😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Maarleveld et al. provide an overview on experimentally derived strength parameters, including physiological cross-sectional area, muscle mass, and relative muscle mass.
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Muir et al. suggest that middle-aged adults do not simply scale their gait from younger to older adults. Instead, they adapt energy use to maintain gait speed.
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Another excerpt from our study! Bipedal dinosaurs have more posterior centres of mass than quadrupeds, but it still varies in animals you might otherwise think were similar. Given that feet must be placed below COM in static stance, this would suggest postural differences.🧵(1/5)
Everyone needs at least one colleague to routinely remind them that sometimes less is more.
Do fewer things better.
You don't need to solve every interesting problem or answer every interesting question you encounter.
Locust jumping anatomy. (A) An adult desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. (B) Structures in the hind femur associated with jumping.
Locusts are incredible jumpers. A highly elastic protein called resilin that is springier than synthetic rubber protects the locusts’ brittle legs from damage during repeated use. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Are you a dog lover looking for a PhD? You're in luck, becuase we are advertising a BBSRC-funded project that combines evolution, morphology, and biomechanics, and actually helps #dogs live better lives! Check it out here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Muscle resting length does not equal optimal muscle length (at least in the human gracilis)— this will be great for future musculoskeletal models. Awesome stuff
It’s my great pleasure to share our viewpoint article published today in Science Robotics (@science.org) in which we describe how diversity and inclusion accelerate the pace of innovation in robotics:
www.science.org/doi/full/10.....
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A fun collaborative paper out in Nature on RAVEN: a bird-inspired robot that uses it’s legs to propel flight take off. An example of how robots can test ideas about integrated function in animals. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo !
Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Very excited to announce our brand new MSc in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics at the University of Liverpool, to start in September 2025!
We are strongly research connected and will cater for students with applied and comparative/ fundamental interests.
Need more info? Mail msc-mubm@liverpool.ac.uk.
"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
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Postdoc position in skeletal muscle biomechanics with Andy Biewener at Harvard! #Myoblue
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