We're delighted to celebrate Dr. Penghsuan (Timo) Huang, Ph.D. #79 from the Li Lab 🥳🥳 Thank you for bringing so much joy and incredible photography talent to our lab over the years 📸📸 Your photos have captured countless memorable lab moments! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors🎉🎉

Check out our latest publication on ACS Chemical Neuroscience 🥳🥳 Our study demonstrates how even partially characterized genome can accelerate the discovery of many novel neuropeptides in crab species 🤓🤓 Huge congrats to @chemistlauren.bsky.social and all co-authors 👏👏 doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

Li Lab had a great time at #ASMS2026 in San Diego🥳 27 posters, 1 oral, and Waters User Meeting Plenary Talk and SCIEX Breakfast Seminar by our PI @lingjun2025.bsky.social 🤓
A fun Li Lab Reunion Lunch, closing event at the USS Midway, and IonOpticks rooftop bar with great views and company🎶

Thank you @bindesh1.bsky.social for the shoutout! It was a great event, and an honor to present alongside @joelooucla.bsky.social and Konstantinos Thalassinos.

New publication on Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry as Paper in Forefront 🥳🥳 We showed spatial mapping of human pancreatic islets by high-resolution u-DESI MS imaging 🎉🎉 Huge congrats to Mallory and Thao and all coauthors 🤩🤩 Check it out 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#ASMS2026 is around the corner and we can't wait to share our latest MS research with you 🥳🥳🥳 Check out the special presentation of our PI @lingjun2025.bsky.social at the Waters User Meeting and @sciex.bsky.social Breakfast Seminar, and 29 informative presentations from our lab this year 🤓🤓

Huge congratulations to our newest Ph.D. #75 Feixuan Wu 🥳🥳🥳 Your kindness, mentorship, and dedication will be missed!!! We have no doubt you will shine on your next role as a Scientist at Gilead 🎉🎉🎉

Future chemists in the house 🧪✨ Chem Graduate Recruitment Weekend was a great chance to meet so many talented prospective students 😄 Huge thanks to our graduate student volunteers Jacey, Thao, Emily, Kendra, Tong, Ziyi, and Shashank for helping make the weekend such a success 👏

Prof. Brandon Ruotolo created instructional/tutorial videos covering the basics of mass spectrometry in collab w/ Henry Stewart Talks! MC questions and learning objectives added soon to package! V1: doi.org/10.69645/OBM... V2: doi.org/10.69645/FEX... Subscription is needed to access these videos.

Grateful and honored to receive this award honoring Cathy who has been a great mentor, role model, and inspiration throughout my career. Huge congrats to all awardees! Grateful for this community, inspired by the science, and thankful for the people. Already excited for next year! @us-hupo.org

The Li Lab had a great time at US HUPO 2026!🥳 Congratulations to Feixuan Wu for delivering an oral presentation on high-throughput simultaneous quantification of glycopeptides and phosphopeptides in diabetes. Thanks to the organizers!😃 #USHUPO2026

🥳 New publication in Analytica Chimica Acta! 🧬 We introduce a multiplexed strategy for simultaneous quantification of glycopeptides & phosphopeptides using 12-plex DiLeu tags and dual-functional Ti(IV)-IMAC. Congrats to Feixuan Wu & all authors 👏 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kicking off 2026 with great news 🎉🥳 Our work is featured as the Front Cover of ACS Central Science! Big congrats to the team and special thanks to Sally Griffith-Oh for the stunning cover ✨ Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/toc/acscii/1... pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Congratulations to our PI @lingjun2025.bsky.social on her election as Treasurer on the ASMS Board of Directors 🥳 We look forward to her service as her term begins July 1, 2026. #[email protected] #ASMS2026 Check it out: lnkd.in/g_7XZzz5

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!

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 🥂✨

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/...

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 🥳🥳🥳

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

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 👻

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...

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.

“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 🥳🥳

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...

🚨 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 👏

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/...

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...

Celebrating the successful 3rd International Single Cell Mass Spec conference in Chicago last weekend🥳 Congrats to Kelly for winning Best Poster Award and Hua for Young Investigator Award in the category of best advancement award recognizing his scientific accomplishments👏

New research published on Nature @molpsychiatry 🥳🥳 Neuron-specific overexpression of ATase1/ATase2 in mice leads to autistic-like behaviors via ER acetylation pathway disruptions. Congrats Haiyan and a nice collab with Luigi Puglielli Lab Link 👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to Zach, our @uwmadpharmacy.bsky.social student, on successfully passing the prelim exam and officially becoming a Ph.D. Candidate 🥳🥳🥳 We can't wait to hear about your exciting research in the near future 👏👏👏

Big congrats to David 🥳 🥳 our highly motivated high school summer intern, on successfully presenting his research at the 29th Annual High School Research Poster Session 👏👏

Check out this latest paper in the special issue #Biomolecules Molecular Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Health of Human,Animals and Plants 🥳 🥳We use iDiLeu to quantify metabolite changes upon copper exposure! Congrats to Olga 😃😃 Link below 👇👇 www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15...

We're thrilled to celebrate Dr. Zhang, the 72nd Ph.D. from the Li Lab 🥳🥳🥳 Wishing you success and happiness in all your future endeavors 😃