What is currently going on in the TReND Doctoral Network?

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Andrew D. Wilson, Leeds Beckett University, UK

📌 Topic: The Ecological Approach to Coordinated Rhythmic Movement

🎤 Moderator: Kai Wang (Jönköping University)

📅 Date: Thursday, 5th November 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00 – 14:00 CET
🖥️ Link to join: https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/6447676603

In September, Kai presented his research project—optimising rehabilitation for upper‑extremity prosthesis users—to a team of clinicians at ForMotion – Arm Prosthetics Clinic in Kungsbacka, Sweden. This direct interaction with prosthetics specialists helps to align research objectives with real‑world patient needs and will hopefully accelerate the pathway from lab to clinic. 

More about all research projects here 

Constanze’s research uses a joint‑walking task paradigm in which a trained leader walks together with the participant. Together with colleagues at the University of Bern, Constanze has created a VR implementation based on the motion-tracking data. In the upcoming study the difficulty of the joint‑walking task will be increased. 👏 Congratulations to Constanze and her supervisors for taking these big steps! 

🔗 Learn more about Constanze’s work on her project website.  

The fifth TReND newsletter is available now, providing updates on research, events, and achievements from TReND.

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Since September 1, 2026, Julian Rudisch, member of the TReND coordinator team, has started a new position as Assistant Professor at the Department of Movement Science at the University of Klagenfurt. In his new role as an Associated Partner, he will continue his contributions to the network and remain closely involved. He is particularly excited to keep supervising the doctoral researcher Sofía Avila Pérez(DC02). Additionally, a secondment for Sofía at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt is planned for spring 2027, which will further strengthen the collaboration. 
 
The TReND network wishes him all the best and looks forward to continued collaboration. 
 

Kai has recently completed his research secondment in the UK. From exploring machine learning for brain activity at King’s College London to analyzing 3D movement data at Leeds Beckett University, it was a journey of immense academic and professional growth. 📖 Read the full report here.

A huge thank you to the mentors and peers who shared their expertise: Dr. Crina Grosan, Dr. Marco Davare, Dr. Verity McClelland, Dr. Andrew Wilson, and TReND fellow Ilaria Bufacchi.
 

Aleksandra Kaner and her colleagues have successfully completed the first study of their research on task-relevant variability and motor learning. The study introduces a task based on the classical centre-out reaching task and provides a comprehensive view of the motor learning process by combining behavioural, kinematic and physiological data. The findings from Study 1 lay the empirical and conceptual foundation for the upcoming studies, for which preparations are already underway. Congratulations to Aleksandra and her colleagues on this important milestone!

Read more about her project.

Our fellow Julia had the opportunity to visit the Stade Marseillais Université Club (S.M.U.C.), where she completed her second secondment in May. 

Read more about her experiences here.

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Galit Yogev-Seligmann, University of Haifa, Israel

📌 Topic: Mobility as Cognitive Resource Allocation: Attention, Self-Awareness, and Affordance

🎤 Moderator: Sofía Avila Pérez (University of Münster)

📅 Date: Thursday, 16th July 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00 – 14:00 CET
🖥️ Link to join: https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/6447676603

A few weeks ago, our doctoral fellow Ilaria participated in the 7th Postgraduate Research Conference at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London.
Congratulations to Ilaria on representing our doctoral network and engaging with the research community in this way. 

📰 Read more here.

The fourth TReND newsletter is available now, providing updates on research, events, and achievements from TReND.

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A few weeks ago, our fellows Dilşah and Sofía shared their experiences during the Research in Europe Day at the University of Münster, offering insights into doctoral research, international collaboration, and career opportunities in academia. 

📰 Read more about their experience here.

TReND was actively represented at the symposium “Movement Variability as a Systemic Biomarker of Resilience and Adaptability in Aging”. Fellows presented insightful talks on movement variability and aging, while supervisors chaired sessions on topics including motor-cognitive interactions, intervention strategies, and healthy cognitive aging. The conference provided valuable opportunities for scientific exchange and highlighted TReND’s ongoing contributions to aging research.

📰 Read more here

From 26th to 28th  May 2026 the second TReND Summer School took place at Radboud University in Nijmegen, marking the official start of the second half of the TReND project.
In just three intensive days the Summer School sharpened the focus on knowledge translation across the consortium and provided valuable learning opportunities to the fellows, laying the groundwork for a productive second half of the project.

📰 Read more here

Cristina Orozco Jauregui (DC09) hast just started her research project.
We are very happy to welcome her to the team and are excited to support her throughout this new journey!
We wish Cristina a successful start and look forward to the valuable contributions she will bring to the project.

📰 You can read more about her background and research interests here

🥳Congratulations to our Fellow Louise on presenting her exciting research at the Society for the Neural Control of Movement Conference in Japan 🇯🇵.
We’re proud to see her contributing valuable insights into bimanual motor control and cerebral palsy research on such an international stage!

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The Marseille-TReND team Rita Sleimen-Malkoun, Julia Jakubowska, Victoria Trifonova, and Jean-Jacques Temprado recently welcomed Dr. Marie-Léa Rousseau  and Pierre-Jérome Adjedj  to the Institut des Sciences du Mouvement on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the PHC/PPP program. 
This visit was a great opportunity to reflect on past achievements and future perspectives in collaborative research! 

📰 More information here

As part of the Girls’ Day event at the Institute of Sports and Exercise Science in Münster, two of our TReND PhDs, Dilşah Gençaslan and Sofía Avila Pérez, opened the doors of the Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise Lab to a group of 16 schoolgirls (aged 13 – 16), giving them a hands‑on glimpse of scientific research in sports science. The Girls’ Day is a nationwide initiative in Germany that introduces young women to careers and study fields where women still represent less than 40 % of the workforce, such as IT, natural sciences and engineering.

📰 More information here