News & Updates

2013

  • Apr 1 PacMass

    Come hear Prof. Vicki Wysocki speak at PacMass on 4/22 here at UW SLU.

  • Mar 7 Congrats

    Best wishes to Vagisha and Deepak on their new baby boy!

  • Feb 22 Comet support

    I created Comet support Google group which I'll use to post program info, give users a forum to ask questions, etc.

  • Feb 4 Comet update

    Version 2012.01 rev. 3 is released. Hopefully final maintenance release for Comet version 2012.01.

  • Jan 10 Comet update

    Version 2012.01 rev. 2 is released. Affects pep.xml output only.

  • Jan 1 Happy New Year

    The UWPR wishes that you have a great 2013!
2012

  • Sep 19 Comet update

    Had to make a minor fix to the 2012.01.1 release of Comet to address static modifications in pep.xml output.

  • Sep 12 Comet update

    maintenance release 2012.01.1 of Comet is now available.

  • Oct 29 Updated TPP

    version 4.6.1 is now live on the UWPR system.

  • Oct 16 Congratulations

    to Eva Jahan and her husband Ethan. They had a healthy baby girl Zahra this past weekend.

  • Oct 8 UW SEQUEST update

    Version 2012.01.5 maintenance release fixes errors with the internal decoy searches. This is not being generally pushed out as we're at EOL for UW SEQUEST; if you need this update, contact me (Jimmy).

  • Sep 27 PacMass

    Dave Goodlett presets at PacMass here at SLU on Oct 4th.

  • Sep 4 UWPR Seminar

    will be held at Foege Auditorium from 4-6PM on Tues 9/11/12.

  • Aug 15 UW SEQUEST update

    Version 2012.01.4 maintenance release fixes stop codon character '*' support. This is not being generally pushed out as we're at EOL for UW SEQUEST; if you need this update, contact me (Jimmy).

  • Aug 9 SLU block party

    happening tomorrow Friday Aug 10th.

  • Aug 1 Goodlett Lab moving

    The Goodlett lab announced a move to Univ. of Maryland in Jan. 2013. The lab will be missed.

  • Jul 13 UW SEQUEST update

    Version 2012.01.3 maintenance release is live on UWPR systems. Simply adds back support for "activation_method" parameter that was broken. For mzXML inputs only.

  • Jun 21 Symposium

    The Cascadia Proteomics Symposium is being held July 19-21 at ISB.

  • Jun 20 UW SEQUEST update

    Version 2012.01.2 maintenance release is live on UWPR systems.

  • May 17 UW SEQUEST update

    Version 2012.01.1 maintenance release is live on UWPR systems.

  • Apr 24 ISB TPP course

    TPP software course is being offered by ISB on June 4-8.

  • Apr 6 New UW SEQUEST

    Version 2012.01.0 is live on UWPR systems.

  • Mar 26 Symposium

    Please join us for a one day Proteomics Symposium at the UW South Lake Union Campus preceeding Vancouver's ASMS.

  • Mar 16 TPP Update

    UWPR TPP binaries have been updated to v4.5.2 today.

  • Jan 23 Proteomics jobs

    A few UW labs are looking for good people. In this post, we're highlighting the Ong lab; go check them out!
2011

  • Dec 22 Happy Holidays

    The UWPR wishes everyone happy holidays and a great new year!

  • Nov 17 Proteomics talk

    Come see Alexey Nesvizhskii give a talk at 11:15AM today in Foege auditorium (S060) on the topic of label-free quantitative proteomics.

  • Oct 1 UWPR Cost Center

    We're now operating as a cost center. See the Collaboration tab for info.

  • Sep 27 Informatics position

    Igenica, a biopharmaceutical company in California, is looking for a bioinformatician. Take a look at their job posting if you're interested.

  • Sep 26 Software update

    The TPP software version on UWPR cluster has been updated to recently released 4.5.0.

  • Sep 15 LTQ-FT docs

    Two new documents have been posted on our tools page covering ECD and IRMPD maintenance and optimization on an LTQ-FT Ultra. Look in the "Hardware, methods, protocols" section. Thanks Priska.

  • Sep 9 Postdoc positions

    Interested in a job in proteomics research? The Bruce lab has postdoc positions available. Take a look!

  • Sep 7 Shared Proteomics

    Check out the website which contains a wiki, forum, tutorials, etc.

  • Aug 9 Maintenance release 2011.01 rev 1 of SEQUEST

    is now available. See the release notes for a description of the updates.

  • Aug 1 8/2 UW joint proteomics group meeting is cancelled.

  • Jul 28 Next UW joint proteomics group meeting

    is 5PM this coming Tues Aug 2nd in Foege.

  • Jul 27 Sequence DB updates

    The SwissProt and human/mouse IPI databases were just updated on the Mascot server.

  • Jul 17 Food trucks at SLU

    If you're a proteomics researcher who enjoys food, visiting our SLU campus brings you close to lots of food truck options.

  • Jun 15 PacMass tomorrow

    Go see my old colleague Tim Griffin give a talk at the Hutch.

