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👩🏽‍🔬Proteomics, MHCs. PhD @MITdeptofBE , @UWMadison_BME alum | Currently starting a startup- follow along on IG @laurenstopfer 📷

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Officially earned my PhD from @MITdeptofBE ! Here’s 1 lesson I learned in each year of grad school:🧵 1. Pick advisors that care about you. Not just the science, but your happiness & life goals. Your life WILL fall apart ≥1 time in grad school & you will need advisor support.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

I worked at MIT, nights weekends & holidays, for 5.5 yrs as a grad. I am still working nights/wknds to finish up several projects from my PhD. Today they emailed to inform me I was overpaid during my employment by $197 & I need to pay before they’ll confer my degree 😎

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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People aren’t surprised about what’s happening at Harvard, right? The PI who was inappropriate towards me during grad school won an award for “mentorship” last year. It’s rampant.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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@AlexHgO “hi, I actually checked my records and I was unpaid for approximately 3000 hours of work considering a 40 hour work week so you actually owe me $75,000. I take check, venmo, or paypal”

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

In full transparency I paid this and my $100 thesis submission fee (🙄) this morning, but your shared outrage made it feel less terrible🤜🤛 Onwards and upwards 💸 !

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Starting a #startup update: 6 months later, the lab is open for business 🤓 The amount of steps between signing a lab lease to actually starting the science is wild but looking around today, I can’t believe how far we’ve come. PINCH ME!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Picked up my 🔐today—NEW LAB, NEW CITY, NEW SCIENCE, NEW ADVENTURE #startuplife #biotech #WomenInSTEM

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Thank you for validating the ridiculousness of this, Twitter. Luckily repayment is easy because they have a full website set up for this 🤣

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

4 years

Spent the last 8 wks working as an intern at a biotech hedge fund, very different from being at the lab bench. Top learnings I'll be applying to my PhD [1/x]: 1. Identify the key risk in any project and pursue it aggressively. If the project is going to fail, find out quickly.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Today is my 1 yr anniversary working in biotech industry! Skill I use from PhD most frequently is SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ✍️. I present more often in industry than grad school to diverse audiences. Pretty slides, clear data explanations, and strong storytelling get you noticed.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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@DrSynbio The answer will be a hard NO. If I’m donating anywhere, it’ll be the school that got me to MIT 🙌

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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when your partner does not understand your life as a mass spectrometrist

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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CDC now recommends fully vaccinated reviewers can accept my manuscript without changes

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Starting a #startup day 75: unpacking the lab, on film 📸

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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I got my first invitation (me, Dr. Stopfer) to review a paper. I know most of you tenured faculty dread reviewing but for me it’s exciting to be recognized & asked!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

I got engaged a few weeks ago & am frequently asked whether I’ll change my name. No. Why? It’s my publications, sure, but I like my name. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished & overcome, how I’ve grown & changed as me, Lauren Stopfer. So I think I’ll keep being her. That’s all.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

4 years

6. Don’t let your definition of whether a day was “good” or “bad” depend solely on whether your experiments worked. It’s a fast spiral downwards. In summary, you can’t do this alone, & that’s okay! There will be good months, there will be bad years. Persevere! You’ve got this!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

@PamKreeger I’m lucky to have a new job and can afford to pay them back... but $200 to a grad student living in Boston is a lot of money to have as a surprise bill!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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3 years ago I lived in a basement apartment with maggots and mold. 1 year ago I lived in a dorm room with roaches, mice, and no kitchen. Now I have my PhD, my real job, and I get to live HERE 😍🤸‍♀️🎉!!! It really was worth it. *pending furniture*

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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2. Pick committee members following the same criteria. You will not regret this. 3. Not everyone will like you, and not everyone is meant to stay in your life forever. It okay to let people go. 4. It’s also okay to let ideas and projects go.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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5. *IMPORTANT* Take time to learn about what your lab mates are working on, in detail. But also, take time to learn about who your lab mates are as people. Nobody is ever “too busy” to help someone they care about, but you have to WORK to build that relationship.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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@drdanieljsharpe Agreed! I’m fortunate that nobody made me work the extra hours- but the reality is that if I wanted to graduate sooner rather than later and have a successful PhD, 40 hrs a week just doesn’t cut it in biological research! Especially when I had TA, classes, and other duties!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

