Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Hey #ASMS2026! Come hang out with me at poster 692 and Golgi will give you this cool shirt! 050
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I’m sad to share that my father died yesterday after a 5 month battle with pancreatic cancer. It’s a horrific disease. So grateful for my colleagues at the @danafarber.bsky.social for helping me through this process. www.cunninghamfuneralhome.net/obituaries/M...cunninghamfuneralhome.netObituary information for Mark Allan WhiteView Mark Allan White's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. 8140
Reposted by Amanda SmythersUS HUPO @us-hupo.org · 26/05/2025Don't Miss Out - TOMORROW - it's an interactive proteomics seminar series! The CNPN x US HUPO Spotlight Series Webinar brings you cutting edge proteomics research from leading Canadian and US scientist. Register NOW: ow.ly/lSY150VNhpI 042
Reposted by Amanda SmythersPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government. 14424769011267
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Rough time in our house as we said goodbye to our cat yesterday. 12 years was not nearly enough. 3100
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Busy couple of days! Kiddo scored her first goal in Boston, me and the hubs saw Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on tour, and Jewish heritage night at the Sox marked the coldest baseball game of my life 😅 Just a quintessential New England weekend 🤣 090
Reposted by Amanda SmythersCathy Gao-Howard MD MS @catgaohow.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025 181458598
Reposted by Amanda SmythersSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 17/05/2025This is completely false. Even the largest university endowment cannot sustain large-scale scientific research. In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*. This is an extinction-level event. 351316383
Reposted by Amanda SmythersChris Ashwood @cashwood.proteaglyco.com · 13/05/2025Disappointing to see, across both parties. Sciex is no longer providing funding for Skyline/Proteowizard as part of the multi-vendor agreement to keep Skyline supported across all major vendors. I can see the arguments from both sides, just a shame it's resulted in this. 6206
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Lucky 13 in the books today. ✨ Kiddo had a sleepover so we could enjoy this “hidden” cafe in Beacon Hill with enough champagne to give me proper rosy cheeks 🥰🥂 080
Reposted by Amanda SmythersAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Now they are gutting NSF. This is radical destruction. The Trump goal is to end scientific research in America. Our sense is that few people, even inside the government, have actually grappled with this reality.science.orgExclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisionsChanges seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund 9287126
Reposted by Amanda SmythersCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 06/05/2025The 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 628082
Reposted by Amanda SmythersMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 06/05/2025FWIW, NIH had already silently barred Harvard and four other schools from receiving funds — and agency staff were forbidden from telling applicants and grantees about it. bsky.app/profile/maxk... 10485189
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 05/05/2025These are truly unprecedented times for science, & I know several community members facing job loses. It would be incredibly helpful for those hiring in proteomics to post to our US HUPO job board so we can help our colleagues find new positions. Please share! us-hupo.org/US-HUPO-Job-...us-hupo.orgUS HUPO - Job Board 052
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Made a reservation at an Italian restaurant to break Passover tonight. I neeeeed noodles. No idea how my kiddo can do stuff like this- I feel like my stomach is full of matzah shaped boulders! 150
Reposted by Amanda SmythersNick Riley @nmriley.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I still can't quite believe I am included in the 2025 Searle Scholars cohort. Feeling especially thankful for all who have supported me. I am most excited about the science @riley-research.bsky.social gets to pursue and the support this award provides for my group searlescholars.org/2025/04/14/s...searlescholars.orgSEARLE SCHOLARS PROGRAM NAMES 15 SCIENTISTS AS SEARLE SCHOLARS FOR 2025Members of the new class of Searle Scholars pursue ground-breaking research in chemistry and the biomedical sciences. Each receives an award of $300,000 in flexible funding to support his, her, or … 3666
Reposted by Amanda SmythersJonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Hearing from sources that grant terminations are starting now, likely targeting grants aimed at broadening participation of underrepresented groups in science.... which congress explicitly asks NSF grants to do. 34228
Reposted by Amanda SmythersMalinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.eduharvard.eduHarvard UniversityHarvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally. 11269481487
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Very glad that Harvard will fight. History is not kind to those who give up their rights freely. 020
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I hope everyone celebrating has a wonderful Passover! We are praying for an end to warfare, our hostages to return, and injustice to end- in the US and elsewhere. Grateful to be with family and to enjoy these traditions with my kiddo. 050
Reposted by Amanda SmythersChristian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025www.nature.com/articles/s42... Metabolites are not genes. repeat, please!nature.comMetabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics - Nature MetabolismPathway analysis, originally developed for gene expression data, has been adapted for metabolomics. However, owing to the unique characteristics and constraints of metabolites compared with genes, pat... 09131
Reposted by Amanda SmythersNick Riley @nmriley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Feeling fortunate for the opportunity to thank the many mentors who have supported me and to highlight the outstanding scientists in @riley-research.bsky.social. Excited to keeping working together as a group and with the bigger #glycotime and #TeamMassSpec communities to advance glycoscience 4425
Reposted by Amanda SmythersLawrence Kazak @kazaklab.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Speaker Spotlight: Bruce Spiegelman @spiegelmanlab.bsky.social Join us @ #AdiposeBiology Conference in Montreal🇨🇦, Aug 19-20, 2025, to hear from this world leading #metabolism expert! 🔗Register before the early bird deadline at: adiposebiology.com @mcgillgci.bsky.social @danafarber.bsky.social 1127
Reposted by Amanda SmythersACLU @aclu.org · 02/04/2025BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk. 126139972994
