Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D
@khajdarovic.bsky.social
Neuroscientist studying the neural circuits of glucose homeostasis.
Cats, embroidery, labor unions
Views my own.
https://khajdarovic.github.io/
She/hers/her
Cats, embroidery, labor unions
Views my own.
https://khajdarovic.github.io/
She/hers/her
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I haven’t talked about this publicly—I won’t get into details—but the week of March 7th I had a patient die by suicide because of depression.
RFK jr. must be removed. This move will get people killed.
Take action: Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/r...
RFK jr. must be removed. This move will get people killed.
Take action: Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/r...
RFK Jr.’s war on antidepressants is coming — and it will cost lives
“Kennedy’s antidepressant rhetoric is not only based on bad science, it fuels distrust in mental health treatments” in the midst of a crisis for adolescents, experts write.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I haven’t talked about this publicly—I won’t get into details—but the week of March 7th I had a patient die by suicide because of depression.
RFK jr. must be removed. This move will get people killed.
Take action: Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/r...
RFK jr. must be removed. This move will get people killed.
Take action: Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/r...
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Greenland is not an extra channel on the cable package or tinted windows for the new car. It's part of Denmark, or longstanding ally. It's not for sale.
January 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Greenland is not an extra channel on the cable package or tinted windows for the new car. It's part of Denmark, or longstanding ally. It's not for sale.
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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This will be a great resource. So happy the scientific community is finally taking reproductive transitions seriously
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This will be a great resource. So happy the scientific community is finally taking reproductive transitions seriously
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The silence from many media-hyped 2028 contenders today is shocking.
If you cannot oppose this regime change war for oil, you don't have the moral clarity or guts to lead our party or nation.
If you cannot oppose this regime change war for oil, you don't have the moral clarity or guts to lead our party or nation.
January 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The silence from many media-hyped 2028 contenders today is shocking.
If you cannot oppose this regime change war for oil, you don't have the moral clarity or guts to lead our party or nation.
If you cannot oppose this regime change war for oil, you don't have the moral clarity or guts to lead our party or nation.
Me when I’m trying to conclude a review article and I don’t know what to say
President Trump’s actions today with Venezuela raise more questions than answers. Is America going to be involved in running and stabilizing Venezuela? Today's actions raise many questions about the stability of the region and our policy towards South America.
January 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Me when I’m trying to conclude a review article and I don’t know what to say
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The Venezuelan government has been saying for decades it’s the victim of American aggression and sabotage because the US wants to steal its natural resources, so it’s clarifying that the US is now bombing the country while the President and senior officials say they are going to steal it’s resources
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The Venezuelan government has been saying for decades it’s the victim of American aggression and sabotage because the US wants to steal its natural resources, so it’s clarifying that the US is now bombing the country while the President and senior officials say they are going to steal it’s resources
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I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
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"Give me back my tablet" is the #1 nephew phrase which was probably also hollered four thousand years ago by a babylonian merchant
December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Give me back my tablet" is the #1 nephew phrase which was probably also hollered four thousand years ago by a babylonian merchant
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In researching this piece, I was genuinely shocked and deeply concerned at just how many people with ties to the Brownstone Institute have been given scientific roles by this administration.
The U.S. research community has an interest to help ensure the integrity of scientific leadership at our public institutions.
We are pleased to share this guest blog from @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social and Shiv Prasad, writing in their personal capacities.
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We are pleased to share this guest blog from @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social and Shiv Prasad, writing in their personal capacities.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
Reading the Tea Leaves on NIH Institute Director Searches
Which Fringe Scientists Might be Considered for Leadership Positions?
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December 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In researching this piece, I was genuinely shocked and deeply concerned at just how many people with ties to the Brownstone Institute have been given scientific roles by this administration.
Not to victim blame but Posting this on Christmas Eve is just begging for a visit from the ghost of Christmas past etc
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Not to victim blame but Posting this on Christmas Eve is just begging for a visit from the ghost of Christmas past etc
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Here's hoping that the hearts of Jay Bhattacharya — and all other members of the Trump Administration — grow three sizes this Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here's hoping that the hearts of Jay Bhattacharya — and all other members of the Trump Administration — grow three sizes this Christmas.
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It's Festivus, so I'm going to air some grievances.
1. If you're going to write a year end story about how scientists responded to authoritarianism and *NOT* include @standupforscience.bsky.social in the write up or cite that the photo you used as your header is from one of our rallies...that's bs.
1. If you're going to write a year end story about how scientists responded to authoritarianism and *NOT* include @standupforscience.bsky.social in the write up or cite that the photo you used as your header is from one of our rallies...that's bs.
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's Festivus, so I'm going to air some grievances.
1. If you're going to write a year end story about how scientists responded to authoritarianism and *NOT* include @standupforscience.bsky.social in the write up or cite that the photo you used as your header is from one of our rallies...that's bs.
1. If you're going to write a year end story about how scientists responded to authoritarianism and *NOT* include @standupforscience.bsky.social in the write up or cite that the photo you used as your header is from one of our rallies...that's bs.
More like Colin Wrong *ba dum tiss* *I cane appears stage left to drag me off by my neck*
Red flags all over the place
December 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
More like Colin Wrong *ba dum tiss* *I cane appears stage left to drag me off by my neck*
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doesn't everybody have a word document or something with like 10 half baked article ideas that you'll probably never get around to?
I’m embarrassed for these people. I was at a writing retreat this summer that suggested we use genai for ideation. They told academics to use a plagiarism machine for ideas. If you are doing this, do us all a favor and leave the field. If you have no more ideas, you shouldn’t be an academic.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
doesn't everybody have a word document or something with like 10 half baked article ideas that you'll probably never get around to?
This is sick
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is sick
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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Dear NIH community. You've done so well despite all the shit I've created. I look forward to being on more podcasts in the year ahead.
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dear NIH community. You've done so well despite all the shit I've created. I look forward to being on more podcasts in the year ahead.
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"To get to any one of us, you have to go through ALL of us." Zohran Mamdani. It applies here. #IstandwithJenna
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On November 13th Dr. Jenna Norton was placed on administrative leave from her position as a program officer at the National Institutes of Health. In response, current and former NIH workers made a… | ...
On November 13th Dr. Jenna Norton was placed on administrative leave from her position as a program officer at the National Institutes of Health. In response, current and former NIH workers made a vid...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"To get to any one of us, you have to go through ALL of us." Zohran Mamdani. It applies here. #IstandwithJenna
www.linkedin.com/posts/27-uni...
www.linkedin.com/posts/27-uni...
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A quantified explanation for why women make up more than 50% of biomedical graduate student cohorts but occupy only about 1/3 of faculty positions 🧪
People are willing to forgo a significant portion of their earnings—between 12-36% of their wages—to avoid hostile work environments.
Women exhibit a stronger aversion to exclusionary workplaces and environments with sexual harassment.
Women exhibit a stronger aversion to exclusionary workplaces and environments with sexual harassment.
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A quantified explanation for why women make up more than 50% of biomedical graduate student cohorts but occupy only about 1/3 of faculty positions 🧪
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It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.
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I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary."
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary."
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...