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UPCOMING EVENT: Murine Muscle Mechanics Workshop
Hosted by Dr. Christopher Perry and Dr. Arthur Cheng at York University, and produced in partnership with Endpoint Preclinical, the Murine Muscle Mechanics Workshop integrates fundamentals of muscle physiology and mechanics as well as hands-on laboratory training in multiple functional assays.
Featured Articles
Construction of Constant-Load (Isotonic) and Constant-Velocity (Isokinetic) Torque-Velocity-Power Profiles In vivo for the Rat Plantar Flexors
Quantification of knee extensor maximal strength is imperative to understand functional adaptations to aging, disease, injury, and rehabilitation. We present a novel method to repeatedly measure in ...
Pig-ture Perfect Progress
Kicking off 2026 with a lucky trot, this publication review highlights cutting-edge porcine research revealing how pigs help unravel the mechanics of muscle and heart function, from dystrophic rescue ...
2026 Winter/Spring Scientific Conferences and Meetings
The Aurora Scientific team is continuing to journey out and connect with researchers at scientific conferences and meetings all over the world this Winter and Spring! We are particularly thrilled to ...
Technical Blogs
Step-by-Step: Analyzing Experiments in DMA
This blog will provide a walkthrough of how to analyze an experiment in our Dynamic Muscle Analysis (DMA) LabBook ...
Designing an in-vivo study in DMC LabBook
This blog will provide a walkthrough of how to design a study in our Dynamic Muscle Control (DMC) LabBook software, specifically for 1300A 3-in-1 Whole Animal System in-vivo experiments.
300C-I Dual Mode Indenter: How to Perform Force Control Experiments
In this technical blog, we explain how to perform force control experiments with our 300C-I Dual Mode ...
News & Events
Advancing Sarcopenia Research: CUHK Lab Unveils Early NMJ Deficits in Aging with Aurora Scientific’s 1200A
Recent interview with Louis Cheung, PhD and Can Cui, PhD from the CUHK Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology about Sarcopenia and NMJ Function in ...
Building Bridges in Muscle Research: AMB’s Innovative Approach and Partnership with Aurora Scientific
Hear Dr. Anthony Hessel and Dr. Khoi Nguyen chat about Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies beginnings, their goals for the small angle x-ray diffraction technique in research, and their future ...
Scent-sational Solutions: Odour Delivery and Validation with Aurora Scientific’s Olfactometer and miniPID
During this virtual demonstration, Aurora Scientific will provide an overview of the typical applications, capabilities, and general use of the 220A Olfactometer and 200C miniPID in the field of ...
Muscle Physiology
Pig-ture Perfect Progress
Kicking off 2026 with a lucky trot, this publication review highlights cutting-edge porcine research revealing how pigs help unravel the mechanics of muscle and heart function, from dystrophic rescue ...
2026 Winter/Spring Scientific Conferences and Meetings
The Aurora Scientific team is continuing to journey out and connect with researchers at scientific conferences and meetings all over the world this Winter and Spring! We are particularly thrilled to ...
Murine Muscle Mechanics Workshop at York University
Hosted by Dr. Christopher Perry and Dr. Arthur Cheng in the Muscle Health Research Centre at York University, and produced in partnership with Endpoint Preclinical, our Murine Muscle Mechanics ...
Olfaction & Plume Tracking
Scent-imental Strides: Recent Olfaction Discoveries
The Canadian Neuroscience Meeting (CAN) is hosted in a different Canadian city each year, welcoming in researchers from across the country and beyond. In a scent-imental tribute to our inaugural CAN ...
Best of 2024: Intricate Advancements
As 2024 draws to a close, the following publication review features a collection of selected studies from our annual short-list. From uncovering the evolutionary novelties of sound production in ...
Scent-sational Developments in Neuroscience
In anticipation for ISOT 2024, taking place every 4 years, June's publication review encompasses a proof-of-concept for a novel biological sensor and novel insights into odour perception in the ...
Pain & Nociception
Unravelling the Intricacies of Somatosensation
Somatosensation, the process responsible for our perception of the world, is more mechanistically complex than it may seem. Pressure, temperature, and pain are just a few of the various parameters ...
CNS Integration of Tactile Stimulation
Aurora Scientific offers instruments that facilitate the study of these primary sensory neurons, which have been highlighted in this publication ...
300C-I Dual Mode Indenter: How to Perform Force Control Experiments
In this technical blog, we explain how to perform force control experiments with our 300C-I Dual Mode ...
Materials Science
Unique and Interesting Animal Models
At Aurora Scientific, we provide instrumentation to help assess muscle biomechanics in a variety of animal models from flies to octopuses, and highlight some recent examples in this publication ...
Best of 2021: Material Science
This publication review summarizes some of the best recent articles that fall under our Material Science ...
How to calibrate an Aurora Scientific High Speed Length Controller using HVSL
Our 315D & 322D models of High-Speed Length Controllers are routinely used by researchers studying small tissue samples such as fibers and cells because these