Translating Proteomics

Nautilus Biotechnology

‘Translating Proteomics’ explores the science of proteomics and its growing impact on biological research, biomarker discovery, drug development, food and energy security, and a range of other timely topics. Hosts Parag Mallick Ph.D. and Andreas Huhmer Ph.D. of Nautilus Biotechnology aim to share their perspectives on important issues in proteomics, deepen your love of science, and prompt you to question assumptions about what may be possible.

  1. Feb 4

    OMICS IN SPACE

    Host Parag Mallick chats with Professor Afshin Beheshti who is a Professor of Surgery, Director of the Center for Space Biomedicine, and Associate Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition, Professor Beheshti has a visiting researcher appointment at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and is president of two non-profits – the COVID-19 International Research Team and Kwaai. The latter aims to democratize access to artificial intelligence through the design, construction, and maintenance of a free personal AI called Kwaai. Professor Beheshti’s research covers a range of topics focused on how circulating mirco RNAs and mitochondria impact health, but this conversation focuses primarily on Professor Beheshti’s work advancing our understanding of how spaceflight impacts biology. We cover: How research on spaceflight and biology is doneGaps that remain in our understanding of spaceflight and biologyOmics studies of spaceflight and biologyHow studying spaceflight and biology enhances our understanding of human health more broadly ResourcesTrivedi Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine New Institute at the University of Pittsburgh focused on “advancing human health through space-driven innovation” NASA Open Science Data Repository "Provides open access to biological and physical science datasets from spaceflight and ground studies, enabling data reuse for discovery and innovation." Camera et al., 2024. Agining and putative frailty biomarkers are altered by spaceflight Study on molecular biomarkers and frailty phenotypes in space Overbey et al., 2024. The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) and international astronaut biobank An “integrated data and sample repository for clinical, cellular, and multi-omic research profiles” from a variety of space missionsSpace Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) website Corti et al., 2024. To boldly go where no microRNAs have gone before: spaceflight impact on risk for small-for-gestational-age infants Explores how miRNA signatures of “small-for-gestational-age” are impacted by the space environment Beheshti et al., 2013. Age and space irradiation modulate tumor progression: implications for carcinogenesis risk Some of Professor Beheshti’s early work studying connections between spaceflight and cancer progression. Kwaai Nonprofit "building a no-cost open source Personal AI assistant"

    OMICS IN SPACE
  2. 12/22/2025

    Reflections on Proteomics - 2025 Yea-End Wrap-Up

    On this episode of Translating Proteomics, Parag and Andreas share their reflections on proteomics developments in 2025 largely inspired by their observations at the World HUPO 2025 conference in Toronto. Whether you agree, disagree, or simply want to share some of your own observations on proteomics, please post your thoughts in the comments. We look forward to even more exciting developments in 2026! Chapters00:00 - 00:35 – Intro 00:36 – 07:00 - Increased focus on applications of proteomics and less on method development Learn more about One Health from our conversation with Professor Jennifer Geddes-McAlister https://youtu.be/JFwvTdkb5bw 07:01 – 12:47 - Increase in people talking about the importance of proteoforms Learn more about proteoforms in our episode featuring proteoform pioneer Professor Neil Kelleher https://youtu.be/3pPuxVrMxpw 12:47 – 17:26 - An increase in multiomics studies 17:27 – 20:03 - A shift to larger scale proteomics studies For a great example of a multi-platform comparison study, check out Kirsher et al., 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-025-01665-1 20:03 – 25:07 - Increased integration of AI into proteomics workflows For an example of how proteomics workflows can be modified with multiomic data, check out Suhre et al., 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02413-w 25:08 – 30:05 – Recognition of the need to assess quality across proteomics workflows 30:06 – 32:19 – Less of a focus on spatial proteomics this year than in past years 32:20 – 35: 13 - Parag and Andreas share their predictions for 2026 35:14 – End – Outro

    Reflections on Proteomics - 2025 Yea-End Wrap-Up
  3. 11/06/2025

    Hosts, Microbes, Molecular Pharming, and More with Professor Jennifer Geddes-McAlister

