Ben Garcia
@garcialabms.bsky.social
Professor and Head of @WUSM_BMB. Studying protein PTMs in chromatin biology. #TeamMassSpec cheerleader. Working towards changing academia. Views my own 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
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A new publishing home is here! Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB) is ASBMB’s new gold open access journal for all molecular life‑science discoveries.
Fast, fair, author-friendly submissions led by editor-in-chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
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Fast, fair, author-friendly submissions led by editor-in-chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A new publishing home is here! Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB) is ASBMB’s new gold open access journal for all molecular life‑science discoveries.
Fast, fair, author-friendly submissions led by editor-in-chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
ow.ly/riuf50XveiS
Fast, fair, author-friendly submissions led by editor-in-chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
ow.ly/riuf50XveiS
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The Field and Franklin Award for Mass Spectrometry is back! Since 1985, this award has recognize outstanding achievement in the development or application of #massspec #teammassspec. Please submit nominations by November 14! Nomination details: acsanalytical.org/awards-resou...
Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards
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acsanalytical.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Field and Franklin Award for Mass Spectrometry is back! Since 1985, this award has recognize outstanding achievement in the development or application of #massspec #teammassspec. Please submit nominations by November 14! Nomination details: acsanalytical.org/awards-resou...
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Very happy to see our paper published online natcomms.nature.com. Thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding this work during my time with @robklose.bsky.social and David Booth! Thanks also to collaborators @garcialabms.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and the other authors!
Chromatin profiling identifies putative dual roles for H3K27me3 in regulating cell type-specific genes and transposable elements in choanoflagellates
Nature Communications - Here, the authors investigate chromatin-based gene regulation in the closest relative of animal, choanoflagellates. They uncover a putative dual role for the histone...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Very happy to see our paper published online natcomms.nature.com. Thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding this work during my time with @robklose.bsky.social and David Booth! Thanks also to collaborators @garcialabms.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and the other authors!
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Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
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Full circle moment!
While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec
While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec
September 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Full circle moment!
While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec
While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec
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Peer review wouldn’t be the same without #asbmbJBC's Gaetano Santulli, Susan Bellis, Birte Svensson, #asbmbJLR's Bill Griffiths, John Parks, Robert “Nate” Helsley, #asbmbMCP's @garcialabms.bsky.social & so many others!
Thank you for lending your time, expertise & passion to ASBMB journals. #PRW2025
Thank you for lending your time, expertise & passion to ASBMB journals. #PRW2025
#TuesdayInspiration | ICYMI, last week was Peer Review Week (@peerreviewweek.bsky.social)!
Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX
Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX
Top reviewers at ASBMB journals
Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Peer review wouldn’t be the same without #asbmbJBC's Gaetano Santulli, Susan Bellis, Birte Svensson, #asbmbJLR's Bill Griffiths, John Parks, Robert “Nate” Helsley, #asbmbMCP's @garcialabms.bsky.social & so many others!
Thank you for lending your time, expertise & passion to ASBMB journals. #PRW2025
Thank you for lending your time, expertise & passion to ASBMB journals. #PRW2025
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#TuesdayInspiration | ICYMI, last week was Peer Review Week (@peerreviewweek.bsky.social)!
Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX
Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX
Top reviewers at ASBMB journals
Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.
ow.ly
September 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#TuesdayInspiration | ICYMI, last week was Peer Review Week (@peerreviewweek.bsky.social)!
Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX
Reviewers are the pillars of #ASBMBJournals, and in observance of #PRW2025, the society recognized their contributions across JBC, JLR & MCP. ow.ly/zG7M50X18MX
The best lab group ever!
August 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The best lab group ever!
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Inspirational talk by Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social at the @acs.org American Chemical Society National Meeting today. Thanks to @acsbiol.bsky.social ACS Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Division for sponsoring this session.
August 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Inspirational talk by Ben Garcia @garcialabms.bsky.social at the @acs.org American Chemical Society National Meeting today. Thanks to @acsbiol.bsky.social ACS Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Division for sponsoring this session.
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In this episode of “From Where Does it STEM”, @jpflores.rbind.io and I interview @garcialabms.bsky.social, a Department Head at WashU School of Medicine.
Dr. Garcia discusses his journey from community college to becoming a world leader in mass spectrometry: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ncx...
Dr. Garcia discusses his journey from community college to becoming a world leader in mass spectrometry: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ncx...
Breaking Down Barriers for Hispanic/Latinx Scientists: Dr. Benjamin Garcia
open.spotify.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In this episode of “From Where Does it STEM”, @jpflores.rbind.io and I interview @garcialabms.bsky.social, a Department Head at WashU School of Medicine.
Dr. Garcia discusses his journey from community college to becoming a world leader in mass spectrometry: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ncx...
Dr. Garcia discusses his journey from community college to becoming a world leader in mass spectrometry: open.spotify.com/episode/6Ncx...
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US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!
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🍻 RSVP NOW!! 📢
The Hispanic & LatinX in MS group, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher, invites you to our Happy Hour at Pratt Street Ale House — just 1 minute from the Baltimore Convention Center!
