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Jeroen Aeles
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Asst Professor in Biomechanics @MOVE research group - Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Functional Morphology group - University of Antwerp / Function & structure of muscle / 🇧🇪 to 🇦🇺 to 🇫🇷 & via 🇺🇸 back to 🇧🇪
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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...
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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November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...
Postdoctoral researcher for DFG-funded project “FossilGaitSim”
The Biomechanical Motion Analysis and Creation (BioMAC) group at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position with the goal to…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles.

In this preprint perspective article, @francoishug.bsky.social and I delve into the biomechanics, anatomy, neural control, and function of the gastrocnemius muscles, two important calf muscles.
Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles
Abstract The human medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles play important roles in gait, standing balance, and numerous sports activities. Because they share
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November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Very happy with the first paper out of the Brussels Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab!

We provide evidence that the #SENIAM #EMG guidelines are not appropriate for the LG and SOL muscles and that muscle-tendon decoupling needs to be considered!

50-days for free:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m4ky3kurp...
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Did you know that when you peer review for JEB, @biologists.bsky.social will protect a tree in Great Knott Wood, the Lake District, as part of its #ForestOfBiologists initiative to foster biodiversity? Every time you peer review for us we help the planet
I was asked to #PeerReview a timely perspective article now published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social. As a result of this activity, a tree was protected in the #ForestOfBiologists. 🌳 Such a fun, bio-positive and important initiative from @biologists.bsky.social 🙌

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October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Fish suck... but species that feed on algae suck differently! 🐟 A new publication in Communications Biology by #UAFunMorph members Jana De Ridder, Peter Aerts, and Sam Van Wassenbergh, demonstrates how head motion patterns for generating suction are finetuned to the species' main diets.
October 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Needless to say: I’m out of the office 👋
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Funaro et al estimates both patient-specific material coefficients and friction coefficient between two subtendon layers in vivo for patients with Achilles tendinopathy.

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September 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@microsoft.com Windows’ “update and *shut down*” is one of the biggest lies of this era.

#NeverShutsDown #RestartingAndDrainingBatteryOvernight #Why #Betrayal #Judas
August 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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📣I’m hiring!
Two weeks to apply for an October start.
Start date is also flexible.
#PhD #Morphology #evolution
Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year?

I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥

Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals | Courses | University of Liverpool
From elephants to rhinos to bison, enormous increases in body mass have repeatedly evolved within Mammalia over relatively short timescales, leading to a diversity of size and shape. In this project, ...
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July 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
ISB 2025:
🗣️ Interested in surface #EMG electrode placement? I will present on Wednesday, July 30:

🕝 15:20 - 15:30
🔎 SENIAM-guided electromyography electrode placement is suboptimal for triceps surae muscles
📍 Room C1
💪 Parallel session 10D - Muscle Structure & Function
July 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Conferences are hard.

#CNB2025 #Nuuksio #🇫🇮
July 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Fun night out with the team after a full day of testing in the lab on an exciting #EMG project.

All excited now for comparative muscle biomechanics at the upcoming @sebiology.bsky.social conference in (soon-to-be) sunny Antwerp!

#BrusselNeuromuscularBiomechanicsLab #BRRC #VUB
July 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The IRIS - MSCA postdoctoral programme (ULB - VUB), and the European Commission is OPEN for applications.

Are you working in the space of "Health and Wellness", are eligible and have an excellent CV and motivation? Get in touch to discuss possible collaborations!

iris-cofund.eu/call-informa...
Call Information
The Guide for Applicants for the first call will guide you step by step to submit your application. The Guide also provides detailed information about the evaluation and selection procedure.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Are you interested in muscle #biomechanics and looking for #postdoc opportunities?

If you have skills in (statistical) shape modelling, advanced data analyses or 3D imaging/model reconstructions, get in touch with me!

I will be at #SEB2025 (Antwerp), #CNB2025 (Helsinki), and #ISB2025 (Stockholm).
June 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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⏰ Final countdown: You have until 13 June to register for the 2025 #SEBconference in Antwerp!

Don’t miss one of the most exciting biology events of the year 🌱🧬🧫

Book now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/seb...

🧵👇 Here’s why you should be there (view thread)
June 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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If you are a graduate student or a postdoc, consider applying for one of our‬ Travelling Fellowships and you could receive up to £3000 to visit another lab & collaborate with other researchers. Deadline 8 August 2025

For more information visit: www.biologists.com/grants/trave...
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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This paper in #ProcB investigates a creative question: how human vocalisation relates to body dynamics, especially with some muscles attached to the torso, and finding that there is indeed a relationship:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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May 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Very interesting lecture at @uantwerpen.be on the extinct Tasmanian tiger, by author of this book Charlotte Van Den Boeck at the first #BioTalks.
May 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#NeverFlyingWithRyanairAgain @ryanairofficial.bsky.social horrible service, rude and mean people, absolutely disgraceful. #RyanairDublin
May 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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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...
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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May 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Always nice when I can work on the University of Antwerp campus, especially when the sheep (left, not right on photo) are there!
May 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It saddens me to read (in job applications) statements from women on what skills they developed during (<5 month) maternity leave & how they managed to stay productive.

As if taking care of a child is not enough. That is a full-time job. Period. No need for “what else did you do during that time?”.
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM