New Research Paper Alert!

Big news for Bacterial Mass Spec Proteomics!

2025 has started properly for our team.

Our doctoral candidate, Miriam Abele, under the supervision of the Proteomics Center Leader Dr. Christina Ludwig and in collaboration with Armin Soleymaniniya, has her second paper published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (pre-proof version).

Ever wondered how to identify bacteria faster and more accurately? This research article takes Mass Spectrometry-based proteomics to the next level!

In brief, here is what you will learn:

• To date, the largest bacterial proteomic dataset - 303 species, 636,000+ unique proteins!
• New identification algorithm: MS2Bac - 99% accuracy at species level!
• Outperforms traditional methods like MALDI-TOF and FTIR!
• Identifies bacteria in clinical and food samples with strain-level precision.
• 38,700+ hypothetical proteins experimentally confirmed - we paved the path for so much more to explore1

This breakthrough is a game-changer for healthcare, microbiology, and food safety. With open-access data being available on ProteomicsDB, researchers can now dive into unparalleled bacterial diversity like never before!

Curious? Check out the full study at the link below. The official (final) version is coming soon.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535947625000155