IMS-SRI Workshop 3 will demonstrate muscle physiology using isolated muscle preparations: Classic techniques for measuring muscle properties (isometric force length, isotonic force velocity, work loops), their limitations, and new techniques based on model-based real time control or dynamic strain trajectories. This workshop is led by Elizabeth Mendoza PhD student at UCI, Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa Regents'…

Workshop 4 will focus on materials-based models of muscle mechanical function. This workshop is led by Associate Professor of mechanical engineering & materials science at Yale University, Dr. Madhusudhan Venkadesan and Regents' Professor at Northern Arizona University, Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa.

Workshop 5 will focus on the neurophysiology of sensorimotor control of muscles in movement. Led by Associate Professor, ecology & evolutionary biology at UC, Irvine Dr. Monica Daley, Assistant Professor in the department of dance Dr. Kelli Sharp, Associate Professor of biokinesiology at the University of Southern California Dr. James Finley, and postdoctoral researcher at…

Workshop 6 focuses on model based analyses of locomotion,  and how model-based approaches can provide insights into the principles governing human and animal locomotion Led by Dr Christopher Arellano,  Assistant Professor in Health and Human Performance at University of Houston,  and Dr. Christian Hubicki, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at FSU-FAMU.

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.