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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 10d

Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.

Lab picture of Holehouse lab members past and present

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 11d

Full circle moment!

While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec

Ben Garcia stands in front of a bookcase lined with past printed issues of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, which have green covers and gold lettering. He is holding one of the journals open to his 2007 article "Organismal Differences in Post-translational Modifications in Histones H3 and H4."

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ASBMB Journals @asbmbjournals.bsky.social · 15d

Peer review wouldn’t be the same without #asbmbJBC's Gaetano Santulli, Susan Bellis, Birte Svensson, #asbmbJLR's Bill Griffiths, John Parks, Robert “Nate” Helsley, #asbmbMCP's @garcialabms.bsky.social & so many others!

Thank you for lending your time, expertise & passion to ASBMB journals. #PRW2025

ASBMB Journals @asbmbjournals.bsky.social · 15d

#TuesdayInspiration | ICYMI, last week was Peer Review Week (@peerreviewweek.bsky.social)!

Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX

Top reviewers at ASBMB journals

Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.

ow.ly

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ASBMB Journals @asbmbjournals.bsky.social · 15d

#TuesdayInspiration | ICYMI, last week was Peer Review Week (@peerreviewweek.bsky.social)!

Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX

Top reviewers at ASBMB journals

Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.

ow.ly

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Aug 29

The best lab group ever!

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great work and talk Thelma!

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Anirban Banerjee @banirbn.bsky.social · Aug 19

Inspirational talk by Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social at the @acs.org American Chemical Society National Meeting today. Thanks to @acsbiol.bsky.social ACS Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Division for sponsoring this session.

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Jovan Tormes Vaquerano @jovantv.bsky.social · Jul 15

In this episode of “From Where Does it STEM”, @jpflores.rbind.io and I interview @garcialabms.bsky.social, a Department Head at WashU School of Medicine.

Dr. Garcia discusses his journey from community college to becoming a world leader in mass spectrometry: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ncx...

Breaking Down Barriers for Hispanic/Latinx Scientists: Dr. Benjamin Garcia

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Jul 11

US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts

Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.

www.nature.com

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 15

Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Jun 2

The undergraduate poster session at #ASMS2025 is the place to be tonight.

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HispanicLatinX_MS @hispanicslatinxms.bsky.social · May 28

🍻 RSVP NOW!! 📢

The Hispanic & LatinX in MS group, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher, invites you to our Happy Hour at Pratt Street Ale House — just 1 minute from the Baltimore Convention Center!

Everyone is welcome!
RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ASMS2025

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 21

received an NSF Special Creativity Award extension, but this is what we will have to do. 2/2

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 21

Although there has been many positive things happening lately for myself and my lab group, this week we've gotten the bad news of a grant termination, as the lead PI is at Harvard (and they've had all their federal funding terminated). It will be tough to stop the work that only last year 1/2

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 15

Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!

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HispanicLatinX_MS @hispanicslatinxms.bsky.social · May 9

✈️ ASMS 2025 Early Career Researcher Travel Awards ✈️
📢 Call for Applications 📢
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* 📧
hispanicsandlatinxinms.org/asms-2025-ea...

#ASMS2025 #MSCommunity

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 7

That’s my daughter! 🤩

UMN Department of Chemistry @umnchemistry.bsky.social · May 7

Prof. Varun Gadkari and undergraduate Arabella Garcia have both recently earned awards from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry! 🌟 Congratulations, Varun and Bella! #DriventoDiscover #UMNProud
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/20...

2025 ASMS Award winners: Assistant Professor Varun Gadkari and undergraduate Arabella Garcia

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (5/6/2025) – Assistant Professor Varun Gadkari and an undergraduate student from his research group, Arabella Garcia, have both recently earned awards from the American Society ...

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 2

represent the United States as a scientific ambassador. I'm so thankful for this opportunity and look forward to my time in São Paulo. Looking forward to making as many connections with scientists in Brazil as I can!

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · May 2

Happy to share that I have been named a Fulbright Scholar. I will spend short periods in Brazil over the next two summers to begin new research collaborations and teach a short course. Its always been a dream of mine to one day be a part of this historic program to further global exchanges and 1/2

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Michael MacCoss @maccoss.bsky.social · Apr 28

Pleased to announce the summer's Skyline Targeted Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Course - the week of July 7-11, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Details and registration information can be found here: skyline.ms/project/home...
#massspecsky #proteomicssky #proteomics #skyline

Start Page: /home/software/Skyline/events/2025 UW Course

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HUPO @hupo-org.bsky.social · Apr 28

Manuscript Competition EXTENDED Deadline – May 4, 2025 ⏰

Present at HUPO 2025, compete for cash prizes & global recognition!

✅ Share your 2024/2025 research
✅ Dedicated plenary session
✅ “Proteomics Highlight of the Year”

🔗 Details: 2025.hupo.org/early-career-researchers/

#HUPO2025

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Apr 28

Nah never touched it.

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Apr 28

A bat flew into our house yesterday and it went exactly how’d you expect that would go in a comedy movie. I wish I would have taken a picture or video of it, but I was too busy breaking everything in the house with a pool net and oven mits on to take a pic.

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Apr 26

Spoke with a vendor this week. Higher prices coming real soon, they’ve held the line as much as they could. Import fees will be added as well.

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Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social · Apr 26

Oh they died already. Water builds up into huge puddles there when it rains. Need to remove them.