Albert Heck
@hecklab.bsky.social
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Professor in Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Every day’s commute on bike. Not every day is the same
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Since early 2024 we have been working with
@brukercorporation.bsky.social
on the first prototype timsOmni instrument, integrating an Omnitrap into a timsTOF. Here we report for the first time on the use of this instrument for protein-centric antibody sequencing. See
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
9 days ago
🔬 For more, delve into this paper published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social
):
www.mcponline.org/article/S153...
. Congratulations to
@tkadava.bsky.social
,
@hecklab.bsky.social
and colleagues on this fascinating work!
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Carolyn Bertozzi
15 days ago
For those who perform thermal proteome profiling (TPP) experiments, you might find this new data analysis approach (and open source Python software) useful. Developed by postdoc
@jfhevler.bsky.social
🙏
arxiv.org/abs/2508.096...
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Thermal Tracks: A Gaussian process-based framework for universal melting curve analysis enabling unconstrained hit identification in thermal proteome profiling experiments
Thermal Tracks is a Python-based statistical framework for analyzing protein thermal stability data that overcomes key limitations of existing thermal proteome profiling (TPP) work-flows. Unlike stand...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09659v1
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Bavarian Center for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry
25 days ago
🧵(4/7) 🔬 We have put together a fascinating
#Keynote
#Speakers
team: • Prof. Albert Heck -
@hecklab.bsky.social
• Dr. Hamish Stewart -
@hamishs.bsky.social
• Prof. Olga Vitek -
@olgavitek.bsky.social
l • Prof. Ron M.A. Heeren
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Ruth Huttenhain
about 1 month ago
My lab
@stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
is recruiting! We are looking for a postdoc at the interface of quantitative proteomics and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology:
postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
#TeamMassSpec
#Proteomics
#GPCR
#Postdoc
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Ruth Huttenhain | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
https://postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/opportunities/open-postdoctoral-position-faculty-mentor-ruth-huttenhain
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Having a great time at
msandm2025.org
with a great bunch of people interesting in visualizing biomolecules, together with my co-chairs
@joostsnijder.bsky.social
@vixklen.bsky.social
& Kyle Fort. Learning so much from all posters & lectures. We thanks all participants for joining us in Utrecht.
about 1 month ago
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Joost Snijder
about 1 month ago
We’re hosting the MS+M conference in Utrecht today, lots of great talks ahead at the intersection of mass spec and microscopy. Here’s
@hecklab.bsky.social
kicking things off.
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Breaking barriers in the sensitive and accurate mass determination of large DNA plasmids by mass photometry: Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids
www.cell.com/molecular-th...
. Even visualizing > 10 million Da plasmids by the incredible Eduard Ebberink
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Breaking barriers in the sensitive and accurate mass determination of large DNA plasmids by mass photometry
Heck and colleagues developed a mass photometry-based method for accurate and fast mass determination of plasmid DNA. Conventional mass photometry methods are not applicable for large DNA particles; h...
https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/nucleic-acids/fulltext/S2162-2531%2825%2900186-6
about 2 months ago
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Preparations in full swing. Exciting program, looking forward to
msandm2025.org
and welcome our guests in Utrecht to discuss mass spectrometry, atomic force & electron microscopy and single molecule techniques
about 2 months ago
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Structural Insights Into Complement Inhibition: Visualizing Distinct Binding Modes of C4b-Binding Protein Complexes With C4b and SAP - Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
www.mcponline.org/article/S153...
. See this work of
@tkadava.bsky.social
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
artistically interpreted
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🕷️Spiders in your blood? Don’t worry, these are protein molecules of C4BP protein, part of your immune system. Just like real spiders, they grab prey with their “legs.” Watch them in action! Intrigued, check the paper of
@tkadava.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.mc...
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Vadim Demichev
2 months ago
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Slice-PASEF: Maximising Ion Utilisation in LC-MS Proteomics
Quantitative mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics has become a streamlined technology with a wide range of usage. Many emerging applications, such as single-cell proteomics, spatial proteomics of t...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.31.514544v3
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Ying Ge
2 months ago
Our graduate student, Holden Rogers and Marie Curie postdoc fellow, Boris Krichel, did a fantastic job presenting their research projects at
#TDP2025👍👏😀
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Ying Ge
2 months ago
#TDP2025
@proteoforms.bsky.social
a great opening session with fantastic talks!
