James Finley
@jamesmfinley.bsky.social
Associate Prof. and Director of the Locomotor Control Lab at USC. Father x3, slow runner and cyclist, hip hop enthusiast.
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Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it.
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Share Your “Why” In Support of a Strong National Institutes of Health
United for Medical Research (UMR) is launching a campaign called "My Why" to highlight the critical role of NIH funding and its impact on the education and careers of researchers and scientists as wel...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it.
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Our problem is not that our society does not sufficiently appreciate the economic return on investment in science. It is that we value education and knowledge generation only in economic terms.
May 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our problem is not that our society does not sufficiently appreciate the economic return on investment in science. It is that we value education and knowledge generation only in economic terms.
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I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Exciting start to this year's ASNR meeting! Looking forward to kicking off the first oral session in t-minus 30 min
We're getting close to wrapping up our #ASNR2025 Professional Development Roundtables! So many great discussions and questions from attendees!
April 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Exciting start to this year's ASNR meeting! Looking forward to kicking off the first oral session in t-minus 30 min
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At ASNR 2025 @asnrehab.bsky.social and want to go for a morning run? We have a fun group that meets at 6:30 am in the hotel lobby, please feel free to join us tomorrow!
April 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
At ASNR 2025 @asnrehab.bsky.social and want to go for a morning run? We have a fun group that meets at 6:30 am in the hotel lobby, please feel free to join us tomorrow!
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Making final preparations for your trip to Atlanta for #ASNR2025? Make sure to visit our website to browse the full conference program, check out the venue, and learn more about our sponsors and exhibitors!
www.asnr.com/files/2025%2...
#neurorehabilitation #rehabilitation #rehab #neuroscience
www.asnr.com/files/2025%2...
#neurorehabilitation #rehabilitation #rehab #neuroscience
April 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Making final preparations for your trip to Atlanta for #ASNR2025? Make sure to visit our website to browse the full conference program, check out the venue, and learn more about our sponsors and exhibitors!
www.asnr.com/files/2025%2...
#neurorehabilitation #rehabilitation #rehab #neuroscience
www.asnr.com/files/2025%2...
#neurorehabilitation #rehabilitation #rehab #neuroscience
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April 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
With every new announcement, it feels like we've somehow entered a race to the bottom in education, science, and health.
NSF will award ~1,000 instead of their usual ~2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half
US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
With every new announcement, it feels like we've somehow entered a race to the bottom in education, science, and health.
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NSF will award ~1,000 instead of their usual ~2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half
US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
NSF will award ~1,000 instead of their usual ~2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Three years ago to the day. Still one of the best ever experiences in my life as a cycling fan.
April 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Three years ago to the day. Still one of the best ever experiences in my life as a cycling fan.
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We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
IMSI Summer Institute 2025: Now Recruiting Trainees! – Center for Integrative Movement Science
cims.uci.edu
March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Wow. I just had a discussion about this very issue last week. One of the underappreciated goals of all the recent anti-DEI propaganda is to make you feel as if those who support DEI efforts are on the fringe. Don't believe the hype.
New research reveals that Americans dramatically underestimate the support for diversity among their fellow Americans, a misperception that may be fueling silence and inaction.
Study: Americans vastly underestimate public support for diversity and inclusion
New research reveals that Americans dramatically underestimate the support for diversity among their fellow Americans, a misperception that may be fueling silence and inaction.
www.psypost.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Wow. I just had a discussion about this very issue last week. One of the underappreciated goals of all the recent anti-DEI propaganda is to make you feel as if those who support DEI efforts are on the fringe. Don't believe the hype.
Oof. My arch nemesis. Relative changes in the absence of baseline values. The key thing we'd like to know is how these values compare to what would be considered hazardous.
