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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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.

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Fall 2025 – Office of Undergraduate Research

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bioRxiv Physiology @biorxiv-physio.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The impact of mechanical requirements on the neural control of skeletal muscle and subsequent energetic rates www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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...

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PhD position in locomotion, energetics, foot-ankle, prosthetics, footwear - Univ of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) - Biomch-L

Job Summary: Sayu Lab for Biomechanics & Locomotion (https://health.utah.edu/health-kinesiology/research/takahashi-lab), directed by Dr. Kota Takahashi at the University of Utah is seeking highly...

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

‼️ 🚨 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.

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Tarkesh Singh @tarkeshsingh.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Open-Rank Faculty Position in Sensorimotor Control and Rehabilitation Neuroscience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🎓 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...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ASB Postdoc Affinity Group: Academic Job Market Panel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Interest in the ASB Postdoc Affinity Group 2025-26

Please input your information for your interest in the postdoc affinity group through the American Society of Biomechanics. This group provides a place for postdocs to come together and have conversat...

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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

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Tenure-track Faculty Position in Biomechanics (Open Rank), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA - Biomch-L

The School of Kinesiology (http://kines.umich.edu) at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate...

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I know a manuscript is about ready to submit once the dedicated '_Scraps' document is the same length as the manuscript itself. 🥲

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The University of Utah @utah.edu · 21/08/2025

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...

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.

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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.

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Peter Fino @pcfino.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The @utah.edu @amsocbiomech.bsky.social community is going to be well-represented at #ASB2025!

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Missing my first ASB since I started going in 2017 and the FOMO is strong. 🥲 have fun for me, science friends.

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

‼️ 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.

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Jarod Forer @jarodforer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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.

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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

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Jason Franz @franzbiomech.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

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...

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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)

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Jason Franz @franzbiomech.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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.

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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. 1/3

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Happening tomorrow! Hope to see you there 🖥️ 💵

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Black Biomechanists Association @blackbiomechs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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

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.

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Tomorrow, the @amsocbiomech.bsky.social Student Committee will be hosting a webinar on “Biomechanics in Industry” with Melissa Boswell, Hannah O’Day, Kurt Beschorner, and Evan Dooley! Event starts at 4pm Eastern, email ASBStudentRep@asbweb.org for the Zoom Link.

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Hello, biomechanics community! Are you a postdoc looking for a place to connect with fellow postdocs, network, and attend professional development events? Fill out this link to get involved with the American Society of Biomechanics Postdoc Affinity Group: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Mark Price @markprice.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The main benefit of these is that we can study ground stiffness perturbations on a fully instrumented treadmill, as well as conduct experiments overground. I'm hoping to share results from a study investigating adaptation to a stiffness perturbation applied by these shoes very soon!

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Christopher Long @christopherllong.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

To celebrate National Biomechanics Day (April 9th), I made a foldable mini-comic to highlight just a few of the amazing things biomechanists are up to! Just download, print, and fold: www.christopherllong.com/Biomech-omic... Please share this free resource!

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Spring weather + PI out of town = Sayu Lab journal club outside! ☀️ 🤓

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Off to @stanforduniversity.bsky.social for the @opensim.bsky.social workshop! SO excited to work toward improved foot and ankle models and learn some new skills alongside fellow modeling & simulation nerds 🤓 🩻🚶🦶👟 Hope my laptop fans are ready.

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Carly Lockard @carlylockard.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Can modeling of the 14 bones of the #foot & ankle be simplified? Michele Conconi & coauthors developed a 4-degree-of-freedom model. Read in JOR: buff.ly/4gnrFoP #ORSSMC @orssociety.bsky.social

Representation of the instantaneous helical axe (IHA) envelope associated with each of the four synergies.

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Felipe Carpes @felipecarpes.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Important Announcement! The deadline for abstract submissions to the ISB Congress 2025 has been extended to February 14th, 2025! Spread the word—and let’s get those abstracts submitted! www.isb2025.com

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Brian Dalton @bhdalton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Our latest publication led by Megan Trotman. Click on the link to see how intrinsic foot muscles help direct whole-body balance adjustments. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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NeuromecHAHNics - Daniel Hahn @neuromechahnics.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

📢 Paper alert! 🚨 Do you use ultrasound imaging to look at muscle architecture changes during movement? Then UltraTimTrack is for you! We leveraged the benefits of its predecessors, UltraTrack + TimTrack, to enable automatic, objective, and accurate fascicle tracking: peerj.com/articles/cs-...

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UltraTimTrack: a Kalman-filter-based algorithm to track muscle fascicles in ultrasound image sequences

Background Brightness-mode (B-mode) ultrasound is a valuable tool to non-invasively image skeletal muscle architectural changes during movement, but automatically tracking muscle fascicles remains a m...

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Thanks all who attended, it was a great session! The Zoom recording is on the ASB Postdoc slack, or I can email you a link if you’d like.

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The American Society of Biomechanics Postdoc Affinity Group is hosting a panel on Faculty Interviews and Negotiations this Friday (1/17) at 2pm Eastern! Zoom link can be found in the ASB postdoc slack, or feel free to DM me. Please spread the word!

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