@nlkproteomics.bsky.social
@joelooucla.bsky.social
@hecklab.bsky.social
@metamorpheus.bsky.social
👍thanks Hartmut for organizing the conference! 👏
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Lorne Proteins
3 months ago
🥁🥁🥁 The 51st Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function is officially live! After the resounding success of the 50th Lorne Conference in 2025 celebrating five decades of pioneering science and community, the legacy continues... 🏄🏖️🌞 February 8–12, 2026 Register here:
www.lorneproteins.org
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IonOpticks
3 months ago
New plasma glycoproteomics method out of the
@hecklab.bsky.social
uses narrow-window DIA on Orbitrap Astral with Aurora Ultimate XT column. 50% more glycopeptide IDs vs. traditional approaches, with 181 glycoproteins detected across 7 orders of magnitude in just 10-40 minute runs.
bit.ly/45bDXhv
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Revolutionising plasma glycoproteomics with Orbitrap Astral and narrow-window DIA - IonOpticks
Jager et al.'s study into plasma glycoproteomics uses a 25 cm x 75 μm IonOpticks Aurora Ultimate 25x75 UHPLC column.
https://bit.ly/45bDXhv
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Tereza Kadavá
3 months ago
🕷️ Spiders from our blood 🕷️ Check out our new paper from
@hecklab.bsky.social
describing how the spider-like immune regulator C4BP interacts with its native binding partners. 🔗
www.mcponline.org/article/S153...
#MassSpec
#StructuralBiology
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Structural Insights into Complement Inhibition: Visualizing Distinct Binding Modes of C4b-binding Protein Complexes with C4b and SAP
C4b-binding protein (C4BP) is an innate immune inhibitor found in serum. Human C4BP adopts spider-like higher-order structures (HOS) formed by disulfide-linked C4BPα and C4BPβ chains that non-covalent...
https://www.mcponline.org/article/S1535-9476(25)00145-8/fulltext
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Tereza Kadavá
3 months ago
We show that C4BP has two distinct binding modes, either involving a single “spider leg” or the entire spider-like structure wrapping around the target. Thanks to everyone involved!
@victoryin.bsky.social
,
@hecklab.bsky.social
, Jürgen, Johannes, Maryam, and Leendert
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Vanessa Linke
3 months ago
🤩 JOB ALERT 🤩 Come work with me and two cutting-edge LC-MS/MS systems at our brand new Mass Spectrometry Facility
@iimcb.bsky.social
in Warsaw! Apply here
tinyurl.com/y47mzafa
or send any questions my way.
#TeamMassSpec
please share widely!
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Mass Spectrometry Technology Specialist, Międzynarodowy Instytut Biologii Molekularnej i Komórkowej w Warszawie, Warszawa
Job offer Mass Spectrometry Technology Specialist, Międzynarodowy Instytut Biologii Molekularnej i Komórkowej w Warszawie, Warszawa
https://tinyurl.com/y47mzafa
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Ardem Patapoutian
3 months ago
confession: I often get excited by n=1 results.
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3 months ago
Special thanks to our keynote speakers: Alexander Makarov, Albert Heck(
@hecklab.bsky.social
), Kelly Stecker, Noortje de Haan & Ron Heeren. And to the organising team: Corine Heuzer, Albert Heck, Pavel Sinitcyn(
@sinitcyn.bsky.social
) & the full MaxQuant team(
@coxlab.bsky.social
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Lorne Proteins
4 months ago
📣 Save the date for the 51st Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function! ✨ Lorne, Victoria, Australia. We have a packed program and we'll be sharing all the details here - Like, Follow and Share - because friends don't let friends miss the epic Lorne Proteins 😊
www.lorneproteins.org
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Sarafan ChEM-H
4 months ago
"You can literally lose who you are." Institute Scholar Monther Abu‑Remaileh
@abu-remaileh.bsky.social
and team are working to uncover the role of lysosomes, our cells’ recycling centers, in degenerative brain disorders in order to identify a cure:
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‘You can literally lose who you are’
Scientists in the lab of chemical engineer Monther Abu-Remaileh are uncovering the cellular functions that go awry in degenerative brain disorders and identifying therapies that could treat them.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/research-matters-Monther-Abu-Remaileh
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KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
4 months ago
Breng Nederland terug aan kop, investeer in wetenschap en innovatie. Want onze veiligheid, welvaart, gezondheid en democratische waarden zijn niet vanzelfsprekend. In aanloop naar de verkiezingen doet de KNAW die oproep aan de politieke partijen:
www.knaw.nl/nieuws/breng...
