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Jared Fletcher

@jaredrfletcher.bsky.social
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Canada Research Chair in Integrative Physiology and Biomechanics. Director of the Fascicles, Tendons and Energetics Research (FasTER) Lab at Mount Royal University.

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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
OMFG #tcslondonmarathon #londonmarathon
Sawe’s running shoe with his marathon time on it: 1:59:30 WR Sub22026 TCS London Marathon
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Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada @nmd4c.ca · 12/02/2026
The @uottawa.ca is recruiting a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in #neuromuscular disease and related cardiac disorders. Deadline to apply: April 4, 2026 🔗 | Learn More: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/opportunity/... #NeuromuscularResearch #ClinicalResearch #Canada #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Your occasional reminder that if you teach Scientific Writing, or you're going to - so do I, and my syllabus and class materials are available here:
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Steal this (updated) syllabus for Scientific Writing
I wrote this post just after finishing the 3rd go-around of my Scientific Writing course, back in 2020(!), and then updated it in 2021 and 2023. Since then, I’ve developed a one-week intensiv…
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Reporting the death of Prof Alan M. Wilson FRS in a light plane crash in Namibia, while doing wildlife research. He was 62. He built and flew his own planes but I do not know if he either built or flew this one. He even flew from London to Cromer to meet me for lunch (he brought cake). Devastated.
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards : Q&A | Jared Fletcher
Postdoctoral training award applications Mount Royal University Valued at $70,000/year for 2 years https://lnkd.in/gA6wyp_B The Fascicles, Tendons and Energetics Research ("FasTER") lab is currently...
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Craig A. Goodman @craigagoodman1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Natural daylight during office hours improves glucose control and whole-body substrate metabolism www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Natural daylight during office hours improves glucose control and whole-body substrate metabolism
Because 80%–90% of our time is spent indoors and daylight is the main synchronizer of the central biological clock, the chronic lack of daylight is in…
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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If you're (1) into nhp neurophysiology and/or biological motor control, (2) a foreign big shot and (3) interested in moving here, please reach out -- this new program looks extremely attractive (min. $8M over 8y)! www.uwo.ca/research/can...
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Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Dog on fire Meme where the top text reads billion dollar plan to recruit top researchers.  bottom text reads existing canadian researchers
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Tendons (and the muscles they connect to) are awesome 💪
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Kiisa Nishikawa @kiisa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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...
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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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Owen Beck @owen1beck.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Limb lengthening: Slower Distraction Rates May Expedite Patient Joint Recovery Publication: Journal of Applied Physiology Articles in Press doi.org/10.1152/japp...
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Resources in Inclusive Evolution Education (RIE2) @inclusiveevoedu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
TL;DR We're looking for biology/evolution instructors in the US and Canada to test the impacts of inclusive evolutionary biology educational materials on undergraduate learning (you will be compensated). Pasting the official recruitment info in thread below. sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Since the Journal of Applied Physiology isn’t on Bluesky: Research Article by SJ Skaper et al. The #energycost of #cyclic #musclecontractions at different initial #muscle-#tendon unit lengths derived from near-#infraredspectroscopy ow.ly/Irns50XmL
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Nick Bray, PhD, CSEP-CEP @nickwbray.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Had a good lol at this one 🤣
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Jason Franz @franzbiomech.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Brand new POSTDOC opportunity in my lab (!!) will help lead a multi-institutional collaboration designed to enhance understanding of anatomic variability in Achilles tendinopathy toward more effective, personalized clinical interventions. Learn more and apply: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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Jocelyn Hafer @jocelynhafer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at UD is hiring a biomechanist! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a preferred research focus in musuloskeletal modeling. careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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University of Delaware - Details - Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
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Glen Pyle | Womens Heart Health ❤️‍🩹🖇️ @glenpyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Do we really need to do research specifically on women's health? The REBOOT trial finds beta-blockers - a standard therapy for heart attacks - causes harm in women, but not men. Yes. The answer is yes. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
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Beta-blockers after myocardial infarction: effects according to sex in the REBOOT trial
AbstractBackground and Aims. Recent trials have challenged the guideline recommendation of beta-blockers for post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients witho
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Owen Beck @owen1beck.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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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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Physiological Reports @physrep.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Data on #cardiac workload during submaximal #exercise by healthy subjects provides evidence for association with skeletal muscle tissue saturation index, independent of other variables, implicating regulation by altered skeletal #muscle #oxygenation. doi.org/10.14814/phy... #MyoBlue #Metabolism
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Cardiac workload and skeletal muscle oxygenation during incremental exercise in healthy subjects
We hypothesized that skeletal muscle oxygenation, measured by Near-infrared spectroscopy (mNIRS), is associated with cardiac workload during incremental exercise. Healthy subjects (n = 30, age 27 ± 6...