A new CDC study shows that for several days during the fires, lead levels in the air just south of the Eaton Fire increased roughly 110-fold, compared with levels from a few days earlier. https://abc7.la/4k29iJb
Lead levels in air briefly increased 110 times near Eaton Fire, CDC study says
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that for several days during the fires, lead levels in the air just south of the Eaton Canyon Fire increased roughly 110-fold compared to the levels from a few days earlier.
abc7.la
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Oof. My arch nemesis. Relative changes in the absence of baseline values. The key thing we'd like to know is how these values compare to what would be considered hazardous.
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
This is incredibly upsetting. While the effects of these cancellations are clear to academics, we need to ensure that the wider public is not only aware of what's happening, but also understands how much damage this will cause to health and medical infrastructure, tech innovation, and higher ed.
This will start to filter through the community today but the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Science Study section has been postponed to an unknown future date. The approvals at the highest levels that needed to happen for a federal review meeting to be held didn’t get done. 1/n
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is incredibly upsetting. While the effects of these cancellations are clear to academics, we need to ensure that the wider public is not only aware of what's happening, but also understands how much damage this will cause to health and medical infrastructure, tech innovation, and higher ed.
Jumps into the line of fire
February 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Jumps into the line of fire
Setting aside my beliefs about the current administration's long-term goals, is there a potential world in which a reduction in NIH indirect rates could result in more biomedical research? If (big if) the overall NIH budget remains constant, more funding could be allocated toward direct costs.
February 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Setting aside my beliefs about the current administration's long-term goals, is there a potential world in which a reduction in NIH indirect rates could result in more biomedical research? If (big if) the overall NIH budget remains constant, more funding could be allocated toward direct costs.
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I know this site only reaches a subset of neuro/ cog professors. If you know a young professor in the area who would benefit from a week of targeted learning about doing good science, good mentoring, networking etc, it would be great if you could forward them: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
Neuro4Pros summer school
NeUroscience Computational
LEAdership Retreat (NUCLEAR): happiness and success
compneurosci.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I know this site only reaches a subset of neuro/ cog professors. If you know a young professor in the area who would benefit from a week of targeted learning about doing good science, good mentoring, networking etc, it would be great if you could forward them: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
Thanks for the shout-out @asnrehab.bsky.social! If you're reading this in the US, please reach out to your representatives to encourage them to support science and defend the federal workers who are critical contributors to the scientific enterprise.
Looking to expand your network by connecting with others doing great work in #neurorehabilitation? Follow ASNR Member Dr. @jamesmfinley.bsky.social to learn more about research in his Locomotor Control Lab and other important topics in rehabilitation.
#FollowFriday #gait #science #motorcontrol 🧠📈
#FollowFriday #gait #science #motorcontrol 🧠📈
February 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thanks for the shout-out @asnrehab.bsky.social! If you're reading this in the US, please reach out to your representatives to encourage them to support science and defend the federal workers who are critical contributors to the scientific enterprise.
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I hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.
"Now you're under control. And now you do what they told ya."
January 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"Now you're under control. And now you do what they told ya."
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To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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Reflective piece by Eve Marder – "What happened to the pursuit of truth"
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What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University Press
The knowledge in our brains, not in our phones, is necessary for creative thinking and the pursuit of truth.
rupress.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Reflective piece by Eve Marder – "What happened to the pursuit of truth"
rupress.org/jgp/article/...
rupress.org/jgp/article/...
Everyone needs at least one colleague to routinely remind them that sometimes less is more.
Do fewer things better.
You don't need to solve every interesting problem or answer every interesting question you encounter.
Do fewer things better.
You don't need to solve every interesting problem or answer every interesting question you encounter.
January 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Everyone needs at least one colleague to routinely remind them that sometimes less is more.
Do fewer things better.
You don't need to solve every interesting problem or answer every interesting question you encounter.
Do fewer things better.
You don't need to solve every interesting problem or answer every interesting question you encounter.
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Airbnb offers temporary housing to people impacted by Los Angeles wildfires
Airbnb Offers Temporary Housing to People Impacted by Los Angeles Wildfires
Airbnb is offering temporary housing to people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Here's how to host or find housing on Airbnb.
variety.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Airbnb offers temporary housing to people impacted by Los Angeles wildfires