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Thomas Arnesen
4 months ago
Acetylhistidine in our blood can prevent kidney disease and is produced by the HisAT (NAT16) enzyme displaying a rare double-GNAT structure. Great efforts by Matti Myllykoski and the rest of the team at
@unibergen.bsky.social
to get this published.
#acetyltransferase
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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UW–Madison School of Pharmacy
5 months ago
Why is cocaine so addictive? A new study from Professor Lingjun Li (
@liresearch.bsky.social
) reveals that it’s not just about dopamine — neuropeptides across the brain play a key role. These insights could lead to better addiction treatments. Learn how:
pharmacy.wisc.edu/2025/03/22/u...
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Unlocking Cocaine’s Grip on the Brain - School of Pharmacy
Professor Lingjun Li and lab members reveal the crucial role of neuropeptides in cocaine addiction, paving the way for novel therapies.
https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/2025/03/22/unlocking-cocaines-grip-on-the-brain/?utm_campaign=spring2025DRx&utm_source=x&utm_medium=social
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peterslab (BIOCEV,CZ)
5 months ago
Free structural MS hands-on workshop @ BIOCEV (CZ) 📅 Sept 15–19, 2025 For PhDs, postdocs & undergrads (CZ/SK) HDX-MS, native MS, cross-linking, high-res MS, data processing Apply by July 31 →
bit.ly/3HNyzIg
@spidocs.bsky.social
@mbuavcr.bsky.social
@ciisbinstructcz.bsky.social
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SCIEX
5 months ago
Are you looking forward to attending
#EuPA2025
in beautiful Saint-Malo? Get ready for an enriching experience in extraordinary
#proteomics
! 🗓️ Mark your calendar for the SCIEX lunch symposium, taking place on Wednesday, June 18! 🔗 Full show agenda 👉
bit.ly/3HcA6Hw
#SkepticsWelcome
#ZenoTOF8600
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Carolyn Bertozzi
5 months ago
Fantastic day sharing knowledge with the brilliant researchers at NIH who valiantly work to advance the frontiers of science for the cause of improving human health. Thank you again for your service 🙏 🇺🇸
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MatteviLab
5 months ago
Excited to share our new preprint on “Complete Enzyme Clustering Enhances Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis via Substrate Channeling” A collaboration between @ShakhnovichLab and @MatteviLab Read on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Complete Enzyme Clustering Enhances Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis via Substrate Channeling
Metabolons - transient assemblies of sequential metabolic enzymes - facilitate the reactions of multi-step metabolic pathways, yet, how they mechanistically bolster metabolic flux remains unknown. Her...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.24.655883v1
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Andreas Bäumler
5 months ago
Science has more than doubled our life expectancy, revolutionized our quality of life, and powered unprecedented technological advancement. But can we afford to take scientific progress for granted? What happens when science funding is slashed, diversity is suppressed, and pseudoscience takes hold?
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Zhichang Liu
5 months ago
Site-specific protein labeling: Recent progress
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Tereza Kadavá
5 months ago
Spiders from our blood 🕷️ Excited to present our work with
@hecklab.bsky.social
at
#ASMS2025
WP 611.
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Check it out. Even if you are afraid of spiders, Tereza is very nice and knowledgeable
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5 months ago
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Always interested to go beyond trypsin and CID
@tshamorkina.bsky.social
,
@tkadava.bsky.social
and
@lperezpaneda.bsky.social
,
@cinderbio.bsky.social
& @sciex.bsky.social produced https://
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.26.656138v1
&
@asms.org
. A truly improved de novo sequencing approach
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Deep Coverage and Extended Sequence Reads Obtained with a Single Archaeal Protease Expedite de novo Protein Sequencing by Mass Spectrometry
The ability to sequence proteins without reliance on a genomic template defines a critical frontier in modern proteomics. This approach, known as de novo protein sequencing, is essential for applicati...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.26.656138v1
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We explored the Excedion Pro Mass Analyzer with faster & more efficient EThcD capabilities, launched
@asms.org
, to more efficiently convert MS2 spectra to PSMs, as quality & unambiguous identification are more important parameters than peptide numbers.
