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Matt Padula

@mattpadula.bsky.social

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Semi-accurate impersonation of an Associate 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 · 1d

I'll just leave this here: jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...

Principles for proper peer review

jocnf.pubpub.org

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 15d

16/36 riders. I'll take that.

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Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D. @ertrunnell.bsky.social · 16d

Matrix directs trophoblast differentiation in a bioprinted organoid model of early placental development - Nature Communications

The placenta plays vital roles in supporting fetal development. Here, Richards et al. develop a high-throughput bioprinted trophoblast organoid model to recapitulate the microenvironment of the e...

www.nature.com

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 17d

Well, I had a "lie down" on a warm up of a stage. But got through the rest of the race. No idea of times, but I got third in class (yes, only 3 entries). Actually had fun. Typical loose Sydney dry dirt despite all the rain of last few weeks.

Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 19d

Not planning on being fast....

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 19d

Medical update: last infusion of six cycles of chemo. It's done. Oncologist is predicting more sometime, but cancer gone AFAIAC. PET scan in November.

Feel tired but that's likely poor sleep. Have to ignore it cause I'm racing the MTB on Sunday....

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Michael MacCoss @maccoss.bsky.social · 23d

Proteomics Webinar: DIA with FragPipe, DIA-NN, and Skyline
Presenters: Eduard Sabidó and Brendan MacLean
When: Tuesday, September 16, 8am (Pacific Time)
Register Now ... skyline.ms/project/home...

#massspec #proteomics

Start Page: /home/software/Skyline/events/2025 Webinars/Webinar 26

skyline.ms

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · 23d

This is really interesting and worth five minutes of your time to read.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

The dangerous logic behind the killing of Charlie Kirk

Political extremism isn’t caused by other people saying things you don’t like. It’s caused by those people having no constructive way to air their frustrations.

www.smh.com.au

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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · 25d

Pre-analytical drivers of bias in bead-enriched plasma proteomics | EMBO Molecular Medicine www.embopress.org/do...

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#proteomics #prot-paper

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Sep 6

Perfectly encapsulates my feelings.

www.afr.com/work-and-car...

UTS, the university that forgot about its students

If the university executive continues to dominate, we may be left with an institution rich in consultants but poor in teachers, researchers and students.

www.afr.com

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 31

Cycling. Motos will kill me.

Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 31

We are not the same. 😁

I tend to TRY and rebuild things first. Bikes normally do 10+ years of riding with me, until bits can't be sourced or geometry is that much better.

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 29

Regularly. Bike shop monkey has appeal.

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 27

UTS executive and council should read this. But I doubt they will.
theconversation.com/universities...

Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

theconversation.com

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PastelBio @pastelbio.bsky.social · Aug 25

Post-Translationally Modified Proteoforms as Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Use academic.oup.com/cli...

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#proteomics #prot-paper

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 23

Discipline implies you have to fight something, you have to push yourself to do something that you really don’t want to do. But passion says, ‘You're going to do this because you want to do it.’ There will be challenges along the way, but there's never the thought of giving up

Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 23

Steve Vai: I’m not a very disciplined person; it was a passion. Because passion is a much more powerful engine of creation than discipline.

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 21

This: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Something is rotten in Australia’s tertiary education. And UTS’s suspension of teaching courses is one of its biggest disgraces | Isobel Crealy

If preparing teachers for NSW during an ongoing teacher shortage isn’t a public good, what is?

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Winkler @robertwinkler.bsky.social · Aug 6

MASSyPupX: A FREE, open-source platform for off-site processing of shotgun DDA and DIA proteomics data.

✅ Runs on USB, PC, or server
✅ Pre-installed tools & libraries
✅ Perfect for education, collaboration & resource-limited labs

doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
#Proteomics #DDA #DIA #Bioinformatics #FOSS

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 6

Why assume equilibrium? I have no evidence for or against that.

Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 5

The thing I wonder about in these studies is that it implies that every microlitre of blood contains the same molecules at the same concentration as every other microlitre. That logic doesn't make sense to me.

Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 5

I guess what I'm saying is that people are often driven by pursuit of wealth as a means of status. Cause how much money does one actually need.

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Matt Padula @mattpadula.bsky.social · Aug 5

Because the general public's definition of genius is someone who can do what they can't. Parting people with their money falls into this category, so billionaires are seen as geniuses.

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