1 year

Starting a #startup day 141: Mass spec delivery! Getting a brand new MS is always exciting, but today is extra special bc this is my first experience building an MS lab solo, and completely from scratch. PINCH ME!!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Almost 29. Just got a PhD. Landed a great job. Can’t stop thinking about how all of my furniture is still made of particle board.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

The PhD chapter is officially over. I’m crying, I’m elated, I’m confused, but I’m ready for what’s next. It’s DOCTOR STOPFER!!!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Today, our Ascend #MS finally came to life… ROCK ON!🤘 In <4 mo, we’ve turned a lab storage room into a top-notch MS room, with no delays/issues, despite countless teams/vendors required to finish construction & get all the pieces in place for today. I’m thrilled! #startup

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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It's the beginning of a new chapter--Today I'm thrilled to announce my NEW JOB as the Head of Proteomics & Immunopeptidomics at the newly founded Aethon Therapeutics! I am excited to build Aethon Tx's #massspectrometry capabilities, Stopfer-style!

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Updated: New Apple Tree biotech emerges with antibodies that might pair with Amgen, Mirati's KRAS...

Apple Tree Partners is out Monday with a new biotech from the labs of NYU Langone Health that aims to tackle drug resistance in cancer. Aethon Therapeutics will get $25 million from the VC firm, and...

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Excited to begin my professional career with @BioNTech_Group US! I’ll be working in their protein sciences team, and can’t wait to contribute to the amazing work this company is doing 👊

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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This is (perhaps) an unpopular opinion, but I never viewed my PhD as a job, rather an apprenticeship that I received a stipend to live on to make ends meet. I was not rich, but I was learning from the greatest minds in class & in lab w/o taking on tuition debt (contrast to JD/MD)

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Women who’ve experience an emotionally abusive relationship play over & over in their head what they’d say to their abuser if given the chance. Proud of @katiethurston for saying her piece. For those of us who’ve been there…we see you. #TheBachelorette #TheBacheloretteFinale

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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As a point of clarification, this was not my advisor!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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What starting a #startup actually looks like: Day 65

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

My latest paper from @kochinstitute @MITdeptofBE describing a method for high accuracy MHC class I absolute quantification of 18 tumor associated antigens in cell lines and melanoma tumor tissue using SureQuant Mass spec is live in @PNASNews !! 🎉 … 🧵

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Absolute quantification of tumor antigens using embedded MHC-I isotopologue calibrants | PNAS

Absolute quantification measurements (copies per cell) of peptide major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) antigens are necessary to inform targeted...

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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I got notifications today both my grandmas joined my defense zoom meeting room- they were practicing for the real thing on Tuesday. I mean MY HEART IS EXPLODING 🥰💗

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

2021 round up: 🎓PhD defense @MITdeptofBE 📚4 1st author papers published 📃3 papers submitted/ in review w/ @NickRettko , @ajaeger40 , & @timisstuck 👩‍🔬New job @BioNTech_Group 🐦A few viral tweets & expanded follower network! Cheers! 🥂🥳

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Turns out, when you look at the antigens tumor cells *specifically* present in an immune competent context, they have their own story to tell…✨ Brilliant study lead by @ajaeger40 , Proteomics led by myself & @RyuhjinAhn with @kochinstitute & @LabJacks .

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

1 year

Another day 75 from Starting a #startup : A @VWR throne, fit for employee #1

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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My first, first author publication as a PhD candidate in @MITdeptofBE and @kochinstitute ! A labor of love, late nights, and over 1000 #massspectrometry analyses. Thank you MIT news for featuring our work!

Counting your antigens

Researchers at MIT have developed a technique for accurately quantifying changes in the immunopeptidome. Their work could help cancer researchers design new targeted drugs and immunotherapies.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Really proud to announce my paper was rejected from publication!! Again!! But I left academia so it hurts less!!! ✌️

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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MY SCIENTIFIC SOUL in a pre-print 🌟 Here, we show how MEK inhibition enhances tumor antigen pMHC presentation, & leverage surface density info to intelligently develop Ab-therapies against epitopes with MEKi-tunable presentation levels...