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Increased EThcD efficiency on the hybrid Orbitrap Excedion Pro Mass Analyzer extends the depth in identification and sequence coverage of HLA class I immunopeptidomes
Gaining a complete and unbiased understanding of the non-tryptic peptide repertoire presented by HLA-I complexes by LC-MS/MS is indispensable for therapy design for cancer, autoimmunity and infectious...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.01.657241v1
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Tatiana Shamorkina
5 months ago
We are excited to have it out: a combination of archaeal proteases and hybrid fragmentation for antibody de novo sequencing. Poster TP-005
#asms2025
#teammassspec
It was a true team effort
@lperezpaneda.bsky.social
@tkadava.bsky.social
@joostsnijder.bsky.social
and
@hecklab.bsky.social
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Chris Ashwood
5 months ago
The CEO himself talking about the timsOmni
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ProteomicsNews (Ben Orsburn)
5 months ago
The E-mission ECD can stabilize an intact protein in an Orbitrap by 60x!! I hope someone doesn't buy E-mission and end sales of those cells! Oh.
proteomicsnews.blogspot.com/2025/05/elec...
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Electron capture increases protein stability by 60x - but you'll never get to use it!
Heading into ASMS shortly and there will be lots and lots of places where business and science interact. We'll see a load of vendor talks ...
https://proteomicsnews.blogspot.com/2025/05/electron-capture-increases-protein.html
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Joost Snijder
5 months ago
Go find Tatiana Shamorkina, Douwe Schulte, and Weiwei Peng at ASMS this year. They've been very busy with their antibody sequencing work and would love to chat!
@tshamorkina.bsky.social
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Tereza Kadavá
5 months ago
Check out our new preprint on combining archeal proteases with hybrid fragmentation to streamline de novo antibody sequencing! Joined effort with
@lperezpaneda.bsky.social
,
@tshamorkina.bsky.social
, and
@hecklab.bsky.social
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Laura Pérez
5 months ago
Excited to share our new preprint on archaeal proteases boosting reads in de novo antibody sequencing! Team effort with
@tkadava.bsky.social
@tshamorkina.bsky.social
and
@hecklab.bsky.social
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HUPO
6 months ago
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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7 months ago
📢Just 3 months to go until the 16th MaxQuant Summer School!
#MQSS2025
Join us in Utrecht, Netherlands from July 21–25, 2025, for a week of in-depth training in mass-spectrometry-based proteomics. Register now:
eventbrite.de/e/maxquant-s...
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The AI revolution comes to protein sequencing | Science | AAAS
www.science.org/content/arti...
. Read the article well. Science editor believes there may be finally an alternative for "mass spectroscopy", could it be "mass spectrometry"?
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The AI revolution comes to protein sequencing
New systems can identify unknown proteins in samples from diseased tissue, the environment, and archaeological sites
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-revolution-comes-protein-sequencing
7 months ago
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Iain Wilson
7 months ago
Nick Riley receives one of the Biochemical Society Early Career Research Awards for 2026. Congratulations to
@nmriley.bsky.social
www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-a...
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Past Award Winners
Past Award Winners
https://www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-awards/awards/past-award-winners/
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Anne Imberty
7 months ago
Hi
@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
. A 500 pieces puzzle that was made for Glycobiology GRC students using a
#glycotime
illustration from you ! Now ready for you to try it (tell me if someone from your lab is at glyco27 or SFG 2025 for delivery)
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Vanessa Linke
7 months ago
Super excited to share this as my first post with the 🦋 world! In my first co-correspondent article, we (@Mayra Borrero @Agnieszka Chacińska @IMOL Institute) look at the roles of lipids in mitochondrial protein import complexes (spoiler: there are plenty!) &call for methods (spoiler: there are few!)
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Bispecific antibodies against the hepatitis C virus E1E2 envelope glycoprotein | PNAS
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Bispecific antibodies against the hepatitis C virus E1E2 envelope glycoprotein | PNAS
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) currently causes about one million infections and 240,000 deaths worldwide each year. To reach the goal set by the World He...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420402122?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed
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