Chris Hourigan
@drchrishourigan.bsky.social
"That AML MRD guy". Director, Virginia Tech FBRI Cancer Research Center in Washington, DC. Physician-Scientist. Views my own.
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Logging back into Bluesky to ask for current best practices for presubmission enquiry @natureportfolio.nature.com. We have a massive piece of team science we are turning into important resource paper that will be cited++ @naturemedicine.bsky.social website asking for a form - do it or email editor?
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Logging back into Bluesky to ask for current best practices for presubmission enquiry @natureportfolio.nature.com. We have a massive piece of team science we are turning into important resource paper that will be cited++ @naturemedicine.bsky.social website asking for a form - do it or email editor?
Thank you for organizing this Simon. Agree, was a lovely speech from Dr. Lancaster.
Really exciting to co-organise the 20 year graduation reunion for Oxford medical school last night. Wonderful to reunite with old friends and hear retired DoS Tim Lancaster speak powerfully about how caring is at the heart of good medicine 💊❤️
July 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thank you for organizing this Simon. Agree, was a lovely speech from Dr. Lancaster.
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What does a 40% NIH budget cut mean for funding chances (now ~15%)?
You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success”
❌ NOPE!!!
1-3%
because 80% of the budget is for existing grants
New science? Starved
Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢
#FundingScienceSavesLives
You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success”
❌ NOPE!!!
1-3%
because 80% of the budget is for existing grants
New science? Starved
Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢
#FundingScienceSavesLives
June 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What does a 40% NIH budget cut mean for funding chances (now ~15%)?
You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success”
❌ NOPE!!!
1-3%
because 80% of the budget is for existing grants
New science? Starved
Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢
#FundingScienceSavesLives
You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success”
❌ NOPE!!!
1-3%
because 80% of the budget is for existing grants
New science? Starved
Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢
#FundingScienceSavesLives
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We have 2-3 group leader positions opening @fimm-uh.bsky.social !!
We are looking for outstanding candidates in human genetics and precision medicine.
This time we have a focus on population health data science. E.g. AI for EHR/health data
Generous starting package 💰
shorturl.at/FAk6n
We are looking for outstanding candidates in human genetics and precision medicine.
This time we have a focus on population health data science. E.g. AI for EHR/health data
Generous starting package 💰
shorturl.at/FAk6n
FIMM-EMBL Group Leaders in Molecular Medicine
FIMM-EMBL Group Leaders in Molecular Medicine
jobs.helsinki.fi
June 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We have 2-3 group leader positions opening @fimm-uh.bsky.social !!
We are looking for outstanding candidates in human genetics and precision medicine.
This time we have a focus on population health data science. E.g. AI for EHR/health data
Generous starting package 💰
shorturl.at/FAk6n
We are looking for outstanding candidates in human genetics and precision medicine.
This time we have a focus on population health data science. E.g. AI for EHR/health data
Generous starting package 💰
shorturl.at/FAk6n
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Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
Discussed this at a dinner yesterday with mild surprise that it hasn’t already happened - once in a generation discount on the opportunity to turn capital into legacy.
If people of means are interested in establishing a 2025 “Institute for Advanced Study” for displaced/defunded biomedical scientists, I know many people who will help, including myself.
@mcuban.bsky.social
@arcadiascience.com
@arcinstitute.org
@mcuban.bsky.social
@arcadiascience.com
@arcinstitute.org
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Discussed this at a dinner yesterday with mild surprise that it hasn’t already happened - once in a generation discount on the opportunity to turn capital into legacy.
Appreciate shoutout to old literature
May 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Appreciate shoutout to old literature
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Check this chart.
Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000.
This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.
The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.
Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000.
This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.
The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.
May 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Check this chart.
Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000.
This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.
The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.
Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000.
This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.
The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.
The hits just keep on coming...
May 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The hits just keep on coming...
Biotech shares today. What did I miss?
May 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Biotech shares today. What did I miss?
Current administration proposes 18 BILLION dollar cut (~40%) to NIH medical research for FY26 (closer to 45% if new budget 27B not 48.5B+inflation). National Science Foundation cuts of ~56% proposed. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u.... @altnih4science.bsky.social @davelevitan.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Current administration proposes 18 BILLION dollar cut (~40%) to NIH medical research for FY26 (closer to 45% if new budget 27B not 48.5B+inflation). National Science Foundation cuts of ~56% proposed. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u.... @altnih4science.bsky.social @davelevitan.bsky.social
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NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
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TFW you get an email from @ash.hematology.org and realize that you are about to age out of eligibility for the William Dameshek Prize...
old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper
ALT: old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper
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April 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
TFW you get an email from @ash.hematology.org and realize that you are about to age out of eligibility for the William Dameshek Prize...
Taking from NIH research to create a new MAHA agency? wapo.st/42gLz0Z Summary: Proposal: $47B NIH budget split into $27B for NIH (now only 8 institutes, from 27) and $20B for a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (incl. primary care, childhood chronic disease).
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Taking from NIH research to create a new MAHA agency? wapo.st/42gLz0Z Summary: Proposal: $47B NIH budget split into $27B for NIH (now only 8 institutes, from 27) and $20B for a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (incl. primary care, childhood chronic disease).
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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
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The crazy thing about firing all of these federal employees is that they tend to be underpaid, super hardworking, in it for the right reasons, idealistic people who could’ve worked in industry or pharma and made way more money but they truly believed in the mission and the good they were doing.
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The crazy thing about firing all of these federal employees is that they tend to be underpaid, super hardworking, in it for the right reasons, idealistic people who could’ve worked in industry or pharma and made way more money but they truly believed in the mission and the good they were doing.
Incredible story, very well told. At the intersection of purpose-driven scientific research, dedicated federal employees working tirelessly without credit for the public good, rare diseases under radar of the power of the market, and “healthcare” in the US. Sharing as a gift article: wapo.st/3DyAWgz
Opinion | The free-living bureaucrat
Michael Lewis on Heather Stone of the Food and Drug Administration.
wapo.st
March 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Incredible story, very well told. At the intersection of purpose-driven scientific research, dedicated federal employees working tirelessly without credit for the public good, rare diseases under radar of the power of the market, and “healthcare” in the US. Sharing as a gift article: wapo.st/3DyAWgz
Tell me you don't understand the research and innovation process w/o saying it. McKinsey report from DOGE staff now at NIH on "leading through change: preparing for government transition". I went to HBS specifically to think seriously about how federal research agencies could improve - this ain't it
March 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tell me you don't understand the research and innovation process w/o saying it. McKinsey report from DOGE staff now at NIH on "leading through change: preparing for government transition". I went to HBS specifically to think seriously about how federal research agencies could improve - this ain't it
Johns Hopkins to cut more than 2,000 jobs after $800M in federal cuts
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Johns Hopkins to cut more than 2,000 jobs after $800M in federal cuts
Judge orders Trump officials to offer jobs back to fired probationary workers
March 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Judge orders Trump officials to offer jobs back to fired probationary workers
As I get older myself I’ve become less tolerant of the “more of a comment than a question” elders.
a man with a mustache is standing in front of a crowd and says " be curious not judgmental "
ALT: a man with a mustache is standing in front of a crowd and says " be curious not judgmental "
media.tenor.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As I get older myself I’ve become less tolerant of the “more of a comment than a question” elders.