Justin W. Andrushko

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.

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

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:

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

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.

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…

And that's with a North America academic salary. Over in the UK we make a lot less 😅

When you put it like that, and combine it with all the free work we do for journals that make them rich and we are all suckers 🤣😅

Dangerous rhetoric

I think I'm pretty much the immediate type. The odd email slips though. However, I'm attempting to learn this thing supposedly called 'work life balance' but I'm not sure it's actually real. Stay tuned.

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.

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

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...

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.

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).
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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...

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!
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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.

Haway the lads!

🧩🧠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

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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.
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Which universities I wonder. I can venture a guess it's the big two... which is far from the reality the rest of the industry is facing.

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

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.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.

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 🇮🇹