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Taylor Dick

@taylorjmdick.bsky.social
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Associate Professor and Group Leader University of Queensland | lover of all things that move | bio+neuro+mechanics | wearable tech | @CNBiomechanics 🇨🇦in🇦🇺 biomedical-sciences.uq.edu.au/resea…

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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We are recruiting a postdoc for an exciting multi-disciplinary project that explores the use of quantum sensors to measure muscle behaviour - looking for someone with skills in ultrasound, mocap, and EMG - funded by QLD Government's Quantum 2032 Challenge uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Neuromechanics
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Full-time, fixed-term position for 3 years Base salary will range from $80,448 – $107,104 (Academic Level A) + 17% Superannuation Based at our vibrant St L...
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
great opportunity here !
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Taylor 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/2xvkwbra
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Integrating muscle energetics into biomechanical models to understand variance in the cost of movement
Summary: 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...
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Less than 2 weeks until abstracts are due for our satellite meeting "Muscle-tendon mechanics across species" with a great line up of speakers across the human and comparative biomechanics fields (and student grants available via the ISB website: isbweb.org/students/stu...)
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ISB Student Grants - International Society of Biomechanics
International Society of Biomechanics
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Monica Daley @birdbiomech.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A reminder that registration is open for this CNB Muscle-tendon mechanics satellite meeting! Students can apply for the ISB Technical Meeting grant for $500USD to attend isbweb.org/students/28-... (see grant #5: CNB isn't listed because it is a new group, but the funding does apply)
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Student Grants - International Society of Biomechanics
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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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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Simulations reveal the ideal mix of size and muscle strength for high speed creatures. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Thanks @J_Exp_Biol for the great write up on our recent @NatureComms paper @cjclemente.bsky.social @FriedlDeGroote
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Simulations reveal the ideal mix of size and muscle strength for high speed creatures
When you think of the fastest animal, a cheetah might come to mind. Or an antelope. But it likely isn't a mouse or an elephant. It has long intrigued scientists that the fastest animals are of an inte...
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The fast and the furriest stories.uq.edu.au/news/2024/wh... Thank you @UQ News for featuring our recent paper in Nature Comms nature.com/articles/s41... with the dream team of collaborators @cclemente4 @FriedlDeGroote
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Muscle peeps...pennation angle matters, but does NOT belong in the equation for PCSA. Please, as a field, let's start using the correct equation. We tried to explain a bit of these here - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
So proud of these students and all that they do! Heading home from a wonderful #ABCANZORS2024 Thanks to ANZSB and ANZORS for putting on a great meeting. High-quality science and Incredible presentations all round, with India Lindemann and James Williamson taking home conference awards !
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
All dressed up to celebrate a successful year of science with the lab family at the UQ School of Biomedical Sciences Year end Gala! So proud of these superbly talented students and post docs
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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Postdoc position in skeletal muscle biomechanics with Andy Biewener at Harvard! #Myoblue biomch-l.isbweb.org/forum/biomch...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship: Muscle Biomechanics - Biomch-L
A postdoctoral position is available to study the effects of muscle size (inactive muscle mass) on the contractile properties of skeletal muscle in the laboratory of Andrew Biewener at the Concord Fie...
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
Ever wondered why cheetahs are so dang fast, but smaller animals, like mice, or larger animals, like elephants, are much slower? Thrilled to share our new study in Nat Comm led by @EvoBiomech & @cclemente4 w/ Peter Bishop. A conversation that started nearly 10 y ago rdcu.be/dANSE
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
Thrilled to have our research supported by ALS Association. We will explore the potential for exoskeletons to assist movement in #ALS. Exciting collab between my team, @SteynLab, @Ngo_Lab, @J_L_Williamson9, Zach Lerner & @biomotum www.als.org/blog/enhanci...
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Felipe Carpes @felipecarpes.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
The International Society of Biomechanics is currently accepting bids to host the 2027 Congress. The Executive Council of the ISB is responsible for selecting the site for the biennial International Congress of the Society and for offering guidance and assistance to the Organizing Committee.
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Steve Collins @stevecollins.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
The addbiomechanics.org tool is now citable! Article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Automatic model scaling for more accurate inverse kinematics and dynamics, in minutes. Fun collab led by Karen Liu, kicked off by a survey here :-) Much improved in past few months. Give it a try!
Illustration of addbiomechanics's role in the motion capture and data processing pipeline.Automatic scaling by addbiomechanics takes just a few minutes, compared to about one day for an expert, and results in severalfold lower errors and residual forces and torques.
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Felipe Carpes @felipecarpes.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
NBD grants are out! Make sure you don’t miss the chance of having FUNding to support your National Biomechanics Day activities! www.thebiomechanicsinitiative.org
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Taylor Dick @taylorjmdick.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Some wise words from @birdbiomech.bsky.social
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