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Avery Hinks @hinksave.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is a pretty cool one! We did our best to provide a comprehensive guide for our in-vivo testing protocol

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The mechanical loading environment associated with eccentric exercise is one of the key stimuli to trigger sarcomerogenesis: It’s a stretch to say eccentric exercise does not promote serial sarcomerogenesis Commentary on: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Amelia was interested in how variations in sex-hormones affect the repeated bout effect following damaging eccentric exercise. There was no difference in the response to muscle damage when females were in a low or high estradiol state. doi.org/10.5114/biol...

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The PowerLab ( uofgpowerlab.weebly.com ) is having some big turnover this summer and this opens the door to take on new PhD students to work on projects related to muscular adaptations to use/disuse across various structural levels. Happy to chat!!

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Avery Hinks @hinksave.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The final piece of the puzzle for my PhD thesis, currently under review. We looked at the trajectory of age-related serial sarcomere loss across young (8 mo), middle-aged (20 mo), old (32 mo), and very old rats (36 mo) in 5 different muscles. A simple study but it provided a lot of cool insight!

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If you are looking to run longitudinal studies (training etc) on rodents, nerve cuffs and needles may be too invasive. Here is a great alternative! And it's made of LEGO

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Avery Hinks @hinksave.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I've had a few people over the years ask about how to build my custom-made electrode holder for in-vivo mechanical testing of the rat plantar flexors. I've now made the building instructions (including STL files for 3D-printed parts) available on Figshare: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Why are Eccentric contractions so cool? Let me know below!!! I'll post screenshots in my biomech class. #myoblue @hesselanthony.bsky.social @taylorjmdick.bsky.social @neuromechahnics.bsky.social @mvfranchi.bsky.social @hinksave.bsky.social @birdbiomech.bsky.social

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Avery Hinks @hinksave.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I had the pleasure of being interviewed about my research for this Science Communication article. Give it a read! 👇

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Avery Hinks @hinksave.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

At the single muscle fibre level, we found that aging amplifies shortening-induced residual force depression but does not change stretch-induced residual force enhancement. Check it out! 👇

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

📢 latest work out of the PowerLab Residual force enhancement is not altered while force depression is amplified at the cellular level in old age journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

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Geoff Power @geoffpower.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Thanks #Csep2024 for a fantastic few days of science exchange and great conversations! Awesome meeting!! Congrats to @hinksave.bsky.social on making it to the grad student presentation finals. A masterclass on age related changes to muscle morphology and function. 💪🏻

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Avery Hinks @hinksave.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

On my first train making my way to #CSEP2024 this morning

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