Benjamin Neely

Abstract Bats are increasingly studied for their ability to coexist with diverse viruses of human health importance. While this focus has yielded insights into host–pathogen dynamics, baseline physiological data from healthy bats remain limited, constraining comparative and mechanistic understanding. Serum proteomics offers a direct window into circulating proteins that underpin immune regulation, cellular maintenance, and metabolism.

The past decade has seen widespread advances in quality control (QC) materials and software tools focused specifically on mass spectrometry–based proteomics, yet the rate of adoption is inconsistent. Despite the fundamental importance of QC, it typically falls behind learning new techniques, instruments, or software.

Abstract Since 1998, California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) stranding events associated with domoic acid toxicosis have consistently increased. Outside of direct measurement of DA in bodily fluids at the time of stranding, currently there are no practical non-lethal clinical tests for the diagnosis of domoic acid toxicosis (DAT) that can be utilized in a large-scale rehabilitation facility.