Your @asms.org Board @jyates.bsky.social @lingjun2025.bsky.social @bhclowers.bsky.social @iondoctor.bsky.social @lablaskin.bsky.social @drlaurasanchez.bsky.social hard at work in Santa Fe, establishing new initiatives and planning for #ASMS2026. Get your abstracts submitted for San Diego by Feb. 6!

We're welcoming the new year with some new faces on our Advisory Board! Learn more about the new and returning members of the US HUPO Advisory Board on our website: https://us-hupo.org/advisoryboard/

Please join us in welcoming the New 2026 Advisory Board Members!

#USHUPO #Proteomics

This integrated multi-omics approach enables revealing previously unseen crosstalk between protein misfolding and N-glycosylation. A step forward towards earlier detection, better staging, and new therapeutic targets in AD. #Alzheimers #StructuralProteomics #CSF #SerumBiomarkers #Glycoproteomics #AD

We're thrilled to share #AnalyticalChemistry Supplementary Cover Art for our ant proteome work 🐜🐜 Special thanks to @uwmadpharmacy.bsky.social Sally Griffith-Oh for creating this beautiful cover art and thanks to everyone for this teamwork 🥳🥳@ACSPublications #MyACSCover
Link: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Congratulations @jojosardina.bsky.social from the Currie lab and @liresearch.bsky.social lab members Timo and Haiyan on this nice collaboration!🎉🎉

Happy New Year🎊 Our lab's first @pnas.org publication presents the first systems‑level map of how protein conformational changes and phosphorylation shape communication between pancreatic cancer and stellate cells🥳 Congrats to Haiyan and all co-authors👏
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

US HUPO sponsored "Pony Express" highlights speakers at the 2026 US HUPO meeting in St. Louis. Ben and Ben talk with Dr. Lingjun Li, co-awardee of the 2026 Costello Award.

Listen Now: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/theproteomicsshow/episodes/Ep-96---Pony-Express---Dr--Lingjun-Li-e3cjhdf

The wait is over! 🎉 The full agenda is now available—packed with cutting-edge science and expert speakers. 👉 Register today www.ushupoconference.org #USHUPO2026 #USHUPO

Huge congratulations to our 74th Ph.D., Dr. Lauren Fields @chemistlauren.bsky.social 🍾🥂✨ Thank you for all the fun and outstanding mentorship you brought to our lab 😄 Wishing you all the best in your next postdoc chapter at Prof. Maccoss Lab 🥳 We will miss you so much!

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy promotional image featuring a smiling individual in an office setting with text announcing the Year of Impact Kellet Mid-Career Investigator Award.

It's been a year of impact for Professor Lingjun Li (@liresearch.bsky.social): She became the first-ever School of Pharmacy recipient of UW–Madison’s Kellett Mid-Career Award, and now she's being honored with a 2026 Catherine Costello Award by @us-hupo.org! https://bit.ly/44xJChr

Great food, loud laughs, and a spirited White Elephant exchange at the annual Li Lab holiday party 🎄🎁
Huge congratulations to our 74th Ph.D., Dr. Lauren Fields 👩‍🎓🍾
So excited to welcome 10 new members to the lab family 🥳🥳
Cheers to another successful year 🥂✨

Proteome-Wide Analysis and Surface Protein Isolation for Secretome Characterization Reveal Insights into the Biology of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Acromyrmex echinatior Characterizing the proteome of an organism can provide critical insights into the proteins that regulate key biological processes such as development, physiology, and environmental interactions. While...

New publication in Analytical Chemistry, in collab with Cameron Currie Lab 🥳 A dual-layered proteomic workflow that maps both whole-body and surface-secreted proteins in the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior. Huge congrats to Timo, Haiyan, and all co-authors 👏👏
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Multiplexed Data-Independent Acquisition-Based Proteomics Enabled by TMTpro Complementary Ions Data-independent acquisition (DIA) has emerged as a powerful approach in quantitative proteomics, offering more comprehensive and reproducible proteome coverage than the conventional data-dependent ac...

New publication on Anal Chem 🥳🥳 Our new 3-plex TMTproC-DIA strategy delivers accurate multiplexed quantification, high precision even in complex sample backgrounds without adding spectral complexity. Congrats to Zicong, @pk-liu.bsky.social, and Haiyan 👏👏
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Congratulations to Graham (Jiahao) on successfully passing his prelim exam with flying colors 🥳🥳  Can't wait to see what he can accomplish with this exciting project in the coming years 🤓🤓

Thanks so much, Ben and Ben, for the fun conversation! I really enjoyed our chat and am looking forward to an exciting #USHUPO 2026 in St. Louis this coming February!

Li Lab Friendsgiving Party ✨
A night filled with gratitude, homemade goodness, endless laughs, and the best lab family we could ask for 🍽️🧡
Sending our warmest congratulations to Dr. Hua Zhang as he embarks on his exciting new professorship journey 🥳🥳🥳

Single-cell mass spectrometry imaging: emerging advancements and future insights Single-cell mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has emerged as a transformative technology for dissecting complex biological systems with high spatial pre…

Our new review paper on ACA Special Issue of Imaging Mass Spec 🥳🥳 We highlight recent advances in single-cell MSI, focusing on improved spatial resolution, molecular coverage, and analytical workflows. Congrats to Hua and co-authors 👏👏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

May Institute on Computation & Statistics for MS and Proteomics is taking great shape. Fantastic new and repeat instructors and lots of new content. We are grateful to our sponsors Fragmatics and Biognosys. Keep an eye on the website computationalproteomics.khoury.northeastern.edu

Three scientists in lab coats and safety glasses are observing a document and discussing in a laboratory setting.

