Wolfgang Seiberl
@wseiberl.bsky.social
Prof. Human Movement Science
》interested in neuromechanics, muscle, and sports biomechanics
▶️ University of the Bundeswehr Munich (www.unibw.de)
》interested in neuromechanics, muscle, and sports biomechanics
▶️ University of the Bundeswehr Munich (www.unibw.de)
Reply to the Letter to the Editor concerning the article: ‘The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations’ @jphysiol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reply to the Letter to the Editor concerning the article: ‘The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations’ @jphysiol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
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🔬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🔬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
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#musclesyneRgies 1.2.5.9009 (development version)
How to install
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕.𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜("𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜")
𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜::𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕_𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋("𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚣/𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚎𝚁𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜")
Improved function CoA with non-duplicated angles and robust quadrant handling. Please update!
#rstats #opensource
github.com/alesantuz/mu...
How to install
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕.𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜("𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜")
𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜::𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕_𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋("𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚣/𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚎𝚁𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜")
Improved function CoA with non-duplicated angles and robust quadrant handling. Please update!
#rstats #opensource
github.com/alesantuz/mu...
August 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#musclesyneRgies 1.2.5.9009 (development version)
How to install
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕.𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜("𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜")
𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜::𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕_𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋("𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚣/𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚎𝚁𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜")
Improved function CoA with non-duplicated angles and robust quadrant handling. Please update!
#rstats #opensource
github.com/alesantuz/mu...
How to install
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕.𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜("𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜")
𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜::𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕_𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋("𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚣/𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚎𝚁𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜")
Improved function CoA with non-duplicated angles and robust quadrant handling. Please update!
#rstats #opensource
github.com/alesantuz/mu...
Reposted by Wolfgang Seiberl
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.
July 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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.
📢The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations - Rissmann et al. - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social
The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations
Abstract figure legend Active muscle stretch before shortening increases force, work and power output compared with shortening only, which is known as the stretch–shortening cycle (SSC) effect. We ex....
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations - Rissmann et al. - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social
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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).
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
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).
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).
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A tour de force! Mouse, worm, and human data all telling the same story. Amazing! “microRNA-1 Regulates Metabolic Flexibility by Programming Adult Skeletal Muscle Pyruvate Metabolism” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
microRNA-1 Regulates Metabolic Flexibility by Programming Adult Skeletal Muscle Pyruvate Metabolism
Metabolic flexibility refers to the ability of a tissue to adjust cellular fuel choice in response to conditional changes in metabolic demand and acti…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A tour de force! Mouse, worm, and human data all telling the same story. Amazing! “microRNA-1 Regulates Metabolic Flexibility by Programming Adult Skeletal Muscle Pyruvate Metabolism” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) is funding a new PhD position. The project will focus on muscle mechanics and pressure. Application details can be found at the link below.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Position in Muscle Mechanics (281527) | The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Job title: PhD Position in Muscle Mechanics (281527), Employer: The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences , Deadline: Friday, August 1, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) is funding a new PhD position. The project will focus on muscle mechanics and pressure. Application details can be found at the link below.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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📢 🚨 Serial sarcomerogenesis does not contribute to the initial repeated bout effect
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Latest work from the PowerLab Ethan & @hinksave.bsky.social
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Latest work from the PowerLab Ethan & @hinksave.bsky.social
Serial sarcomerogenesis does not contribute to the initial repeated bout effect
Neuromuscular function is impaired following an unaccustomed bout of eccentric exercise. However, through the repeated bout effect (RBE), the muscle i…
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May 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
📢 🚨 Serial sarcomerogenesis does not contribute to the initial repeated bout effect
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Latest work from the PowerLab Ethan & @hinksave.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Latest work from the PowerLab Ethan & @hinksave.bsky.social
New publication on #muscle stretch-shortening cycles. Elst et al. (2025). Eur J Physiol rdcu.be/elxuN
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social , @myoblue.bsky.social
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social , @myoblue.bsky.social
Consecutive SSCs increase the SSC effect in skinned rat muscle fibres
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May 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New publication on #muscle stretch-shortening cycles. Elst et al. (2025). Eur J Physiol rdcu.be/elxuN
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social , @myoblue.bsky.social
@neuromechahnics.bsky.social , @myoblue.bsky.social
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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...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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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If you're in Berlin and working in #neuroscience, join us on 4 April @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the 2025 MDC Neuroscience Meeting! There will be talks by our PhD students and postdocs (including yours truly with a talk on #locomotion and #proprioception), followed by a social poster session.