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Newly-published work out of the FasTER lab this week! rdcu.be/eu4wE Do changes in countermovement jump variables follow the presence of low-frequency force depression?
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Countermovement jump performance after metabolically, but not mechanically demanding exercise: limited sensitivity to prolonged low-frequency force depression
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Journal of Biomechanics @jbiomech.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Li et al investigated the effects of a powered prosthetic foot that includes a monoarticular powered prosthetic foot and a biarticular gastrocnemius muscle actuator on nine non-impaired subjects while walking on a treadmill. 👀 buff.ly/pcFBEX5 #BiomechSky
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Research in Motion: Studying Tendons, Muscles and Joints
YouTube video by Mount Royal University
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Michele Zanini @mzaniniphysiology.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New paper out in Scand J Med Sci Sports! 
We tested the reliability of running economy (RE) and other physiological parameters during 90 min of running.

➡️ Running economy is highly reliable in a fatigued state, a 👍🏼 implication for testing durability
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Our recent publication to Frontiers on high-velocity training in individuals with Cerebral Palsy: (Full text here): frontiersin.org/journals/sport…
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Sarah Breen (they/them) @sarbreen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
My wife just left for 6 weeks of archaeological field school. It made me think of mine: trekking in Nepal, collecting biomechanics data at altitude. When the field becomes the classroom, every step teaches something new. 🏔️📐 #FieldSchool #Biomechanics #STEM
A group of trekkers in heavy gear hike along a steep, rocky slope with snowy Himalayan mountains behind them. Some wear oxygen tanks or carry scientific equipment. Badges on their jackets identify them as part of a research expedition.
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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully. You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers. Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
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Jamie Burr @hplburr.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Whether or not you are in science, this kind of attitude toward discovery and academic freedom in Canada is worrisome www.science.org/content/arti...
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In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ‘woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
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Mount Royal University Library @mrulibrary.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🚨Senior MRU students! Apply for a paid Undergraduate Research Leader position! Support research, mentor peers, & promote research across campus. 4 spots available, one from each faculty. Apply by April 30! Learn more: bit.ly/4idbDin @samrubuzz.bsky.social @mountroyalu.bsky.social #MRU
Advertisement for hiring undergraduate research leaders for the 2025-2026 academic year at the library of Mount Royal University. Features an illustration of a brain lifting a barbell, with text encouraging to apply by April 30 for one of the four paid positions. Links provided for application and more information.Promotional image for the MRU Undergraduate Research Leadership Program. Includes a brief overview about providing paid research opportunities and mentions College of Arts, Science & Technology, Business & Communication Studies and Health, Community and Education faculties. Footer contains MRU library website link.Infographic detailing the responsibilities of graduate researchers at MT Roy University. Includes providing support to research projects, working with faculty and students, raising awareness, and attending meetings. Link to MT Roy University Library leadership page is provided.An informational image detailing qualifications required for an MRU Leadership program, including education, research experience, and skills in dissemination of research. More details can be found at library.mtroyal.ca/leadership.