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MEK inhibition enhances presentation of targetable MHC-I tumor antigens in mutant melanomas #bioRxiv

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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3. Communication is key. Slide design is king. Nobody cares what you have to say if you can't present it in a way that is digestable. @BECLmit skills really came in handy. 4. Don't spend time guessing what your supervisors want. Just ask, and adjust accordingly.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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8 years ago I interviewed for a summer internship at Baxter healthcare and the recruiter told me I didn’t *look* qualified to design catheter bags. () Today I defend my PhD in BioEngineering at MIT ✌️ #academicchatter #phdchat

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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2. Go deeper. Think you've found your answer? Keep reading. The literature is rich with information to be gleaned, even if it isn't stated overtly. 3. At the same time- be efficient with lit review. Know what you are looking for, and chase the answer(s) with intention.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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5. Get to know the people you work for, ask questions about their life and experiences. Even virtually, it is possible to build strong connections and create meaningful relationships. #phdchat #gradschool #AcademicChatter

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

Me and my 50 business cards I’ll carry around all week at the conference only to give out 2 are ready for networking at #asms2021

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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I will tweet more about this tomorrow, but here lies my PhD pride and joy 💞

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MEK inhibition enhances presentation of targetable MHC-I tumor antigens in mutant melanomas #bioRxiv

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Well, it’s finally happening! My zoom defense* is this Tuesday at 3pm EST. Title: “Quantitative mass spectrometry-based approaches for characterizing the immunopeptidome and tyrosine phosphoproteome in cancer” *DM me for PW if you wish to attend 🙂

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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@AaronJDy I’m wondering how many grad’s $197 they need to find to justify the employee who is tasked with the job haha

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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1, 2, 3, MHC! Our little review on quantitative immunopeptidomics methods is now published- here we describe relative/absolute quan techniques and discuss pros/cons. Have Q’s based on your application? Reach out!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

2 years

Today marks the end of my time @BioNTech_Group working on the proteomics team. My colleagues threw me the most EPIC farewell party- I feel lucky to have made so many friends during my 2 years here and worked on some super cool science 🦠

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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March 2020: thoughtfully labels samples according to an obvious shorthand I will never forget June 2020: wtf does “f1*-10~¥\5” mean #AcademicChatter #returntowork

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Yeah @elonmusk is 2nd richest in the world with ~150 billion net worth but he’s a middle author on a @NatureComms paper and I’m a first soooo 👀 just sayin 🤷‍♀️

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Last experiments before I finish writing the thesis clearly going well today

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Science for Anyone! I think one small way we can work to improve diversity in STEM & continue educating the public is to make the “ivory tower” of academia more accessible, so I made a 2 min vid on the science behind my recent pub! @kochinstitute @MITdeptofBE #diversityinSTEM

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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When the startup matures to the point of getting a front door sign 🥹

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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The antigen landscape in cancer is dynamic, maluable, & easily influenced by it's environment. By treating cancer cells with common drugs, we can manipulate both the IDENTITY & DENSITY of epitopes presented, & use those changes to our advantage💪 @PNASNews

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MEK inhibition enhances presentation of targetable MHC-I tumor antigens in mutant melanomas | PNAS

Combining multiple therapeutic strategies in NRAS/BRAF mutant melanoma—namely MEK/BRAF kinase inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), and ...

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Lab safety classes just came in… somehow I ordered them tinted? Sooooo if anyone needs some super chic sunglasses or a last min Father’s Day gift, let me know. I have 49 more pairs… 😎 #VWRorderFail

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Aloha! Contemplating job offers and finishing up a paper... in Hawaii 🌺 no complaints!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Long stressful week, so I’m reminiscing about a “goat hike” from last weekend with @simmonsfarm in #newportRI . Say hello to Abigail! #GOAT 🐐

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Starting a #startup DAY 72: hello VWR, my old friend

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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1st yr of PhD: maybe I’ll graduate in 4.5 yrs 4th yr of PhD: hopefully I’ll graduate before I’m a 7th yr Me after graduation: will all my PhD papers be published by the time I turn 40???

