Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm going to send out proper emails later in the week, but I wanted to quickly say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in IZAZ yesterday. So much incredible and thought provoking science crammed into one day! I'm very grateful to all who attended and presented! 030
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026SO EXCITED to meet everyone joining the tours of CENIEH @cenieh.bsky.social today ahead of the ESHE conference. My section of the tour is fairly hallway-centric but I'm preparing to fill it with unbridled enthusiasm for palaeoproteomics! See you soon! 040
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You guys! The IZAZ Workshop is tomorrow! Today is the last day to register and join us to chat all things ZooMS and Zooarchaeology! 075
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We have four invited speakers joining us at IZAZ next week, to share their thoughts on the theme of our workshop, Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology! They are Tiina Manne, Sharada Visweswara Channarayapatna, Anneke Janzen, and Britt Starkovich! 🦴🦬👩🏼🔬 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 0137
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It's your last chance to vote on the next ISBA Trustees! Get your ballots in now! 000
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There are two days left to submit your abstract for the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology Workshop #IZAZ3! Send us your abstracts here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 003
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Nominations close this Thursday, 30th April. If you're interested in joining the ISBA Board now is a fantastic time to nominate yourself, especially in the lead up to our next symposium! 011
Reposted by Sam BrownISBA - Intl. Soc. for Biomolecular Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/04/2026🚨 Interested in joining our board of trustees?🚨 4 trustees position will soon be vacated and we are seeking expression of interest! You can fill this form by the 30th of April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Any question? Contact us at secretary@isbarch.orgdocs.google.comISBA Trustee Expressions of InterestThis form is to record initial expressions of interest to become a trustee of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology. You must be an ISBA member to become a trustee. The deadline for ... 065
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 06/04/2026We will hold two discussion sessions in the next #IZAZ workshop. In past workshops, these discussion sessions have been pivotal in advancing community efforts. So - what do you think the theme of these discussions should be? 🤔💭 Follow this link to make a suggestion: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 044
Reposted by Sam BrownJules Berardini @julesberardini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026this study provided some of the rhino bone fragments I tested for aDNA preservation within my MSc! without ZooMS they would’ve remained unidentified! 121
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I 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... 01712
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 19/03/2026400 USD to have a paper written for you and submitted to an editor who is guaranteed to select reviewers who will only give minor reviews. The way that this makes my soul ache. So little money to erode confidence in scientific research. youtu.be/SEwiOykoXXc?...youtu.beI tried to buy a scientific paperYouTube video by Christophe 000
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Our new paper is out! If you love caves, if you love archaeology, if you love ZooMS (and let's be honest, who doesn't?!) you'll LOVE this! #palaeoproteomics #ancientproteins #archaeology #ZooMS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe influence of fragmentation on a combined ZooMS and zooarchaeological study at Geißenklösterle Cave in the Swabian Jura, Southwestern GermanyGeißenklösterle Cave, a Palaeolithic site located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany, has yielded multiple Middle Palaeolithic strata and some of… 02211
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We have started CLEANING! One room down, 12 more to go! 🧹🧽🫧 (This is going to take a while 😅) 070
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 08/12/2025We have benches, we have sinks, and now we have LAMINAR FLOW CABINETS. Almost to the finish line of the new #palaeoproteomics and #aDNA laboratory @cenieh.bsky.social 0161
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 06/12/2025The MALDI Deamidation Score is now published! Congratulations @bharathabnair.bsky.social @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy and Fei Yang! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comMALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A fast and flexible method for assessing deamidation in ZooMS data and its application to the Denisova Cave bone assemblageEstimating deamidation from ZooMS spectra has frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despi… 084
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Construction on the NEW @cenieh.bsky.social Molecular Paleobiology laboratory starts TODAY 🤩 So excited for this next chapter to begin! 🎉👩🏻🔬 090
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Looking for a new approach to quantification of #deamidation in your MALDI-TOF data? Then you need to check out our new preprint!!! Fei Yang will be speaking about it at ISBA11_Torino tomorrow in Methods 5 at 16:00! #palaeoproteomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgMALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A Fast and Flexible Method for Assessing Deamidation in ZooMS Data and Its Application to the Denisova Cave Bone AssemblageEstimating deamidation from MALDI-TOF MS spectra of bones has most frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despite this accessibility, q2e is... 093
