Lauren Fields
@chemistlauren.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in the Li Lab at UW-Madison studying neuropeptidomics via mass spectrometry. Advocate for diversity in STEM. #FirstGen (She/her/hers)
It was great to share all of the research that was able to be accomplished under the 2024 Analytical Graduate Fellowship during my visit to @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social last week! It was great to meet so many people and see some exciting science.
Cheers for our very own @chemistlauren.bsky.social for rocking her presentation at the Student Innovators in Analytical Chemistry Symposium hosted by @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social 🥳🥳 This event celebrates her 2024 Analytical Graduate Fellowship, generously funded by Lilly - Way to shine, Lauren!
August 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It was great to share all of the research that was able to be accomplished under the 2024 Analytical Graduate Fellowship during my visit to @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social last week! It was great to meet so many people and see some exciting science.
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RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
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Sending my best to a true public servant and fellow Midwesterner, Governor Tony Evers, on his announced retirement. I saw up close his commitment to doing the right thing for Wisconsinites - and countless lives are better today because he stepped up to serve.
July 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sending my best to a true public servant and fellow Midwesterner, Governor Tony Evers, on his announced retirement. I saw up close his commitment to doing the right thing for Wisconsinites - and countless lives are better today because he stepped up to serve.
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Thank you to Mexico 🇲🇽 for stepping up and helping in Texas!
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thank you to Mexico 🇲🇽 for stepping up and helping in Texas!
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Happy Pride Mexico, thank you! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ How amazing! 🫶
Hey American republicans, it’s June, so “Happy I’m a pissy little bitch month” and kindly fck all the way off
#Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #LGBTQ #HatredIsntChristian
www.joemygod.com/2025/06/5000...
Hey American republicans, it’s June, so “Happy I’m a pissy little bitch month” and kindly fck all the way off
#Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #LGBTQ #HatredIsntChristian
www.joemygod.com/2025/06/5000...
5000+ Mexicans Form Record "Human Pride Flag" - Joe.My.God.
The Latin Times reports: In celebration of Pride Week, more than five thousand LGBTQ+ activists converged on Mexico City’s Zócalo to form the world’s largest human LGBT flag. Under a shower of rain an...
www.joemygod.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Happy Pride Mexico, thank you! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ How amazing! 🫶
Hey American republicans, it’s June, so “Happy I’m a pissy little bitch month” and kindly fck all the way off
#Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #LGBTQ #HatredIsntChristian
www.joemygod.com/2025/06/5000...
Hey American republicans, it’s June, so “Happy I’m a pissy little bitch month” and kindly fck all the way off
#Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #LGBTQ #HatredIsntChristian
www.joemygod.com/2025/06/5000...
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"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr
Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
scim.ag
June 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr
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Kill the brutal bill.
Before it kills us.
Before it kills us.
June 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Kill the brutal bill.
Before it kills us.
Before it kills us.
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Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
June 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
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Check out our latest review on @rsc.org Chem Bio, featuring quantitative MS-based strategies for neuropeptide analysis and highlights their applications on revealing neuropeptide roles in biological systems 🤓 Congrats to Angel, Wenxin and Haoran 🥳
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Quantitative neuropeptide analysis by mass spectrometry: advancing methodologies for biological discovery
Neuropeptides are critical endogenous signaling molecules involved in a wide range of biological processes, including neurotransmission, hormonal regulation, immune responses, and stress management. D...
pubs.rsc.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Check out our latest review on @rsc.org Chem Bio, featuring quantitative MS-based strategies for neuropeptide analysis and highlights their applications on revealing neuropeptide roles in biological systems 🤓 Congrats to Angel, Wenxin and Haoran 🥳
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Come check out my new work on multiplexed DIA of neuropeptides, very excited to share our new findings! #ASMS2025
Good morning #ASMS2025! Today Dr.Shuling Xu presents on characterizing ganglioside isomers via high-res ion mobility-MS/MS, and Feixuan Wu on high-throughput quantification of O-glycosylation in diabetes 🥳 Plus, check out 4 posters in multiomics, DIA, TEMI, and glycopeptide enrichment 🤓
June 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Come check out my new work on multiplexed DIA of neuropeptides, very excited to share our new findings! #ASMS2025
We are excited to show all the new things we have been working on in the Li Lab! @liresearch.bsky.social Come check out our Monday presentations! #ASMS2025 #TeamMassSpec
Join us on the first day at #ASMS2025 🥳 Dr. Wei (Wilson) Li will be presenting an exciting oral on a novel chemoproteomic platform for reliable citrullination mapping in Alzheimer’s disease 🤓 Plus, don’t miss out 5 posters covering proteomics, Mass Spec Imaging, and ion mobility 🎉
June 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are excited to show all the new things we have been working on in the Li Lab! @liresearch.bsky.social Come check out our Monday presentations! #ASMS2025 #TeamMassSpec
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Happy Li Lab Dinner Reunion 😍 #ASMS2025 allows us to have a delicious meal together. We're all fueled to learn and share cool science over the next few days. Kudos to our PI for delivering a fantastic talk today at the BSI User Meeting!
