Jim Hokanson, PhD
@jimhokanson.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. Biomedical engineer, dabbler in neuromodulation, female pelvic health advocate, physiologist, and programmer. Fan of L1 regularization. Often randomly walking through a forest.
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148 clinical trials have been impacted, with 138k patients due to be enrolled or already enrolled.
Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.
There is so much waste happening.
🧪 archive.today/Rii7f
Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.
There is so much waste happening.
🧪 archive.today/Rii7f
The damage done - Nature Medicine
When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.
www.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
148 clinical trials have been impacted, with 138k patients due to be enrolled or already enrolled.
Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.
There is so much waste happening.
🧪 archive.today/Rii7f
Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.
There is so much waste happening.
🧪 archive.today/Rii7f
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Clearing out my bookmarks folder to prep readings I'll be using in my 300-level Gene Regulation class next semester! We cover a lot of primary "classic" literature in class, with recent accessible science journalism as assigned reading to see how gene regulation is relevant to today's issues. 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Clearing out my bookmarks folder to prep readings I'll be using in my 300-level Gene Regulation class next semester! We cover a lot of primary "classic" literature in class, with recent accessible science journalism as assigned reading to see how gene regulation is relevant to today's issues. 🧵
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Got a chance to speak to @andreahsu.bsky.social on @npr.org about how NIH has been largely shutdown since January.
www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
A federal worker explains why she's not afraid of Trump's layoff threat
Some federal workers closely following President Trump's threats of mass layoffs and funding cuts in the shutdown say it's nothing new. He's been doing those same things since January.
www.npr.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Got a chance to speak to @andreahsu.bsky.social on @npr.org about how NIH has been largely shutdown since January.
www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
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I’d never done a hill visit before. It was a very interesting experience. I hope they hear us!
Please stand with us demanding our Senators and Representatives to pass a CR that protects our national and health security!
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actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
September 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’d never done a hill visit before. It was a very interesting experience. I hope they hear us!
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“To do nothing is to be complicit in the horrors we are visiting upon the world.”
“…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
“…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance
At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile,
there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.
www.thenation.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“To do nothing is to be complicit in the horrors we are visiting upon the world.”
“…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
“…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace accommodations for menopause, including temperature control, flexible breaks and private spaces for symptom management.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...
This U.S. State Just Passed A Stunning New Law That Will Change Women's Lives
"Reading the specifics of the law, I felt something I had not expected: validation."
www.huffpost.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace accommodations for menopause, including temperature control, flexible breaks and private spaces for symptom management.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...
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"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
August 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
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Head on over to insta to hear Richard Schlueter’s powerful testimony about how this Admin’s sledgehammering of NIH induced delays could cost cancer patients their lives.
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www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...
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August 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Head on over to insta to hear Richard Schlueter’s powerful testimony about how this Admin’s sledgehammering of NIH induced delays could cost cancer patients their lives.
www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...
www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...
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If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them):
www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️
www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
August 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them):
www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️
www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️
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NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...
NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025
I know Doctor Editor Director Professor Berg has more sophisticated analyses going but this simple data set made sense to me once I realized how few new R01 NIAAA has issued so far (5). Since we ar…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...
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Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact".
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact".
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
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“Bhattacharya mentioned that the federal funds allocated to NIH were delayed earlier this year, but assured that they are on track to be fully spent: ‘…folks at NIH are working overtime to make this happen,’ he said.”
I have some thoughts on this…
www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...
I have some thoughts on this…
www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...
UAB and NIH announce renewed partnership to advance health care after federal funding cuts
This announcement follows UAB’s administration’s request for staff to reduce spending after the federal government cut $70 million from the health care system in April.
www.wvtm13.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Bhattacharya mentioned that the federal funds allocated to NIH were delayed earlier this year, but assured that they are on track to be fully spent: ‘…folks at NIH are working overtime to make this happen,’ he said.”
I have some thoughts on this…
www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...
I have some thoughts on this…
www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...
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It's been 5 years since I've been licensed as a foster parent.
32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart.
I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is.
Questions? Ask away!
32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart.
I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is.
Questions? Ask away!
July 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's been 5 years since I've been licensed as a foster parent.
32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart.
I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is.
Questions? Ask away!
32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart.
I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is.
Questions? Ask away!
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Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/j...
Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works
The socials blew up yesterday over a recent article in Drug Discovery & Development posted by Brian Buntz. With good reason. The subhead reads “NIH announces end to funding for animal-onl…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/j...
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It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA.
The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US.
We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.
The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US.
We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.
June 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…
Definitely worth a read
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
June 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
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Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
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I often send a little e-mail congratulating the corresponding author of a paper I really enjoyed reading.
It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.
It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.
June 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I often send a little e-mail congratulating the corresponding author of a paper I really enjoyed reading.
It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.
It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.
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I co-chair a year-long program called #NIH Academy (with our AVP for Strategic Research Initiatives), designed to support ECR's targeting their first R01. Today I learned that after 9 mos of hard work, her mechanism expired - 3 days before it was due. 🧵 1/ grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Expired PAR-24-075: Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-24-075. OD
grants.nih.gov
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I co-chair a year-long program called #NIH Academy (with our AVP for Strategic Research Initiatives), designed to support ECR's targeting their first R01. Today I learned that after 9 mos of hard work, her mechanism expired - 3 days before it was due. 🧵 1/ grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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May 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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REMINDER.....REMINDER......REMINDER
3 DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
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3 DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
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gumball and anais from the amazing world of gumball are sitting at a table
ALT: gumball and anais from the amazing world of gumball are sitting at a table
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May 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
REMINDER.....REMINDER......REMINDER
3 DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
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3 DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
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America’s long-term growth is at stake. Congress is weighing sweeping FY2026 cuts to fundamental science, including $18 billion from the NIH and $5 billion from the NSF.
In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions.
@jdrakephd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions.
@jdrakephd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
America’s long-term growth is at stake. Congress is weighing sweeping FY2026 cuts to fundamental science, including $18 billion from the NIH and $5 billion from the NSF.
In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions.
@jdrakephd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions.
@jdrakephd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Yes, same from Sigma-Aldrich. I was surprised/ not surprised when I made this purchase last week.
May 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Yes, same from Sigma-Aldrich. I was surprised/ not surprised when I made this purchase last week.
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I just can't get past the ide0a that the child of the corresponding author of project 2025 was cured of cystic fibrosis - and all he wants, his life goal, is to cause trauma amongst those who created the cure.
Another breakthrough made possible by federal funding The result “is a triumph for the American peoples’ investment in biomedical research”
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I just can't get past the ide0a that the child of the corresponding author of project 2025 was cured of cystic fibrosis - and all he wants, his life goal, is to cause trauma amongst those who created the cure.