Announcing the TMS Multi-Lab Hackathon 2026! We will work collaboratively to solve problems in TMS, EMG & data analysis Matlab / Python / GitHub support 10th to 12th August 2026, Online only, FREE, Multiple timezones Register/more information here: forms.gle/JVCiZCWbFCRX... #TMS #BrainStim ⚡🧠🧲

TMSMultiLab Hackathon, 10-12 August 2026

Express your interest in and preferences for a Summer 2026 Hackathon Event with TMSMultiLab. It will be run entirely ONLINE. There will be multiple sessions (e.g., 3 hours each, two sessions per day)...

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I'm thrilled to me amongst the Springboard Awardees this year, to receive this funding during a pivot point in my career. With this I'm pleased to advertise a fully funded PhD opportunity Cross-Education as an Exercise Treatment Strategy for Knee Osteoarthritis www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Cross-Education as an Exercise Treatment Strategy for Knee Osteoarthritis (Ref: AMS26/HW/SER/ANDRUSHKO) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Cross-Education as an Exercise Treatment Strategy for Knee Osteoarthritis (Ref: AMS26/HW/SER/ANDRUSHKO) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Academy of Medical Sciences@acmedsci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We’re pleased to share the latest round of our Springboard programme 👏 This year we're supporting 55 early career researchers across the UK whose bold ideas have the potential to save lives, by investing £6.7M in discovery-driven health research 💡 ➡️ bit.ly/4syNGa8

For all of their criticisms, if this UK government were to rejoin the EU and align this country with that of the rest or Europe then this will - in my eyes - be a successful government and I'd vote for them to remain in power in the next election (I'll be a citizen a UK by then 😁)

📢Publication Alert📢 One of our incredible students has done it again! Please check this one out, it's a great study. Neurophysiology across the menstrual cycle. #AcademicSky #AcademkcSkyUK #Science #Research @northumbriauni.bsky.social

Padraig Spillane@padraig-spillane.bsky.social · 9mo ago

First of my PhD studies investigating cortical neurophysiology across the menstrual cycle. We found progesterone to increase the magnitude and duration of neuroplasticity post PAS. Huge thanks to the team @nuneurofunc.bsky.social #neuro #femalephysiology journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Many thanks to the 60 gorgeous #TMS researchers who took a few minutes to complete our user survey. The quantitative results have been processed and summarised, and are now available in full on our GitHub page: github.com/TMSMultiLab/... A quick breakdown follows in this thread: #PieChartHeaven

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Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab

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I've been shouting this for years. You get solar panels AND you get roofs to protect the cars!

Calgary Climate Hub@calgaryclimatehub.ca · 12mo ago

South Korea (hey how about it PM #MarkCarney?) #Solar #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...

EVs Surpass Gas Cars in Emissions After Two Years: Study A groundbreaking study from Duke University scientists clarifies the debate on electric vehicles (EVs) and their climate impact. Researchers published their findings in PLOS Climate. They show that battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) outperform…

EVs Surpass Gas Cars in Emissions After Two Years: Study

A groundbreaking study from Duke University scientists clarifies the debate on electric vehicles (EVs) and their climate impact. Researchers published their findings in PLOS Climate. They show that battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) outperform gasoline-powered cars in lifecycle emissions after just two years. Battery production demands high energy. This creates a larger initial carbon footprint for EVs. However, EVs quickly offset this through lower use-phase emissions.

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Dangerous rhetoric

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · last yr.

Nigel Farage has hit out at universities for “poisoning the minds” of students with what he said was a “twisted interpretation of history” in his speech on the opening day of the Reform UK conference, reports @patrickjack.bsky.social #academicsky #ReformUK

Northern universities are missing out on major funding to help attract leading researchers into the UK

Northern universities miss out on £54 million global talent funding

Northern universities are missing out on major funding to help attract leading researchers into the UK.

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Good news, EU students! Talks are underway to lower tuition fees at UK universities post-Brexit. A resurgence in Erasmus+ may also be on the horizon, promising more international study opportunities. Developments ahead! Stay tuned: euinfohub.com/category/stu...

