Julia Laskin Lab

Excited to welcome 1st year graduate students to the group: Please, meet (from left to right) Naina Beishembieva, Josh Koval, and Yuna Chen. The future is looking bright!

Multimodal Nano-DESI Mass Spectrometry Imaging Reveals Phospholipids Accumulation in and around Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD), characterized by β-amyloid plaques, is increasingly recognized by lipid dysregulation as a key factor in its pathology. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), a powerful tool for m...

Excited to share our latest paper in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, in which high-resolution nano-DESI imaging is used to study lipid accumulation around the plaques in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.
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The special issue of #IJMS honoring Jenny Brodbelt, the recipient of the 2024 Thomson Medal, is shaping up nicely. Check out this excellent article collection. Thank you to Amanda Hummon for organizing this issue!
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Check out this exciting perspective article by Thanh Do in the Young Scientist Feature of #IJMS, in which he discusses what can be really measured using ion mobility spectrometry.
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Excited to share our latest paper in Analytical Chemistry describing the use of a confocal distance sensor for constant distance mode mass spectrometry imaging. Congratulations to Tommy Zhang and co-authors on the publication!
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High-spatial-resolution mass spectrometry imaging of biological tissues using a microfluidic probe Nature Protocols - We present a protocol for the design, fabrication and use of a microfluidic probe for nanospray desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging (nano-DESI MSI) that...

Excited to share our paper in Nature Protocols describing the fabrication of microfluidic nano-DESI probes. Congrats to Lixue Jiang and co-authors!
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Congrats Professor Laskin @lablaskin.bsky.social‬ on the review in @natrevchem.nature.com Read more:
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Many thanks to Kelly @kmhines.bsky.social and Julia @lablaskin.bsky.social for hosting Ladies wine and cheese night at #ASMS2025! So much fun get together @femalesinms.bsky.social @asms.org ❤️🍾🧀🌸🌹

Another busy day for us at #ASMS2025. Come to our posters to learn about new methods and applications in nano-DESI imaging and ion mobility spectrometry in nano cluster research.

Check out our presentations at #ASMS2025 highlighting our recent efforts in preparative and imaging mass spectrometry, ion mobility, gas phase ion chemistry, and new approaches for studying electrochemical reactions using MS.

On our way to Baltimore! Looking forward to reconnecting with friends and colleagues, learning about the latest in mass spectrometry, networking, and making new connections at #ASMS2025!

✈️ ASMS 2025 Early Career Researcher Travel Awards ✈️
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Applications are open from *May 12th to 23rd* 📧
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Amina Woods Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information Share Memories of Amina & Support the Woods Family

Saddened to share the news that Amina Woods passed away on March 31. Amina was an outstanding scientist who consistently challenged conventional thinking in her field. She inspired many of us through her work and will be deeply missed.

Check out the latest editorial article in #IJMS, highlighting two exciting perspective articles by Ian Webb and Ahmed Hamid in the Young Scientist Feature collection.

Check out our latest paper on isomer-selective lipid imaging using a singlet oxygen reaction with C=C bonds. We describe a universal photosensitizer compatible with both positive and negative ionization modes. Congrats to Sara Amer and co-authors!

Congratulations to Emily Halpern (A. Laskin Group) on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Collaborative/Industrial Research (ECIR) Award from Purdue's analytical chemistry division!

Congratulations to Michael Espenship (J. Laskin Group) on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Collaborative/Industrial Research (ECIR) Award from Purdue's analytical chemistry division!

Congratulations to Jaskiran Kaur (Kenttamaa Group) on receiving the 2025 Thomas Keough Award from Purdue's analytical chemistry division!

We are pleased to recognize our amazing graduate students!
Congratulations to Gwendylan Turner (Simpson Group) on receiving the 2025 Guy Mellon Award in Analytical Chemistry from the analytical chemistry division at Purdue!

Excited to share our paper in jasms.bsky.social on the development of a pneumatically-assisted microfluidic nano-DESI probe:

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2025 I. M. Kolthoff Award Winners The I.M. Kolthoff Award is given annually to deserving undergraduates who have done undergraduate research in the field of analytical chemistry, broadly defined, in celebration of the life and acco…

Congratulations to our outstanding undergraduate student, Erik Sveen, on receiving the ACS Koltoff Award! Erik will present his research at Pittcon next week.

Do not forget to nominate your student for the #IJMS Best Student Paper Award by Feb 28!

Congrats Professor Laskin for this well-deserved analytical award! Read more about the honor and @lablaskin.bsky.social research: www.chem.purdue.edu/media/news/2...

Check out this exciting perspective article "Rapid and accurate identification of microorganisms using ion mobility–mass spectrometry" by Ahmed Hamid in the Young Scientist Feature article collection of #IJMS:

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Excited to share that I have received the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation! I am truly honored and grateful to my current and former group members, whose work in developing unique mass spectrometry instrumentation made this possible.