Our third PhD student, and third summa cum laude. Congrats, Andreas!

🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Maria, Postdoc in the Matic Lab 👩‍🔬 Maria studies how our cells respond to damage in their DNA — the instruction manual of life. 🧬
@mariapalumbieri.bsky.social

We were delighted to have Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan with us to discuss his exciting new book, "Why We Die." Thanks so much, Venki, for your fascinating and thought-provoking talk - it was truly a pleasure to have you join us!

Apply now for a fully funded #PhD position at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research and become part of our vibrant #AgingResearch commmuny.
🗓️ Deadline: November 3, 2025.
ℹ️ More info: www.ageing-grad-school.de
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Superb News&Views on our recent paper reporting identification of ADP-ribosyl-linked serine ubiquitylation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

At its core, it’s a technological paper—necessary to overcome some of the many challenges of working with ADPrUb. But beyond the technical details, below are the main highlights:

RNF114 is an E3 ligase that can recognize ADP-ribose (ADPr) and ubiquitin with separate domains. A proteomics approach is developed using these domains to map ADP-ribosyl-ubiquitylation sites

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to share my first first-author postdoc publication — a team effort with @aklvnbch.bsky.social. We present the first MS-based evidence of ADP-ribosylation–linked ubiquitin (ADPrUb) in cells after DNA damage.
Grateful for all I’ve learned and looking forward to uncovering more about ADPrUb

Really happy that our paper is finally released. We show that PARP1 and histones are targets of ADP-ribosyl-linked ubiquitylation during DNA damage and describe how to detect the dual modification. Great teamwork with @mariapalumbieri.bsky.social & thanks to everyone involved @maticlab.bsky.social !

Our latest study on ADP-ribosyl-linked serine ubiquitylation in the context of PARP1 signaling and the DNA damage response is out today in Nature Chemical Biology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Huge Congratulations to Edoardo José Longarini on receiving the prestigious Peter Hans Hofschneider Prize! 🎉

www.age.mpg.de/424030/Edoar...

🎥We're excited to share the new film about our graduate programme. Get a glimpse of our faculty & PhD students and explore your research opportunities. Join us as we dive into the world of ageing research and discover what makes the CGA truly unique.👩‍🔬🧑‍🎓 www.ageing-grad-school.de/about-us/cal...

New Paper💡PARP enzymes regulate ADP-ribosylation, a protein modification linked to cancer, infections & neurodegeneration. But it comes with two forms—MARylation (single) & PARylation (multiple). Meet dELTA-MS, a mass spec method that identifies both in one experiment!
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

I'm super excited to share our study in collaboration with @jnpruneda.bsky.social, published today in @embojournal.org! We show that PARPs are modified with a non-canonical ester-linked mono-ADP-ribosylated ubiquitin species for the first time in cells: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

We’ve uploaded a bioRxiv preprint on new antibodies specific for poly-ADP-ribosylation (PARylation). These modular tools were developed and validated through novel applications of our Serine ADP-ribosylation-based technology. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hi everyone! The Matić Lab is now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing our discoveries and technologies and interacting with all of you.