In May 2025, the government published a white paper called “Restoring control over the immigration system”. It proposed making it more difficult for migrants to qualify for permanent residence (also known as settlement, indefinite leave to remain or ILR). commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

E-petitions on increasing the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain

Two e-petitions arguing against a proposed extension to the permanent residence qualifying period for migrants in the UK are being debated in Westminster Hall on 8 September 2025.

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Ipsilateral motor cortex contributes to force production. This is a topic I have been passionate about since it was the primary focus of my PhD. This is a cool study that supports it's active role in force production during unimanual tasks! Nice work authors! journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Ipsilateral motor cortex regulates distinctly via interhemispheric inhibition force production versus force control in isometric unimanual contraction | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiolog...

Ipsilateral primary motor cortex (M1) contributions to force production are recognized, whereas conflicting evidence persists regarding movement-modulated short-interval interhemispheric inhibition (S...

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The North East neglect in this country is unbelievable. This is a truly amazing place with world class people. The neglect from the government regardless of party really needs to be addressed.

Durham University@durham.ac.uk · last yr.

Universities for North East England (UNEE) has issued a statement on the Global Talent Fund. More information can be found on our website: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Haway the lads!

Sunderland AFC@safc.com · last yr.

Eliezer Mayenda 🤝 2030 We're delighted to announce that Eliezer Mayenda has signed a new long-term contract with the Club! ❤️ 🔗 safc.com/news/2025/august/07/eliezer-mayenda-signs-new-contract/

🧩🧠New release! OMEGA v3.1.1 is out—now with MEG-MRI co-registration for 480 participants 🎉 Manual alignment using original MRI+digitized head shape & fiducials. Includes BIDS-compliant landmarks+quality scores. 🔗 See “Co-registration” tab: www.mcgill.ca/bic/resource...

The *final* stage of the TMS-RAT 🐀 v1.0 is happening... data are being compiled. 😬... #TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview tms-rat.org

#AcademicSky #AcademicSkyUK #EduSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE516/h...

Head of School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation at Northumbria University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Head of School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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🧠🚀 Announcing 𝐬𝐄𝐄𝐆-𝐒𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦: open-source pipeline for multimodal intracranial ephys /epilepsy research: CT→MRI coreg, GARDEL contact localization, atlas labelling, seizure fingerprinting, source analysis—all in one GUI. neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/s...

This alarming statistic begs the question, is it still reasonable to base academic promotions criteria on external funding success?

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last yr.

UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Yeah... because the likes of Oxford and Cambridge and other top flight universities across the UK really needed this relative to the rest of the academic sector in the UK. This is such a shame.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last yr.

Twelve institutions win shares of UK’s £54m Global Talent Fund. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

And now the final presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @paul-ansdell.bsky.social presenting his work titled Hormone therapy attenuates menopause related impairments in cortical neuroplasticity at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Penultimate presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @elisanedelec.bsky.social presenting her work on knee extensior neuromuscular function across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Dr Luca Angius givin a talk titled Non-invasive brain stimulation: Implications for exercise science research and application for physical and mental health at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Our department head from @northumbriauni.bsky.social gave a fantastic presentation at @ecssofficial.bsky.social

Second up from our group from @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @padraig-spillane.bsky.social presenting his work titled Contraction intensity-specific fluctuations in motor unit behaviour across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @jandrushko.bsky.social presenting work on the contribution of the reticulospinal tract to concentric, Isometric, and eccentric muscle actions at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

At our last meeting @jandrushko.bsky.social & Jason DeFreitas introduced the physiology & physics of #EMG & how to get optimal signals. They stressed the importance of: * setting up a low-noise lab * consistent electrode placement * digital filtering * amplitude normalisation A really useful talk!

TMSMultiLab@tmsmultilab.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 This Friday at 14:00 BST, the first themed meeting of TMSMultiLab, on Electromyography (EMG) signals & processing, with @jandrushko.bsky.social & Jason DeFreitas. To receive the regular meeting zoom links, join our github organisation, or the slack channel. Details: github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

First up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Elisa Pastorio discussing Sex differences in durability during cycling exercise at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Recording of a 55-minute webinar on improving stats teaching with JASP, using the new course book with Andy Field, now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgS...

Webinar: How to transform teaching statistics using JASP

YouTube video by Sage

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