Reposted by Lena TingAnnabelle Singer @drannabellesinger.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Check out this podcast highlighting our research and BME research more broadly. Thanks @danzigerzachary.bsky.social and Erin Buckley for making this happen 021
Reposted by Lena TingKiisa Nishikawa @kiisa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The 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...careers.nau.eduPostdoctoral Scholar - Flagstaff, Arizona, United StatesSpecial 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... 02121
Reposted by Lena TingISPGR @ispgr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025One of ISPGR's own! Virtual tickets still available for those wanting to hear a variety of talks. More information can be found on their website. 031
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Garrett Stanley and I are leading the recruitment of a senior faculty position in BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, focused on Neural Engineering. Come talk to us, we're looking for a leader in research and training, in areas with neurotranslation potential. More details here: lnkd.in/eusCqCSR 12919
Reposted by Lena TingFred Crevecoeur @fredcrevecoeur.bsky.social · 10/11/2025🚨🚨 We're hiring !! Looking for postdoc? Come work in an international, collaborative and stimulating environment on mechanisms of human upper limb motor control 👇👇👇 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/386645euraxess.ec.europa.euPostdoc Position on Systems Neuroscience, Motor Control at UCLouvain, BelgiumProject Title: Multi-disciplinary, multi-lab investigations of the neural bases of human sensorimotor control Project Description: 078
Reposted by Lena TingAndrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Stoked to see our study out in final form! Big kudos to @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social for driving this along for the past 5 years. 37620
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Hey y'all, when/where is the SfN Neurorehabilitation Social? 010
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Get your panel and talk submission to NCM Japan! The meeting is in Kobe in April 2026. Hope to see you there! 080
Reposted by Lena TingAbhilasha Joshi, PhD @rhythmicspikes.bsky.social · 23/10/2025You have to read @kelseytea.bsky.social excellent work on dexterity in deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. A powerful example of cross species comparisons to study principles of motor control ✅ 0123
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 23/10/2025wow, I'm proud of PhD student Jake Stephens' work with Tim Cope and me on understanding multi sensory proprioceptive integration on this work. 185
Reposted by Lena TingHoly Shift! Podcast @holyshiftresearch.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🎙️ Just published a new episode of Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow : Vision Rewired | Ming-Fai Fong. Have a listen:share.transistor.fmVision Rewired | Ming-Fai FongIn this episode of Holy Shift!, host Zachary Danziger talks with Dr.... 121
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Our department started a podcast to let people know about our research and the impact that it has on the public! Please have a listen and subscribe to the series! Also available on Apple podcast, Spotify, and Transistor, www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 094
Reposted by Lena TingHoly Shift! Podcast @holyshiftresearch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025🎙️ Just published a new episode of Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow : A Life in Balance | Lena Ting. Have a listen:share.transistor.fmA Life in Balance | Lena TingIn this episode of Holy Shift!, host Angela Gill Nelms talks with Dr.... 111
Reposted by Lena TingMichael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New nationwide data links TCE exposure to higher Parkinson’s risk. Trichloroethylene or TCE is a widely used industrial solvent and environmental contaminant that can be found in air, soil and water. New paper: TCE associated w/ increased risk of Parkinson’s in older adults across USA. 041
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Congrats @vulcnethologist.bsky.social on a great paper! This a cool technology that is the future of tracking motion within the body during behavior. @movementscience.bsky.social this might be what we need for tracking muscles and tendon during movement! 181
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Sign the petition to restore eligibility of 2nd year grad students to the NSF GRFP. They are being robbed of the opportunities to advance their innovative science. @chubicki.bsky.social 0610
Reposted by Lena TingZach Danziger @danzigerzachary.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Our new podcast is out about why biomedical science is so important to our communities: Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow Please Share! Our first episode is Dr. Mike Davis on repairing congenital heart defects in children. ❣️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrvO...youtube.comHoly Shift: Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow - Episode 1: YOUR NEW HEART | Mike DavisYouTube video by Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering 111
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 30/09/2025My colleagues in BME started a podcast to explain the importance of biomedical engineering research and why we need to prioritize keeping these impactful innovations funded. Go Zach and Erin! 140
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 30/09/2025haha, here is one of my writing guides stating how to check that your topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph. scholarblogs.emory.edu/neuromechani...scholarblogs.emory.eduWriting your NIH Significance section 041
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Emory Biology is hiring a neuroscientist! We have a great supportive and innovative neuroscience and neural engineering community here! 088
Reposted by Lena TingMalu Murugan @malu-murugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Come be my colleague! Lots of exciting science, fantastic students and supportive colleagues. Emory University Biology Department tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience. share.google/945Jko4W1MTA.... Please feel free to retweet and share widely.share.googleEmory University Biology Department tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience - Atlanta, Georgia job with malia.escobar@emory.edu | 675335Candidate uses experimental approaches to examine any aspect of neural function, including molecular, cellular, systems, or developmental neuroscience 32116
