Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D

@khajdarovic.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist studying the neural circuits of glucose homeostasis. Cats, embroidery, labor unions Views my own. https://khajdarovic.github.io/ She/hers/her

A calico cat in motion, batting away the paint brush that was used to poke her whisker
Screenshot from Pokopia video game, bulbasaur says “let’s get this place HUMID!”
Screenshot of an email “As a result of bargaining unit determinations, union dues will no longer be deducted from your monthly stipend beginning with the April 1, 2026, stipend payment. Thanks for your partnership on this matter. NIH Employee & Labor Relations Branch
Kaity holds a UAW sign that says science not silence
Kaity is smiling and holding a sign that says “girls just want to have funding for science”
Screenshot of the NIH website page for the NIH fellows CBA, showing the page has been deleted. Superimposed over this is the “there is so war in ba sing se” woman
Some feminists have long contested this view, often using political discourse rather than the scientific method. If gender is socially constructed, they argue, it is "mutable" and can be reshaped through political and social reforms. Feminists often refer to "biological determinism" in a pejorative sense, as they seek to reform society into a genderless one by eliminating what they perceive to be constructed gender traits.
Screenshot from the linked paper stating that the data used in the graphs is available upon request
A 10x chromium controller used for single cell RNA seq experiments
Headline from defector media’s website saying “let the record show that Otzi fucked”
A snowy bus stop outside the NIH. Snow on the ground and sleeting down, everything is grey and white.
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "Al" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case. "My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
Screenshot from the video game Civilization 5, with the quote “the meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights”
A chubby tabby cat with a shaved belly sits in a cabinet
Ad on the wall of a DC metro station says “AI purpose-built for the department of war”
Meme of a little kid taking a selfie in the mirror with the caption “does anyone know if we have government tomorrow”
A tan humvee is parked on grass. In the background there are white tents, one of which has a flag that says “fuck trump” draped over it.
I know we are all like "people in caveman times would drill holes in their head to relieve headaches" and we go oh that's so stupid that's so dumb but like. then I get a headache and I'm like.ooooh | get it l get it. Grug prepare the drill.
Chalkboard outside a cafe reads “this cafe stands against fascism- united we must resist!”
I know we are all like "people in caveman times would drill holes in their head to relieve headaches" andwe go oh that's so stupid that's so dumb but like. then I get a headache and I'm like.ooooh | get it l get it. Grug prepare the drill.
A particularly cute tabby cat
Disruptions to research: Hajdarovic and others described issues obtaining materials for research because the people who do the purchasing had been dismissed; the firings and rehirings of scientist colleagues; the fear of a proposed 40% cut to the NIH budget; and general chaos and unpredictability that are disruptive to their day-to-day jobs.
Meme of crying woman saying “there’s not going to be a K99 you stupid slut”
Program for a funeral titled for the lives knowledge and programs lost
A sign says “welcome NIH families! Imagination stage”
A table with multicolor pipe cleaners and instructions to make a neuron out of pipecleaners
Screenshot of the cost of the drug Rinvoq which costs 6500 dollars a month before insurance
Clip from the simpsons where the newscaster says he welcomes our new ant overlords
George Constance says we’re living in a society
Screenshot of a search for CDC on the quillete website with no recent results
Search results for “gag order” on the free press website
Skeet from Mark Cuban saying “Trump is doing what you do after you acquire a company. Crazy I know. But reality. The Dir of NIH should reach out to DOGE and offer to bring them in to remove inefficiencies. There are always some and the Director know what they are. DOGE gets a win. NIH gets back to work.”
Links to publicly open courses from the NIH including “integrating sex and gender into human health”, “sex as a biological variable”, “intro to sex and gender”
Estimated cost for the prescription drug rinvoq