Everyone is welcome!
RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#ASMS2025
The Hispanic & LatinX in MS group, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher, invites you to our Happy Hour at Pratt Street Ale House — just 1 minute from the Baltimore Convention Center!
Everyone is welcome!
RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#ASMS2025
May 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🍻 RSVP NOW!! 📢
The Hispanic & LatinX in MS group, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher, invites you to our Happy Hour at Pratt Street Ale House — just 1 minute from the Baltimore Convention Center!
Everyone is welcome!
RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#ASMS2025
The Hispanic & LatinX in MS group, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher, invites you to our Happy Hour at Pratt Street Ale House — just 1 minute from the Baltimore Convention Center!
Everyone is welcome!
RSVP here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#ASMS2025
Although there has been many positive things happening lately for myself and my lab group, this week we've gotten the bad news of a grant termination, as the lead PI is at Harvard (and they've had all their federal funding terminated). It will be tough to stop the work that only last year 1/2
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Although there has been many positive things happening lately for myself and my lab group, this week we've gotten the bad news of a grant termination, as the lead PI is at Harvard (and they've had all their federal funding terminated). It will be tough to stop the work that only last year 1/2
Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don't miss Garcia Lab oral and poster presentations at the American Society For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference. See everyone in Baltimore!
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✈️ ASMS 2025 Early Career Researcher Travel Awards ✈️
📢 Call for Applications 📢
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* 📧
hispanicsandlatinxinms.org/asms-2025-ea...
#ASMS2025 #MSCommunity
📢 Call for Applications 📢
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* 📧
hispanicsandlatinxinms.org/asms-2025-ea...
#ASMS2025 #MSCommunity
May 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
✈️ ASMS 2025 Early Career Researcher Travel Awards ✈️
📢 Call for Applications 📢
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* 📧
hispanicsandlatinxinms.org/asms-2025-ea...
#ASMS2025 #MSCommunity
📢 Call for Applications 📢
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* 📧
hispanicsandlatinxinms.org/asms-2025-ea...
#ASMS2025 #MSCommunity
That’s my daughter! 🤩
Prof. Varun Gadkari and undergraduate Arabella Garcia have both recently earned awards from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry! 🌟 Congratulations, Varun and Bella! #DriventoDiscover #UMNProud
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/20...
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/20...
2025 ASMS Award winners: Assistant Professor Varun Gadkari and undergraduate Arabella Garcia
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (5/6/2025) – Assistant Professor Varun Gadkari and an undergraduate student from his research group, Arabella Garcia, have both recently earned awards from the American Society ...
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May 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
That’s my daughter! 🤩
Happy to share that I have been named a Fulbright Scholar. I will spend short periods in Brazil over the next two summers to begin new research collaborations and teach a short course. Its always been a dream of mine to one day be a part of this historic program to further global exchanges and 1/2
May 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Happy to share that I have been named a Fulbright Scholar. I will spend short periods in Brazil over the next two summers to begin new research collaborations and teach a short course. Its always been a dream of mine to one day be a part of this historic program to further global exchanges and 1/2
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Pleased to announce the summer's Skyline Targeted Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Course - the week of July 7-11, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Details and registration information can be found here: skyline.ms/project/home...
#massspecsky #proteomicssky #proteomics #skyline
#massspecsky #proteomicssky #proteomics #skyline
Start Page: /home/software/Skyline/events/2025 UW Course
skyline.ms
April 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Pleased to announce the summer's Skyline Targeted Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Course - the week of July 7-11, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Details and registration information can be found here: skyline.ms/project/home...
#massspecsky #proteomicssky #proteomics #skyline
#massspecsky #proteomicssky #proteomics #skyline
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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
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
April 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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
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
A bat flew into our house yesterday and it went exactly how’d you expect that would go in a comedy movie. I wish I would have taken a picture or video of it, but I was too busy breaking everything in the house with a pool net and oven mits on to take a pic.
April 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A bat flew into our house yesterday and it went exactly how’d you expect that would go in a comedy movie. I wish I would have taken a picture or video of it, but I was too busy breaking everything in the house with a pool net and oven mits on to take a pic.
Just opened our pool. First swimmer of the season arrived.
April 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just opened our pool. First swimmer of the season arrived.
Congratulations to Andrea Soranno for being selected as a 2025 Dean's Impact Award winner from our @wusm-bmb.bsky.social department, recognizing his enduring commitment and achievement in community building and engagement.
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Congratulations to Andrea Soranno for being selected as a 2025 Dean's Impact Award winner from our @wusm-bmb.bsky.social department, recognizing his enduring commitment and achievement in community building and engagement.
Great meeting my ASBMB Professional Rounds Program mentee Charles Agbavor at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) conference today. He’s an incredible young upcoming scientist! @asbmb.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Great meeting my ASBMB Professional Rounds Program mentee Charles Agbavor at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) conference today. He’s an incredible young upcoming scientist! @asbmb.bsky.social