  • Jun 13 Proteomics Symposium

    The Cascade Proteomics Symposium is targeted towards a PNW audience to be held on July 17th to 19th in Seattle. See the Symposium website here for more details.

  • May 5 UW SEQUEST release

    Version 2011.01 rev 0 of UWPR Sequest has been released with minor functional updates. See the release notes here.

  • Apr 6 Pressure Cell

    Here's some info to help you setup your own packing station and pack/load columns.

  • Mar 16 Bioinformatics position in Memphis

    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital currently has two proteomics bioinformatics positions open. If you're interested in working in Memphis, check out jobs 20477 and 20478 here.

  • Feb 7 Post doc available

    A proteomics lab here is looking for a good postdoc or two. Interested? Send in your CV and I'll pass it along. -Jimmy

  • Jan 4 Misc news

    Happy New Year and a quick note that the next joint UW proteomics lab meeting will be on Thursday January 20th at 5PM. Also belated welcome to Shao-En Ong who is a new proteomics faculty member in Pharmacology.
2010

  • Dec 12 SAWN video

    Check out this video of surface acoustic wave nebulization being pioneered in the Goodlett lab.

  • Nov 5 Welcome Alejandro

    Dr. Alejandro Wolf-Yadlin has joined us at the UW SLU campus as a new proteomics faculty in Genome Sciences. He's looking for a post doc!

  • Nov 1 UW SEQUEST release

    A new UW-internal version of SEQUEST (version 2010.01.0) has been released. See the release notes for more information. Access to this software requires an academic use license from the UW.

  • Oct 21 Data retention policy

    Please see the new data retention policy posted on the collaboration page.

  • Sep 16 Fall PacMass meeting

    The meeting, on Wednesday October 6, will be held at the UW Medicine SLU campus in the Orin Smith Auditorium starting at 5:30PM.

  • Jun 16 Welcome Judit

    We'd like to welcome Judit Villen, new Genome Sciences proteomics faculty member, to the UW community.

  • Mar 24 ProteinCenter update

    ProteinCenter is now at v3.2. See the UWPR ProteinCenter page for details of the changes.

  • Feb 10 Power Outtage

    A major power outtage has shut down all equipment in the bulding including mass specs. It could be a few days before things are back to normal.

  • Jan 04 2010 Welcome Eva

    Eva Baker starts today at the UWPR as a software engineer.
2009

  • Oct 12 Another triple

    A new TSQ Vantage, our second triple quad, has been installed.

  • Aug 18 new documents

    A couple of new parts lists are now available on the Tools page.

  • Jun 8 Shuttle change

    Note that due to construction, the D-wing shuttle stop has been moved to the north side of Pacific Ave NE between the two pedestrian overpasses.

  • May 25 Cluster upgrade

    22 new 8-core nodes have been added to our cluster (244 CPU cores in total) to replace retired machines.

  • Apr 28 Tesla workstation

    The UWPR has added an Nvidia workstation, including two Tescla C1060 computing processors (240 computing cores and 4GB memory each).

  • Mar 16 Goodbye Ning

    Ning Zhang has accepted a position with the UW Hospital IT group. Good luck on your new job!

  • Jan 27 2009 ProteinCenter seminar at UW

    on February 26th, 10:30AM at SLU. The is an informal seminar to learn about the functionality of ProteinCenter. It will be held in Brotman 237.
2008

  • Dec 30 Congratulations to Mike MacCoss

    for being selected as a winner of the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Mike is one of 12 researchers awarded the nations highest honor for scientists at the outset of their professional careers.

  • Dec 8 Welcome Jim Bruce

    The UWPR welcomes Jim Bruce, Genome Sciences proteomics faculty and our SLU co-inhabitant, to the UW proteomics community.

  • Nov 19 ProteinCenter

    UWPR researchers now have access to Proxeon's ProteinCenter software.

  • Sep 25, 2008 Local facilities

    See the link in the collaborate page to local proteomics fee-for-service facilities that may address your proteomics needs.

  • Jul 1, 2008 Welcome Ning

    We've grown by one FTE! Ning Zhang has joined our group as a software engineer; she comes from the Aebersold group at ISB.

  • Jun 3, 2008 Shuttle stop moves

    As part of the SLU campus build out progression, the shuttle stop is now on Republican St. right off the new courtyard.

  • May 19, 2008 Nanospray source

    Custom, flexible nanospray source information has been posted; check out the link in the Tools menu for detailed information.

  • Mar 4, 2008 We are hiring

    We have a position open for a Software Engineer, requisition # 41623. Here's your chance to work with great researchers and make your mark on the computational proteomics field. Related requisition #40615 closes today. Feel free to contact me with questions. -Jimmy

  • Jan 1, 2008 Happy New Year!

    We wish everyone a great 2008.
2007

  • Dec 6, 2007 Informatics platform

    The informatics webapp adopted from the YRC is now online.

  • Oct 12, 2007 New look

    The new website has launched.