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Muscle Ergometry-Biomechanics Harvard
Post-doctoral position available
Start: 1 Sept 2015
End: 31 Aug 2017, with possible extension to 30 June 2018.
Beginning Salary: $43K - $46.5K, depending on experience
We seek a post-doctoral scholar with expertise in muscle ergometry using in vitro or in situ methods. This project will examine the force-length, force-velocity and work properties of rat muscles under in situ conditions, building on earlier work published by Holt et al. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. (2014), and will relate these properties to in vivo measures of muscle force, length, activation, and work output. The project is part of a larger NIH-funded program to develop novel Hill-type muscle models that can be applied to studies of human cycling in which differential recruitment of slow and fast motor units is expected to influence in vivo muscle performance. This work involves collaborators working at Harvard University (Concord Field Station) and Simon Fraser University (Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology). Ideally, candidates for the position will have demonstrated experience doing muscle ergometry under either in vitro or in situ conditions, using either vertebrate or invertebrate muscle systems. However, individuals who are keen to learn and apply isolated muscle F-L, F-V and work loop studies to address questions linked to muscle function in locomotion are encouraged to apply. The position will be funded as a post-doctoral appointment through Harvard, based at the Concord Field Station. The position is likely to be guaranteed for a period of two years.
Contact: Andrew A. Biewener at biewener@fas.harvard.edu,or Lisa Litchfield or Andra Hollis at cfs@oeb.harvard.edu
Post-doctoral position available
Start: 1 Sept 2015
End: 31 Aug 2017, with possible extension to 30 June 2018.
Beginning Salary: $43K - $46.5K, depending on experience
We seek a post-doctoral scholar with expertise in muscle ergometry using in vitro or in situ methods. This project will examine the force-length, force-velocity and work properties of rat muscles under in situ conditions, building on earlier work published by Holt et al. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. (2014), and will relate these properties to in vivo measures of muscle force, length, activation, and work output. The project is part of a larger NIH-funded program to develop novel Hill-type muscle models that can be applied to studies of human cycling in which differential recruitment of slow and fast motor units is expected to influence in vivo muscle performance. This work involves collaborators working at Harvard University (Concord Field Station) and Simon Fraser University (Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology). Ideally, candidates for the position will have demonstrated experience doing muscle ergometry under either in vitro or in situ conditions, using either vertebrate or invertebrate muscle systems. However, individuals who are keen to learn and apply isolated muscle F-L, F-V and work loop studies to address questions linked to muscle function in locomotion are encouraged to apply. The position will be funded as a post-doctoral appointment through Harvard, based at the Concord Field Station. The position is likely to be guaranteed for a period of two years.
Contact: Andrew A. Biewener at biewener@fas.harvard.edu,or Lisa Litchfield or Andra Hollis at cfs@oeb.harvard.edu