Rest day after exercise, partner abroad, 2 new chaos kitties arriving in a few weeks… time for some (final) nerd time 🤩 #FiveLeaguesFromTheBorderlands

Me: “we need a very large screen in the lab”. Them: yes for presentations and teaching right? Me: “ehm sure yeah”

😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Aeles et al. summarise and discuss evidence of meaningful differences in anatomy, neural control, biomechanical behaviour, and functional roles of human medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles. 👀 buff.ly/iXLmlxl

Well. This was an unexpected first slide for a research internship presentation in our lab 😅 #GenAI #250mA🔥

🥓 Are the medial & lateral gastrocnemius muscles identical? ✍️ The evidence suggests no. In this perspective article @francoishug.bsky.social and I summarise this evidence and reanalysed own data. 🟢 Freely available for 50 days! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles

The human medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles play important roles in gait, standing balance, and numerous sports activities. Because they share …

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📢 Abstract submissions are officially OPEN for the #SEBconference - Florence 2026! Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT). More information: www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html

SEB Conference Florence 2026: Abstract submission is now open

Abstract submission deadline: Friday 6 March 2026 🗓️

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Fun days in the lab! Great seeing the progress of these two in setting up 3D ultrasound imaging. This will be used for their projects: Daan De Vlieger on muscle assessment in stroke patients and Liese Bosman in 3D muscle shapes of contracting muscles! #BNBlab #BRRC #VUB #FWO

There are a couple of weeks left to apply! I just heard that we can also accept PhD students with a suitable background, so extending the call to those as well. #biomech_sky

Anne Koelewijn@drannek.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...

Thank you @sebiology.bsky.social for featuring me and my lab in the autumn magazine. My international journey has been incredibly valuable, including the fantastic people I have met and worked with. Read the full article here: issuu.com/societyforex... Our lab: move.research.vub.be/en/bnb-lab

THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY - SEB Autumn 2025 magazine

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The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Postdoctoral Scholar - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

Special Information This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities...

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My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...

Postdoctoral researcher for DFG-funded project “FossilGaitSim”

The Biomechanical Motion Analysis and Creation (BioMAC) group at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position with the goal to…

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Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles. In this preprint perspective article, @francoishug.bsky.social and I delve into the biomechanics, anatomy, neural control, and function of the gastrocnemius muscles, two important calf muscles.

Very happy with the first paper out of the Brussels Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab! We provide evidence that the #SENIAM #EMG guidelines are not appropriate for the LG and SOL muscles and that muscle-tendon decoupling needs to be considered! 50-days for free: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m4ky3kurp...

Did you know that when you peer review for JEB, @biologists.bsky.social will protect a tree in Great Knott Wood, the Lake District, as part of its #ForestOfBiologists initiative to foster biodiversity? Every time you peer review for us we help the planet

Reinier Prosee@reinierprosee.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I was asked to #PeerReview a timely perspective article now published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social. As a result of this activity, a tree was protected in the #ForestOfBiologists. 🌳 Such a fun, bio-positive and important initiative from @biologists.bsky.social 🙌 forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...

Fish suck... but species that feed on algae suck differently! 🐟 A new publication in Communications Biology by #UAFunMorph members Jana De Ridder, Peter Aerts, and Sam Van Wassenbergh, demonstrates how head motion patterns for generating suction are finetuned to the species' main diets.

Needless to say: I’m out of the office 👋

😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Funaro et al estimates both patient-specific material coefficients and friction coefficient between two subtendon layers in vivo for patients with Achilles tendinopathy. 👀 buff.ly/0uEIe4W

@microsoft.com Windows’ “update and *shut down*” is one of the biggest lies of this era. #NeverShutsDown #RestartingAndDrainingBatteryOvernight #Why #Betrayal #Judas

📣I’m hiring! Two weeks to apply for an October start. Start date is also flexible. #PhD #Morphology #evolution

Alana Sharp@acsharp.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year? I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥 Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...

ISB 2025: 🗣️ Interested in surface #EMG electrode placement? I will present on Wednesday, July 30: 🕝 15:20 - 15:30 🔎 SENIAM-guided electromyography electrode placement is suboptimal for triceps surae muscles 📍 Room C1 💪 Parallel session 10D - Muscle Structure & Function

Conferences are hard. #CNB2025 #Nuuksio #🇫🇮

Fun night out with the team after a full day of testing in the lab on an exciting #EMG project. All excited now for comparative muscle biomechanics at the upcoming @sebiology.bsky.social conference in (soon-to-be) sunny Antwerp! #BrusselNeuromuscularBiomechanicsLab #BRRC #VUB

The IRIS - MSCA postdoctoral programme (ULB - VUB), and the European Commission is OPEN for applications. Are you working in the space of "Health and Wellness", are eligible and have an excellent CV and motivation? Get in touch to discuss possible collaborations! iris-cofund.eu/call-informa...

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The Guide for Applicants for the first call will guide you step by step to submit your application. The Guide also provides detailed information about the evaluation and selection procedure.

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Wrapping the transverse foot arch improves running economy! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Wrapping the transverse foot arch improves running economy

Humans have more curved transverse foot arches than extant apes. Through cross-axis coupling, greater transverse foot arch curvature stiffens the overall foot. Due to the functional implications of ev...

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Are you interested in muscle #biomechanics and looking for #postdoc opportunities? If you have skills in (statistical) shape modelling, advanced data analyses or 3D imaging/model reconstructions, get in touch with me! I will be at #SEB2025 (Antwerp), #CNB2025 (Helsinki), and #ISB2025 (Stockholm).

⏰ Final countdown: You have until 13 June to register for the 2025 #SEBconference in Antwerp! Don’t miss one of the most exciting biology events of the year 🌱🧬🧫 Book now: 🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/seb... 🧵👇 Here’s why you should be there (view thread)

If you are a graduate student or a postdoc, consider applying for one of our‬ Travelling Fellowships and you could receive up to £3000 to visit another lab & collaborate with other researchers. Deadline 8 August 2025 For more information visit: www.biologists.com/grants/trave...

This paper in #ProcB investigates a creative question: how human vocalisation relates to body dynamics, especially with some muscles attached to the torso, and finding that there is indeed a relationship: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

Very interesting lecture at @uantwerpen.be on the extinct Tasmanian tiger, by author of this book Charlotte Van Den Boeck at the first #BioTalks.