Jo Lynne Rokita, Ph.D.
@jolynnerokita.bsky.social
PI of Rokita Lab; Director of Brain Tumor Institute Bioinformatics Core @ Children’s National. Assistant Professor @ GWU. Views are my own. https://rokitalab.com/
The Rokita Lab is #hiring a bench staff #scientist or #postdoc to lead exciting RNA splicing studies driven by our computational work in pediatric brain tumors! Please apply and reach out! cnhs.taleo.net/careersectio...
Staff Scientist I
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cnhs.taleo.net
July 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Rokita Lab is #hiring a bench staff #scientist or #postdoc to lead exciting RNA splicing studies driven by our computational work in pediatric brain tumors! Please apply and reach out! cnhs.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Bernie Sanders:
“It is obscene to give tax breaks to the top 1% by throwing more than 16 million people off health care, cutting nutrition for hungry kids and making it harder for working class young people to go to college.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.”
“It is obscene to give tax breaks to the top 1% by throwing more than 16 million people off health care, cutting nutrition for hungry kids and making it harder for working class young people to go to college.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.”
June 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Bernie Sanders:
“It is obscene to give tax breaks to the top 1% by throwing more than 16 million people off health care, cutting nutrition for hungry kids and making it harder for working class young people to go to college.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.”
“It is obscene to give tax breaks to the top 1% by throwing more than 16 million people off health care, cutting nutrition for hungry kids and making it harder for working class young people to go to college.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.”
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If 4.9 million kids with asthma is a national health priority, what does it mean when 5.8 million have Long Covid?
Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?
Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?
June 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If 4.9 million kids with asthma is a national health priority, what does it mean when 5.8 million have Long Covid?
Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?
Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?
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Today RFK Jr. fired every member of ACIP, the CDC committee that makes vaccine recommendations. Children will die. This is not ok. Lindsey Graham enabled this.
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Today RFK Jr. fired every member of ACIP, the CDC committee that makes vaccine recommendations. Children will die. This is not ok. Lindsey Graham enabled this.
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He wasn’t just censored. They altered his responses to NYT questions on his publication
Egregious.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
Egregious.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
Top researcher quits NIH, citing censorship under RFK Jr. | CNN
Dr. Kevin Hall joins The Lead
www.cnn.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He wasn’t just censored. They altered his responses to NYT questions on his publication
Egregious.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
Egregious.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Thank you, @childrensnational.bsky.social, for highlighting our new #Brain #Tumor #Institute #Bioinformatics Core. I am excited about the talented team we are building and honored to partner with such brilliant pediatric oncology experts at this wonderful institution! bit.ly/bti-bfx
Q&A with Dr. Rokita: Building bioinformatics infrastructure at the Brain Tumor Institute
(5 min. read)
innovationdistrict.childrensnational.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thank you, @childrensnational.bsky.social, for highlighting our new #Brain #Tumor #Institute #Bioinformatics Core. I am excited about the talented team we are building and honored to partner with such brilliant pediatric oncology experts at this wonderful institution! bit.ly/bti-bfx
Agree - is this backed up anywhere?
Maybe it's time to create/use a Pubmed mirror so we don't lose access to this immense volume of research.
Side note: Science should be informing/influencing politics and government, not the other way around.
⚗️🧪🧫🧬🔬🔭📡💉💊🩺
Side note: Science should be informing/influencing politics and government, not the other way around.
⚗️🧪🧫🧬🔬🔭📡💉💊🩺
March 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Agree - is this backed up anywhere?
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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
February 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
🚀 New study! Using our pathogenicity assessment tool AutoGVP, we analyzed germline pathogenic variants (P/LP) in cancer predisposition genes across 830 pediatric CNS tumor patients from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas (#PBTA), integrated with multiple somatic data types and clinical information.
February 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚀 New study! Using our pathogenicity assessment tool AutoGVP, we analyzed germline pathogenic variants (P/LP) in cancer predisposition genes across 830 pediatric CNS tumor patients from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas (#PBTA), integrated with multiple somatic data types and clinical information.
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Woah.
NIH is imposing a 15% indirect rate on grants. The feds are getting serious about their dissatisfaction with academic institutions. NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Woah.
