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About

Biomechanics is a broad topic covering materials, structure, mechanics, and movement of biological systems at all levels of organization. This journal club will be all about reading and discussing biomechanics writings new and old, and since biomechanics is interdisciplinary in nature, we welcome researchers from all academic levels and backgrounds.

How do I Join? E-mail me for the Zoom link.

What Are My Responsibilities? By slightly popular demand, everyone will take turns selecting readings (see the schedule below), and for the most part, everyone will be expected to present a figure and participate in subsequent discussion.

Schedule

We will meet bi-weekly/fortnightly Friday at 8:30-9:30am PST.

Date	Paper Picker	Paper
Sept 21 2021	Jasmin	How Animals Move: An Integrative View (Dickinson et al., 2000)
Oct 5 2021	Francesca	Modulation of Flight Muscle Recruitment and Wing Rotation Enables Hummingbirds to Mitigate Aerial Roll Perturbations (Ravi et al., 2020)
Oct 19 2021	Jolan	How Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) modulate pectoralis power output across flight speeds (Hedrick et al., 2003)
Nov 2 2021	Tony	Using Integrative Biology to Infer Adaptation from Comparisons of Two (or a Few) Species (Cox & Logan, 2021)
Nov 16 2021	Jasmin	The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems (Ilton et al., 2018)
Nov 30 2021	Francesca	Passive skeletal muscle can function as an osmotic engines (Wold et al., 2021)
Dec 14 2021	Tony	Tony’s Paper
Jan 25 2022	Jolan	Beyond muscles: role of intramuscular connective tissue elasticity and passive stiffness in octopus arm muscle function (Di Clemente et al., 2021)
Mar 3 2022	Jasmin	Quantifying avian inertial properties using calibrated computed tomography (Durston et al., 2022)
Mar 17 2022	Francesca	Terrestrial acclimation and exercise lead to bone functional response in Polypterus senegalus pectoral fins (Du and Standen, 2020)
Apr 7 2022	Tony	Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles (Farsienkov et al., 2022)
Apr 21 2022	Jolan	How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization (Zullo et al., 2022)
May 10 2022	Jasmin	Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots (Zhong et al., 2021)
May 24 2022	Fran	Climbing parrots achieve pitch stability using forces and free moments produced by axial–appendicular couples (Reader et al., 2022)
Jun 7 2022	Tony	Legs as linkages: an alternative paradigm for the role of tendons and isometric muscles in facilitating economical gait (Usherwood, 2022)
Jun 28 2022	Jolan	The Possibility of Zero Limb-Work Gaits in Sprawled and Parasagittal Quadrupeds: Insights from Linkages of the Industrial Revolution (Usherwood, 2022)
Aug 2 2022	Jasmin	Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea (Kempton et al., 2022)
Aug 23 2022	Fran	Optimization of avian perching manoeuvres (KleinHeerenbrink et al., 2022)
Sep 28 2022	Tony	A physical model of mantis shrimp for exploring the dynamics of ultrafast systems (Steinhardt et al., 2021)
Oct 21 2022	Jolan	Bats actively modulate membrane compliance to control camber and reduce drag (Cheney et al., 2022)
Nov 18 2022	Jasmin	The mechanics and interactions of electrically sensitive mechanoreceptive hair arrays of arthropods (Palmer et al., 2022)
Dec 8 2022	Fran	The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power (Krishnan et al., 2022)
Feb 24 2023, 8:30am PST	Tony	Rhino auklet paper
Apr 14 2023, 8:30am PST	everyone	Vision and vocal communication guide three-dimensional spatial coordination of zebra finches during wind-tunnel flights (Arnold et al., 2022)