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Matt Padula

@mattpadula.bsky.social
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Semi-accurate impersonation of an Professor at Uni of Technology Sydney. Does proteomics, fixes mass specs, does 2D-PAGE. Rides mountain bikes when he should be working. Brutal Metal listener. Dealing with ongoing cancer. EiC of Proteomes.

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 6h
Delivered. First installation in the world I believe.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In spite of the delays that my ongoing treatment has caused, I have managed to do enough impactful work for the university to promote me to Professor. Couldn't have happened without the students and collaborators I have had over the last four years. I am in your debt.
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Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry @anzsms.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
SAVE THE DATE❗The ANZSMS31 conference is coming in July 2027👍 Stay connected and follow us for further updates on venue, registration, abstract submission, and program details.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Aus v Tur: that's as good a half of football as one could hope for.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Busy weekend. Football WC matches. WC MTB DH racing last night. Le Mans 24 hour currently. NASCAR this evening. And F1 (but who cares).
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
And to keep the cup in here.... The result in Canada vs Bosnia was probably what was deserved. Entertaining football.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes
Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Getting increasingly pissed off at funding agencies, both government and philanthropy, NOT providing feedback on why applications are not successful. This should be mandatory for transparency and improvement. And it gives the impression that something is being hidden....🤔
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Magnus Palmblad @magnuspalmblad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Companies selling faulty products by accident recall them and reimburse the customers. Some cost, some (temporary) loss in prestige perhaps. No one goes to jail. This is not the case here. This is more akin to the Theranos or VW emission scandals. And people did go to jail for these.
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Chris Ashwood @cashwood.proteaglyco.com · 21/05/2026
The Australian Academy of Science announced their 2026 fellows today, including Nicki Packer. "She is a pioneer in enabling, promoting and transforming glycoscience from an unrecognised niche research area into a high-impact international specialty field..." #glycotime science.org.au/about-us/aca...
science.org.au
Nicki Packer | Australian Academy of Science
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Proteomes MDPI @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Proteomes has announced the Top 20 Viewed Papers in 2025. You are welcome to take a look! 🧬🖥️🧪🥼🔬 www.mdpi.com/about/announ... #proteomes #proteomics #proteoforms
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/13/1/12
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Brett Phinney @ucdproteomics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It's that time of year again for are Annual proteomics chart course! Going on almost 20 years! Honestly it's a good class for those wanting to add proteomics to your research. And Proteomics really is the best Omics if I don't say so myself #proteomics #massspec #proteome #massspectrometry
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Chris Ashwood @cashwood.proteaglyco.com · 12/05/2026
I'm presenting at the 2026 Skyline User Group Meeting how RE-CID on a Stellar enables: - real-time N-glycan charge assignment - 10–100× signal gains over HCD - isomer-specific PRM quantitation across 5 orders of magnitude All exclusively on a nominal mass instrument with Skyline #glycotime
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Piece of advice to students asking for my support for scholarship applications: asking FOUR days before the deadline will result in me declining to support you. 🤔
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
theconversation.com/project-hail...
theconversation.com
‘Project Hail Mary’ demonstrates how intellectual humility can be a guiding force for scientists and astronauts
Curiosity and an openness to new ideas help Ryland Grace, the movie’s protagonist, navigate new discoveries about life in the universe.
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Proteomes MDPI @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We are pleased to share this article published in Proteomes: Proteomics—The State of the Field: The Definition and Analysis of Proteomes Should Be Based in Reality, Not Convenience 🧬🖥️🧪🔬🥼 www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/12... #proteomes #proteomics #proteoform
mdpi.com
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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Single-molecule peptide sequencing through reverse translation of peptides into DNA www.nature.com/artic... --- #proteomics #prot-paper
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
theconversation.com/failing-to-s...
theconversation.com
Failing to succeed: Why post-secondary students need more room to mess up
Failure in higher education can be a powerful teacher, but only when students have the support, time and agency to process it.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Today's top of my rolling list of people's stupidity are journal's that keep sending emails with the following as the title: Request for Permission to extend publication proposal You are asking permission to send something you have already sent, the actual email that this is the title. Morons.
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Nicole J. Rijs @njrijs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Happy Friday! 🌞 We're recruiting a PhD candidate here in Sydney! Link with detail below. If this sounds like it might be a fit for someone in your network, please reshare. Interested applicants are welcome to reach out to me with questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
findaphd.com
PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry at UNSW Sydney on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry at UNSW Sydney, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Recommendations for a primer, article or book to explain everything about gas chromatography and GC-MS.
