Monica Daley
@birdbiomech.bsky.social
Integrative physiologist, biomechanist, JEB editor, robot enthusiast, STEM diversity advocate, she/her, Professor @UCI http://neuromechanics.bio.uci.edu http://cims.uci.edu
📣 Calling all early-career science communicators! IMSI is hiring a Science Communication Fellow to share movement science research through engaging storytelling. 💻 Paid, part-time, remote 📅 Sept.-Dec. 2026 ⏰ Apply by August 15 cims.uci.edu/fall2026-sci... #SciComm #MovementScience
Congratulations to Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa @kiisa.bsky.social on delivering the Animal Section Plenary Lecture at the Society for Experimental Biology @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Conference in Florence as the recipient of the 2026 SEB Bidder Lecture Award! #SEB2026 #ExperimentalBiology
Please share! This fully-funded postdoc position at the UCLA La Kretz Center allows candidates to design their own projects in California conservation, and offers mentorship from both academics and conservation practitioners. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Qi...
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Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...
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Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...
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IMSI is excited to participate in the 10th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2026) in Vancouver, July 11–15! Explore the full schedule of IMSI-affiliated talks and posters: cims.uci.edu/wcb2026/ #WCB2026 #Biomechanics #MovementScience
Registration for our Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting is open. Join us Oct 1 - 2 in Bochum for talks, posters and plenty of discussion. This is the lineup of speakers: www.ngl.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ngl/mam/cont... Stay tuned for the full program or just register here: eveeno.com/239532040
HHMI released the official 2027 Gilliam Fellowship details, and a lot changed. Deadline's earlier this cycle: Oct 27. Int'l & MD-PhD students now eligible. Stipend up to 50K. New postdoc pathway adds up to 7 yrs of support. No Journal names!!!! www.yaelcourtney.com/resources-an...
2027 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship: New Deadline, Eligibility, and Award Changes — Ya'el Courtney
HHMI's 2027 Gilliam Fellowship guide is out. What changed: an earlier October 27 deadline, expanded eligibility, a higher stipend, and a new postdoc pathway.
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New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.
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There are many reasons to publish with JEB and one of them is the integrity at the core of the journal. Our strong ethical approach to publishing and fair and rigorous peer review means that every article meets the high standards expected by our readers tinyurl.com/yc8ah7zh
Happy 250th birthday, America! 🎂🇺🇸 To put that into perspective: here are some animals that live even longer—some of them alive today were probably around when the Declaration was signed… 🧵
The Cost of Free Labor: Will Nature Ever Pay for Peer Review?
The coast is never clear. How a simple geography question changed math.
Inspired by Project Hail Mary, this video explores the biomechanics of living beyond Earth, from muscle and bone loss to the challenges of movement in microgravity. The science fiction is compelling. The science behind it is even more fascinating. 🚀 Watch here: youtu.be/h5ZN3B17FH4
Project Hail Mary: Biomechanics in Space
YouTube video by IMSI - Integrative Movement Sciences Institute
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How can wearable robots better support balance and reduce fall risk? New research by Kristen Jakubowski, Gregory Sawicki, PhD, and Lena Ting suggests that center-of-mass feedback may help inform balance-assistive control strategies for wearable robots. doi.org/10.1186/s129... #WearableRobotics
Center of mass feedback for joint torque control during perturbed standing: a potential generalizable control approach for balance augmentation in wearable robots - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Background Exoskeletons have the potential to augment balance and decrease fall risk. However, existing balance-augmenting wearable robotic controllers have only been tested in single planes of motion during either standing or walking. Thus, it is unclear whether a single control scheme can generalize across perturbations with varying spatial properties or from standing to walking. Inspired by the nervous system’s generalizable balance control strategy across perturbation types and conditions, we propose a novel torque control framework that modulates multi-joint reactive torques based on center of mass (CoM) deviation. We evaluated the generalizability of our delayed CoM feedback controller to predict multi-joint torque responses to perturbations of varying magnitudes, directions, and across movement contexts. Methods In nine healthy young adults, we tested the ability of a delayed CoM feedback scheme to predict multi-joint torque responses to (1) ramp-and-hold support surface perturbations at three magnitudes in 8 directions, (2) a continuous sinusoidal movement, resulting in a cyclical movement of the CoM with similar periodic features as walking, and (3) a sinusoidal motion with random perturbations superimposed to mimic perturbations during cyclic tasks. We trained the model on single ramp-and-hold conditions and evaluated its ability to generalize across directions, magnitudes, movement contexts, and subjects. Results The delayed CoM feedback controller trained on a single ramp-and-hold condition generalized to all ramp-and-hold perturbations for all joints, predicting the joint torques for perturbations of varying directions and magnitudes with high fidelity (average R2 > 0.84 and RMSE < 0.08 Nm/kg). However, generalization from standing to cyclic movement only occurred for hip and knee flexion. The CoM feedback parameters from ramp-and-hold perturbations generalized to the continuous sinusoidal movement (cyclic movement) and the sinusoidal movement with superimposed perturbations (unexpected perturbations) for hip flexion and knee flexion (average R²>0.70 and RMSE < 0.13 Nm/kg), but not for ankle plantarflexion and hip adduction (R²>0.20 and RMSE < 0.22 Nm/kg). Conclusion Our findings show that a physiologically-inspired CoM feedback controller can robustly predict balance-correcting torques appropriate for driving a hip or knee wearable robotic device during standing and movement, and an ankle device during standing only. The goodness-of-fit of joint torque is comparable to top machine learning algorithms, yet requires orders of magnitude less training data, enabling rapid implementation to reduce fall risk.