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 30/09/2025This is infuriating, we have several who have been working to build a portfolio to be competitive and who sat out last year because of prior NSF rules limiting them to one application in graduate school. 110
Reposted by Lena TingAnnabelle Singer @drannabellesinger.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Check out our latest paper today in Nature: “Goal specific hippocampal inhibition gates learning” www.nature.com/articles/s41... By Nuri Jeong, Xiao Zheng, Abby Paulson, Steph Prince and colleagues. 36530
Reposted by Lena TingStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 29/03/2025We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th! Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s... 201602606
Reposted by Lena TingLiz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · 29/03/2025NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of HealthNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD 11936921467
Reposted by Lena TingDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 05/11/2024saw this piece being shared around on the bird site and sharing it here cuz it's so good genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 1112853
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 08/03/2025We stood up for science! Hoping to keep making our voices heard. 19611
Reposted by Lena TingASNR @asnrehab.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Don't miss our #ASNR2025 session on #AI and computational modeling to diagnose and treat functional mobility deficits! We can't wait to hear the latest from Drs. @lenating.bsky.social, @jlucasmckay.bsky.social, @peabody124.bsky.social, Trisha Kesar, & Hyeok Kwon! 🧠🔄 🧠📈 🧪 www.asnr.com/i4a/pages/in... 092
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I don’t see an end to this problem. Is there a way to challenge the fag order on NIH so grant review can proceed? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...nytimes.comTrump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court RulingUsing an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy. 000
Reposted by Lena TingTaylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025@jexpbiol.bsky.social Special Issue is now out... Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics and Ecology in Locomotion Was fun to be part of this paper led by Glen Lichtwark "Integrating muscle energetics into biomechanical models to understand variance in the cost of movement" tinyurl.com/2xvkwbrajournals.biologists.comIntegrating muscle energetics into biomechanical models to understand variance in the cost of movementSummary: This Review considers how muscle energetics knowledge is integrated into biomechanical models and how this might be improved to better predict how changing locomotion requirements impacts met... 0218
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 22/02/2025This will send shock waves through academia. It’s not just about the students but also the labs trying to keep research programs going. A personnel gap could set things back significantly. 021
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 20/02/2025This is going to affect a lot of people in the field, from professors to postdoc and students. 0110
Reposted by Lena TingAmerican Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 04/02/2025AIMBE has posted a public statement on the impact of federal policy changes on biomedical research: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... Above, we have also developed an advocacy letter for members of the medical & biological engineering community to send to their congressional representatives on this matter.aimbe.org Write Your Lawmakers - AIMBE 116767
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The inability to make public announcements has effectively frozen all grant review activity by the NIH. 050
Reposted by Lena TingChris Rozell @crozell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I’m inviting you to attend a conference May 7-8 at Georgia Tech called InterfaceNeuro (interfaceneuro.org), targeting the intersection of neuroscience, neuroengineering, clinical/translational research, neurotech industry, and individuals with lived experiences. Please share! #neuroskyence 🧠🧪interfaceneuro.orgInterfaceNeuro | Conference on Neuroengineering 14323
Reposted by Lena Tingmegan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 22/01/2025🤩🤩 this is going to be amazing! 0192
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Having an evolutionary perspective is absolutely critical to understanding the brain! If you haven’t heard Paul Cisek talk about it, here’s your chance! 0101
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Understanding what you can do with an R01 budget is also helpful in reigning in the scope. 050
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Amazing work! I was once asked by my biomechanics class whether I’d like to fight one horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses. I tried to explain scaling to them and why I’d definitely pick the horse-sized duck. Can y’all run that simulation for me please? 3220
Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Congrats @taylorjmdick.bsky.social @cjclemente.bsky.social Can we get Friedl on Bluesky? 2170
Reposted by Lena TingJournal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Find out more about JEB's new article type, Theory & Modelling, allowing scientists to publish research leveraging modelling and theory to address new biological questions, in Sheila Patek, Monica Daley, Matt McHenry & Sanjay Sane's Editorial journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... 02818
Reposted by Lena TingTakaki Komiyama @takakikomiyama.bsky.social · 07/01/2025663 days since the senseless tragedy that took An, we present a manuscript that reports some of the discoveries that she left us. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgTargeted stimulation of motor cortex neural ensembles drives learned movementsDuring the execution of learned motor skills, the neural population in the layer 2/3 (L2/3) of the primary motor cortex (M1) expresses a reproducible spatiotemporal activity pattern. It is debated whe... 19927
