Tom Maynard
@tmaynard.bsky.social
5% science, 95% dad jokes.
Day job: developmental neuroscience researcher
(but I'm really just here for the cat and dog pix)
Day job: developmental neuroscience researcher
(but I'm really just here for the cat and dog pix)
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April 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
news.harvard.edu
March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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the muppets crashing the red carpet at the 2025 oscars: thread
March 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
the muppets crashing the red carpet at the 2025 oscars: thread
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I have been trying to find the time to move away from the polical hellscape we find ourselves in to finish and share a bluetorial about science.
This helps me remember what this is all about.
Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.
This helps me remember what this is all about.
Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.
the word irony is written on a white background
ALT: the word irony is written on a white background
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I have been trying to find the time to move away from the polical hellscape we find ourselves in to finish and share a bluetorial about science.
This helps me remember what this is all about.
Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.
This helps me remember what this is all about.
Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.
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Three reasons why the National Institutes of Health budget cuts matter
#1: This will hurt medical & scientific research, the hospitals that people use, and private industry that relies on medical innovations created on campus. Other countries can't believe why the US would give up its status here.
#1: This will hurt medical & scientific research, the hospitals that people use, and private industry that relies on medical innovations created on campus. Other countries can't believe why the US would give up its status here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Three reasons why the National Institutes of Health budget cuts matter
#1: This will hurt medical & scientific research, the hospitals that people use, and private industry that relies on medical innovations created on campus. Other countries can't believe why the US would give up its status here.
#1: This will hurt medical & scientific research, the hospitals that people use, and private industry that relies on medical innovations created on campus. Other countries can't believe why the US would give up its status here.
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Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
www.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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There is a lot of talk about claims about vaccinations increasing autism in the news lately, with a focus on MMR vaccines, but ignore existing work looking into the question.
See this paper by Anders Hviid and his group for example …
proceedings.mlr.press/v238/katta24a/…
See this paper by Anders Hviid and his group for example …
proceedings.mlr.press/v238/katta24a/…
https://proceedings.mlr.press/v238/katta24a/…
January 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There is a lot of talk about claims about vaccinations increasing autism in the news lately, with a focus on MMR vaccines, but ignore existing work looking into the question.
See this paper by Anders Hviid and his group for example …
proceedings.mlr.press/v238/katta24a/…
See this paper by Anders Hviid and his group for example …
proceedings.mlr.press/v238/katta24a/…
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I hope when I inevitably choke to death on gummy bears, people just say I was killed by bears and leave it at that
December 29, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I hope when I inevitably choke to death on gummy bears, people just say I was killed by bears and leave it at that
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photoshopping the muppets onto iconic album covers: thread
December 27, 2024 at 7:13 PM
photoshopping the muppets onto iconic album covers: thread
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Time to re-up this old blog of mine: No gene is an island www.wiringthebrain.com/2013/07/no-g... (or: complex traits and disorders are genuinely freaking COMPLEX!)
No gene is an island
Source Many people, scientists and non-scientists alike, object to what they perceive as genetic determinism . This is often a ...
www.wiringthebrain.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Time to re-up this old blog of mine: No gene is an island www.wiringthebrain.com/2013/07/no-g... (or: complex traits and disorders are genuinely freaking COMPLEX!)
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How did we get here, with a prominent anti-vaxxer nominated to lead Health and Human Services, with its $1.7T budget?
Much of it can be traced to this retracted 1998 paper, falsely linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. 1/3
Much of it can be traced to this retracted 1998 paper, falsely linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. 1/3
November 30, 2024 at 2:05 AM
How did we get here, with a prominent anti-vaxxer nominated to lead Health and Human Services, with its $1.7T budget?
Much of it can be traced to this retracted 1998 paper, falsely linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. 1/3
Much of it can be traced to this retracted 1998 paper, falsely linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. 1/3