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Abstract submission is now open for ISB2025! Please get your abstracts in by the end of January. Also be sure to check out the student and postdoc travel awards, and the EDC travel awards and grant competition for the ISB Congress, with details in this newsletter (see “Student Grant News” and “EDC News”).

Of course we are also in the middle of our nominations process for the upcoming ISB Council Elections. In this issue you will see a Q&A article written by Heiliane (Lily) Fontana, our publications officer, as an interview of the 3 ISB Presidents (Past, Current, and Future). We are presenting this article in this newsletter to describe our experiences of being involved in the ISB Executive Council for anyone who wants to know more about this great role, in case you are considering nominating yourself or someone else.

There has also been a lot of activity in several ISB portfolios in the past 3 months – and these are featured in reports from the relevant officers – these include Student News, Student (and postdoc) Grants, Congress Awards, Congress Tutorials, EDC Travel Grants and Grant Competition, and updates from several technical groups and affiliate societies. Please take a look at the specific items in the newsletter for further details, and also enjoy a brief history of early biomechanics cover images in the “Biomechanics Through Time” article.

As I close writing this blog, I am about to attend an ISB Women in Biomechanics Wiki edit-a-thon, in Melbourne, Australia. There are 28 people in the room writing articles for wiki about women in biomechanics. It has been amazing to learn about the wiki editing process and ISB is very proud to be involved with IWB (our affiliate society) in this initiative to improve the visibility of women in biomechanics on Wikipedia. Please look out for the many new pages coming soon, and look out for other edit-a-thon opportunities near you.

Elizabeth Clarke

ISB President 

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