February 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you're in Berlin and working in #neuroscience, join us on 4 April @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the 2025 MDC Neuroscience Meeting! There will be talks by our PhD students and postdocs (including yours truly with a talk on #locomotion and #proprioception), followed by a social poster session.
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#MyoBlue I am looking for some students to join me on an academic project at the BioCAT Xray beamline Argonne Nat Labs, coming up: Feb 26-March 2nd. Besides paying room/board, you will get authorship on the 3 research papers we are completing. Who wants in? No Xray experience needed. Please share!
February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#MyoBlue I am looking for some students to join me on an academic project at the BioCAT Xray beamline Argonne Nat Labs, coming up: Feb 26-March 2nd. Besides paying room/board, you will get authorship on the 3 research papers we are completing. Who wants in? No Xray experience needed. Please share!
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📢 Paper alert! 🚨
Do you use ultrasound imaging to look at muscle architecture changes during movement?
Then UltraTimTrack is for you!
We leveraged the benefits of its predecessors, UltraTrack + TimTrack, to enable automatic, objective, and accurate fascicle tracking:
peerj.com/articles/cs-...
Do you use ultrasound imaging to look at muscle architecture changes during movement?
Then UltraTimTrack is for you!
We leveraged the benefits of its predecessors, UltraTrack + TimTrack, to enable automatic, objective, and accurate fascicle tracking:
peerj.com/articles/cs-...
UltraTimTrack: a Kalman-filter-based algorithm to track muscle fascicles in ultrasound image sequences
Background Brightness-mode (B-mode) ultrasound is a valuable tool to non-invasively image skeletal muscle architectural changes during movement, but automatically tracking muscle fascicles remains a m...
peerj.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Decoupling of muscle-tendon unit and fascicle velocity contributes to the in vivo stretch-shortening cycle effect 👉 reduction in fascicle shortening amplitude and velocity 👉 increasing the muscle's force capacity. Holzer et al. #myoblue @dfgpublic.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy...
dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy...
Decoupling of muscle‐tendon unit and fascicle velocity contributes to the in vivo stretch‐shortening cycle effect in the male human triceps surae muscle
During the shortening of stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs), muscle force output is enhanced compared with pure shortening (SHO), referred to as the SSC-effect. In general, muscle-tendon unit (MTU), mu...
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December 12, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Decoupling of muscle-tendon unit and fascicle velocity contributes to the in vivo stretch-shortening cycle effect 👉 reduction in fascicle shortening amplitude and velocity 👉 increasing the muscle's force capacity. Holzer et al. #myoblue @dfgpublic.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy...
dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy...
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Journal of Applied Biomechanics is looking for a deputy editor to work with Katherine Boyer. Take a look at the recent announcement: journals.humankinetics.com/fileasset/JA...
journals.humankinetics.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Journal of Applied Biomechanics is looking for a deputy editor to work with Katherine Boyer. Take a look at the recent announcement: journals.humankinetics.com/fileasset/JA...
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ISB 2025: submission is open!
🌎 www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract...
🌎 www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract...
November 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
ISB 2025: submission is open!
🌎 www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract...
🌎 www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract...