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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I really wanted a job in NYC after my PhD defense so I asked the hedge fund I interned with for a job. They offered (another) internship. **Know your worth** My new company is incredible & as a plus their stock has doubled in the 9 wks I’ve been employed 💃

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Today is 30!🎈🎂 Over the past year I’ve struggled, feeling like I’m not on the right path. Maybe the older you get, the more you know, the more there is to be insecure/unhappy about? Flip side, there’s more to be grateful for. Today- good health & good people surrounding me ❤️

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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My aunt started her first dose of palbociclib today. When she googled the drug, she found my first 1st author paper in @natcomms about how palbo alters HLA repertoires in cancer. Never forget why we do what we do as scientists 🎀

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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When I go to networking events I like to wear something BOLD so people remember if they’ve talked to me yet. Like nobody forgets if the’ve connected on LinkedIn yet with Barbie Blazer girl 🎀

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Happy #WomeninScienceDay ! I love science, but here’s me doing the other things I love: coffee, cocktails, hiking, & adventure. Normalize balance! Normalize fashion and makeup in lab! Normalize being hot & smart but still getting RESPECT!!!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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I am officially someone’s manager! I vow to try my best to embody & merge the best qualities in managers past and leave the toxic traits at the door. Anyone have words of wisdom?

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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I don’t regret my PhD weekends & late nights spent in the lab- a total dedication to research. It got me where I am today. But, I will say I’m having a LOT of fun exploring work/life balance in Cambridge and the east coast. Heat waves definitely feel cooler at the beach! ☀️

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Starting a #startup day 122: Hardhat tour of the construction in my new mass spec room 🤓 Most startup lab spaces can’t easily accommodate the HVAC needs of a mass spec, so extensive construction is required. It’s SO exciting to see the room nearing completion!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Sometimes it’s important to publish your results when the data doesn’t turn out how you hoped. Here’s our paper evaluating the quantitative consequences of using a protein carrier in two low-input applications: pMHC and pTyr…

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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New PhDs, welcome! When picking an advisor, remember what you’ll want/need from them changes over time. Hands on vs. hands off, supports career goals vs. mental heath. What doesn’t change is if they are good person. I’ve never regretted making that a priority. #AcademicChatter

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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In a world full of toxic academic behaviors/personalities, I feel lucky to have the advisory committee I do. Just got off a zoom with a committee member & I’m skipping around my apt. Feels good to be supported in my science, my future goals, AND my happiness. TAKE NOTE ACADEMIA

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Today’s status: ✅Thesis submitted to committee ✅Paper accepted after long review process ❌next career step figured out One thing at a time, right?

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Last day of #ASMS22 Let’s go!!! I’ll be sharing some of my thesis work at the Cancer Research session right at 8:30! Quantitative immunopeptidomics! Multi-omics! Melanoma! Mass spec! ROOM 101!

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Late to the party, but recently I’ve been busy doing not-science and getting married!

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@MollyBAtkinson Scientists of Twitter! The world needs more reminders that we're living, breathing human beings. Quote tweet this with a picture of you doing not-science

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Ya’ll think groceries have gotten expensive? Im setting up a brand new lab and finding a SINGLE 2” magnetic STIR BAR is now over $20….

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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We’re HIRING! Come join me on my latest adventure at 🔬Aethon Therapeutics located in NYC!🗽 We’re looking for curious and motivated researchers to join us in creating novel Ab therapeutics at our early-stage #startup Apply or DM for more info:

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Sales rep: let me know if these new 25mL tubes improve your workflow! Me: #fifthyearphd #sciencetwitter #phdlife #phdchat #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Have we met on Twitter but never in real life?! If you see me at #ASMS2021 first, come say hi! I promise I’m nice!!

