melody w young
@melodyoungg.bsky.social
indoor cat but not a cat person 😼 unintentional birdnerd but not a bird person 🦜 post-dockin’ in the pateklab
insta: @pateklab
insta: @pateklab
the word that best captures my feelings about receiving the Duke University 2025 Outstanding Postdoc award is just grateful
grateful to sheila for the opportunity to grow as a scientist and grateful for my students for teaching me more than they know
@dukepostdocs.bsky.social
@snpatek.bsky.social
grateful to sheila for the opportunity to grow as a scientist and grateful for my students for teaching me more than they know
@dukepostdocs.bsky.social
@snpatek.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
the word that best captures my feelings about receiving the Duke University 2025 Outstanding Postdoc award is just grateful
grateful to sheila for the opportunity to grow as a scientist and grateful for my students for teaching me more than they know
@dukepostdocs.bsky.social
@snpatek.bsky.social
grateful to sheila for the opportunity to grow as a scientist and grateful for my students for teaching me more than they know
@dukepostdocs.bsky.social
@snpatek.bsky.social
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May 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Our in-depth review article on the functional #morphology and mechanics of #sloth suspensory locomotion out as a preprint. The manuscript will appear as a book chapter in forthcoming book on #arboreal #locomotion.
BIG thanks to all the contributors to this piece.
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
BIG thanks to all the contributors to this piece.
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Our in-depth review article on the functional #morphology and mechanics of #sloth suspensory locomotion out as a preprint. The manuscript will appear as a book chapter in forthcoming book on #arboreal #locomotion.
BIG thanks to all the contributors to this piece.
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
BIG thanks to all the contributors to this piece.
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
had so much fun putting this talk together and speaking to your students! thank you for the invite 🙏😇
Enjoyed an amazing guest lecture this morning by Dr.
@melodyoungg.bsky.social from Duke University. She covered her doctoral work on climbing mechanics in various species (🐸🦜🦥🚶♀️), plus her post-doctoral studies on latch-mediated spring actuation in trap jaw ants & snapping shrimp! #ENGR3566
@melodyoungg.bsky.social from Duke University. She covered her doctoral work on climbing mechanics in various species (🐸🦜🦥🚶♀️), plus her post-doctoral studies on latch-mediated spring actuation in trap jaw ants & snapping shrimp! #ENGR3566
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
had so much fun putting this talk together and speaking to your students! thank you for the invite 🙏😇
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Mantis shrimp can break glass with their powerful punches. Now we know why they don't break their own claws. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
February 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Mantis shrimp can break glass with their powerful punches. Now we know why they don't break their own claws. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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JEB is proud of the support we provide ECRs and in their Editorial, Patricia Wright, Michaela Handel and Craig Franklin reflect on; ECR grants, the society awards sponsored by the journal and the workshops that we hosted in 2024
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
JEB is proud of the support we provide ECRs and in their Editorial, Patricia Wright, Michaela Handel and Craig Franklin reflect on; ECR grants, the society awards sponsored by the journal and the workshops that we hosted in 2024
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Applications for the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab 2025 are now open!
All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!
Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!
Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Applications for the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab 2025 are now open!
All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!
Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!
Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
one of my favorite side projects funded by the @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social and the Duke Lemur Center is finally published today in @royalsocietypublishing.org !
in this study, we compare in vivo grip force to anatomic estimates from eleven species of strepsirrhine lemurs
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
in this study, we compare in vivo grip force to anatomic estimates from eleven species of strepsirrhine lemurs
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Ecomorphological correlates of grasping forces in strepsirrhine primates | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Powerful digital grasping is essential for primates navigating arboreal environments
and is often regarded as a defining characteristic of the order. However, in vivo data on primate grip strength are...