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Dream job alert: Terrestrial vertebrate biologist/ecologist (tenure-track) in New Zealand! Join us @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. Lecturer ≈ US Assistant Prof. NZ lifestyle, weird animals, & great colleagues Apply here: tinyurl.com/mubu7np8
Thursday (6/18) at 3pm ET / 12pm PT, I will be going live on Instagram (@chubicki) to talk robots and human movement. How robots move like us (and how they don’t)! Join me live for an hour of chat and Q&A. See you then! @movementscience.bsky.social www.instagram.com/chubicki/
Do you know why the TASER was named the TASER? You’ll never guess, because it’s ridiculous.
The criticism of Trump, Kennedy, and Bhattacharya that was so subversive that the ADA had to eject the Editor-in-Chief of their flagship journal from their annual meeting for sharing it? Prior today it had fewer than 1000 views. Do your thing.
The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s
White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
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If you're new junior faculty within 7 years of setting up your first lab in experimental biology, you can apply for one of JEB's Kickstart Travel Grants or ECR Visiting Fellowships to help build your career The next deadline is 5 June Find out more at www.biologists.com/grants/#jeb
Come join us! I'm recruiting postdocs and lab techs to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking in fishes and salamanders at the University of Virginia, with option to work at Mountain Lake Biological Station. 2 of 4 job ads are posted on my website: sandykawano.weebly.com 🧪🐟🦎
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Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the comparative biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes. Apply by June 1, 2026, for full consideration. Click HERE for more information. Lab...
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Sandy Kawano, PhD@sandyk.bsky.social · 3mo agoJob Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎
You asked, we answered: Sr. Science Program Coordinator Adrielle Munger talks through applicants’ top-5 #GilliamFellows questions, from eligibility to what’s new for ‘26. 2nd- or 3rd-year PhD student in the biological or biomedical sciences? Applications open 9/1! bit.ly/Gilliam26 🧪
Why publish in JEB? We are a community-focused journal, published by a not-for-profit charitable organisation with over 100 years’ experience of publishing outstanding and influential research Read more about why you should your research in JEB here tinyurl.com/yc8ah7zh
@hankgreen.bsky.social made us all a present! I LOVE THIS THING it makes my wee photographer heart sing :D This is an interactive page that includes the the mission photos, on the official timeline, w/ metadata & location of the craft at the time THANKS HANK! artemistimeline.com#artemis-ii-l...
Artemis II Photo Timeline
An interactive photo timeline of NASA's Artemis II mission — scrub through every crew moment, lunar flyby shot, and audio clip from April 1–10, 2026.
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As some of you may know... we're down $5m and may or may not ever claw any of it back. So, we're writing new grants. If anyone would be willing to share a funded application for - NSF CAREER or NIH DP2 that is 100% dry lab-based - NSF BIO Capacity: Infrastructure I will owe you a coffee forever!
Join IMSI for a research seminar with Ridhi Sahani on in vivo skeletal muscle mechanics. Explore how muscle properties shape function and inform rehab design. 📅 May 11 🕘 9–10 AM PT Learn more: cims.uci.edu/event/resear... RSVP: CIMS@uci.edu #Biomechanics #MuscleMechanics #STEM #Science
IMSI’s Director of Outreach, Dr. Christian Hubicki, @chubicki.bsky.social, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon @fallontonight.bsky.social last night, sharing reflections from the island, with a touch of science.
Christian Hubicki@chubicki.bsky.social · 3mo agoWell that happened
Mark your calendars 📅 Just one week until our next IMSI Research Seminar. Join us for a conversation with Prof. Gregory Sawicki on wearable robotics and advancing human mobility.
Integrative Movement Science Institute@movementscience.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin IMSI and Prof. Gregory S. Sawicki (Georgia Tech) for Pushing Exoskeletons Out of the Lab and Into the Wild: Smart-Apparel to Support Resilient Mobility Across the Healthspan and Lifespan. 📅 April 21 | 12–1 PM PT 🔗 cims.uci.edu/event/resear... #Biomechanics #WearableRobotics