Reposted by Amanda SmythersSTAT @statnews.com · 31/03/2025Nearly 2,000 members of the National Academies called on the Trump administration to halt its “wholesale assault on U.S. science" in an open letter. www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/t...statnews.comNearly 2,000 top researchers call on Trump administration to halt ‘assault’ on scienceNearly 2,000 members of the National Academies called on the Trump administration to halt its “wholesale assault on U.S. science" in an open letter. 923497
Reposted by Amanda SmythersJohn Yates @jyates.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Anybody ever had success by going on the offensive after getting disrespectful and denigrating reviews for a paper? And this was the third round of reviews. I’m guessing the reviewer hasn’t liked that the editor is keeping the paper alive. The other reviewers have signed off. 5111
Reposted by Amanda SmythersSolis Lab @ FSU @chrissolis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I feel so fulfilled for having served as part of the @us-hupo.org Early Career Researcher Committee for the last two years. At #USHUPO2025, we had the opportunity to invite a group of brilliant high school students to show them what proteomics is about #TeamMassSpec 162
Reposted by Amanda SmythersMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Take a good look at who is speaking out. Grad students are running the biggest science protest because no one else would. Institutions are going to be targeted no matter what we do. Might as well go down fighting. 837085
Reposted by Amanda SmythersCharles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*. 118119222193
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Ashamed to live in a country where the leaders don’t support basic human rights. 050
Reposted by Amanda SmythersMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/02/2025🇫🇷🇺🇦 "Russia is the aggressor, Ukraine is the victim," - Macron on Trump and Zelensky's dispute in the Oval Office 242167383
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025One of the coolest parts of yesterday was the Bruker CEO getting up to share some upcoming advancements during the lunch seminar! This is the second conference in a row I’ve seen Frank walking around and taking notes and it is pretty awesome. #USHUPO2025 080
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025My favorite takeaway from #USHUPO2025 so far?! Building a business is not too different from building a lab. Huge thanks to @lindsaykpino.com & @nmriley.bsky.social for hosting a phenomenal workshop on the business of starting a lab!!! 0214
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Kicking off #USHUPO2025 parallel sessions with Molecular Metabolism- featuring invited speaker Linda Cox from Wake Forest! 070
Reposted by Amanda SmythersJordan Burton @jobburt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The Early Career Researcher day is in full swing today at #USHUPO - we are discussing “Managing Uncomfortable Conversations & Relationships in the Workplace”. 1103
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Very excited to see many friends (and soon to be friends) at @us-hupo.bsky.social this weekend! The ECR committee has SO much programming, including a full mentorship day Sunday (all are welcome- no sign up required!), starting a lab workshop & elevator pitches Monday, & lab pitches Tuesday. 1/ 170
Reposted by Amanda SmythersDaniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025A combination of #exercise physiology, molecular biology & biochemistry studies identifies the Ergothioneine-3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase axis as a molecular mechanism for regulating mitochondrial function and #exercise performance @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-metabol...cell.comErgothioneine controls mitochondrial function and exercise performance via direct activation of MPSTSprenger et al. used a systematic approach to identify how mitochondria remodel their metabolome in response to exercise. The diet-derived, atypical amino acid ergothioneine (EGT) accumulates in muscl... 085
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 09/02/2025The sanctimonious BS I’ve seen from some scientists I used to respect (re: funding cuts, etc) is absolutely bonkers. Cheering on the end of academic science in some I-told-you-so manner just makes you an asshole, not an “innovator,” no matter how many fellow blue checks tell you otherwise. 2100
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I’m thrilled to announce I was selected to be a @danafarber.bsky.social Trustee Science Committee Fellow! This generous award provides me 3 years of guaranteed funding for salary & other research expenses. The Trustee Science Committee, consisting of Dana-Farber Board members, is designed to… 1/ 8422
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I’m a bit overwhelmed by what’s happening politically in the US, but I want to make a few opinions very clear: 1. Diversity is a wonderful thing and every coworker I’ve ever met from marginalized communities worked their ass off to get there. 2. Attacking Canada and Mexico is fucking stupid. 1/ 1110
Reposted by Amanda SmythersStacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The news coming out of Washington is taking a toll on all of us. I don't know who needs to hear this today, but take care of yourselves. Take a break. Go out in nature. Hang with your family/friends/pets. Refill your mental/emotional fuel tanks and rejoin the fight when you're ready. 🧪 ✊ 612219
Reposted by Amanda SmythersCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 31/01/2025www.forbes.com/sites/roncar...forbes.comOne More Time: Why Diversity Leads To Better Team PerformanceDiscussions on diversity in the workplace can be heated and contentious. But the data still shows more diverse teams outperform their less diverse peers. Here's how. 3293107
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Amazing opportunity in a fantastic lab! Come be my neighbor! ⬇️ 011
Reposted by Amanda SmythersMetabo_Dave @metabodave.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I think we should be cautious about embracing the "NIH needs reform" nonsense. The sort of reform you are all thinking about bears little resemblance to what the right wingers have in mind. Don't be naive. 16725103
Reposted by Amanda SmythersProteomicsNews (Ben Orsburn) @proteomicsnews.bsky.social · 23/01/2025No Proteomics Show podcast tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be able to eventually post a recording with a phenomenal young reseacher who has done tens of thousands of patient proteomes (4 papers already in 2025!) Government representatives told us to cancel the show release. 5173
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 20/01/2025I took this photo as the sun rose on Obama’s 1st inauguration. It was a beautiful day full of hope. I waited outside beginning at 4 am to be there, joined by tens of thousands of others. I have a wealth of feelings today, but mostly I feel a lack of hope. What a tough time to be an American. 2100
Amanda Smythers @amandalsmythers.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I completely agree with this! @harvardcellbio.bsky.social is a wonderfully supportive department filled with outstanding, collaborative researchers. So lucky to be here! 020