Hi all! As we are approaching spring, I have some exciting updates since my last post!
I recently finalized by analyses for my senior comp and my results indicate that strictly aquatic pleurodires and semi-aquatic emydids scaled with more geometrically similarity than softshells (trionychids). This was a very interesting (and unexpected) outcome, given the ecological differences between these groups. However, my results aligned with earlier results from SMC graduate Megan Saunders' (class of 2021) scaling work, which were conducted last year using a different method! There are still a couple loose ends to wrap up this project, which junior lab member Hana Larkins will be taking on for her senior comp work this coming year, so stay tuned for more to come! This past weekend, my fellow Locomotion Lab seniors and I were then able to present our research at Belle Biology Day. Seeing all of the support from friends, family, and faculty this weekend was awesome, and this experience not only helped strengthen my public speaking, but allowed me to share these great findings as well! I am now in the process of wrapping up the finishing touches on my comp paper and will hopefully have that completed soon. Once Hana's part of project is finished, we'll be putting all the pieces together for publication! I have learned so much valuable information about biomechanics overall, and turtle locomotion specifically, from joining this research project. I look forward to the upcoming work that rising seniors are doing to continue and complete this project!
We are happy to announce that we are continuing to work on expanding the ACL project that we started implementing last semester. We have expanded our research parameters to include college-age students from Holy Cross College and the University of Notre Dame as well as students at Saint Mary’s. It is our hope that adding these participants will allow us to compare the effects of ACL injuries on knee flexion in athletes of different sexes. In the future, we hope that the data collected in this project will be used by college-aged athletes to aid in recovery from ACL injuries and give athletes everywhere a greater understanding of how to treat and prevent these injuries. We are very excited to be working with Dr. Young, the human kinematics team, and the other new members of the Locomotion Lab to take our research in a new and exciting direction.
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