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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 25/09/2026

Had an incredible time @dukemedschool.bsky.social where I got a chance to share some insight on eliciting TMS phosphenes with the Wuwei Feng lab. See you again soon?

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TMS Friday returns! - this Friday at 14h UK time, with Dr Robert Hardwick presenting his lab's work on "RMT-Finder" - an automated threshold-finding tool for CED/Spike & Magstim TMS setups. Zoom link via our github pages or Slack 🧠🧲⚡️ #TMS #BrainStim doi.org/10.1016/j.jn...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 13/08/2026

Fun times! Thanks @tmsmultilab.bsky.social Well done 🦔 🐿️ 🐺 🐍!

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Starting in 25 minutes - all are welcome :-) Zoom link is in our github page: github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The first TMSMultiLab #Hackathon starts in 15 minutes! Not much preparation has gone into it - because we need YOU to create the event you deserve :-) Good luck, hackers... #TMS #BrainStim 🧠🧲⚡️

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

📣 Our KeyNote speaker at the inaugural #Hackathon 2026 is: Dr Sara Hussain @sarahussain.bsky.social on their recent work: "Debunking the myth of excitatory and inhibitory repetitive TMS" Tuesday 11th August 16h UTC+2 (Paris) (15h London, 10h New York) Zoom link on our GitHub & Slack channel!

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This graph took me 3 years to make. It's perhaps the largest-ever #metaanalysis of #TMS #BrainStim data. It includes my first real scientific discovery 🧵: When you stimulate the hand with a brief electric pulse, your brain and spinal cord are momentarily less excitable: muscle output decreases 1/n

Muscle excitability (y-axis) plot against the time between stimulation of the hand (PNS) and stimulation of the cortico-spinal pathway (TMS) to the muscle (x-axis). The x-axis is in milliseconds, from 1 to 1000 on a log scale; the y-axis is the log10 ratio of muscle excitability with prior hand stimulation versus without. Each blue dot in the figure is a group mean, obtained from 353 papers. The blue line is the random effect meta-analytic mean; where the blue line goes thicker (between 17-64ms, then 100-320ms) there is a significant meta-analytic effect (i.e., the line is below zero, muscle excitability is decreased). The plot includes over 11000 datapoints. Most datapoints are concentrated in the 16-30ms period, which is studied as 'short-latency afferent inhibition' (SAI).

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

An Integrated EEG, TMS-EEG and Behavioural Dataset for Investigating the Neural Correlates of Working Memory www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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globalyacademy.bsky.social @globalyacademy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The GYA 2026 call for new members is now open! Applications are sought from young, independent scholars who combine the highest level of research excellence with a demonstrated passion for delivering impact. More information, and our online application form: globalyoungacademy.net/call-for-new...

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Call for New Members - Global Young Academy

GYA Home Members Call for new members Call for New Members is now closed. Please come back 15 July 2026 for the next opportunity. Apply for the GYA Cohort of 2027 Information below is in the process o...

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We are hiring an assistant professor in Metascience! Join our lovely department of Human-Technology Interaction, with a very active Metascience group, at Eindhoven University of Technology. Apply here before August 14, or share the vacancy in your network! www.tue.nl/en/working-a...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 14/07/2026

In case you missed the first day of @wmsymposium.bsky.social, I had the chance to share for the first time our psychophysical TMS approach for studying cognition. With @thehandlab.bsky.social, @nkonstantinou.bsky.social, & @eester.bsky.social Very excited for this one! More soon.

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WMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WMS2026 will kick off tomorrow at 9am CDT! If you are interested in cutting-edge working memory research and ECR-promoting vibrant community of scientists, come check it out! Don't forget to check out the program (www.wmsymposium.org) and join the slack!

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 04/07/2026

My brain while packing to check out: “Maybe you forgot something in that drawer that you never once opened.”