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Dr. Jared Fletcher, PhD, an associate professor of health and physical… | Mount Royal University
Dr. Jared Fletcher, PhD, an associate professor of health and physical education at Mount Royal University, primary research goal is to gain more insight into how muscles and tendons work during physi...
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Jared Fletcher @jaredrfletcher.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Scientists discover why horses are such exceptional athletes
The genetic switch that 'really lets horses have their cake and eat it too.’
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Britta Jensen @tephrabird.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Wow! Huge changes in federal funding for grad students and post-docs. They have gone up in value AND 15% of PhD and 20% of post-doctoral fellowships are available to non-citizens. Me and my crew at VARG @tephrotastic.bsky.social always are interested in new colleagues! Finally good news! 🌋⚒️🧪
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NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
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Arjun Raj @arjunraj.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Labeling your axes and then explaining them slowly is perhaps the biggest bang for the buck you can get for making your slides more understandable.
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Journal of Biomechanics @jbiomech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Yetman et al shows the foot can actively produce power during propulsion and that the timing of arch and ankle mechanics, and their synchronization, is important for propulsion across locomotor modes. 👀https://buff.ly/K9FWc4W #BiomechSky
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Journal of Biomechanics @jbiomech.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Riveros-Matthey et al revealed a curvilinear relationship between the average active muscle volume and cadence, with the minimum active volume being aligned to the self-selected cadence. 👀https://buff.ly/3QBBs01 #BiomechSky
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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
If you are interested in a post-doc studying the neural control of movement in humans or NHPs, check out this program and get in touch soon! www.uwo.ca/research/fun...
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Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
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Monica Daley @birdbiomech.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
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IMSI Summer Institute 2025: Now Recruiting Trainees! – Center for Integrative Movement Science
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2025
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
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Craig A. Goodman @craigagoodman1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Oral contraceptive pill phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or myofibrillar proteolysis at rest or in response to resistance exercise journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Oral contraceptive pill phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or myofibrillar proteolysis at rest or in response to resistance exercise | Journal of Applied Physiology | American Physiolog...
There is speculation that oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use affects skeletal muscle biology and protein turnover in response to resistance exercise; however, research in this area is scarce. We aimed ...
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Lee Fisher @lee-e-fisher.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We're hiring #undergrads interested in #neural #engineering for paid internships! Join our lab this summer and participate in cutting edge #research and a variety of professional development activities. Applications due March 3. More info at rnel.pitt.edu/undergraduat...
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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is a great way to fight in the tariff war, next we should do one for NIH/NSF funded scientists that want to be able to use all the words in their application....
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 31/01/2025
Confirmed.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Smith today on the condemnation her $2 Million COVID report boondoggle has received from the Alberta Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association and many more… “They’re just angry cause they don’t know how to science like I do” This clip is bonkers. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
If the new administration wants to improve the efficiency of the scientific enterprise, I have actual experience, feel free to reach out. I have published extensively on efficiency in science. Sure, it was on the efficiency of muscle contraction and human movement... but I'm sure it will generalize🙂
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Wolfgang Seiberl @wseiberl.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Registration and abstract submission are now open for the CNB Muscle-tendon mechanics across species Satellite meeting in Helsinki Finland July 23rd-26th 2025 before the main ISB meeting. Meeting website: www.jyu.fi/en/events/mu... Abstracts due Feb 14th registration.contio.fi/jyu/Registra...
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Muscle-tendon mechanics across species
ISB2025 satellite event organized by the University of Jyväskylä with the Comparative Neuromuscular Biomechanics Technical Group (CNB).
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Craig A. Goodman @craigagoodman1.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Reduced ATP turnover during hibernation in relaxed skeletal muscle www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reduced ATP turnover during hibernation in relaxed skeletal muscle - Nature Communications
Hibernating brown bears maintain their muscle mass, which is due to a drastic reduction in metabolic rate. Here, De Napoli et al. show that this is partly due to a reduction of energy consumption by t...
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