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 · 12/02/2025Oh thank goodness, I was worried about the resin community 030
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 11 – Pottery and Residues This week is all about how ancient people did not wash their pottery very well and how grateful we should all be about that. Take a look at these studies from Çatalhöyük, Turkey (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s414...) and Baħrija, Malta (dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007...)dx.doi.orgAncient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers - Nature CommunicationsAncient diets have been reconstructed from archaeological pottery based on lipid remains, but these can lack specificity. Here, Hendy and colleagues analyze ancient proteins from ceramic vessels up to... 000
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 10 – Ancient Textiles The precious nature of textiles makes them such a unique view point into the archaeological world. Here are two papers on how ancient proteins can help us understand Pre-Columbian textiles (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...) and Viking clothing (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...)dx.doi.orgRedirecting 100
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 9 – Dental Calculus If you don’t finish this week’s readings with a powerful urge to brush your teeth, then I am not doing my job. Welcome to the wonderful world of dental calculus, from the Neolithic link.springer.com/article/10.1... to the Bronze Age www.nature.com/articles/s41...link.springer.comNew insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus - Archaeological and Anthropological SciencesThere has long been debate over the origins of dairy consumption within European populations. Whilst it was previously assumed that lactase persistence (LP) was under positive selection following the ... 100
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 8 – Enamel Enamel might be the hardest tissue in the body but it will hold a tender place in your heart… too much? Check out enamel proteins for sex estimation (dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...) And this (very advanced - sorry 😅) paper on a Rhino tooth from Dmanisi (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...)dx.doi.orgSex estimation of teeth at different developmental stages using dimorphic enamel peptide analysisMandible and developing teeth of a perinatal infant. 110
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 7 – Eggshell Welcome to the fascinating world of eggs! #Darwin would have loved this one. Look how far back in time we can recover eggshell proteins in this paper (dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) and PMF approaches to their study in this paper (dx.doi.org/10.1080/2054...)dx.doi.orgProtein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep timeA chemically unstable ostrich eggshell peptide survives for at least 3.8 million years at the equator, stabilized by strong mineral interactions. 100
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 6 – Archaeological bone You need to read this absolute STUDENT FAVOURITE paper on Iroquoian bone points (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) and (OK this is not really an intro paper) but this multi-protease study highlights so many possibilities in studying bones (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...).dx.doi.orgIdentifying Archaeological Bone via Non-Destructive ZooMS and the Materiality of Symbolic Expression: Examples from Iroquoian Bone Points - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Identifying Archaeological Bone via Non-Destructive ZooMS and the Materiality of Symbolic Expression: Examples from Iroquoian Bone Points 110
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Weeks 4 and 5 – Post Translational Modifications Let me convince you that the way proteins degrade in the archaeological record is actually the most FASCINATING thing on the planet with these papers on Herculaneum and Pompei (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) and Milk! (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...)dx.doi.orgMolecular signatures written in bone proteins of 79 AD victims from Herculaneum and Pompeii - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Molecular signatures written in bone proteins of 79 AD victims from Herculaneum and Pompeii 100
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 3 – Shotgun Proteomics! Since it’s Darwin Day take a look at the evolutionary history of his fav ungulates (dx.doi.org/10.1038/natu...) and this paper on birds (dx.doi.org/10.1093/zool...) to dip your toes into shotgun proteomics on ancient specimensdx.doi.orgAncient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates - NatureProtein sequences preserved in two Quaternary taxa, Macrauchenia and Toxodon, resolve the evolutionary history of South American native ungulates. 100
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 2 – ZooMS! It feels impossible to choose only two papers but I think you have to read the OG ZooMS paper (dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm....). And this study on domestication in southern Africa is a really nice example of what ZooMS can do! (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...)dx.doi.orgSpecies identification by analysis of bone collagen using matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation time‐of‐flight mass spectrometrySpecies identification of fragmentary bone, such as in rendered meat and bone meal or from archaeological sites, is often difficult in the absence of clear morphological markers. Here we present a ro... 100
Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Week 1 – What is #Palaeoproteomics These review papers on Palaeoproteomics and ZooMS from @JessieHendy (dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) Kristine Richter (dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) and their fabulous co-authors are a fantastic way to get your head around the field!dx.doi.orgA guide to ancient protein studies - Nature Ecology & EvolutionPalaeoproteomics is an emerging field at the intersection of evolutionary biology, archaeology and anthropology. This Perspective provides a best practice primer for researchers, reviewers and editors... 100
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