    On this episode of Translating Proteomics, Parag speaks with Professor Jennifer Geddes-McAlister from the University of Guelph. Professor Geddes-McAlister is an expert at using proteomics to study host-microbe interactions from a systems biology perspective. Her exciting work spans studies of pathogenic fungi all the way to engineering plants to produce pharmaceutics (so-called “molecular pharming"). On top of all that, Professor Geddes-McAlister also founded “Moms in Proteomics” to support and encourage an intentional focus on the inherently unique physical, emotional, and biological commitments of Mothers, and the ensuing balance required to excel within the diverse STEM fields encompassing Mass-Spectrometry-based proteomics. Dive into this episode to: Learn why it’s critical to study hosts, pathogens, and molecular pharming from a systems point of viewDiscover what Professor Geddes-McAlister is excited about for the upcoming Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) conferenceFind out what “Moms in Proteomics” has planned for HUPO Chapters00:00 - Intro 01:39 - Professor Geddes-McAlister's initial interest in host-microbe interactions 06:13 - Why it's important to study host-microbe interactions 08:10 - Pathogens vs helpful microbes 10:06 - Thinking about microbes through the lens of "One Health" 14:34 - Why Professor Geddes-McAlister works primarily in proteomics as opposed to other omes 19:44 - Professor Geddes-McAlister's favorite thing that she's learned from the proteome and couldn't learn from the other omes 24:56 - Molecular pharming 29:35 - The need for accessibility in proteomics 34:09 - The need for all-in-one workflows in proteomics 36:08 - HUPO 2025 39:56 - Moms in Proteomics 42:36 - The future of proteomics 43:59 - Outro ResourcesGeddes et al., 2015. Secretome profiling of Cryptococcus neoformans reveals regulation of a subset of virulence-associated proteins and potential biomarkers by protein kinase A https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26453029/ Some of Professor Geddes-McAlister’s early work using proteomics to study pathogenic fungi Prudhomme et al., 2024. Bacterial growth-mediated systems remodelling of Nicotiana benthamiana defines unique signatures of target protein production in molecular pharming https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbi.14342 Researchers from Professor Geddes-McAlister’s lab use multiomic techniques to discover factors impacting the production of a pharmaceutical in an engineered plant Woods et al., 2023. A One Health approach to overcoming fungal disease and antifungal resistance https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsbm.1610 Review on the importance of incorporating “One Health” principals into efforts to fight pathogenic fungi Moms in Proteomics website https://momsinproteomics.ca Learn all about the Moms in Proteomics initiative and its international community

    Hosts, Microbes, Molecular Pharming, and More with Professor Jennifer Geddes-McAlister
  4. 07/15/2025

    “Ask me anything” with Parag Mallick, Andreas Huhmer, and featuring special guest Don Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.

    On this episode of Translating Proteomics, Parag, Andreas, and special guest Don Kirkpatrick answer questions submitted by the Translating Proteomics community. They cover: Needs in plasma proteomicsHow proteomics impacts drug development – with special guest Don Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.!How lifestyle impacts the proteomeHow the Nautilus Proteome Analysis Platform is impacting tau and Alzheimer’s disease research ReferencesShome et al., 2022 - Serum autoantibodyome reveals that healthy individuals share common autoantibodies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124722006489 LaBaer Lab paper investigating autoantibody levels in plasma and their relationship to health. Sylman et al., 2018 - A Temporal Examination of Platelet Counts as a Predictor of Prognosis in Lung, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Patients https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25019-1 Mallick lab paper investigating temporal changes in platelets and their associations with cancer biology. Krönke et al., 2014 - Lenalidomide causes selective degradation of IKZF1 and IKZF3 in multiple myeloma cells https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1244851 Seminal paper describing selective protein degradation caused by lenalidomide. Fink and Ebert 2015 - The novel mechanism of lenalidomide activity https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/126/21/2366/34644/The-novel-mechanism-of-lenalidomide-activity Review of research elucidating the mechanisms of lenalidomide activity Ndoja et al., 2025 - COP1 Deficiency in BRAFV600E Melanomas Confers Resistance to Inhibitors of the MAPK Pathway https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/13/975 Describe links between kinase inhibitor vemurafenib and changes in ETV transcription factor degradation Song et al., 2022 - RTK-Dependent Inducible Degradation of Mutant PI3Kα Drives GDC-0077 (Inavolisib) Efficacy https://aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscovery/article/12/1/204/675622/RTK-Dependent-Inducible-Degradation-of-Mutant-PI3K Use proteomics to discover that inavolisib acts through selective degradation of mutant PI3Kα Canon et al., 2019 - The clinical KRAS(G12C) inhibitor AMG 510 drives anti-tumour immunity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1694-1 Covers the development of an inhibitor of KRAS mutant KRAS (G12C). Schneider et al., 2024 - Feeding gut microbes to nourish the brain: unravelling the diet-microbiota-gut-brain axis https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-024-01108-6 Review on the gut-brain axis Webpage for Johanna Lampe’s Lab at Fred Hutch Cancer Center https://www.fredhutch.org/en/faculty-lab-directory/lampe-johanna.html Guseh et al., 2020 - An expanded repertoire of intensity-dependent exercise-responsive plasma proteins tied to loci of human disease risk https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67669-0 Work investigating the relationship between exercise, the plasma proteome, and health Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) webpage with resources focused on proteomics in space https://hupo.org/Human-Proteomics-at-Extreme-Conditions Joly et al., 2025 - Large-scale single-molecule analysis of tau proteoforms https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.26.660445 Nautilus preprint using Iterative Mapping of proteoforms to measure tau proteoforms in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias samples.

    “Ask me anything” with Parag Mallick, Andreas Huhmer, and featuring special guest Don Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.

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‘Translating Proteomics’ explores the science of proteomics and its growing impact on biological research, biomarker discovery, drug development, food and energy security, and a range of other timely topics. Hosts Parag Mallick Ph.D. and Andreas Huhmer Ph.D. of Nautilus Biotechnology aim to share their perspectives on important issues in proteomics, deepen your love of science, and prompt you to question assumptions about what may be possible.

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