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Michael Baggaley
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Post-doc at UCalgary. Interested in how bones grow, bend, and break. Temporary research tangent studying the collective behaviour of muscles. Pro unsupervised safe-supply.
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mbaggaley.bsky.social
The Journal of Experimental Biology chose our article to be highlighted for the current issue. Kathryn Knight wrote a delightful pop-sci piece accompanied by a fun illustration.

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Speed, not hill running, is main factor in shin stress fractures
For runners, pain is sometimes part of the process. Achy muscles after a particularly long run or shin splints when your shoes need replacing can be a gentle warning to ease off. But take training too...
journals.biologists.com
June 6, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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mehr.nz
This is the best Dennett obituary so far, not least because it mentions this perfect passage from 'Consciousness Explained'

arstechnica.com/science/2024...
April 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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beagle.bsky.social
statement by UT Austin faculty, announcing a strike tomorrow in protest of the police presence on campus
Too long for alt text here's a summary: faculty members at UT Austin are condemning the university administration's decision to invite heavily armed city police and state troopers to the campus in response to a planned peaceful educational event by the Palestine Solidarity Committee. The event was meant to include teach-ins, study sessions, pizza, and an art workshop, with no threat of violence or disruption. The faculty members witnessed police using excessive force against students, including punching a female student, knocking over a legal observer, and violently arresting students for standing at the front of the crowd. They are calling for no business as usual on campus and are urging the community to gather at the main mall in front of UT Tower the following day.
April 25, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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neurograce.bsky.social
Imagine delivering this mini-tirade as the opener to your conference talk. Feels like we used to let scientists have more fun...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/194...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
In most psychological ivory towers there will be found an animal labora- tory. The scientists who live there think of themselves as theoretical psy- chologists, since they obviously have no other rationalization to explain their ex- travagantly paid and idyllic sinecures. These theoretical psychologists have one great advantage over those psychological citizens who study men and women. The theoreticians can subject their sub- human animals, be they rats, dogs, or monkeys, to more rigorous controls than can ordinarily be exerted over human beings. The obligation of the theoreti- cal psychologist is to discover general laws of behavior applicable to mice, monkeys, and men. In this obligation the .theoretical psychologist has often failed. His deductions frequently have had no generality beyond the species which he has studied, and his laws have been so limited that attempts to apply them to man have resulted in confusion rather than clarification. This paper was presented as the presiden- tial address of the Midwestern Psychological Association meetings in St. Paul, May 7, 1948.
April 10, 2024 at 2:48 AM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
Sports gambling could signify an interesting downfall of amateur sport. Should we care?

www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
April 2, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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konowlab.bsky.social
A little under two weeks until (soft) close for applications to our #NSF funded #graduate student and #postdoc positions. If you are interested in #multiscale #biomechanics #research, #comparative #muscle function, and #functional #morphology, please PM me to discuss these openings. Pls share widely
konowlab.bsky.social Konow lab at UMass Lowell @konowlab.bsky.social · Nov 22
We are hiring! Our NSF award unravels determinants of bite force across biological scales in rodent jaw systems. Several graduate student lines available (PM me and apply via tinyurl.com/UMLAPPLBIOLPhD ). Postdoc funds also available, see ad: tinyurl.com/KonowlabNSF - Please share and re-post widely
February 3, 2024 at 9:01 PM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
Why are all the large biomechanics conferences held June - August?

#BiomechSky
January 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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seongwonhan.bsky.social
Paper alert!📢
We systematically explored the nature of sarcomere length non-uniformity using single myofibrils, and found that sarcomere length non-uniformity does NOT occur randomly in both active and passive states!

Details can be found: 👇
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

#BiomechSky
Gaining new understanding of sarcomere length non-uniformities in skeletal muscles
Sarcomere lengths are non-uniform on all structural levels of mammalian skeletal muscle. These nonuniformities have been associated with a variety of mechanical properties, including residual force en...
www.frontiersin.org
January 11, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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ukplantbiomech.bsky.social
Don't forget to register for UK Plant Biomechanics Day! 

Deadline: 18 December 2023 (40 GBP fee payment is not due until February). Register here: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/uk-plant-bio.... 

