The Journal of Experimental Biology chose our article to be highlighted for the current issue. Kathryn Knight wrote a delightful pop-sci piece accompanied by a fun illustration. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Speed, not hill running, is main factor in shin stress fractures

For runners, pain is sometimes part of the process. Achy muscles after a particularly long run or shin splints when your shoes need replacing can be a gentle warning to ease off. But take training too...

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This is the best Dennett obituary so far, not least because it mentions this perfect passage from 'Consciousness Explained' arstechnica.com/science/2024...

statement by UT Austin faculty, announcing a strike tomorrow in protest of the police presence on campus

Imagine delivering this mini-tirade as the opener to your conference talk. Feels like we used to let scientists have more fun... psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/194... #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

Sports gambling could signify an interesting downfall of amateur sport. Should we care? www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

A little under two weeks until (soft) close for applications to our #NSF funded #graduate student and #postdoc positions. If you are interested in #multiscale #biomechanics #research, #comparative #muscle function, and #functional #morphology, please PM me to discuss these openings. Pls share widely

Konow lab at UMass Lowell@konowlab.bsky.social · 3y ago

We are hiring! Our NSF award unravels determinants of bite force across biological scales in rodent jaw systems. Several graduate student lines available (PM me and apply via tinyurl.com/UMLAPPLBIOLPhD ). Postdoc funds also available, see ad: tinyurl.com/KonowlabNSF - Please share and re-post widely

Why are all the large biomechanics conferences held June - August? #BiomechSky

Paper alert!📢 We systematically explored the nature of sarcomere length non-uniformity using single myofibrils, and found that sarcomere length non-uniformity does NOT occur randomly in both active and passive states! Details can be found: 👇 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... #BiomechSky

Gaining new understanding of sarcomere length non-uniformities in skeletal muscles

Sarcomere lengths are non-uniform on all structural levels of mammalian skeletal muscle. These nonuniformities have been associated with a variety of mechanical properties, including residual force en...

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Don't forget to register for UK Plant Biomechanics Day!  Deadline: 18 December 2023 (40 GBP fee payment is not due until February). Register here: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/uk-plant-bio....  Organised by @robinsonsci.bsky.social, @slcuplants.bsky.social, Naomi Nakayama. #UKPlantBioMech

Mets sports science job openings for any baseball peeps out there.

We are hiring! Our NSF award unravels determinants of bite force across biological scales in rodent jaw systems. Several graduate student lines available (PM me and apply via tinyurl.com/UMLAPPLBIOLPhD ). Postdoc funds also available, see ad: tinyurl.com/KonowlabNSF - Please share and re-post widely

We are hiring! New NIH award to measure inertial effects of (in)active muscle mass. Collab w/ Harvard and Simon Fraser U. A graduate student RA (PM me and apply through tinyurl.com/UMLAPPLBIOLPhD ). Postdoc funds also available: Ad at: tinyurl.com/KonowlabNIH - Please share and re-post widely!

Why is this not standard practice? Although probably better without anonymous reviews. Maybe? Thoughts? "In our open peer review model, we will publish the editorial decision letters, reviews (in anonymized form), and the authors' responses to the critiques along with the article." #BiomechSky

Dorothy Bishop@deevybee.bsky.social · 3y ago

Open peer review introduced at Journal of Neuroscience; reviewers can be anonymous, but review content will be open www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...

The funny thing about finding new music on youtube is that - for me - my interest is largely driven by the album artwork. Feels like we've come full circle.

🚨#BiomechSky users!🚨 We have migrated to a new server to host our feed. Please re-like/re-pin/re-add this NEW feed to ensure you stay up to date on biomechanics updates: bsky.app/profile/did:... Thanks x 100 to @cvhammond.biomech.dev for pulling it off 👍

We're recruiting funded PhD students who are focused on balance control, locomotion, and rehabilitation. Come join our multidisciplinary group of biomechanists, kinesiologists, rehab scientists, engineers, and neuroscientists. petercfino.wixsite.com/nallab

Two TT opportunities at UCalgary in ex phys and biomechics: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1341997... internal.careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1342032...

Posting a preprint has become the moment that feels meaningful. As in: Here it is, the piece I worked so hard on, for the public to read and discuss. The legacy publication process feels like a frustrating bureaucratic routine. I’m usually bored of the paper by the time it’s published.

Daniel MacArthur@dgmacarthur.bsky.social · 3y ago

Every new paper announcement that says "here's the thread I wrote about the preprint last year, which covers all the major points" sends an important message about the weird-ass current state of scientific publication.

Evolution has an inordinate fondness for beetles. More than 400,000 species of beetles have been described, making up a quarter (!) of all known species. A new theory suggests why they have been so successful 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

The Secret to Beetles’ Unfathomable Diversity

The evolution of a chemical defense gland allowed the most diverse group of beetles to repel predators and go on to conquer wholly new environments

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Are highlights necessary in manuscripts? Do they increase the likelihood that someone will read the article? I guess I wonder what the utility is when the abstract is already a brief overview.

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...

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs List of Departments that have a fully-funded Masters program that includes Ecology, Evolution, or Organsimal Biology Background on this list: Some Masters progra...

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What are your favourite biomechanics journals? Looking for something that would fit an experimental+modelling paper. I usually go with JBME (12k word limit and no $$), but I'd like to mix it up. Where do you like to submit? #biomechsky #academicsky

I was fairly certain that people were measuring PT moment arms using ultrasound and a dynamometer, but all easy to find references use MRI. Is this a thing or am I out to lunch? Thanks!

Assistant Professor job- Comparative Biomechanics - Integrative Biology Department: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04087

Assistant Professor - Comparative Biomechanics - Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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