an insect, a bird, and an elephant visualized with unit height scaling. insect is landscape shaped and the elephant is portrait shaped
Why is it that small animals like insects have a landspace body plan when viewed head-on, but larger animals like elephants are taller than wide?
With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00...
03.02.2026 18:36 β π 27 π 9 π¬ 0 π 1
Musukentotul is my new favorite word.
12.12.2025 15:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Congrats!!
04.07.2025 21:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π A new article published in J Biomech by Moissenet et al. reviews and aggregates available datasets to establish Spartacus, a comprehensive reference for normal shoulder girdle kinematics.
π buff.ly/hQAMKYZ
#BiomechSky
29.04.2025 20:12 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2
Tomorrow is the final day to submit your abstracts for Dynamic Walking 2025.
If you haven't submitted yet, don't walk, RUN! πββοΈπ
29.04.2025 14:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Interest in the ASB Postdoc Affinity Group 2025-26
Please input your information for your interest in the postdoc affinity group through the American Society of Biomechanics. This group provides a place for postdocs to come together and have conversat...
Hello, biomechanics community!
Are you a postdoc looking for a place to connect with fellow postdocs, network, and attend professional development events? Fill out this link to get involved with the American Society of Biomechanics Postdoc Affinity Group: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
28.04.2025 22:18 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Biswas Fellows β MIT HEALS
Super cool new postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at MIT via the HEALS initiative. Biswas Fellows receive *4 years* of funding to pursue independent research with *any* MIT faculty member! Please share widely with the trainees in your life!
heals.mit.edu/biswas-fello...
29.04.2025 13:19 β π 5 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Just published in JOSS: 'MocoExtendProblem: Interface Between OpenSim and MATLAB for Rapidly Developing Direct Collocation Goals in Moco' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07110
28.04.2025 08:25 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π A new article published in J Biomech by Crossley et al indicates that electromyogram-informed modelling is a valid computational approach to estimate knee and hip biomechanics during standard seated ergometer cycling.
π buff.ly/EfKDSFl
#BiomechSky
04.04.2025 20:12 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Now peer reviewed and out in IEEE TNSRE
doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2025.3549641
28.03.2025 15:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Postdoc opportunity to do digital twin research for human and humanoid agile locomotion with myself, Wouter Hoogkamer @umill.bsky.social and Donghyun Kim! See forms.gle/FRFtLNiY7j3z... for more info and to apply by 3/19.
11.03.2025 17:55 β π 15 π 13 π¬ 0 π 0
A reminder that registration is open for this CNB Muscle-tendon mechanics satellite meeting!
Students can apply for the ISB Technical Meeting grant for $500USD to attend
isbweb.org/students/28-...
(see grant #5: CNB isn't listed because it is a new group, but the funding does apply)
25.01.2025 03:08 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Important Announcement!
The deadline for abstract submissions to the ISB Congress 2025 has been extended to February 14th, 2025!
Spread the wordβand letβs get those abstracts submitted!
www.isb2025.com
27.01.2025 12:36 β π 13 π 15 π¬ 0 π 1
πNew article published in J Biomech!
"Whole Body Angular Momentum Characterizes Reactive Balance Adaptations and Perturbation Intensity", by Adam et al.
π www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#journalofbiomechanics
#BiomechSky
15.01.2025 00:39 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Screen shot of the top of the first page of the Journal of Experimental Biology Editorial, JEB launches a new article type for theory and modelling studies, written by S. N. Patek, Monica A. Daley, Matthew McHenry and Sanjay Sane. The first sentence of the Editorial reads: JEB recently launched a new article type called Theory & Modelling.
Find out more about JEB's new article type, Theory & Modelling, allowing scientists to publish research leveraging modelling and theory to address new biological questions, in Sheila Patek, Monica Daley, Matt McHenry & Sanjay Sane's Editorial
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
02.01.2025 13:47 β π 28 π 18 π¬ 0 π 0
New Year's resolutions: read more, think more, and no email (though that's impossible).
22.12.2024 19:21 β π 14 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Vacature β post-doc on META MUSEUM: Emotion and Biomarkers
Are you fascinated by the intersection of emotions, neuroscience, and human experiences? Join our innovative research team as a postdoc and contribute to cutting-edge investigations into emotion-induc...
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the META MUSEUM project: Emotion and Biomarkers. This interdisciplinary project focuses on understanding emotion-induced bodily and neurophysiological biomarkers through experimental interventions. werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/po...
18.12.2024 20:15 β π 3 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Bipedal running simulations in Australopithecus afarensis!
