Cheng-Ying Ho, MD, PhD
@cherrycyho.bsky.social
Neuropathologist/Neuroscientist @jhu.edu
Neuromuscular pathology; Diabetic Neuropathy; Sensory Neuroscience
Neuromuscular pathology; Diabetic Neuropathy; Sensory Neuroscience
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My quote of the day
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
Randy Pausch
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
Randy Pausch
May 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My quote of the day
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
Randy Pausch
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
Randy Pausch
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You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
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I now have multiple sources that say at least one round of NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS will now be announced in the Federal Register.
a muppet news anchor says " and now a muppet news flash " while holding a piece of paper
ALT: a muppet news anchor says " and now a muppet news flash " while holding a piece of paper
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I now have multiple sources that say at least one round of NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS will now be announced in the Federal Register.
Reposted by Cheng-Ying Ho, MD, PhD
Looks like NIH Councils are going to resume meeting in April/May
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Looks like NIH Councils are going to resume meeting in April/May
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BREAKING: NIH CSR meeting notices in the Federal Register will restart tomorrow (Tuesday, 3/4).
The first notice is for 4 CSR meetings in late March and early April. 3 special emphasis panels, 1 for kidney disease.
This is the first such notice since January 21.
The first notice is for 4 CSR meetings in late March and early April. 3 special emphasis panels, 1 for kidney disease.
This is the first such notice since January 21.
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BREAKING: NIH CSR meeting notices in the Federal Register will restart tomorrow (Tuesday, 3/4).
The first notice is for 4 CSR meetings in late March and early April. 3 special emphasis panels, 1 for kidney disease.
This is the first such notice since January 21.
The first notice is for 4 CSR meetings in late March and early April. 3 special emphasis panels, 1 for kidney disease.
This is the first such notice since January 21.
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Wow! Incredible new study on how hippocampal neuronal activity tracks narration:
1/ Each word has a contextualized neural code.
2/ Neural distance mirrors semantic distance. Super cool as @dlevenstein.bsky.social showed this emerges from sequential predictive coding!
Congrats to the team!!
1/ Each word has a contextualized neural code.
2/ Neural distance mirrors semantic distance. Super cool as @dlevenstein.bsky.social showed this emerges from sequential predictive coding!
Congrats to the team!!
I am incredibly proud to share my first, first-author paper as a postdoc with @benhayden.bsky.social . How does the human hippocampus, known for encoding concepts, represent the meanings of words while listening to narrative speech?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Wow! Incredible new study on how hippocampal neuronal activity tracks narration:
1/ Each word has a contextualized neural code.
2/ Neural distance mirrors semantic distance. Super cool as @dlevenstein.bsky.social showed this emerges from sequential predictive coding!
Congrats to the team!!
1/ Each word has a contextualized neural code.
2/ Neural distance mirrors semantic distance. Super cool as @dlevenstein.bsky.social showed this emerges from sequential predictive coding!
Congrats to the team!!
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UPDATE ON FUNDING
These are data through 2/21/25. The lag in Reporter really does appear to be about a week.
There was a second mini-pause as suspected from internal reports, but grants are being awarded.
About 21% new or competitive renewals (compared to 29% in 2017, and 22% in 2021
These are data through 2/21/25. The lag in Reporter really does appear to be about a week.
There was a second mini-pause as suspected from internal reports, but grants are being awarded.
About 21% new or competitive renewals (compared to 29% in 2017, and 22% in 2021
February 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
UPDATE ON FUNDING
These are data through 2/21/25. The lag in Reporter really does appear to be about a week.
There was a second mini-pause as suspected from internal reports, but grants are being awarded.
About 21% new or competitive renewals (compared to 29% in 2017, and 22% in 2021
These are data through 2/21/25. The lag in Reporter really does appear to be about a week.
There was a second mini-pause as suspected from internal reports, but grants are being awarded.
About 21% new or competitive renewals (compared to 29% in 2017, and 22% in 2021
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Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Confirmed (by many sources) news about 50 NIH Study Sections being allowed to announce meetings in the Federal Register.
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
1/2
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
1/2
a muppet news anchor says " and now a muppet news flash " while holding a piece of paper
ALT: a muppet news anchor says " and now a muppet news flash " while holding a piece of paper
media.tenor.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Confirmed (by many sources) news about 50 NIH Study Sections being allowed to announce meetings in the Federal Register.
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
1/2
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
1/2
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Reposted by Cheng-Ying Ho, MD, PhD
Some good-ish news from NIH
“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”
As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.
“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”
As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.
a man in a red suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says breaking news on it
ALT: a man in a red suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says breaking news on it
media.tenor.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Some good-ish news from NIH
“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”
As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.
“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”
As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.
Reposted by Cheng-Ying Ho, MD, PhD
I wanted to highlight this incredible science advocacy resource on the @sfn.org website. There's info on how to contact your legislatures, prep for meetings, and make your voice heard. Thank you to SfN for not backing down from the fight and supporting scientists! 🧠🧪 www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
Advocacy Best Practices
www.sfn.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I wanted to highlight this incredible science advocacy resource on the @sfn.org website. There's info on how to contact your legislatures, prep for meetings, and make your voice heard. Thank you to SfN for not backing down from the fight and supporting scientists! 🧠🧪 www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
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A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Senator Murray Blasts Trump & Elon for Illegally Paralyzing Lifesaving Research Again, Threatening to Extinguish Ongoing and Groundbreaking Work - Senator Patty Murray
ICYMI: Murray Blasts Trump and Musk Decimating HHS, Risking Americans’ Health and Livelihoods Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and...
www.murray.senate.gov
February 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
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In case you were wondering how the Trump admin was still freezing NIH funds, despite court orders, this is how.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
www.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In case you were wondering how the Trump admin was still freezing NIH funds, despite court orders, this is how.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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My lab has a position for a programmer--if you have programming skills and have recently left the NIH please contact me.
February 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My lab has a position for a programmer--if you have programming skills and have recently left the NIH please contact me.
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If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.
I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning.
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
February 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.
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Speaking of which -
🧬🦠🧠🥼📈🟦 Bioinformatics and Open Science folks:
Has anyone heard of efforts to mirror or back up NCBI?
NCBI doesn't seem to be under fire yet, but there are many datasets on NCBI that include variables like gender and race...
@openbio.bsky.social @iscb.bsky.social @cos.io
🧬🦠🧠🥼📈🟦 Bioinformatics and Open Science folks:
Has anyone heard of efforts to mirror or back up NCBI?
NCBI doesn't seem to be under fire yet, but there are many datasets on NCBI that include variables like gender and race...
@openbio.bsky.social @iscb.bsky.social @cos.io
February 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of which -
🧬🦠🧠🥼📈🟦 Bioinformatics and Open Science folks:
Has anyone heard of efforts to mirror or back up NCBI?
NCBI doesn't seem to be under fire yet, but there are many datasets on NCBI that include variables like gender and race...
@openbio.bsky.social @iscb.bsky.social @cos.io
🧬🦠🧠🥼📈🟦 Bioinformatics and Open Science folks:
Has anyone heard of efforts to mirror or back up NCBI?
NCBI doesn't seem to be under fire yet, but there are many datasets on NCBI that include variables like gender and race...
@openbio.bsky.social @iscb.bsky.social @cos.io