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Academic/industry PhD or post doc positions are being created between @ambiotech.bsky.social, MuscleX lab (new Prof Weikang Ma), and Prof Sam Harris (UA) Skeletal and cardiac muscle projects. Support to get own funding/line of research. (+ Living wage / benifits). Contact us! Share the news!
November 15, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Academic/industry PhD or post doc positions are being created between @ambiotech.bsky.social, MuscleX lab (new Prof Weikang Ma), and Prof Sam Harris (UA) Skeletal and cardiac muscle projects. Support to get own funding/line of research. (+ Living wage / benifits). Contact us! Share the news!
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This is a big study out of the PowerLab looking at the scaling of Residual force enhancement from the single fibre to joint level in humans!!
Very proud of the team for pulling this one off!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very proud of the team for pulling this one off!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
https://sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
November 10, 2024 at 2:31 PM
This is a big study out of the PowerLab looking at the scaling of Residual force enhancement from the single fibre to joint level in humans!!
Very proud of the team for pulling this one off!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very proud of the team for pulling this one off!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New Commentary in #ClinicalNeurophysiology addressing the ambiguities around research with #NIBS devices under the #EuropeanMedicalDeviceRegulation. We argue that most research studies using medical devices do not fall under the #MDR.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
September 29, 2024 at 10:54 AM
New Commentary in #ClinicalNeurophysiology addressing the ambiguities around research with #NIBS devices under the #EuropeanMedicalDeviceRegulation. We argue that most research studies using medical devices do not fall under the #MDR.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
Unlocking benefit of active stretch ....
Kudos to T Göcking, PhD student @unibw_m, and D Holzer, @neuromechahnics.bsky.social, T Siebert.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38932683/
Kudos to T Göcking, PhD student @unibw_m, and D Holzer, @neuromechahnics.bsky.social, T Siebert.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38932683/
Unlocking the benefit of active stretch: The Eccentric muscle action not the preload maximizes muscle-tendon unit stretch-shortening cycle performance - PubMed
Stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs) outperform shortening contractions preceded by isometric contractions in terms of enhanced force/torque, work, and power production during shortening. This so-called S...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 1, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Unlocking benefit of active stretch ....
Kudos to T Göcking, PhD student @unibw_m, and D Holzer, @neuromechahnics.bsky.social, T Siebert.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38932683/
Kudos to T Göcking, PhD student @unibw_m, and D Holzer, @neuromechahnics.bsky.social, T Siebert.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38932683/
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ISBS members! Join us in Salzburg for a Women in Sports Biomechanics workshop focused on allyship - this is open to ALL members registered for the conference and we'd love to see you there!
16th Jul 17:30-19:30 (incl. refreshments!)
Info: tinyurl.com/r52k23nf
Sign up by 5th July: t.co/LVKpF95uu4
16th Jul 17:30-19:30 (incl. refreshments!)
Info: tinyurl.com/r52k23nf
Sign up by 5th July: t.co/LVKpF95uu4
June 26, 2024 at 10:05 AM
ISBS members! Join us in Salzburg for a Women in Sports Biomechanics workshop focused on allyship - this is open to ALL members registered for the conference and we'd love to see you there!
16th Jul 17:30-19:30 (incl. refreshments!)
Info: tinyurl.com/r52k23nf
Sign up by 5th July: t.co/LVKpF95uu4
16th Jul 17:30-19:30 (incl. refreshments!)
Info: tinyurl.com/r52k23nf
Sign up by 5th July: t.co/LVKpF95uu4
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Latest work from Brent Raiteri out in J Physiol! Residual force depression is NOT accurately predicted by muscle work (as usually assumed) but rather by the number of active muscle fibres during shortening. Funded by @dfg_public. Check out the OA-link:
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
February 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Latest work from Brent Raiteri out in J Physiol! Residual force depression is NOT accurately predicted by muscle work (as usually assumed) but rather by the number of active muscle fibres during shortening. Funded by @dfg_public. Check out the OA-link:
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...