Comparative Neuromuscular Biomechanics Technical Group
The Comparative Neuromuscular Biomechanics (CNB) technical group held its biennial election for Board Positions in late July 2023. We are pleased to announce that the following Board positions have now been confirmed:
Board Members Positions
Chairperson: Taylor Dick, University of Queensland
Communications Officer and Vice Chair: Monica Daley, UC Irvine
Secretary General: Natalie Holt, UC Riverside
Membership Officer: Chris Richards, The Royal Veterinary College
Treasurer: Jonas Rubenson, Penn State University
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Officer: Christopher Arellano, University of Arizona
Student/Postdoc Officer: Armita Manafzadeh, Yale University
Member at Large: Gregory Sawicki, Georgia Tech
Upcoming CNB events:
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle WA, USA, 2-4 January 2024:
Many CNB members will be attending the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle, USA in January 2024. Attending board members will be working to raise awareness of CNB activities by presenting a poster, speaking at the business meetings of the Division of Vertebrate Morphology and the Division of Comparative Biomechanics, and coordinating an informal evening social. SICB hosts a large number of scientists interested in comparative biomechanics, and we hope to encourage them to join CNB and become involved in the International Society for Biomechanics.
American Society for Biomechanics, Madison WI, USA, 5-8 August 2024
The CNB board and members will be attending the annual meeting for the American Society for Biomechanics in Madison Wisconsin, USA in August 2024. We will coordinate a thematic poster session and a social gathering at this conference. Board member Monica Daley is serving on the ASB Program committee and hopes to help ensure a strong representation of CNB membership research in the program, with sessions that include both comparative animal and human-focused studies on conceptually similar topics in neuromuscular biomechanics.
International Society of Biomechanics in Sockholm, Sweden, 27-31 July 2025
CNB plans to host a satellite symposium in association with the next International Society of Biomechanics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden in July 2025. The CNB board members are still developing the plans for this symposium, and welcome suggestions and ideas! Please sign up to the CNB email list if you are interested in receiving updates about upcoming CNB events!
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