Podcast

The Proteomics Show

Chemistry, Science

Ben Orsburn and Ben Neely co-host a podcast series in a “fireside chat” format with prestigious proteomics researchers. The guests are great, the hosts are questionable.

Chemistry chart
#24
Episodes
118
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
53 min
On air since
2022
Latest episode
4 days ago

Episodes

118 episodes, newest first

  1. Ep 116 - Pancreas - Dr. Ralph Hruban

    Season 9, Episode 15

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Ralph Hruban, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Also producer of the award winning documentary "Halsted", https://halstedthedocumentary.org/

    keywords: history; pancreatitis; cancer; pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); KRAS; early detection; exocrine; acinar cells; diabetes

    42 min
  2. Ep 115 - Liver - Dr. Natalie Porat-Shliom

    Season 9, Episode 14

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Natalie Porat-Shliom, National Cancer Institute.

    keywords: liver zonation; hepatocytes; microanatomy; hepatic lobule; comparative biology; compartmentalization

    50 min
  3. Ep 114 - Heart - Dr. Rebekah Gundry

    Season 9, Episode 13

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Rebekah Gundry, University of Nebraska Medical Center.

    keywords: cardiovascular proteomics; heart development; heart failure; heart attack; cardiac arrest; pythons; cell-surface proteomics; therapeutic-target discovery; translational cardiovascular research

    1 hr 6 min
  4. Ep 113 - LIVE! from iSCMS 2026 - Dr. Edward Emmott Bonus

    Show notes

    A special live show from the 2026 International Single Cell Mass Spectrometry Conference (iSCMS) in London. Ben Orsburn was joined by special co-host Prof. Melanie Bailey from King’s College London, and they sat down to talk to Professor Edward Emmott, University of Liverpool.

    37 min
  5. Ep 112 - Saliva - Dr. Stefan Ruhl

    Season 9, Episode 12

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Stefan Ruhl, University at Buffalo.

    keywords: spit; comparative proteomics of saliva; dentistry; oral health; swallowing; mucins; microbiome; gorilla

    1 hr 8 min
  6. Ep 111 - Muscle - Dr. Keith Baar

    Season 9, Episode 11

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Keith Baar, University of California, Davis.

    keywords: molecular exercise physiology; skeletal muscle; tendons; longevity; connective tissue disorders; Loeys-Dietz syndrome, LDS; Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, EDS; Marfan syndrome; collagen; Emil Abrahamsson Hangboard Training 2 Times Per Day

    1 hr 3 min
  7. Ep 110 - Skin - Dr. Beatrice Dyring-Andersen

    Season 9, Episode 10

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Beatrice Dyring-Andersen, University of Copenhagen and Zealand University Hospital.

    keywords: dermatology; immunology; Human Skin Atlas; microbiome; psoriasis; eczema

    44 min
  8. Ep 109 - Blow - Dr. Laura Thompson

    Season 9, Episode 8

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Laura Thompson, Mystic Aquarium.

    keywords: exhaled breath condensate; diving physiology; decompression sickness; neuroimmune response; adaptive inflammation; Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue; 1988)

    59 min
  9. Ep 108 - Eyeball - Dr. Kevin Schey

    Season 9, Episode 8

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Kevin Schey, Vanderbilt University.

    keywords: lens; retina; newts; salamanders; macular degeneration

    50 min
  10. Public Service Announcement Bonus

    Show notes

    We are looking for some reviews, some stars, some emails, who knows! TheProteomicsShow@gmail.com btw. Thanks!

    10 min
  11. Ep 107 - Blood - Dr. Jochen Schwenk

    Season 9, Episode 7

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Jochen Schwenk, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and SciLifeLab.

    keywords: serum; plasma; microsampling; study design

    47 min
  12. Ep 106 - Snot - Dr. Jennifer Mulligan

    Season 9, Episode 6

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Jennifer Mulligan, University of Florida and Co-Director, UF Health Smell Disorders Program.

    keywords: smell training; diag-nose.io; goblet cells; BeanBoozled; mysmelltest.org ; BBC Article

    55 min
  13. Ep 105 - Bones - Dr. Charles Schurman

    Season 9, Episode 5

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Charles Schurman, Buck Institute for Research on Aging.

    keywords: osteoporosis; Haversian system; lacunar-canalicular system; perilacunar/canalicular remodeling; Deadpool 2; Unbreakable (2000)

    53 min
  14. Ep 104 - Tears - Dr. Lekha Sleno

    Season 9, Episode 4

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Lekha Sleno, Université du Québec à Montréal.

    keywords: dry eye; biomarkers; Schirmer strips

    49 min
  15. Ep 103 - Blood Vessels - Drs. Sasha Singh and Sarah Parker

    Season 9, Episode 3

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Sasha Singh, Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Sarah Parker, Cedars-Sinai (also featured in Ep 15).

    keywords: hEDS; POTS; valves; foamy macrophages; atherosclerosis; aneurysm

    55 min
  16. Ep 102 - Brain - Dr. Jan Mulder

    Season 9, Episode 2

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the parts", Ben and Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Jan Mulder, Karolinska Institutet.

    keywords: brain; brain atlas; human protein atlas; Alzheimer's Disease; stereo-seq

    47 min
  17. Ep 101 - Hair - Dr. Glendon Parker

    Season 9, Episode 1

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "All the Parts", Ben sat down to talk with Dr. Glendon Parker, University of California, Davis.

    keywords: hair; forensics; SAAVs; single amino acid variants; species identification

    54 min
  18. Ep 100 - Pony Express (LIVE!) - Dr. Natalie Clark

    Season 8, Episode 6

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "Pony Express", Renã A. S. Robinson (co-host from Ep 35; featured in Ep 20) and Ben Orsburn sat down to talk with Dr. Natalie Clark, Broad Institute, in front of a live audience at the 2026 US HUPO meeting in St. Louis.

    keywords: CPTAC; cancer; bioinformatics; super simple songs; decapitated fruit fly

    37 min
  19. Ep 99 - AI overlord super fan for our 100th episode Bonus

    Season 8, Episode 5

    Show notes

    As part of this mostly US HUPO sponsored series, Ben and Ben sit down to talk with an AI super fan about their show so far.

    Corrections: Mom Swap not Wife Swap (totally different shows); Wrong Answers Only was the podcast, not Only Wrong Answers.

    Keywords: AI; snark; proteomics

    1 hr 3 min
  20. Ep 98 - Pony Express - Dr. William Noble

    Season 8, Episode 4

    Show notes

    As part of the US HUPO sponsored "Pony Express" series highlighting speakers at the upcoming 2026 US HUPO meeting in St. Louis, Ben and Ben sit down to talk with Dr. William Noble, University of Washington, recipient of the 2026 Gilbert S. Omenn Computational Proteomics Award.

    keywords: genomics; machine learning; AI; computational; Bridgerton; cocaine monkeys; birding

    47 min