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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Here is the curve for new and competitive renewal (Type 1 and Type 2) awards.
This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
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This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Here is the curve for new and competitive renewal (Type 1 and Type 2) awards.
This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
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This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
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“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Building an AI Scientist
Hertz Fellow Sam Rodriguez launched FutureHouse, a nonprofit research lab working toward building an AI scientist or AI systems that can automate scientific research in biology and other complex scien...
www.hertzfoundation.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
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I was looking to see if there are any studies about people electing not to poop while at work... and stumbled into a rabbit hole about women's use and avoidance of restrooms (which, BTW, isn't great for one's health). 🧪
www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I was looking to see if there are any studies about people electing not to poop while at work... and stumbled into a rabbit hole about women's use and avoidance of restrooms (which, BTW, isn't great for one's health). 🧪
www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
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Before kids men and women make steady progress in their careers. After kids, moms (not dads) start shifting to lower-paying employers. Mothers trade pay for flexibility or other accommodations. Many opt for part-time jobs, remote work or shorter commutes.
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
‘Commuting Is Bad’—Particularly for Women
A growing body of research shows how longer travel times affect moms’ ability to work.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Before kids men and women make steady progress in their careers. After kids, moms (not dads) start shifting to lower-paying employers. Mothers trade pay for flexibility or other accommodations. Many opt for part-time jobs, remote work or shorter commutes.
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
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I am so proud to work alongside these folks.
Tap tap tap. Does this work? @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is serves the people. Not the political will. We are #scientists.
#NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration
#NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I am so proud to work alongside these folks.
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More women experience sexual dysfunction than men. The FDA took 6 months to approve Viagra for men. It took 6 yrs to approve Addyi for sexual dysfunction in pre-menopausal women & 10 more yrs to approve it for post-menopausal women under age 65. time.com/7341012/sexu...
A Pill for Sexual Desire Reaches a New Group of Women
The FDA approved Addyi for post-menopausal women. The drugmaker’s CEO Cindy Eckert explains why it matters.
time.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
More women experience sexual dysfunction than men. The FDA took 6 months to approve Viagra for men. It took 6 yrs to approve Addyi for sexual dysfunction in pre-menopausal women & 10 more yrs to approve it for post-menopausal women under age 65. time.com/7341012/sexu...
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Yet another large group of federal workers - this time at DOJ - are speaking up about this administration destroying programs that protect Americans.
Yet another large group of federal workers - this time at DOJ - are speaking up about this administration destroying programs that protect Americans.
Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.
An Open Letter from Former Civil Rights Division Employees
On the 68th anniversary of the Civil Rights Division, former employees share an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Please read and share.
Yet another large group of federal workers - this time at DOJ - are speaking up about this administration destroying programs that protect Americans.
Yet another large group of federal workers - this time at DOJ - are speaking up about this administration destroying programs that protect Americans.
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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!
actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
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!