Blaine Christiansen
@blainechristiansen.bsky.social
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chair of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group at UC Davis. Baseball dad, sports fan, brewery enthusiast, occasional bicyclist.
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When running, every step creates a 'shockwave' that travels up our body. Researchers have hypothesized that these 'shocks,' and how our body deals with them, may cause injury. We show that injured runners deal with these 'shocks' differently than uninjured runners, particularly as they get tired.
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When running, every step creates a 'shockwave' that travels up our body. Researchers have hypothesized that these 'shocks,' and how our body deals with them, may cause injury. We show that injured runners deal with these 'shocks' differently than uninjured runners, particularly as they get tired.
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Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
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It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
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The key to a good academic paper is to open with “What’s up gamers”
Then move onto a webster’s dictionary definition of your topic.
And finally close with “but of course, I had the last laugh.”
Then move onto a webster’s dictionary definition of your topic.
And finally close with “but of course, I had the last laugh.”
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The key to a good academic paper is to open with “What’s up gamers”
Then move onto a webster’s dictionary definition of your topic.
And finally close with “but of course, I had the last laugh.”
Then move onto a webster’s dictionary definition of your topic.
And finally close with “but of course, I had the last laugh.”
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University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
Ah yes, the universal goal of all scientists. Decide on a conclusion, then "do the studies to make the proof".
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ah yes, the universal goal of all scientists. Decide on a conclusion, then "do the studies to make the proof".
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New Opinion out today in @chicagotribune.com
"The Bio10 is an academic powerhouse."
"The health of our society depends on generations of young students equipped to embrace, and succeed in the face of, uncertainty."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...
"The Bio10 is an academic powerhouse."
"The health of our society depends on generations of young students equipped to embrace, and succeed in the face of, uncertainty."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New Opinion out today in @chicagotribune.com
"The Bio10 is an academic powerhouse."
"The health of our society depends on generations of young students equipped to embrace, and succeed in the face of, uncertainty."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...
"The Bio10 is an academic powerhouse."
"The health of our society depends on generations of young students equipped to embrace, and succeed in the face of, uncertainty."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...
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Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
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New post about Lysenko and Bhattacharya from @angierasmussen.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Bhattacharya is the New Lysenko
Starving the NIH through ineptitude, bitterness, and thirst for revenge
open.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New post about Lysenko and Bhattacharya from @angierasmussen.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Trump should demand that whoever made today’s Wordle be fired.
August 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump should demand that whoever made today’s Wordle be fired.
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Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made (that would be the NSF budget) 😡
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made
Virtually every smartphone on the planet runs on a chip paid for by American taxpayers — a chip that I helped invent. Now Congress is moving to cut funding for the National Science Foundation that …
thehill.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made (that would be the NSF budget) 😡
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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Here is some of the history of the non-existent "banned words" at NIH...
Jay Bhattacharya says that Program Officers made up banned words lists at NIH.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
August 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Here is some of the history of the non-existent "banned words" at NIH...
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The Govt. Accountability Office issued a report today finding that the Trump admin has violated a law blocking presidents from withholding funding Congress has approved
@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:
www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:
www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump administration, by abruptly canceling NIH grants, had violated a 1974 federal law
www.statnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Govt. Accountability Office issued a report today finding that the Trump admin has violated a law blocking presidents from withholding funding Congress has approved
@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:
www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:
www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
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The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
July 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
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the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
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A discussion of the use of animals in research.
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Director’s Desk: The Future of Animal Models in Research | NIH’s Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer
YouTube video by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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July 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A discussion of the use of animals in research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvk...
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(Warning: Rant coming)
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New paper available now in @oacjournal.bsky.social. This was a great collaboration with @tak-lab.bsky.social and Kei Takahata from his lab.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL-93npMr...
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June 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New paper available now in @oacjournal.bsky.social. This was a great collaboration with @tak-lab.bsky.social and Kei Takahata from his lab.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL-93npMr...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL-93npMr...
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Are you looking for a faculty job? We are hiring in my department at Roswell Park NOW. Contact me for details as I await the formal ad. (Please RT.)
June 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Are you looking for a faculty job? We are hiring in my department at Roswell Park NOW. Contact me for details as I await the formal ad. (Please RT.)
Congratulations to Sophie Orr for defending her Ph.D. dissertation in Biomedical Engineering at @ucdavis.bsky.social! If anyone is recruiting a postdoc, she is the best candidate you could hope for. Send me a message if you would like an introduction.
May 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Congratulations to Sophie Orr for defending her Ph.D. dissertation in Biomedical Engineering at @ucdavis.bsky.social! If anyone is recruiting a postdoc, she is the best candidate you could hope for. Send me a message if you would like an introduction.
Another new paper from our lab! This one is a review by Yu-Yang (Will) Lin describing the effects of exercise and unloading on OA progression after ACL injury.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The beneficial and detrimental effects of exercise and unloading on OA progression after anterior cruciate ligament injury
Injury of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common sports injury that can lead to post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) within 10–20 years. Surgical ACL reconstruction is often performed sev...
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May 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Another new paper from our lab! This one is a review by Yu-Yang (Will) Lin describing the effects of exercise and unloading on OA progression after ACL injury.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article from our lab! This is the capstone study from Priscilla Tjandra's Ph.D. research. Special thanks to Sophie Orr for finishing up the final steps of the research and manuscript.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Investigating the role of complement 5a in systemic bone loss after myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction (MI) and osteoporotic fracture are two of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. We have previously establishe…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New article from our lab! This is the capstone study from Priscilla Tjandra's Ph.D. research. Special thanks to Sophie Orr for finishing up the final steps of the research and manuscript.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.
NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.