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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I don’t think my raspberries got enough water b/c of the drought. Sad looking but maybe I’ll get enough for a few rounds of pancakes.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Kind of stunned to see this in my inbox, as I had not been aware of Lucas’ passing. Glad to know HUPO will keep his legacy alive.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Another awesome #USHUPO in the books. @ucdproteomics.bsky.social is already planning the tour of “Better Call Saul” filming locations for next year in Albuquerque.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Also you have become the clickbait....

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Music beat science, but by how much, not sure.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Q-values of 0.00 are "probably the best ever".....

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

We just got a box of those lab coats. So stylish with the cuffs.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We have an academic license which seems to allow publication. It did pretty good with my spaghetti LC setup :)

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

99% of lc-ms systems generated in Biorender are an Ultimate with Tribrid so this opens up some new options :)

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Predictably after a few weeks of a favorable exchange rate had our most expensive meal (meh; have to get used to tipping again) in the Minneapolis airport with mouse running around the restaurant. A few highlights…

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

"5,187 [plasma] proteins significantly associated with AD"

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It’s #Caturday so of course I am catching up on work instead of tending to the garden. At least Arlo is keeping me company.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Award-winning cayenne, or mislabeled tag? Seems way too big. I’ll have to cut into it I guess.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Detecting cytokines in neat plasma/serum is hard, especially without any internal standards. Neither raw data nor Skyline files are made available.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

But a lot of the methods don’t make sense (to me)

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Finally asked to return this since checking it out in 2006. No renewal allowed. It did look good on my bookshelf.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Lots of data to unpack, but I have to help make dinner and then get to a dress rehearsal for the Durham Medical Orchestra. Check out our concert (in person or online) this Sunday: www.dmomusic.org (6/6)

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Indebted to collaborators in Tanzania and Duke who collected samples from patients presenting with sepsis-2 at three hospitals in TZ. Also my son designed, and the Duke Physics shop fabricated, the decappers we send halfway around the world. 5/n

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The methods has been in the works for awhile and will be pre-printed in more detail soon. We are digesting whole blood and serially enriching, and analyzing, N-glycopeptides and N-phosphopeptides. 2/n

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

#Caturday. Our house isn’t completely overrun with cat toys as this picture might suggest 🤣

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Me and my better half in Durham today. News of DOGE at Peace Corps HQ yesterday :(

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Advantages of moving data on the weekend.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The weekend is always a good time to work on my “6 degrees”. Added Eddie Vedder as a 3rd degree based on this pic :)

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Was mapping sites of redox modification on Cys using MS (through external core facilities) and protein microarrays. Eventually met Arthur Moseley and Will Thompson in the early days of the Duke Proteomics Core Facility and the rest is history.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I wonder where these paws have been? #Caturday

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I just figured out where this came from. Huh?

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Somehow reminded me of this. Can you figure out what they did?

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This was skeeted elsewhere. Time to dump the last of my HHMI swag?

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We just use a blunt end needle and poke the plug out with a capillary. Alternatively, a leather punch and Peek tubing could work if you want a larger piece. Never seen the spring loaded syringe. That’s nice.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I get confused about extra firm. Recent recipe called for pressing extra firm, but only extra firm at the mart was already pressed AF. So I went for firm plus pressing. 🤷‍♂️. Wow, Oxo makes a tofu press? #tofurabbithole

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Anyone recommend a cheapish reader for scanning 2d barcodes? Best if it could scan an entire plate of Matrix tubes. Also looking at used/refurbished options specific for these or similar plates, if there’s anything that is highly recommended.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

No, super sweet but not a lap cat. Does need an albuterol inhaler 2x daily. We did not get off easy with our pandemic adoptions.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

"You know what blood looks like in a black and white video? Shadows, shadows!"- John Prine

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Opted for a hike. Might be the most popular New Years activity in Durm. Up next is the Rose Bowl. #GoBucks

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Friends just had their third kid so I figured brisket would be a good gift. Smoking (left) and after “Texas crutch”, 3 h in oven (right). If there’s lots of liquid, I know it will have been braised well and tender.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Things you find when getting out the good china.

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Matt Foster @mattwfoster.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Smoking more breasts tomorrow sigh.

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