Presentations from the @utah.edu Fall Undergrad Research Symposium are online! our.utah.edu/urs/semester...
Proud of our student, Elise Nielson, for taking lead on a project examining footwear modification’s effects on shank muscle coactivation in older adults.
The impact of mechanical requirements on the neural control of skeletal muscle and subsequent energetic rates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692254v1
Relatedly, many biomechanics-related folks across the University of Utah campus are also recruiting PhD students. Utah is becoming a hub of biomechanics, come join in on the fun!
biomch-l.isbweb.org/forum/biomch...
Our lab (Sayu Lab for Biomechanics and Locomotion) at the University of Utah is hiring a PhD Student to start Fall 2026! I can’t speak highly enough of Kota as a mentor, and on top of that we’re doing super neat science! Apply before Dec 1st. Job info below:
biomch-l.isbweb.org/forum/biomch...
‼️ 🚨 THIS WEEK - please share widely 🚨 ‼️
Join @blackbiomechs.bsky.social for an industry panel on actionable insights for successfully transitioning from academia to industry.
Friday, Nov 7 4-5pm ET / 1-2pm PT.
Direct message or email for registration link - exclusive to BBA and ASB members.
The Department of Kinesiology at Penn State is inviting applications for an open-rank faculty position in sensorimotor control and rehabilitation neuroscience. Please share this opportunity with interested colleagues in your network.
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🎓 Prepping for the academic job market? 🎓
Join us for an Academic Job Application Workshop 9/25 @ 12PM ET
🕒 90 mins | 🎤 Faculty Panel + 💬 Breakout Q&A
Come ready with questions for our panelists on how to best draft/fine-tune your applications!
Register: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New academic year, new logo, new members?
We are excited by the interest many of you expressed during ASB in getting involved with the Postdoc Affinity Group.
Here's step 1! Please fill out the interest form below to get started. Looking forward to connecting!
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Please repost!
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
I know a manuscript is about ready to submit once the dedicated '_Scraps' document is the same length as the manuscript itself. 🥲
Lead researcher Scott Uhlrich measures a participant’s gait. At the beginning of the study, participants received a baseline MRI and walked on a force-sensitive treadmill while motion-capture cameras recorded their walking mechanics.
A potential way to relieve arthritic knees without drugs or surgery.
New study led by a @price.utah.edu professor shows gait retraining could significantly ease pain and slow cartilage damage.
📰 attheu.utah.edu/health-medic...
Exciting news! Today I received an NOA from the National Institute on Aging funding my F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship.
A massive thank you to everyone who helped along the way, truly could not have gotten here without the incredibly supportive folks in my corner.
The @utah.edu @amsocbiomech.bsky.social community is going to be well-represented at #ASB2025!
Missing my first ASB since I started going in 2017 and the FOMO is strong. 🥲 have fun for me, science friends.
‼️ Attention ASB’ers! ‼️
Spread the word: The Postdoc Affinity Group will be at Il Tetto at Sienna Mercato (942 Penn Ave) Wednesday night starting at 7pm.
Swing by to meet up with fellow ASB postdocs. Can’t wait to see you there!
FYI: Senior PhD students interested in postdocing are also welcome.
I’m sharing our work on tendon fluid alterations after injury at #ISB2025!
Looking forward to seeing some friends at the Tendon Biomechanics II session today at 15:30.
Can we alter older adult gait energetics by stiffening their footwear? Beats me! But I bet if you swing by Footwear & Foot Orthoses tomorrow (7/30) @10:40am in room C4 you might find out. See you there 🤓 #ISB2025
As promised - our new post-doc position is now available!! Join our productive inter-institutional team at UNC-Chapel Hill in an ongoing NIH-funded project collaborating with friends at Utah (reporter.nih.gov/search/nC8k4...)
Apply now (Active until filled!): unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/304...
... increasing arch stiffness had differential effects on metabolic cost depending on the strike type!
Suggesting perhaps arch energy storage and return itself did not alter metabolic cost. Rather, arch motion looks to be altering how the muscles (particularly the calf muscles) function. (2/2)
Last publication from my dissertation out now (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)
We increased foot arch spring stiffness in a simple, 2D computational model and examined rearfoot and non-rearfoot strike running. Increasing stiffness reduced arch energy storage/return in both, BUT... (1/2)
Will you be at ISB or ASB in the coming weeks? Definitely come talk to me or someone from our group about a new Postdoc Position we are looking to fill asap in foot neuromechanics, aging, and gait. I'll post the official call for applications soon. Join us at UNC Chapel Hill! Reposts encouraged.
Couldn’t agree more #FBS2025
These results suggest carbon fiber insoles may be beneficial for those with ankle plantar flexor deficits (e.g., older adults - shameless plug for our groups’ presentations next week at #ISB2025 👀).
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Carbon fiber insoles have been shown to increase ankle joint moments and estimated soleus muscle forces while walking.
We provide evidence here that these benefits come without a clear metabolic penalty to the soleus, likely due to improved muscle operating conditions.
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First postdoc publication online today in the Journal of Applied Physiology (@apspublishing.bsky.social)!
doi.org/10.1152/japp...
We used fascicle dynamics, ankle kinetics, and EMG to estimate soleus metabolic cost across walking speeds and footwear stiffnesses.
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Happening tomorrow! Hope to see you there 🖥️ 💵
Four images in a grid. Image 1: applications and grants binders on a desk. Image 2: pile of $100 bills. Image 3: white piggy bank with black oversized glasses. Image 4: stacked coins next to a light bulb. Text reads, How It Works: Lab Funding. Black Biomechanists Association and ASB Postdoc Affinity Group professional development series. Virtual Panel, Audience Q&A. June 26, 2025. 12:00pm (ET) / 9:00am (PT). Registration link provided.
Lab funding pays for a lot of things: researchers, equipment, training. Interested in how it all works? Join the new professional development series, hosted by us & @asb-postdocs.bsky.social, to learn from experts & ask questions!🤓💵
Registration is open to all: bit.ly/hiw-funding
This is utterly fantastic
