Jordan Williams
@jordanjwilliams.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette / Medical College of Wisconsin
Neural prosthetics and optogenetic approaches for motor restoration in spinal cord injury.
Part time ninja warrior, full time child to both my wife and kids.
Neural prosthetics and optogenetic approaches for motor restoration in spinal cord injury.
Part time ninja warrior, full time child to both my wife and kids.
Super proud of my PhD student, Emma Moravec, on her oral presentation at #NER2025 this morning! She presented her work identifying H-reflex sensory responses following optogenetic tibial nerve stimulation toward optimizing viral vectors for motor or sensory specific stimulation.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Super proud of my PhD student, Emma Moravec, on her oral presentation at #NER2025 this morning! She presented her work identifying H-reflex sensory responses following optogenetic tibial nerve stimulation toward optimizing viral vectors for motor or sensory specific stimulation.
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Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
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Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
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Want to make a difference? Skip petitions & emails—they’re ignored. Call your reps (both work & local offices) 2x/day. choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
✅ Ask for the staffer handling your issue
✅ Give your zip code
✅ Make it personal
Call volume sways votes. Your voice matters. #ActNow
✅ Ask for the staffer handling your issue
✅ Give your zip code
✅ Make it personal
Call volume sways votes. Your voice matters. #ActNow
What can I do to fight this administrative coup?
If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to...
choosedemocracy.us
February 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Want to make a difference? Skip petitions & emails—they’re ignored. Call your reps (both work & local offices) 2x/day. choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
✅ Ask for the staffer handling your issue
✅ Give your zip code
✅ Make it personal
Call volume sways votes. Your voice matters. #ActNow
✅ Ask for the staffer handling your issue
✅ Give your zip code
✅ Make it personal
Call volume sways votes. Your voice matters. #ActNow
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This is going to be a long battle. The point is ‘shock and awe’ to take away your motivation to fight this stupidity. Don’t give in.
If you are a leader in this field, or aspire to be one, now is the time to get VERY loud. You may not have another chance if you sit this one out.
If you are a leader in this field, or aspire to be one, now is the time to get VERY loud. You may not have another chance if you sit this one out.
NIH freeze ongoing. While the explicit "freeze" was blocked and then rescinded, the broader policy environment created by these executive orders continues to make it logistically and legally impossible for NIH to release funds as they would under normal circumstances.
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Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is going to be a long battle. The point is ‘shock and awe’ to take away your motivation to fight this stupidity. Don’t give in.
If you are a leader in this field, or aspire to be one, now is the time to get VERY loud. You may not have another chance if you sit this one out.
If you are a leader in this field, or aspire to be one, now is the time to get VERY loud. You may not have another chance if you sit this one out.
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I've felt lost on how to react to the big funding changes announced Friday.
I decided it's important to get my thoughts further outside of my science bubble. So I wrote a public Facebook post. Please share if you think your networks may benefit from this message. www.facebook.com/15500301/pos...
I decided it's important to get my thoughts further outside of my science bubble. So I wrote a public Facebook post. Please share if you think your networks may benefit from this message. www.facebook.com/15500301/pos...
Amy Orsborn
Hi folks,
Important things are happening that motivate me to break my long hiatus on here.
I am a scientist. A big part of my job is performing research to create technologies that can restore...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I've felt lost on how to react to the big funding changes announced Friday.
I decided it's important to get my thoughts further outside of my science bubble. So I wrote a public Facebook post. Please share if you think your networks may benefit from this message. www.facebook.com/15500301/pos...
I decided it's important to get my thoughts further outside of my science bubble. So I wrote a public Facebook post. Please share if you think your networks may benefit from this message. www.facebook.com/15500301/pos...
Soooo... I ran across @stacksjournal.bsky.social on another post, and thought it sounded intriguing as an affordable, open-access publishing option that could catch on. I started signing up and entered some keywords that I thought described...
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Connect with your research colleagues
Learn and collaborate with others in your field to create better science, together.
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February 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Soooo... I ran across @stacksjournal.bsky.social on another post, and thought it sounded intriguing as an affordable, open-access publishing option that could catch on. I started signing up and entered some keywords that I thought described...
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🧪Dear Grad student,
Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!
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Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!
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November 29, 2024 at 9:28 PM
🧪Dear Grad student,
Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!
1/🧵
Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!
1/🧵
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Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️