Welcome

The Qiu Lab at Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry works at the nexus of analytical chemistry, toxicology, microbiology and neuroscience. We use analytical and biological tools, particularly mass spectrometry, to understand the molecular mechanisms of environment-host-microbe interactions.

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News

  • Autumn presented two talks on PFAS and ion mobility mass spectrometry at the ACS Spring 2026 and organized our Grad Fair table. A busy trip to Atlanta!

  • Autumn chaired a session and presented a poster at US HUPO 2026 in St. Louis, MO. Definitely amazed by the lightening talks!

  • Autumn hosted the Qiu Lab winter gathering. Thanks everyone for a great year!

  • Autumn had a short trip to San Diego for Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry in-person conference as an awardee of 2025 CASMS Young Investigator Award and gave a talk 🙂

  • Autumn gave an invited seminar titled “Spatial metabolomics and toxicology with mass spectrometry imaging” at 22nd Annual Ohio Mass Spectrometry Symposium (OMSS 2025).

  • Some chalk talk fun on isomer analysis with trapped ion mobility from Autumn at Midwest University Analytical Chemist Conference (MUACC) at Chapel Hill, NC (yes, NC is now Midwest thanks to MUACC 2025 organizers)!

  • Autumn organized the “Advances in Mass Spectrometry Imaging” session at Scix 2025 at Covington, KY.

  • Autumn presented work on C. elegans MS imaging at International Mass Spectrometry Imaging Society Conference III held at University of California, Davis! (https://imsis3.msimaging.science/en/)

  • Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Haffner for starting a staff position at the MSU RTSF Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core!! Best of wish, and you’ll be missed!

  • Autumn received the 2025 Research Award from ASMS!