ESBiomech Newsletter – September 2023

Dear ESB member,

After the awesome Maastricht Congress and the refreshing summer vacation: We are back!

Again, please enjoy our updated website and do not miss the latest news!

In this September 2023 newsletter, you will discover:

From the President;
Meeting News;
Call for Perspective Talk;
Outline of Journal Club;
ESB Education and Student Committee;
Diversity, Inclusivity and Membership New;
Open Positions for Committees;
News from ESB National Chapters.

Bernardo Innocenti, Chair of the Publication Committee

From the President!

Dear ESB members,

The ESB Congress 2023 in Maastricht was a very nice scientific and social experience. I would like to thank again all the people involved in the success of ESB 2023. The ESB 2023 chairs: Frans van de Vosse, Liesbet Geris, Hans Van Oosterwyck, Keita Ito, and the ESB 2023 team! The ESB Council, the Educational and Student committee members, the international scientific committee, the track chairs, the session chairs, the exhibitors and all the participants.

Congress dinner, ESB 2023, Maastricht

Our action is devoted to the benefit of the ESB members. So, feel free to send us suggestions for improving future ESB congresses.

In the following sections, you will find highlights of upcoming ESB actions.

David Mitton, ESB President

Meeting News

The 29th ESB Congress will take place between 30 June – 3 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland!

We are delighted to invite you for the 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 30th June to 3rd July 2024.

The main theme of the congress – Biomechanics from research to practice – brings the focus on the importance of the dialogue and collaboration between the biomechanics and the clinical communities.

The submission for perspective talks (see section related, reported below) will open in October and the deadline is 30^th November 2023. The call for podium talks and posters will open in December 2023.

The latest updates about the congress tracks and topics are available on the congress website www.esbiomech2024.org.

The following keynote speakers have been confirmed:

Clinical Research in Spine Biomechanics, Wafa Skalli
Robotic surgery and its influence on joint biomechanics, Fares S Haddad
Numerical methods in cardiovascular biomechanics, Alison Mardsen

We look forward to meeting again with old friends and colleagues in the beautiful city of Edinburgh!

Call for Bids ESB 2027

The ESB invites proposals for the organization of its annual congress in 2025. If you would like to host and organize the 2027 ESB congress and wish to prepare and submit a bid, please read the conference rules.

Interested members can contact or send a proposal/bid to Prof. Michele Conti, Chair of the Meetings and External Affairs Committee (michele.conti@esbiomech.org),

The deadline for bid submission (first step) to organize the ESB 2027 is 15 December 2023

Michele Conti, Chair of the Meetings and External Affairs Committee

Call for Perspective Talk – 2024 – Update

Although it seems still far, time flies fast and to allow you to properly apply for Perspective Talks at ESB 2024 we have refined the definition to improve clarity on this topic:

“A Perspectives Talk (PT) is a ‘mini-keynote’, i.e., an extended presentation that introduces a session. PT is given by an established researcher or tandem of experts from different fields/backgrounds with focus on a cutting edge, coherent body of research. It should give a brief overview of results and unanswered questions, based mainly, but not exclusively on their own and their group’s contribution to this field, and must include future vision and challenges to be targeted. PTs are intended to encourage intergenerational and multidisciplinary networking and to give scientists the opportunity to learn from those with more experience.”

Another dedicated invitation including the PT abstract template will follow soon, stay tuned!

Peter Varga, Chair of the Meetings WebPortal Committee

Outline of Journal Club

We are planning an autumn edition of our online ESB-Journal Club and are soliciting expressions of interest. Did you have a paper accepted in 2023 as first author and are you willing to present it online?

Please read further here.

We are soliciting contributions to the Research Topic ‘Highlights from the ESB2023 conference’ in Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Did you present @ESB2023 and are you interested in publishing your work as a full paper?

Please read further here.

We are finalizing the expressions of interest for the ESB working groups, to be initiated in the coming year. Are you interested in leading or contributing to a specific working group and have you not communicated this through the ESB survey?

Please read further here.

Did you defend your PhD the past year and are you interested to share your PhD work with the ESB community?