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Human Protein Atlas @proteinatlas.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
In a report published in the Journal of Proteome Research last years advances and efforts within the HUPO coordinated Human Proteome Project (HPP) to define the human proteome and make proteomics an integral part of functional multiomics are presented. www.proteinatlas.org/news/2026-02...
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
theconversation.com/the-greatest...
theconversation.com
The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself
Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission.
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ProteomicsNews (Ben Orsburn) @proteomicsnews.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Okay, it's super messed up that malaria epigenetics is the same time as my US HUPO talk. What did I do to the organizers? I made the mascot, for crying out loud. I would totally skip my talk to see malaria epigenetics, but my dumb ass has to be on stage. Wait. OMG, ROFLMAO
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Wandering through the paddock post race while mechanics were packing up. A nice German Mercedes mechanic gave us a present (which Venesa is holding. She is not the present. I then had to carry this ~5km back up mountain to camp site.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
My daughter does costume design and production. Here's the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/share/1arsMG.... And here's YouTube: youtube.com/@lindenfoxde.... Please like and follow.
facebook.com
Redirecting...
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Today I worship and pray at my cathedral. #Bathurst12hour
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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A Parallel Accumulation-Mobility Aligned Fragmentation Strategy Utilizing High-Resolution Ion Mobility for High Performance Proteomics Analysis www.biorxiv.org/cont... --- #proteomics #prot-preprint
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
@proteomesmdpi.bsky.social were kind enough to support the SoAPS student prizes at #LorneProteomics. Here are the winners. And some shifty looking bloke who gave out the awards.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I like the idea of a memorial torpedo. Holbrook also has an Off Leash Skate Park. So the sign says....
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Prizes! @breyerwoodland.bsky.social and @aiden-b.bsky.social
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
My students are awesome, v4.0. @lukefarrell98.bsky.social showing off his proteoform separation and characterisation work. Thanks @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social for the travel support. #LorneProteomics
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
My students are awesome, v3.0. @breyerwoodland.bsky.social in front of her poster on a different topic to the talk she gave. Again, thanks to @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social for the travel support. #LorneProteomics.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My students are awesome, v2.0. @breyerwoodland.bsky.social presenting her work at #LorneProteomics. Thanks to @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social for providing travel funding.
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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
News in Proteomics Research blog post | Poor RNA to protein correlations are an artifact of poor proteomics data? proteomicsnews.blogs... --- #proteomics #prot-other
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My students are awesome. @aiden-b.bsky.social presenting his LiP-MS work at #lorneproteomics. Thanks to @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social for supporting Aiden's travel to the meeting.
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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
A cartoon by Alex Norris of a humanoid blob saying oh no
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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Edward Marcotte @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A lovely tribute to Amos Bairoch from Vivienne Baillie Gerritsen, author of the always interesting Protein Spotlight blog for #SwissProt www.proteinspotlight.org/back_issues/...
proteinspotlight.org
a tribute
As I crossed Geneva this morning and approached the office, I felt a growing sadness. I realised that, if I was walking in this direction in the first place, it was thanks to Amos Bairoch. Flashback t...
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Assistance please. Jens and I updated the Top Down Proteomics entry in Wikipedia because it was out of date and incomplete. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-dow...
en.wikipedia.org
Top-down proteomics - Wikipedia
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Having avoided glycopeptides for years, I now need to analyse them. Can someone point me in the direction of useful publications that describe the practicalities of doing this properly to maximise data quality? Source conditions, fragmentation settings etc. Thanks.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We were dumb enough to let this happen....
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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
ProteoformDB: A Built-In Application to Generate Proteoform Database pubs.acs.org/doi/10.... --- #proteomics #prot-paper
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Ronald Beavis ❌ @ronbeavis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The unalterable fact that all skills are perishable is something you only learn through experience.
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ProteomicsNews (Ben Orsburn) @proteomicsnews.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I’m turning down journal reviews if the journal doesn’t update activities to ORCID. I get a lot of requests and I need to prioritize somehow. I ain’t collecting “reviewer certifications” from Genome biology and scientific reports, etc., when Nature Family and ACS give me credit for my time.
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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Am I the only (grumpy) person annoyed when an email starts with "I hope this email finds you well"? So tempted to reply with "Actually it doesn't find me well. Still have cancer." Just get to the point of why you are contacting me please.
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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Proteoform Mapping Calls for a Combined Effort From Bottom‐Up and Top‐Down Proteomics analyticalsciencejou... --- #proteomics #prot-paper
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Magnus Palmblad @magnuspalmblad.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"Biomarker studies are the greatest reproducibility crisis in science" (M. Uhlén, 2025).
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