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Tarkesh Singh @tarkeshsingh.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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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 · 22d

🎓 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...

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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Owen Beck @owen1beck.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Exercise Science - Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin - Biomch-L

The University of Texas at Austin: College of Education: Department of Kinesiology and Health Education Description The Department of Kinesiology and Health Education is seeking a faculty member wit...

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · Sep 4

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!

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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 · Aug 28

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

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 · Aug 27

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 · Aug 21

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 · Aug 15

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 · Aug 12

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 · Aug 12

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 · Aug 11

‼️ 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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Owen Beck @owen1beck.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Jarod Forer @jarodforer.bsky.social · Jul 29

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 · Jul 29

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 · Jul 27

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...

Jason Franz @franzbiomech.bsky.social · Jul 24

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 · Jul 25

... increasing arch stiffness had differential effects on metabolic cost depending on the strike type!

Suggesting perhaps arch energy storage and return itself did not alter metabolic cost. Rather, arch motion looks to be altering how the muscles (particularly the calf muscles) function. (2/2)

Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · Jul 25

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 · Jul 24

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 · Jul 23

Couldn’t agree more #FBS2025

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · Jul 18

These results suggest carbon fiber insoles may be beneficial for those with ankle plantar flexor deficits (e.g., older adults - shameless plug for our groups’ presentations next week at #ISB2025 👀).

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · Jul 18

Carbon fiber insoles have been shown to increase ankle joint moments and estimated soleus muscle forces while walking.

We provide evidence here that these benefits come without a clear metabolic penalty to the soleus, likely due to improved muscle operating conditions.

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · Jul 18

First postdoc publication online today in the Journal of Applied Physiology (@apspublishing.bsky.social)!

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We used fascicle dynamics, ankle kinetics, and EMG to estimate soleus metabolic cost across walking speeds and footwear stiffnesses.

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ASB Postdoc Affinity Group @asb-postdocs.bsky.social · Jun 25

Happening tomorrow! Hope to see you there 🖥️ 💵

Black Biomechanists Association @blackbiomechs.bsky.social · Jun 16

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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Black Biomechanists Association @blackbiomechs.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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Danny Davis @ddavis-biomech.bsky.social · May 15

This is utterly fantastic

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