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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
July 2026
McMackin Lab PhD Student Eva Woods attended the MND Association's MND EnCouRage Event in Loughborough this week. Every year, the MND Association brings together early career researchers (ECRs), senior researchers, clinicians, experts, and the MND community for MND EnCouRage UK. MND EnCouRage is a unique event which helps ECRs who have chosen to research MND to build skills, network and collaborate, and give them the opportunity to share their passion and research with members of the MND community.
Congratulations to Dr. Roisin McMackin, PI of the McMackin Lab, who was a recipient of the 2026 FENS-EJN Young Investigator Award. The awards recognise excellent scientific work in any area of neuroscience and outstanding contributions to neuroscience by early career researchers!!
June 2026
The McMackin Lab team will be visiting ENCALS 2026! Our team will be presenting some posters so please stop by and say hello!
The Huntington's Disease Research Day 2026 was carried out on the 12th of June 2026 and it was a success! We were very proud to be able to support the invitation of international researchers at this conference, alongside presenting our own research updates from PhD Researcher Eva Woods.
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