{"id":2309,"date":"2024-04-02T03:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/neuromechanicslab\/?page_id=2309"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:31:50","slug":"talks-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/neuromechanicslab\/online-content\/talks-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks &amp; Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Speaker(s)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">       Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2025<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1QVaxw9Xv8s\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1QVaxw9Xv8s\">The Brain and Balance<\/a><br>IMSI-SI Research Workshop Series<br>@ UC Irvine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nov 2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neuronline.sfn.org\/scientific-research\/finding-balance-outside-the-box\">Finding Balance Outside the Box: Neuromechanics of Skilled and Impaired Movements<\/a><br>Meeting the Experts Webinar<br>@ Society for Neuroscience<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Oct 2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Surabhi Simha, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LgWh5k9Nbdw\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LgWh5k9Nbdw\">Biophysical muscle spindle model suggests role of active control of muscle spindles in behaviour\u200b<\/a><br>ATL Neuromechanics Seminar<br>@ Emory University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July<br>2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Taniel Winner, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CXZa-PKDta0&amp;t=7s\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CXZa-PKDta0&amp;t=7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gait signatures: Data-driven discovery of individual-specific neuromechanical dynamics<\/a><br> BME PhD Defense<br> @ Emory University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mar<br>2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">M Wu, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xSC5hpO__A4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xSC5hpO__A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Low-force hand interactions induce changes to human gait through sensorimotor engagement with task-relevant information instead of direct mechanical effects<\/a><br>BME PhD Defense<br>@ Emory University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Feb<br>2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zJu4SDJrAv4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zJu4SDJrAv4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Your Brain On Balance<\/a><br> University of Nebraska Omaha Speaker Series<br> @ University of Nebraska Omaha<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mar<br>2022<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Iain Couzin, PhD <br>Jeffrey Ohn, PhD<br>NicoleProvenza,PhD<br>Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=44549\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=44549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBQS<\/a><br>Brain Behavior Quantification &amp; Synchronization Workshop<br>@ NIH BRAIN Initiative<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mar<br>2021<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iW_JqZkNPXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human and Animal Movement: Where Does Stereotype End and Variability Start?<\/a><br>TMLS Virtual Workshop<br>@ Emory University and Georgia Tech<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Feb<br>2021<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LuCp6cCIkLg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What does a muscle sense? Multiscale interactions governing muscle spindle sensory signals<\/a><br>ME Seminar Series<br>@ UM Mechanical Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nov<br>2020<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I3zP7HHa9PU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What does a muscle sense? Multiscale interactions governing muscle spindle sensory signals<\/a><br>Advances in Motor Learning and Motor Control Speaker Series<br>@ MLMC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nov<br>2020<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gl1cu2qcWJM\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gl1cu2qcWJM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What does a muscle sense? Multiscale interactions governing muscle spindle sensory signals<\/a><br>GT Neuro Seminar Series<br>@ Georgia Tech<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June<br>2019<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0RnlgiMvNcA\">Neuromechanics of balance: from flamingos to dancers<\/a><\/strong><br>Emory CMBC: Neuroscience in the Wild Workshop<br>@ Emory University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<br>2019<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUFHB_yAnE4&amp;list=PLaViAl2WLPMcN7pWCqkX6p74eRycJKAdT&amp;index=3&amp;t=86s\">Physical Human-Human Interactions for <\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUFHB_yAnE4&amp;list=PLaViAl2WLPMcN7pWCqkX6p74eRycJKAdT&amp;index=3&amp;t=86s\">Designing Physical Human-Robot Interactions<\/a><\/strong><br>ICRA 2019 Workshop<br>@ Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Jan<br>2018<br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simons.berkeley.edu\/talks\/brain-body-compute-together-neuromechanics-sensorimotor-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Brain and Body Compute Together: Neuromechanics and Sensorimotor Control<\/a><br>The Brain and Computation Bootcamp<br>@ Simons Institute<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Dec<br>2015<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lena Ting, PhD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a 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