June 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Happy Li Lab Dinner Reunion 😍 #ASMS2025 allows us to have a delicious meal together. We're all fueled to learn and share cool science over the next few days. Kudos to our PI for delivering a fantastic talk today at the BSI User Meeting!
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#ASMS2025 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 BSI User Meeting, 4 exciting orals and 22 informative posters from our lab this year 🤓🤓🤓
May 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#ASMS2025 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 BSI User Meeting, 4 exciting orals and 22 informative posters from our lab this year 🤓🤓🤓
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All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
May 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
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My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
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Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
May 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
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This is intentional. Because higher costs (especially coupled with attacks on DEI) will mean fewer and disproportionately more privileged students going to college. Which curbs the power of universities. And which keeps anyone who isn't highly privileged from using college to grow their own power.
Nearly every higher ed-related provision in the House’s proposed reconciliation bill will make higher ed more expensive for students. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Assessing What Reconciliation Means for Higher Ed
House committees put the finishing touches on their sections of the reconciliation megabill early this week. Now, all the pieces of the puzzle are laid out, and higher ed experts say the picture is gr...
www.insidehighered.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is intentional. Because higher costs (especially coupled with attacks on DEI) will mean fewer and disproportionately more privileged students going to college. Which curbs the power of universities. And which keeps anyone who isn't highly privileged from using college to grow their own power.
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Huge congrats to UWMadison #ClassOf2025 🎉🎉🎉 We're so proud to watch our amazing lab members walk the stage. Cheers to Drs. @chemistlauren.bsky.social, @hnmiles.bsky.social, Zexin Zhu, Malik Ebbini, Olga Riusech, and Zicong Wang for your hard work, big dreams, and bright futures ahead! 🍻🍻🎓🎓🍾🍾
May 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Huge congrats to UWMadison #ClassOf2025 🎉🎉🎉 We're so proud to watch our amazing lab members walk the stage. Cheers to Drs. @chemistlauren.bsky.social, @hnmiles.bsky.social, Zexin Zhu, Malik Ebbini, Olga Riusech, and Zicong Wang for your hard work, big dreams, and bright futures ahead! 🍻🍻🎓🎓🍾🍾
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"the WWE lady who is supposed to be ending the education department is revoking Harvard's research grants": 2025 in a nutshell
May 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"the WWE lady who is supposed to be ending the education department is revoking Harvard's research grants": 2025 in a nutshell
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The current administration’s narrative that Harvard (and all universities) feel “entitled” to federal dollars misleads the public. Nor are these funds a “privilege” 1/n
Harvard may have a lot of issues, but none of the accusations in this acid-tripping letter are it. Don't know whether to laugh or cry as I watch monkeys tear up pearl strings.
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
May 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The current administration’s narrative that Harvard (and all universities) feel “entitled” to federal dollars misleads the public. Nor are these funds a “privilege” 1/n
I’m at NIGMS and my F31-diversity was terminated about 2 weeks ago. I’m still in disbelief.
All NIDA F31 diversity scholars officially losing their funding...
I barely have words.
Expected at this point but so so disappointing and unfair. We are effectively punishing some of America's best science students for telling the government they are from an underrepresented community.
I barely have words.
Expected at this point but so so disappointing and unfair. We are effectively punishing some of America's best science students for telling the government they are from an underrepresented community.
May 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’m at NIGMS and my F31-diversity was terminated about 2 weeks ago. I’m still in disbelief.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.