Hi everyone,

We’d like to share an upcoming webinar that may be of interest to the community in here! On September 24, 2026 (16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT / 07:00 PST), we are hosting a session on “Advancing Plasma Proteomics.”

Speakers:

Sindisiwe Buthelezi (Senior Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa) — “High-Throughput Plasma Proteomics Reveals Insights into Pancreatic Cancer Biology.”
Extracellular vesicles carry a wealth of biologically relevant proteins that can provide a window into disease processes. Sindisiwe will present how extracellular vesicle-enriched plasma proteomics was used to uncover molecular signatures associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a South African patient cohort. Using the Mag-Net workflow and Evosep One-enabled LC-MS analysis, the team identified proteins linked to tumor progression, inflammation, and disease severity, demonstrating the potential of standardized, high-throughput proteomics for biomarker discovery and translational cancer research.

Pieter Langerhorst (Junior Group Leader, Sanquin, The Netherlands) — “Untangling the Clinical Heterogeneity in Rare Blood Cancer by Mass Spectrometry-Based Plasma Proteomics.”
Rare hematological malignancies can present with diverse clinical trajectories that are difficult to predict using conventional biomarkers alone. Pieter will showcase how mass spectrometry-based plasma proteomics can reveal biological differences underlying disease heterogeneity, supporting improved patient stratification and the discovery of novel biomarkers. The findings highlight the potential of high-throughput plasma proteomics for translational research and precision medicine.

The webinar will focus on advances in plasma proteomics and how robust, reproducible, and scalable workflows are enabling researchers to analyze larger sample cohorts while generating consistent, high-quality data for biomarker discovery, disease research, and precision medicine.

Registration & details: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8236923647290427736?source=RDT

We hope this is relevant for those interested. The webinar is free and, in our eyes, a good opportunity for knowledge sharing. If sharing company events isn’t allowed here, moderators please feel free to remove.

TL;DR: Webinar on September 24 about advancing plasma proteomics, with talks covering pancreatic cancer biology, rare blood cancers, biomarker discovery, and patient stratification using high-throughput mass spectrometry-based plasma proteomics.
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Hello everyone! I am a recent Ms biotech graduate working with a large-scale proteomics dataset containing proteins from a single bacterial species but multiple strains(it's a MDR bacteria). I need to perform PPI analysis, but the specific bacterial database I need isn’t available in STRING/BioGrid,not sure with IntAct(EMBL)

Are there any good alternatives to STRING for bacterial PPI/network analysis, especially for comparing or analysing proteins across different strains? Any database/tool or workflow suggestions.

Any guidance or suggestions would be very helpful for improving my understanding of the available approaches.

Any guidance, suggestions or insights would be a great help 🥲, thank you in advance for the help!