In response to the federal directive issued on Feb. 7, 2025 to change the Facilities and Administration rate for all existing and ongoing new NIH research awards, UW–Madison has issued the following statement. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-res…

Read the full informative interview with our PI, Lingjun Li, named a Human Health Hero in The Analytical Scientist's 2024 Power List of the world's top analytical scientists 🥳🥳 She shares her insights on the challenges and future of disease diagnostic and treatment👇👇 theanalyticalscientist.com/fields-applica…

98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule

🧵🧵🧵Today my NSF award “Synthesis and Reactivity of Oxygen-atom Vacancies in Molecular Vanadium Oxide Assemblies” was flagged for being too “woke”. 🧵🧵🧵 commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-le…

I went through some chemistry projects that got flagged as ‘woke” and it is a complete nonsense! They were flagged for the broader impact and outreach statements. There is nothing woke about creating opportunities in STEM for people from different backgrounds.

20 years ago, as a new PI, I often was the only woman in the room aside from admins. We have made significant progress in allowing women to have successful careers in science. There was /is nothing ‘woke’ about this effort and I believe it benefits science and society.

It's clear that many do not understand what NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on

Without NIH funds to run research labs at academic institutions, as a country we cannot train PhD students. No physician scientists. No undergraduates get experience in labs. Nothing. Industry does none of these things. Other countries will have to take the lead.

NIH has stopped considering new grant applications, delaying decisions about how to spend millions of dollars. The freeze occurred because the Trump administration has blocked the NIH… npr.org/sections/shots…

For decades, the NIH has had one core function: support health research in the US. Recently, the agency has been doing very little of that, despite orders from multiple federal judges blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funding. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

To everyone in the U.S. standing up for science today, calling for policies that support science, not suppress it: we’re with you! Cutting science doesn’t just harm scientists – it harms society as a whole. #StandUpForScience

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/3FlSKvz

Truth and wisdom at Boston #StandUpForScience

My heart goes out to my colleagues Columbia Medicine and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center who are spending Friday worried about if their cancer research funding has been cut. The researchers whose careers will be destroyed. The sick patients who will die bc their trials are stopped.

Celebrate International Women's Day by reading the Special Issue of the Journal of Proteome Research, highlighting the essential contributions women scientists have made—and continue to make—in the fields of Proteomics and Metabolomics. ow.ly/eBcV50TWOpV

Both NIH & NSF have delayed funding for our lab. This makes it hard to pay for essential expenses, including APCs. I requested an APC discount for an article accepted by a nature journal. So far, my request has resulted in 3 months day and no progress towards a discount. 1/2

Huge congrats to UW–Madison #ClassOf2025 🎉🎉🎉 We're so proud to watch our amazing lab members walk the stage. Cheers to Drs. Lauren Fields, Hannah Miles, Zexin Zhu, Malik Ebbini, Olga Riusech, and Zicong Wang for your hard work, big dreams, and bright futures ahead! 🍻🍻🎓🎓🍾🍾

On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth!

Wrapping up #ASMS2025 strong! Ángel Ibarra will be presenting an oral on sialic acid isomer characterization using permethylation & ion mobility-MS/MS 🥳 Don't forget to check out our 3 last posters on crustacean metabolomics and proteomics, and carboxylate enantiomer analysis

Li Lab had a great time at #ASMS2025 in Baltimore, MD ☀️🌊🐟🦀🦞 22 posters, 4 orals, 2 awards, and a plenary talk by our PI Lingjun Li 🤓 A fun Li Lab Reunion Dinner, closing event at the National Aquarium, and IonOpticks cruise trip with great views, drink, and DJ set 🛥️⚓️