The UCI Neuromechanics lab has packed line-up of abstracts accepted for talks and poster presentations at SICB in January 2025! See our schedule of presentations below:


Exploring variations in bobcat (Lynx rufus) locomotion across varied environmental conditions

Speaker:  Katrina Moore

 Saturday, January 04

 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

 A704

 Neurobiology and Behavior

 Concurrent session


Influence of Variation in Individual Capacity on Balance Performance in Walking
Speakers:  Nishita Vaddella and Ilana Plager

 Saturday, January 04

 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

 Atrium Ballroom

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Poster session


Effect of countermovement depth on jump performance in guinea fowl

Speakers:  Cesar Jacques Ibarra and Ava Sirignano

 Saturday, January 04

 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

 Atrium Ballroom

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Poster session


Predictive simulation of quadrupedal gaits using proximal policy optimization
Speaker:  Jacob Hackett

 Monday, January 06

 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

 International Salon 2-3

 Neurobiology and Behavior

 Concurrent session


Characterizing the variation in muscle force-length dynamics during in vivo non-steady locomotion
Speaker: Monica Daley

 Monday, January 06

 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

 A703

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Special session


These strain transients were made for walking: analyzing dynamic locomotion work modulation
Speaker:  Caitlin Bemis

 Tuesday, January 07

 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM

 International Salon 2-3

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Concurrent session


Dissecting the contributions of neural activation and strain trajectories to muscle force production
Speaker: Carissa Mallonee

 Tuesday, January 07

 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

 A704

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Concurrent session


In vivo muscle-tendon dynamics in response to a novel substrate perturbation during bipedal running
Speaker: Brooke Christensen

 Tuesday, January 07

 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

 A704

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Concurrent session


Force awakens: exploring reinnervated guinea fowl force-frequency dynamics
Speaker:  Rubi Tapia Rayo

 Tuesday, January 07

 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

 A704

 Morphology and Mechanics

 Concurrent session