Person presenting a scientific poster on lung cancer research at a conference.

PharmTox students Sophia Melnyk and Caroline Mork have been honored with @uwmadison.bsky.social Hillsdale Fellowships!

Learn about how the Hilldale Fellowship is support students and mentors in their research on treating #Alzheimers and lung #cancer: https://bit.ly/4hGgppY

Costumes, candy, and chemistry 🧪🎃 Li lab turned spooky for a day 👻

Global spinal cord peptidome profiling in response to osteoarthritis in rats Osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex and increasingly prevalent condition, affecting an estimated 600 million people worldwide and significantly reducing quality of life. Understanding OA as both an infla...

New publication on @molecularomics.rsc.org 🥳Our work revealed how osteoarthritis reshapes the neuropeptide landscape of the spinal cord in the MIRAT model. This is a nice collaboration with Prof. Eric Troncy Lab, and congrats to Gaoyuan, Marilyn and all co-authors 👏
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

A group of Kellett Awardees

School of Pharmacy Dean Steve Swanson and Professor Lingjun Li

Congratulations to Prof. Lingjun Li (@liresearch.bsky.social) on earning a @uwmadison.bsky.social Kellett Mid-Career Award to support her "high risk, high reward" work in single-cell analysis & #massspectrometry, geared to understand tumors & neuron communication! pharmacy.wisc.edu/2025/09/10/p...

We had the honor to welcome Prof. Graham Cooks as our 2025 Meloche Lectureship speaker. Thank you Graham for two inspiring lectures and insightful discussions with our students and faculty. Your five decades of innovation in MS continue to shape the field, and your mentorship is truly extraordinary.

Three individuals in different settings: the first person stands outside wearing a "Wisconsin" sweatshirt; the second person is in a lab, handling equipment; the third person smiles outside, casually dressed.

“It’s a great opportunity and also potentially a foot in the door,” says Prof. Lara Collier.

School of Pharmacy #PharmSci PhD students are gaining real-world experience through #internships & co-ops at top companies like Regeneron, Merck & Genentech: https://bit.ly/48VWoZR

Fall tradition continues 🍂🍁 The Li Lab returned to Eugster’s Farm for another day of apple picking, pumpkin hunting, and apple cider donut 🍎🎃🍩 Grateful for great weather and great company with our rotation students 🥳🥳

UW–Madison Scientists are Pushing the Boundaries of Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Imaging - School of Pharmacy Professor Lingjun Li reflects on her lab’s interdisciplinary research, the importance of spatial molecular imaging, and how tools like AI and mass spectrometry are shaping the future of biomedical sci...

Professor Lingjun Li @liresearch.bsky.social has helped develop a powerful new technique revealing biomolecular detail—like cancer tumor chemistry—at unprecedented resolution. Published in @nature.com Methods, this tech could reshape biomedical research. #MassSpec pharmacy.wisc.edu/2025/07/02/u...

Increased expression of ATase1/NAT8B or ATase2/NAT8 in the mouse results in an autistic-like phenotype with altered dendritic branching and spine formation - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Increased expression of ATase1/NAT8B or ATase2/NAT8 in the mouse results in an autistic-like phenotype with altered dendritic branching and spine formation

🚨 A new study from Professor Lingjun Li @liresearch.bsky.social and collaborators in the Molecular Psychiatry journal finds that changes in an enzyme that helps #neurons function properly can alter synaptic function and drive #autism-like behaviors in a model.

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

Jeopardy night, round 3 🎉 Another year of laughter, surprises, and impressive fun facts from our lab crew 😆 Always a highlight seeing everyone’s hidden talents (and competitive side) ✨ Shoutout to Lauren, Jacey, and Kelly for organizing all the fun 👏

13-Plex DeAla Isobaric Reagents for High-Throughput Proteome Quantification Isobaric labeling techniques are widely used in mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics to enable the simultaneous analysis of multiple samples. However, commercial isobaric tags are expensive...

Excited to share our latest work on Analytical Chemistry, introducing a novel 13-plex DeAla isobaric tag for improved peptide fragmentation, enhanced protein identification, and competitive pricing 🥳🥳🥳 Congrats to @pk-liu.bsky.social and co-authors ✨✨

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Deciphering the Three-Dimensional Biomolecular Distribution in the Alzheimer’s Disease Brain: A Multiomic Approach Integrating Immunohistochemistry with MALDI MS Imaging Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by complex and distinct spatial and molecular changes in the brain that contribute to its onset and progress…

New publication on Analytica Chimica Acta 🥳🥳 We presented 3D spatial proteomic and lipidomic analysis of AD and WT mouse brains via 10-plex immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based photocleavable mass tag (PC-MT) labeling. Congrats Kelly and co-authors 👏👏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...