BU Motor Development Laboratory

We are interested in how people’s bodies and environmental demands influence walking and motor functioning across the lifespan.

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

@BUMotorDevLab podcast 📷 Wednesday listening 🎧 📷@BU_OTDeptProfessor Simone Gill was featured on the@centerHMP📷 https://t.co/HC50sP2fLt

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

Hot off the ✨online✨ press: our most recent publication in @BrainSci_MDPI! Congratulations to @MariaJAyoub, Laura Keegan, Dr. @HelenTager, and Dr. Simone Gill! 🎉 @BUSargent #Autism #AutismResearch #Neurotwitter #Neuroscience

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

Thank you, @BUSargent! We are SO excited to share our PI's most recent publication in @Nature 🤓🎉 Check it out!

[Sargent College, Boston University @BUSargent]

Congrats to Prof Simone Gill @BUMotorDevLab and colleagues for their paper published in @Nature this week. In the study, footprints were compared across species to reveal the anthropological site with the oldest evidence of bipedalism in human lineage. 👣
https://t.co/uULG6BiwDo

[Sargent College, Boston University @BUSargent]

It may be the last day of Occupational Therapy Month, but we're thankful for our amazing OT faculty all year-long! ❤ #OTmonth #ProudtoBU

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

One of our lab members, @MariaJAyoub, is co-hosting this season of @BUvitaminphd! Check it out!

[Vitamin PhD Podcast @BUvitaminphd]

Have you been listening to VitaminPhD Season 3? Get to know this season's hosts @zajac_jenna and @MariaJAyoub. Both are PhDs @BUSargent where Jenna works @NeurorehabBU and Maria works @BUMotorDevLab - visit https://t.co/QHPPNM77E0 to learn more! #phdpd #podcasts #phdchat

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

Warmest congratulations to our PI, Dr. Simone Gill, for being named to the #AOTA Roster of Fellows! #proudtoBU

[Sargent College, Boston University @BUSargent]

Including @BUSargent Professor Simone Gill, named to the #AOTA Roster of Fellows! 🌟🌟
https://t.co/8TGnvSggDY

[Sargent College, Boston University @BUSargent]

Today we usher in the first day of fall 🍁 and commemorate National Falls Prevention Awareness Day. @BUSargent researchers and clinicians are working to reduce fall risk including @NeurorehabBU @BUMotorDevLab @BUGaitLab @buptc, @bu_movelab @BU_Movement

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

Please join us in congratulating our newest PhD graduate, @Daekyoo_Kim! Today, he successfully defended his dissertation, entitled: “Gait Stability and Adaptation in Young Adults with Different BMI Classifications”. Congratulations, Dr. Kim! 🎉

[Sargent College, Boston University @BUSargent]

Today, @BUSargent will hit pause to join BU in a day of collective engagement to discuss racism and the steps necessary to fight it. #BUTalksAntiracism https://t.co/y3W4Vz7IgT

[Sargent College, Boston University @BUSargent]

Congratulations to #BU's newly promoted full Professors including our own Gael Orsmond in the Department of #OccupationalTherapy 🎉👏!! Orsmond is a clinical psychologist who researches the development of youth and adults with #autism. https://t.co/0NGv6naNHX

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

During this trying time, I wanted to share some good news. I’ll be joining the illustrious faculty @BU_Tweets and working with the BU family to build the BU Center for Antiracist Research. 1/4

https://t.co/Y7UxPa7Bc4

[Boston University @BU_Tweets]

Make sure to add this one to your streaming queue. Say hello to HealthMatters, a #podcast by @BUSargent designed to showcase cutting-edge research by faculty, students, and @bualumni. https://t.co/FAxeCdQWKH

[IntSoc Biomechanics @ISBiomechanics]

ISB is proud to support @BiomechanicsDay! Check out @BiomechanicsOOM & listen to a conversation with NBD founder, Paul DeVita, to learn about what is coming for #NBD2020 and how to join the #biomechanics movement!

https://t.co/llieQkapcz

Register: https://t.co/tXy3fF1h9A

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

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[Office of Research, Boston University @BostonUResearch]

"Publish all results, both positive and negative. People need to know what doesn’t work just as much as they need to know what works." 1 of 3 guiding principles of open science from @TempletonWorld ⬇️

[UMass Boston @UMassBoston]

#UMassBoston Professor Ed Tronick is one of 3 scientists in the first episode of the @netflix docuseries Babies, premiering TOMORROW, Feb. 21. Tronick & the other scientists will be decoding the biological mysteries of the connection between adults and babies. #UMBexperts #umass

[Natalie Richer @Neuromechanista]

What happens in the #brain when we walk over uneven surfaces? Time to find out...

@Ferris_vball lab #eeg #MOBI #NeuroMechanics

[Footwear Science @ScienceFootwear]

Flip flops and other alternative footwear - we can't forget about the shoes people wear casually day-to-day. How does this style of footwear affect balance?

#footwearscience

https://t.co/lBTsoeSJLW

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

Thanks! We’re so glad to be here! We’d love to analyze their gait, but don’t want to “overstep”... #sciencepuns

[BU Motor Development Laboratory @BUMotorDevLab]

Support your local researchers and participate! 👏 Don’t miss on this great opportunity to contribute to @DrJessFlex’s excellent dissertation work!

[Dr. Jessica Hunter @DrJessFlex]

I'm still looking for females new to running in the Boston area-do your regular long run with me and get $50! Please RT I want to graduate... @blackgirlsrun @BUMotorDevLab #Boston #BostonMarathon #running #phdlife #researchers

[NCM society @ncm_soc]

Next #NCMpaper

Cerebral contribution to the execution, but not recalibration, of motor commands in a novel walking environment

https://t.co/lJuV0qZgdQ