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
one of my favorite side projects funded by the @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social and the Duke Lemur Center is finally published today in @royalsocietypublishing.org !
in this study, we compare in vivo grip force to anatomic estimates from eleven species of strepsirrhine lemurs
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
in this study, we compare in vivo grip force to anatomic estimates from eleven species of strepsirrhine lemurs
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Stay tuned for news about the next round of the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab! This NSF program brings early-career researchers out to the Amazon Rainforest to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the field! UGs to postdocs are welcome to apply! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
January 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Stay tuned for news about the next round of the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab! This NSF program brings early-career researchers out to the Amazon Rainforest to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the field! UGs to postdocs are welcome to apply! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
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Very pleased to have been invited to crash the muscle-tendon party in Finland this summer – will be speaking on 24 July and subjecting everyone to a side of #joints. Come join us!
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...
Meeting website: www.jyu.fi/en/events/mu...
Abstracts due Feb 14th
registration.contio.fi/jyu/Registra...
Muscle-tendon mechanics across species
ISB2025 satellite event organized by the University of Jyväskylä with the Comparative Neuromuscular Biomechanics Technical Group (CNB).
www.jyu.fi
January 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Very pleased to have been invited to crash the muscle-tendon party in Finland this summer – will be speaking on 24 July and subjecting everyone to a side of #joints. Come join us!
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Are you going to SICB 2025? If so, visit the JEB and Company of Biologists stand (booths 23/24) to pick up JEB goodies and find out what we do for our authors that makes Journal of Experimental Biology the best place to publish your comparative physiology and biomechanics research
December 18, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Are you going to SICB 2025? If so, visit the JEB and Company of Biologists stand (booths 23/24) to pick up JEB goodies and find out what we do for our authors that makes Journal of Experimental Biology the best place to publish your comparative physiology and biomechanics research
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🚨 New paper! 🚨
Using #XROMM on 15 #bird species, we show that trachea deforms with neck movements. This reshaping could impact sound frequencies, showing that #biomechanics of the entire vocal system is important to consider when studying birdsong 🐦🎶 #ornithology
Now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social!
Using #XROMM on 15 #bird species, we show that trachea deforms with neck movements. This reshaping could impact sound frequencies, showing that #biomechanics of the entire vocal system is important to consider when studying birdsong 🐦🎶 #ornithology
Now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social!
The avian vocal system: 3D reconstruction reveals upper vocal tract elongation during head motion
Summary: Tracheal elongation in birds was found to vary between species and is not necessarily homogeneous; this significantly influences vocalization, providing new insights into the complexity of av...
journals.biologists.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:16 PM
🚨 New paper! 🚨
Using #XROMM on 15 #bird species, we show that trachea deforms with neck movements. This reshaping could impact sound frequencies, showing that #biomechanics of the entire vocal system is important to consider when studying birdsong 🐦🎶 #ornithology
Now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social!
Using #XROMM on 15 #bird species, we show that trachea deforms with neck movements. This reshaping could impact sound frequencies, showing that #biomechanics of the entire vocal system is important to consider when studying birdsong 🐦🎶 #ornithology
Now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social!
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My new Outside JEB article @jexpbiol.bsky.social where I highlight a new paper where Nils Lanek, Scott Yanco & colleagues from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, measured the energy expenditure in migratory & resident common blackbirds in Germany 🪶🧪🌎🐦
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Birds of a feather don't always flock together
To survive winter, when food and temperatures are low, animals can use strategies, such as hibernation or migration, to reduce the energy they burn. Animals of the same species generally use the same ...
journals.biologists.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:29 PM
My new Outside JEB article @jexpbiol.bsky.social where I highlight a new paper where Nils Lanek, Scott Yanco & colleagues from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, measured the energy expenditure in migratory & resident common blackbirds in Germany 🪶🧪🌎🐦
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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A fun collaborative paper out in Nature on RAVEN: a bird-inspired robot that uses it’s legs to propel flight take off. An example of how robots can test ideas about integrated function in animals. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs - Nature
A bird-inspired robot that can jump into flight, walk on the ground and hop over obstacles shows that jumping for take-off is more energy efficient than taking off without the jump.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
A fun collaborative paper out in Nature on RAVEN: a bird-inspired robot that uses it’s legs to propel flight take off. An example of how robots can test ideas about integrated function in animals. www.nature.com/articles/s41...