20.12.2024 19:47 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Over the years, Iβve developed a unique skill: commenting on iterations of IPOPT like itβs my favorite sports team β½οΈπ₯
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« And it went out the recovery mode !»
20.12.2024 20:45 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
πNew article published in J Biomech!
"Modeling implications of the relationship between active and passive skeletal muscle mechanical properties", by Lieber et al.
π www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#journalofbiomechanics
#BiomechSky
18.12.2024 23:08 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Matt Mulligan and Brian Umberger in academic regalia at the University of Michigan winter commencement.
Congrats to (skyless) Matt Mulligan! He is the first person in the 207-year history of the University of Michigan to graduate with a joint PhD in Movement Science & Scientific Computing! Now Matt is in a cool computational postdoc on aging & movement with Eline van der Kruk at TU Delft #biomechanics
15.12.2024 22:41 β π 32 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Abstract deadline to be considered for an oral presentation at the 2025 Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference is tomorrow (Dec 15) β±οΈβοΈ @myoblue.bsky.social
14.12.2024 12:34 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
ASB East 2025
My PSU colleagues Anne Martin and Meghan Vidt will co-chair the 2025 American Society of Biomechanics East Coast Meeting β ASB East β on Penn Stateβs University Park campus March 28-29, 2025. Abstracts are due by February 7, 2025. For more information, please visit
sites.psu.edu/asbeast2025/
13.12.2024 16:31 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Latest article from Journal of Biomechanics:
Modeling implications of the relationship between active and passive skeletal muscle mechanical properties
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112423
#BiomechSky
10.12.2024 23:26 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
A screenshot of part of the advertisement, please email me at cclark@ucr.edu for the full advertisement
POSTDOC announcement! I am hiring a postdoc to study owl flight biomechanics. I will be at SICB. Please email me for the full advertisement, screenshot below. Please retweet!
Ideal candidate has research experience with wild birds, 3D kinematics and acoustics.
#SICB2025
09.12.2024 17:29 β π 40 π 30 π¬ 2 π 3
Entomologists, I need your help.
Metallic green sweat bees. Do they also lick the sweat off animals like other sweat bees? I've never seen them lick sweat off me like with the little black ones, but idk why they wouldn't.
@bugeric.bsky.social @amanatiala.bsky.social
06.12.2024 17:29 β π 29 π 10 π¬ 5 π 0
Group Leader/Assistant Professor@UCL.
Previous:Postdoc@Shubin Lab at UChicago,
PhD@Venkadesan Lab at Yale University.
Intrigued by the role of mechanics in the development and evolution of morphology and control.
Turning data into discoveries ππ | AI, Biodiversity, & Citizen Science enthusiast | Here to bridge nature & tech πΏπ€
AI Research Fellow, University of Michigan
πAffinity Group through @amsocbiomech.bsky.socialπ
A community of support for postdoctoral research fellows in biomechanics!
AI @ OpenAI, Tesla, Stanford
PhD student | Biomechanics & aging | Studying how we move + how to move better | Shoe nerd π | Always down to talk science, data, or good coffee
Official account of the Dynamic Walking 2025 conference.
Aachen, Germany. July 14 - 17.
Submission deadline: extended to May 7th
http://dynamicwalking2025.org/
π§ Researcher in Biomechanics and Robotics
π± Climate Activist
βΊοΈ Happy Camper
π«π· Montpellier, France
I am very interested in video-based biomechanics
PhD Candidate β’ Neurobionics Lab β’ University of Michigan β’ Lover of science fiction, film, and good noodles
PhD Student @Utah.edu | Research Assistant at Sayu Lab | I study the biomechanics of human movement and share what I learn through #Biomech-omics!
www.christopherllong.com
Researcher, teacher, honorary PT. Mostly walking, balance, and stroke rehab.
Advancing the study of human movement through peer-reviewed research in biomechanics.
Senior Lecturer in biomechanics at the University of New South Wales
DeepMind, MuJoCo. Love thy neighbor.
An open-source physics simulator for articulated systems with contacts.
Maintained by Google DeepMind and the community. This is not an officially supported Google product.
Postdoc in the Sayu Lab at the University of Utah. Interested in mechanisms underpinning efficient human movement. π¦Άπͺπ»β½οΈπ©»
Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/daniel-davis/home
Zoologist | Animal physiology and biomechanics | Wilding | Science communicator for Duchenne MD
Views are based on whatever I watched
recently and passed off as my own
PhD - Senior Research Assistant in Stapornwongkul Lab (IMBA, Vienna).
Cell and developmental biologist.
Passionate bioimager and photographer.