Please read further here.

Ilse Jonkers, Chair of the Scientific Communications Committee

ESB Education and Student Committee

New Education and Student Committee Members

After many years of serving the community, Ingmar Fleps and Filippo Bertozzi are leaving the Education & Student Committee.

Thank you very much for all your contributions!

We welcome: Jorge Barrasa Fano, Anna Corti, Benedetta Fantaci, Alessio Amicone and Rajdeep Ghosh.

Welcome to the team, looking forward to collaborating!

Want to know more about them? Check out the Education & Student section: https://esbiomech.org/student-section/

Upcoming webinars

Finite element modeling in FreeFEM for computational biomedical engineering

Mon, Sep 25^th, 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CEST

During this webinar, attendees will learn about:

Difference between “finite element” in solid (bio)mechanics and mathematics
Finite element method for solving partial differential equations
FreeFEM as a finite element language for biomedical applications
FreeFEM and high-performance computing (HPC)

Click Here to register for the webinar.

More information: https://esbiomech.org/student-section/esb-webinars/

ESB mobility award

The ESB is proud to announce three winners for the ESB Mobility award 2023

Anna Ramella “Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) simulation after thoracic stent-graft implantation with 4D-flow Magnetic Resonance Images (4D MRI) data.”

From Politecnico di Milano (Prof. Migliavacca) to Aarrhus University (dr. Monika Colombo)

Laura Müller “Biomechanical and mechanobiological aspects of subchondral bone and mineralized articular cartilage during aging”

From Universite de Liege, Belgium (Prof. Ruffoni) to University of Sheffield, UK (Prof. Enrico Dall’Ara)

Sara Montanari “Assessment of failure mechanisms of lumbar functional spine units under load, combining biomechanical testing and large volume microCT imaging”

From University of Bologna (Prof. Cristolfini) to Flinders University, Australia (Profs. Perilli and Costi)

Congratulations!

ESB Social Networks

Don’t forget to check our social networks where we post the latest news and job offers:

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4257919)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/ESBiomech and https://twitter.com/ESBCommunity)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esbiomech/)

Do you know of a repository, software or conference interesting for the ESB community? Let us know!

Aurélie Carlier, Chair of ESB Education and Student Committee

Diversity, Inclusivity and Membership News

Change in Membership Application Reviewing Process

From October 2023, membership applications will not be reviewed on a monthly basis anymore. Instead, they will be reviewed at regular interval, at times related to the yearly timeline of the society (i.e. in time to be eligible for awards, for members’ reduced fee at the congress, …). See details on the membership section of the website!

Marlène Mengoni, Chair of ESB Diversity-Inclusion and Membership Committee

ESB – Open Positions for Committees – We need you!!!

Call for expression of interest from volunteers to participate in science communication committee

To support our initiatives, there is a call for volunteers (from postdoc onwards) willing to volunteer in organizing future science communication events, including those from the working groups. This committee will meet regularly and support the activities of the ESB science communication responsible in close collaboration with the ESB council.

Interested in science communication and fond of biomechanics? – Participate!

Please feel free to contact me by email (science@esbiomech.org), sending your short CV and motivational statement.

Join the Diversity, Inclusion and Membership committee

There is a call to members willing to volunteer to support initiatives on diversity and inclusion for the society. We would like to create a Diversity, Inclusion and Membership committee, working closely with the ESB council, which first tasks will be to define terms of reference and develop a diversity and inclusion action plan for the society.

Interested in diversity and inclusion at the ESB? – Participate by completing the short form at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeMozLL1AiNatT_oo6LecJHuP5z_YKYvu1MW1Gavo-rWzEOQ/viewform

Mentoring programme

Since April 2023, the ESB has launched a mentoring programme. It provides any member of the society with the possibility to be paired with another member who is willing to act as mentor. If you want to participate as a mentor or a mentee, please sign-in to your member profile and update your information regarding mentoring!

It is recognised that mentoring does not cater well for peer-support at a more senior level. If you would be keen to be involved in a peer support group, please contact the Diversity, Inclusion and Membership committee chair at membership.chair@esbiomech.org