McMackin Lab
About Us
The McMackin Lab harnesses MRI and electrophysiological methods such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electromyography (EMG), and electroencephalography (EEG) to understand and develop clinically meaningful measurements of neurological diseases, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/ Motor Neurone Disease and Huntington's Disease. The Lab also performs research to understand the basic human physiology underpinning the electrophysiology-based measures, to improve the correct understanding and application of these measures.
The McMackin Lab works in close collaboration with the Academic Unit of Neurology and is part of the EXG Research Group, a collaboration of neuroscience, medicine, physiology, bioengineering and mathematics researchers with the common interest of harnessing electrophysiology to tackle neurological diseases.
Lab News
December 2024
Huge congrats and many thanks to our team as we end the year on a high:
Eva Woods was awarded the Sarah Purser Medical Research Fund, and Meher Sabharwal and Eoin O'Connor jointly won the Barbara Ryan prize for best in JS Neuroscience.
Etain O'Meara who was awarded the Tom Connor Medal for best in SS Neuroscience and has continued pursuing ALS research in the Academic Unit of Neurology; Seamus O'Sullivan moved on to pursue research in Oxford to pursue research; and Abby Field was given a place on the graduate medicine program in Limerick. We are very proud of their achievements and wish them all the best in their new roles.
Narin Suleyman presented a preliminary analysis of her PhD data, and Roisin McMackin gave a talk at the 35th Annual MNDA Symposium in Montreal.
In collaboration with colleagues in the Academic Unit of Neurology and the HDAI, Eva Woods and Roisin McMackin successfully organized the first HD PPI Day.
Eva Woods' research was featured in HDAI's Hope and the Imaging Working Group's newsletters, and Narin Suleyman's research was featured in the IMNDA's Connect newsletter and in TCD's School of Medicine Annual Overview of Doctoral Research... read more
Our Funders
Our work is also supported by prizes from:
