Topic: neuromechanics

The SICB annual meeting examines how organisms function and evolve by integrating morphology, development, physiology, behaviour and ecology. Symposia connect neural sensing to movement; test developmental and evolutionary responses to climate; investigate regeneration of bodies, brains and behaviour; and combine extinct and living organisms to reconstruct biological change. Further sessions examine dormancy, compliant structures, host–microbiome feedback, mutualisms, shark development, polyploidy, crustacean life cycles and animal aesthetics. Neuromechanics sessions compare how muscle–tendon

Computational biomechanical models have been essential in understanding the interplay between neurons, biomechanics, and physical environments. The salamander Pleurodeles waltl is one important model organism for studying neuromechanics behind amphibious locomotion with regeneration capabilities. However, previous salamander models were either strongly simplified in geometry and physics or relied heavily on artificial parameter tuning without an accurate mapping of experimental data. Here, we present a biomechanical modeling and optimization pipeline grounded in animal data to build a biologic