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I had the opportunity to interview @matthewcollins.bsky.social on his recent visit to @cenieh.bsky.social. The podcast is out now! It's a fun chat about #palaeoproteomics and the ways we can study ancient #proteins at Atapuerca! Thanks Matthew for the chat! www.ivoox.com/en/paleoprot...ivoox.comPaleoproteomics in Atapuerca - Diálogos Sapiens - Sapiens Dialogues - Podcast on iVooxListen and download Diálogos Sapiens - Sapiens Dialogues episodes for free. 22nd episode of Sapiens Dialogues. This is the fourth dialogue of the fourth season. The paleoproteomics specialist Prof. Ma... 0217
Reposted by Sam BrownISBA - Intl. Soc. for Biomolecular Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Nominations are now open for the ISBA Distinguished Article Award! ISBA members are encouraged to nominate their own articles for these awards or those of others. Deadline for nominations is 29th June and the winners will be announced at ISBA11 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comDistinguished Article AwardThe Distinguished Article Award is awarded by the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology for the best research article on the topic of biomolecular archaeology. The award is made to the fi... 057
Reposted by Sam BrownISBA - Intl. Soc. for Biomolecular Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Nominations are now open for the ISBA Outstanding Publication Student Prize! ISBA members are encouraged to nominate their own articles for these awards or those of others. Deadline for nominations is 29th June and the winners will be announced at ISBA11 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOutstanding Publication Student PrizeThe Outstanding Publication Student Prize is awarded by the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology for an outstanding publication of the highest distinction by a student in a first author ... 078
Reposted by Sam BrownISBA - Intl. Soc. for Biomolecular Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Would you like to help shape the future of ISBA? We are taking expressions of interest to become a trustee of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology. Nominations are open for members at any stage of their career! The deadline is the 26th April 2025 docs.google.com/forms/d/18jx...docs.google.comISBA Trustee Expressions of InterestThis form is to record initial expressions of interest to become a trustee of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology. You must be an ISBA member to become a trustee. The deadline for ... 044
Reposted by Sam BrownPere Gelabert @peregx9.bsky.social · 24/02/2025PhD position in archaeozoology and omics at the University of Vienna! 🤠🦊🐯🦁🐱🐰🐍🦬🐂🦣🐄 The student will be based in Vienna and co-supervised in Santander! 0139
Reposted by Sam BrownNature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · 12/02/2025Interested in giving an editorial career a try? We're hiring a locum (for 9-12 months) full-time editor in the USA, Germany, or China, preferably with expertise in biogeochemistry and/or atmospheric chemistry. *Application deadline 2 March* springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comLocum Associate or Senior Editor, Nature GeoscienceJob Title: Locum Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Geoscience Locations: New York, Philadelphia, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, or Berlin (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline: March 2nd, 2025 About Spr... 11215
Reposted by Sam BrownNature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · 12/02/2025Are you a climate scientist looking to change to an editorial career? We're hiring a full-time editor in the USA or China with expertise in an area of modern climate science. *Closing date 10 March* springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssociate or Senior Editor, Nature GeoscienceJob Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Geoscience Locations: New York, Philadelphia, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline: March 10th, 2025 About Springer Nature Gro... 0711
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025To celebrate #DarwinDay I thought I’d share some of the papers from my Intro to #Palaeoproteomics course (in my previous life as a lecturer). If you’re interested in the study of ancient proteins these are some fun papers to start with! (Don’t worry, this is not just a list of my own research😊🤣) 2122
Reposted by Sam BrownCENIEH @cenieh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025#ICTSNews Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia, hemos celebrado un encuentro virtual entre 4 científicas y estudiantes de ESO Y BACH, organizado por la UCC+I del CENIEH y @ubuinvestiga.bsky.social 062
Reposted by Sam BrownMatthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 05/02/20253 year PostDoc Tuebingen (+Sam Brown) #ZooMS in Southern Africa Project. Deadline March 15th 2025uni-tuebingen.deThree-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week) 0129
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I feel like I need a computer science degree to figure out how to print in colour 🖨️😵💫 First I turned off "print in grayscale". Then I went into properties and turned on colour printing. THEN I went into advanced and did the same... It's still printing in B&W 010
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 03/02/2025My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMStinyurl.comThree-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week) 14334