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It's not looking good for you @hhmi.bsky.social. We will remember those *philanthropic* organizations that, instead of showing support to scientists at a critical moment, chose to cut even more DEI opportunities for no other reason than to support the current government.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US
HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education
“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions
scim.ag
February 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It's not looking good for you @hhmi.bsky.social. We will remember those *philanthropic* organizations that, instead of showing support to scientists at a critical moment, chose to cut even more DEI opportunities for no other reason than to support the current government.
Happy to see work our work in collaboration with Dr. Cassie Kline studying genetic ancestry effects on patients with pediatric brain tumors published, led by Dr. Ryan Corbett. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39847453/
Genetic ancestry superpopulations show distinct prevalence and outcomes across pediatric central nervous system tumors from the PBTA and PNOC - PubMed
Genetic ancestry-associated differences exist across pediatric CNS tumor histological and molecular subtypes from PBTA and PNOC. Further investigation into genetic and socioeconomic factors contributi...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Happy to see work our work in collaboration with Dr. Cassie Kline studying genetic ancestry effects on patients with pediatric brain tumors published, led by Dr. Ryan Corbett. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39847453/
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Time for Pediatric Cancer Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/2UbwR5L
November 25, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Time for Pediatric Cancer Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/2UbwR5L
Hi @bsky.app how can we cut down on bot follows? I just reported and blocked 25 bots with the same first name and have more that keep following. Help!
December 29, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Hi @bsky.app how can we cut down on bot follows? I just reported and blocked 25 bots with the same first name and have more that keep following. Help!
We are #hiring passionate individuals to join us in driving cutting-edge #ChildhoodCancer research @ CNH (rokitalab.com). 👇
Postdoctoral Fellow: bit.ly/bti-postdoc
Bioinformatics Engineer: bit.ly/bti-eng
3 Bioinformatics Scientists: bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci1,
bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci2, bit.ly/rokita-bfx-sci
Postdoctoral Fellow: bit.ly/bti-postdoc
Bioinformatics Engineer: bit.ly/bti-eng
3 Bioinformatics Scientists: bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci1,
bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci2, bit.ly/rokita-bfx-sci
December 27, 2024 at 7:49 PM
We are #hiring passionate individuals to join us in driving cutting-edge #ChildhoodCancer research @ CNH (rokitalab.com). 👇
Postdoctoral Fellow: bit.ly/bti-postdoc
Bioinformatics Engineer: bit.ly/bti-eng
3 Bioinformatics Scientists: bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci1,
bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci2, bit.ly/rokita-bfx-sci
Postdoctoral Fellow: bit.ly/bti-postdoc
Bioinformatics Engineer: bit.ly/bti-eng
3 Bioinformatics Scientists: bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci1,
bit.ly/bti-bfx-sci2, bit.ly/rokita-bfx-sci
We are #hiring a #Bioinformatics postdoctoral fellow within the #Brain #Tumor Institute at Children's National Hospital to work on a large international study of NF1 #pediatric #gliomas. Check out the posting below and contact me if interested! cnhs.taleo.net/careersectio...
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
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cnhs.taleo.net
December 24, 2024 at 1:24 AM
We are #hiring a #Bioinformatics postdoctoral fellow within the #Brain #Tumor Institute at Children's National Hospital to work on a large international study of NF1 #pediatric #gliomas. Check out the posting below and contact me if interested! cnhs.taleo.net/careersectio...
Thank you #RepWexton for your service and all you have done for kids with cancer. 🎗️
"in late 2008, I went...to hear a skinny guy with a funny name talk about his message of hope & change & yes we can. Hearing then Sen. Obama speak was the first time that I stopped thinking that can’t be me & started thinking yes I can!" - @RepWexton bluevirginia.us/2024/12/vide...
Video: Afflicted with a Serious Illness but Not Defined by It, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Delivers Farewell Speech to Congress
Back in September 2023, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) announced the tragic news that she's afflicted with a "modified diagnosis of Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy, type-p,” and that she would “serve t...
bluevirginia.us
December 22, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Thank you #RepWexton for your service and all you have done for kids with cancer. 🎗️