Workshop 7 will demonstrate leveraging OpenSim for human body modeling, predictive movement, and sensitivity investigations. Led by Rowlinson associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines Dr. Anne Silverman, postdoctoral researcher in the Locomotor Control Lab at the University of Southern California Dr. Russell Johnson, and PhD student in mechanical engineering at…

Workshop 8 will demonstrate X-ray diffraction method for measuring nano-scale sarcomere structure and links to organismal function. Led by Dunn Family Associate Professor of Physics and Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech Dr. Simon Sponberg, Regents' Professor at Northern Arizona University Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa, Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University Dr. Bert Tanner,…

Workshop 9 will occur asynchronously and feature an x-ray analysis demonstration video created by Dr. Simon Sponberg, Dunn Family Associate Professor of Physics and Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech.

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences is co-sponsoring a symposium with the UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences on The Role of Fascia in Human Health. We invite you to join in a Zoom panel discussion with experts Dr. Helene Langevin and Dr. Christopher Daprato to learn about the important role that connective tissues can play…

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences is happy to co-sponsor a symposium led by Professors S. Ama Wray and Mike Yassa,  who will explore how traditional Africana movement and music practices can advance neuroscience and understanding of human movement performance.     The full-day schedule includes two public live-streamed events.  You can register for the…

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences presents the first in a series of workshops on Integrative Organismal Modeling of Movement (IOMM)…The first workshop, led by Dr. Bing Brunton and Dr. Simon Sponberg, focuses on how to analyze behavior from the perspective of the inputs and outputs of the organism, treating it as a dynamical system.…

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences presents the second in a series of workshops on Integrative Organismal Modeling of Movement (IOMM)…This workshop, led by Dr. Doug Altshuler and Dr. Nidhi Seethapathi, focuses on mathematical frameworks for inferring sensorimotor control in biological systems. Doug will explain the theoretical basis of detecting visual motion, and cover some…

Special invited seminar by Stacey Shield on making engaging and accessible scientific videos. Link to recorded seminar Link to presentation slides

https://cims.uci.edu/education-training/iomm/fluid-organism/

In this workshop (Part 3 of 3), Dr. Doug Altshuler, Dr. Bing Brunton, Dr. Nidhi Seethapathi, and Dr. Simon Sponberg will provide hands-on training for studying stability and control of complex movement. There will be a general orientation followed by break-out rooms in which each of the four presenters will work with participants on their data,…