest groups of modern humans to enter Europe. scim.ag/3C0ZVbp
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Mystery woman’s DNA reveals close family ties between Europe’s earliest people
Pair of studies shines light on how modern humans and Neanderthals settled the continent together
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
4/5 Key challenge: We need "mediators" - scholars who understand both molecular science AND humanities. Current education systems need updating to bridge this gap. The future demands experts who can speak both languages! 🔬📚
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
A fascinating study with direct N isotope data from Australopith fossils from Sterkfonteinat 3.5mya. Amazing results with great figures and visuals: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Great 🧪🦣🏺
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Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat
Incorporation of animal-based foods into early hominin diets has been hypothesized to be a major catalyst of many important evolutionary events, including brain expansion. However, direct evidence of ...
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
For those of you troubled by the JHE resignations, PaleoAnthropology provides a free #openaccess alternative, one of the reasons we published our #ZooMS Special Issue there.
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Science reporting on the mass resignation of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution, highlighting some of the problems with commercial scientific publishing. OA PaleoAnthropology journal (www.paleoanthropology.org) highlighted among JHE's successors #openaccess #humanevolution
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Journal editors’ mass resignation marks ‘sad day for paleoanthropology’
Exodus from the Journal of Human Evolution leaves a flagship journal in crisis
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Follow us here to stay up to date with the latest news from our new Archaeological Proteomics Lab at the University of Reading. We will keep you updated with news from our various projects and our current publications #palaeoproteomics #zooarchaeology #ZooMS 🦣🧪🏺
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