Jacob (Jake) Skigen
@jacobskigen.bsky.social
He/Him
Biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate in the Orthotics & Prosthetics for Enhanced Mobility Laboratory at University of Delaware https://sites.udel.edu/arch-lab/
(prev: https://nrel.bme.unc.edu at NC State/UNC)
Views are my own
Biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate in the Orthotics & Prosthetics for Enhanced Mobility Laboratory at University of Delaware https://sites.udel.edu/arch-lab/
(prev: https://nrel.bme.unc.edu at NC State/UNC)
Views are my own
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The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are drastic. Here are some examples:
March 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are drastic. Here are some examples:
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
February 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots.
If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
Grad Admission Impacts Survey
It is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing extramural research funding. Dozens of gradu...
docs.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots.
If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science. Story by @heidiledford.bsky.social & @humbertobasilio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science. Story by @heidiledford.bsky.social & @humbertobasilio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Johnson & Umberger shows that walking at different stride frequencies at a fixed speed alters kinematics and GRFs, which are driven by coordinating by muscle-tendon mechanics.
👀 https://buff.ly/43cKrMS
👀 https://buff.ly/43cKrMS
February 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Johnson & Umberger shows that walking at different stride frequencies at a fixed speed alters kinematics and GRFs, which are driven by coordinating by muscle-tendon mechanics.
👀 https://buff.ly/43cKrMS
👀 https://buff.ly/43cKrMS
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
The Journal of Biomechanics will now share the latest research exclusively on Bluesky!
Follow J Biomech on Bluesky to stay updated with the most relevant and cutting-edge science in biomechanics.
Don't miss out!
#journalofbiomechanics
#BiomechSky
Follow J Biomech on Bluesky to stay updated with the most relevant and cutting-edge science in biomechanics.
Don't miss out!
#journalofbiomechanics
#BiomechSky
February 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Journal of Biomechanics will now share the latest research exclusively on Bluesky!
Follow J Biomech on Bluesky to stay updated with the most relevant and cutting-edge science in biomechanics.
Don't miss out!
#journalofbiomechanics
#BiomechSky
Follow J Biomech on Bluesky to stay updated with the most relevant and cutting-edge science in biomechanics.
Don't miss out!
#journalofbiomechanics
#BiomechSky
Feb 20
Holiday: National Love Your Pet Day
TIH: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened to the public (1872)
Holiday: National Love Your Pet Day
TIH: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened to the public (1872)
February 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Feb 20
Holiday: National Love Your Pet Day
TIH: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened to the public (1872)
Holiday: National Love Your Pet Day
TIH: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened to the public (1872)
Feb 19
Holiday: Confession Day
TIH: Kansas became the first U.S. state to include the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in its state constitution (1881)
Holiday: Confession Day
TIH: Kansas became the first U.S. state to include the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in its state constitution (1881)
February 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Feb 19
Holiday: Confession Day
TIH: Kansas became the first U.S. state to include the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in its state constitution (1881)
Holiday: Confession Day
TIH: Kansas became the first U.S. state to include the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in its state constitution (1881)
Feb 18
Holiday: Pluto Day
TIH: Toni Morrison, American author and Nobel Laureate, was born (1930)
Holiday: Pluto Day
TIH: Toni Morrison, American author and Nobel Laureate, was born (1930)
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Feb 18
Holiday: Pluto Day
TIH: Toni Morrison, American author and Nobel Laureate, was born (1930)
Holiday: Pluto Day
TIH: Toni Morrison, American author and Nobel Laureate, was born (1930)
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Interesting state-level analysis of the impact of NIH funding 👇
1/ THIS IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NIH FUNDS TO ALL STATES. I have obtained the amounts per state of NIH funds received, number of jobs employed, amounts of revenue generated from NIH funds, and numbers of employments generated from NIH funds (2023 numbers).
February 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Interesting state-level analysis of the impact of NIH funding 👇
Feb 11
Holiday: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
TIH: Nelson Mandela freed after being spending 27 years in prison for his role in resisting apartheid in South Africa (1990)
Holiday: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
TIH: Nelson Mandela freed after being spending 27 years in prison for his role in resisting apartheid in South Africa (1990)
February 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Feb 11
Holiday: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
TIH: Nelson Mandela freed after being spending 27 years in prison for his role in resisting apartheid in South Africa (1990)
Holiday: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
TIH: Nelson Mandela freed after being spending 27 years in prison for his role in resisting apartheid in South Africa (1990)
Feb 10
Holiday: Teddy Day 🧸
TIH: the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years' War between France and Britain (1763)
Holiday: Teddy Day 🧸
TIH: the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years' War between France and Britain (1763)
February 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Feb 10
Holiday: Teddy Day 🧸
TIH: the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years' War between France and Britain (1763)
Holiday: Teddy Day 🧸
TIH: the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years' War between France and Britain (1763)
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Feb 7
Holiday: National Wear Red Day
TIH: in 1940, Disney’s “Pinocchio” had its world premier
Holiday: National Wear Red Day
TIH: in 1940, Disney’s “Pinocchio” had its world premier
February 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Feb 7
Holiday: National Wear Red Day
TIH: in 1940, Disney’s “Pinocchio” had its world premier
Holiday: National Wear Red Day
TIH: in 1940, Disney’s “Pinocchio” had its world premier
I have a holidays and “today in history” board that I update each day in the office that people seem to enjoy, so I thought I’d share one of each here too
Feb 6
Holiday: National Chopsticks Day
TIH: In 1895, Babe Ruth was born
Feb 6
Holiday: National Chopsticks Day
TIH: In 1895, Babe Ruth was born
February 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I have a holidays and “today in history” board that I update each day in the office that people seem to enjoy, so I thought I’d share one of each here too
Feb 6
Holiday: National Chopsticks Day
TIH: In 1895, Babe Ruth was born
Feb 6
Holiday: National Chopsticks Day
TIH: In 1895, Babe Ruth was born
Man I really hope the biomechanics community will abandon Twitter soon. I never even used it much in the first place, but it’s gotten ridiculously bad lately
February 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Man I really hope the biomechanics community will abandon Twitter soon. I never even used it much in the first place, but it’s gotten ridiculously bad lately
Reposted by Jacob (Jake) Skigen
Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!
The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...