Introducing: Dr. McCrady! @mccrady_allison’s defense talk describing her novel work imaging and modeling muscle in neuromuscular diseases was “ultra” high “quality”, filled with a large “quantity” of interesting findings with “strong” clinical implications! @UVABME #muscleiscool

Introducing Dr. DiSalvo! From adding force-velocity to constitutive models to modeling superior constrictor muscle activation in the pharyngeal wall, Matt’s 'superior' defense talk 'transmitted' many contributions that will 'speed' up progress in the field! @UVABME #muscleiscool

Our own Megan Haase is a 'role' 'model' for how to 'fuse' experiments and models to advance muscle science. Her @ORSsociety talk: "Coupling Experimental and Computational Methods for Insight into Estrogen’s Role in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration" was awesome! #muscleiscool

Can muscle models also be applied to coming 'up' with award winning gingerbread houses?? Apparently yes, because the @UvaM3Lab also won the BME 2023 gingerbread competition, with a beautiful 'model' of the house from the movie "Up"! @UVABME

Can muscle models be applied to winning at tug of war?? The @UvaM3Lab knows, but we'll never share our secrets! Thanks to friends from the @cbhighley, @MFallahiSichani, and @UVAEaSIL labs for helping us "pull" off yet another @UVABME tug of war tournament title!!

Ridhi (@myofibridhi) “aligned” experiments and models to examine the role of collagen organization on passive muscle mechanics during her presentation and in the three minute thesis competition!

“Hip” hip hooray to Emily for her poster on the impact of participant height, mass, and sex on hip joint center calculations!

Allie (@mccrady_allison) presented a high “quality” poster on ultrasound based characterization of muscle in children with muscular dystrophy over time!

Mario (@TropoMariosin) had a “dynamic” first ASB with his poster on the relationship between joint torque, joint position, and muscle volume!

Introducing, DR. Sahani! @myofibridhi gave a “breath”-taking PhD defense describing her research combining multi-scale models and experiments to reveal how ECM structure influences diaphragm muscle mechanics. Her research is making “waves” in the research community! @UVABME