Organised by @robinsonsci.bsky.social, @slcuplants.bsky.social, Naomi Nakayama.
#UKPlantBioMech
December 15, 2023 at 1:09 PM
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keelin12ft.bsky.social
Mets sports science job openings for any baseball peeps out there.
Post from Benjamin Hansen, NY Mets Director of Performance Technology, on LinkedIn: "We are excited to announce four open positions in our Performance Technology Department at the New York Mets: Sports Scientist (Major League), Field Engineer (Scouting), Sports Science Associate (MiLB), Biomechanics Associate (BMA Lab) These roles offer unique opportunities to contribute to our innovative team, focusing on sports technology and biomechanics. For more information and to apply, please visit the following links: Major League Sports Scientist: (https://lnkd.in/gbrwEQ2v) Field Engineer: (https://lnkd.in/gJtKbdiN) MiLB Sports Science Associate: (https://lnkd.in/gFk5TPcB) Biomechanics Associate: (https://lnkd.in/gNMUVekn)"
December 11, 2023 at 10:31 PM
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konowlab.bsky.social
We are hiring! Our NSF award unravels determinants of bite force across biological scales in rodent jaw systems. Several graduate student lines available (PM me and apply via tinyurl.com/UMLAPPLBIOLPhD ). Postdoc funds also available, see ad: tinyurl.com/KonowlabNSF - Please share and re-post widely
November 22, 2023 at 6:28 PM
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konowlab.bsky.social
We are hiring! New NIH award to measure inertial effects of (in)active muscle mass. Collab w/ Harvard and Simon Fraser U. A graduate student RA (PM me and apply through tinyurl.com/UMLAPPLBIOLPhD ). Postdoc funds also available: Ad at: tinyurl.com/KonowlabNIH - Please share and re-post widely!
November 22, 2023 at 6:22 PM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
Why is this not standard practice? Although probably better without anonymous reviews. Maybe? Thoughts?

"In our open peer review model, we will publish the editorial decision letters, reviews (in anonymized form), and the authors' responses to the critiques along with the article."

#BiomechSky
deevybee.bsky.social Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Nov 30
Open peer review introduced at Journal of Neuroscience; reviewers can be anonymous, but review content will be open
www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...
December 4, 2023 at 1:02 AM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
The funny thing about finding new music on youtube is that - for me - my interest is largely driven by the album artwork. Feels like we've come full circle.
November 28, 2023 at 10:11 PM
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nrokh.bsky.social
🚨#BiomechSky users!🚨

We have migrated to a new server to host our feed. Please re-like/re-pin/re-add this NEW feed to ensure you stay up to date on biomechanics updates:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Thanks x 100 to @cvhammond.biomech.dev for pulling it off 👍
November 10, 2023 at 8:26 AM
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pcfino.bsky.social
We're recruiting funded PhD students who are focused on balance control, locomotion, and rehabilitation. Come join our multidisciplinary group of biomechanists, kinesiologists, rehab scientists, engineers, and neuroscientists. petercfino.wixsite.com/nallab
November 7, 2023 at 9:05 PM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
Two TT opportunities at UCalgary in ex phys and biomechics:

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1341997...

internal.careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1342032...
October 4, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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roopekaaronen.net
Posting a preprint has become the moment that feels meaningful. As in: Here it is, the piece I worked so hard on, for the public to read and discuss.

The legacy publication process feels like a frustrating bureaucratic routine. I’m usually bored of the paper by the time it’s published.
dgmacarthur.bsky.social Daniel MacArthur @dgmacarthur.bsky.social · Sep 27
Every new paper announcement that says "here's the thread I wrote about the preprint last year, which covers all the major points" sends an important message about the weird-ass current state of scientific publication.
September 27, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Evolution has an inordinate fondness for beetles. More than 400,000 species of beetles have been described, making up a quarter (!) of all known species. A new theory suggests why they have been so successful 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Secret to Beetles’ Unfathomable Diversity
The evolution of a chemical defense gland allowed the most diverse group of beetles to repel predators and go on to conquer wholly new environments
www.scientificamerican.com
September 27, 2023 at 11:41 AM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
Are highlights necessary in manuscripts? Do they increase the likelihood that someone will read the article? I guess I wonder what the utility is when the abstract is already a brief overview.
September 20, 2023 at 6:50 AM
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kacorn.bsky.social
It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo !

Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs List of Departments that have a fully-funded Masters program that includes Ecology, Evolution, or Organsimal Biology Background on this list: Some Masters progra...
docs.google.com
September 8, 2023 at 2:57 PM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
What are your favourite biomechanics journals? Looking for something that would fit an experimental+modelling paper. I usually go with JBME (12k word limit and no $$), but I'd like to mix it up. Where do you like to submit? #biomechsky #academicsky
September 6, 2023 at 3:27 AM
mbaggaley.bsky.social
I was fairly certain that people were measuring PT moment arms using ultrasound and a dynamometer, but all easy to find references use MRI. Is this a thing or am I out to lunch? Thanks!
August 29, 2023 at 9:37 PM
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johnrhutchinson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor job- Comparative Biomechanics - Integrative Biology Department:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04087
Assistant Professor - Comparative Biomechanics - Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 29, 2023 at 6:55 PM