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#ASMS2022 MPLS “things to do” from a local Minnesotan: get Vietnamese takeout from Lotus and eat it at Lakes & Legend Brewing next door. 11/10 food & vibes

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11 mo post PhD defense, the final paper from grad school is SUBMITTED! It combines the best parts of every paper I’ve been involved in, with bonus of @NickRettko & @realJimWells expertise to therapeutically target our Mass spec-ID’d epitopes. Can’t wait to share @biorxivpreprint

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It’s hard to break me down #ASMS2022

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Picking your desk as Employee #1 be like #startuplife #biotech

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Safety glasses fog up every time I breathe but other than that, glad to be back! #returntowork

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Best accessory this holiday season? Immune protection against #COVID19 ! Merry Xmas! And thanks for the sweet 🎁 @noor_M0MIN

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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@JohnRYatesIII had something similar with a fellowship where they asked me to spend money by X date and then a month later said that what we purchased isn’t covered in the fellowship and how would we like to pay for it. Lovely!!

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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#Immunopeptidomics community: I’ve long wondered how bad the looses are for pMHC pull downs. There are a handful of lit estimates, but I wanted to see for myself. To do this, I used our hipMHC platform and 28 isotopologue peptides shown here: (1/3)

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TOMORROW!! SureQuant! Phosphorylation! #MassSpec ! Tune in to ask me hard questions and learn about some of my PhD work. Also if you like what you hear... I need a job 😁 #shamelessselfpromo

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Having so much fun sharing research stories at the annual @CRGenomica Proteomics Synposium and @EMBO targeted proteomics course in Barcelona this week! Big thanks to @edduard for kindly inviting me 👩🏽‍🔬

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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When the sun hits your apartment just right 🥰 Not a bad spot to write an @asmsnews abstract.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Any other runners at #ASMS2022 ? My favorite place to run in Minneapolis is along the Mississippi & across the stone arch bridge- just head down Nicolett Ave from the convention center for beautiful views 🏃🏼‍♀️

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

4 years

Had my exit interview for @MITdeptofBE today. I shared one of my worst experiences was being harassed by a visiting scientist. He only called me “grad student” & said I deserved to be talked down to bc I was a 1st yr PhD. ATTN 1ST YRS: you do NOT deserve to be talked down to.

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

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Mass spectrometrists be like “I know a spot” and then you spend all day in front of a computer in a loud room hitting F5

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

Feels like I’ve finally “made it” in the proteomics community with my work being blogged about 😎

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

The fun part about working late in industry is you make enough money to buy nice wine. Anyone else loving orange wines this summer? 🍊

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

4 years

It’s so easy to get caught up in the game of academia, wanting more papers, higher impact factors. Today I got an email that reminded me the only “impact factor” worth caring about is the impact my work can have on human life. That’s why I am a scientist. #AcademicTwitter

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

3 years

🔥NEW PREPRINT🔥 This is the first immune competent, in vivo analysis of the tumor-specific immunopeptidome using an engineered mouse model with an affinity-tagged MHC molecule! Led by ⁦ @ajaeger40 ⁩, Mass spec by me. ⁦ @kochinstitute ⁩ collab!

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Deciphering the tumor-specific immunopeptidome in vivo with genetically engineered mouse models

Effective immunosurveillance of cancer requires the presentation of peptide antigens on major histocompatibility complex Class I (MHC-I). Recent developments in proteomics have improved the identif...

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

4 years

New preprint out evaluating the quantitative consequences/considerations for using protein carrier in tyrosine phospho & MHC analysis! (MS2 only) Experiments focused on whether biological interp of datasets with or w/o carrier were consistent. We found:

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Quantitative consequences of protein carriers in immunopeptidomics and tyrosine phosphorylation MS2...

Utilizing a protein carrier in combination with isobaric labeling to “boost” the signal of other low-level samples in multiplexed analyses has emerged as an attractive strategy to enhance data...

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

5 years

Amidst the chaos of a mass undergraduate move out at MIT, I am reflecting on how lucky I am to live and interact with the crazy smart and talented @MITstudents of 2E, East Campus as their GRT. They make me laugh every day and I will miss that. #COVID ー19

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Lauren Stopfer, PhD

2 years

Excited to share another project from my PhD time at @kochinstitute & @kochinstitute , a collaboration with @stefanispranger ’s talented lab, led by @timisstuck , Mass spec by me. TL:DR; not all peptides have the same chance of being cross-presented… DCs have their own biases!

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Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

2 years

New #JITC article: Dendritic cell-mediated cross presentation of tumor-derived peptides is biased against plasma membrane proteins @timisstuck @ThereseMarieC @stefanispranger

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