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 01/07/2026

- Bidirectional neuromodulatory effects are possible. Changes in sonication parameters of common protocols (e.g., theta-burst or low-intensity TUS) can result in both inhibition and excitation. 5/5

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 01/07/2026

Key findings: - Online TUS systematically reduces corticospinal excitability as indexed by a reduction of motor evoked potentials (MEPs). This likely indicates that online TUS increases GABAa mediated inhibition. 4/5

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 01/07/2026

This provides the field with a dataset representative of the state-of-the-art & robust estimates of TUS effects. 3/5

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 01/07/2026

During the past few years, evidence of human neuromodulation through Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS) has been growing. We therefore found it timely to systematically accumulate & meta-analyse the current evidence. 2/5

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 01/07/2026

Publication alert 🚨 & mini thread 🧵: Modulating corticospinal excitability with transcranial ultrasound stimulation: meta-analytic evidence of online and offline effects With @eester.bsky.social, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, & @nkonstantinou.bsky.social 1/5 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Modulating corticospinal excitability with transcranial ultrasound stimulation: meta-analytic evidence of online and offline effects

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WMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

ATTENTION!!! The program of Working Memory Symposium (WMS) 2026 (July 14-17) is out! sites.google.com/view/wmsympo... This year, WMS will feature a single stream presentation of 52 talks (39 talks and 13 blitz) + 1 panel discussion across 4 days. Looking forward to seeing you all!!!

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Kristen Wiig: I'm Ready To Party! - Bridesmaids

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 30/06/2026

Honoured to be officially joining the @globalyacademy.bsky.social family!

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Every month, ~25 researchers from ~10 countries join our presentations & discussions on #TMS methods & results It's the BrainStim World Cup ⚽ But Free. And no knockouts You can join us too! Find meeting links on our Github/Slack. Get in touch if you can't find the link github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tomorrow's TMSMultiLab Meeting #17: "Re-assessing the effects of rTMS: A meta-analysis" With Dr Emir Yassi Come to find out: Does rTMS work? 14h UTC+1, zoom link in the usual places! ⚡️🧠🧲 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

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Eddie Ester @eester.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Some positive news amongst the chaos: I received an official award notice from NSF (SBE/BCS) this AM! So for those of you with pending applications, keep the faith. Also, looks like I'll be recruiting 1-2 new Ph.D students this fall to carry out the work; interested parties can e-mail me to chat!

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 16/06/2026

Happy to share that StimulEYE found its home at the TMS journal: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 15/06/2026

Watch out for this rising star!

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WMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Working Memory Early-career Researchers all around the world! A reminder that it’s 3 more days until WMS abstract submission deadline (May 31st). If you have cool WM research that you want to share to the vibrant community of WM researchers, please submit your abstract (forms.gle/MccRLJC1xXQ3...)

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WMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It was AWESOME to see lots of EXCITING WM research spearheaded by early career researchers at @vssmtg.bsky.social!!! WMS community would LOVE to see your cool research in a form of talks and blitz! Abstract deadline is May 31st! (forms.gle/MccRLJC1xXQ3...)

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 21/05/2026

Back from a week long conference. It only took me 45 minutes to sign back in using 2FA to all my accounts on my work PC.

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#EEGManyLabs @eegmanylabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New #EEGManyLabs paper out in Cortex! We asked whether contralateral delay activity, or CDA, can serve as a reliable EEG marker of visual working memory capacity. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 09/05/2026

What an incredible achievement for this rising star, coming out of the @daspainbrain.bsky.social lab :) Stay tuned for some exciting research coming out of this.

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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 ⚡🧠🧲

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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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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happening today! Invite your #BrainStim & #TMS friends :-) meeting link via our github (or just get in touch!) github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This Friday: designing & building software to analyse #TMS & EMG data, with Gleb Perevoznyuk. 14:00 GMT+1, ZOOM See you there!

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

TMSMultiLab is an international network for researchers using #TMS - transcranial magnetic stimulation. There are about 85 of us, over 14 countries. We've written a few papers so far (under review / in prep), but more importantly we hold monthly Meetings: Free to all! github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 09/04/2026

🌟 Claustrum and cognitive control This study explores the claustrum activation across during highly demanding cognitive tasks and how this might be related to how cognitive processes are compromised in neuropsychiatric disorders. 🔗 buff.ly/RKEoGKa

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Eddie Ester @eester.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Another new one from the lab in J Neurosci: www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... Evidence accumulation is a core principle by which brains convert information into decisions. But what happens when the evidence the brain needs can't be directly read from an external stimulus or memory? 1/N

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 11/04/2026

It is a great honour & a dream come true becoming a member of the @globalyacademy.bsky.social. Looking forward to becoming a small part of this amazing community. Congrats to all incoming members (globalyoungacademy.net/gya-new-memb...) & see you all very soon!

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kNOw PAIN @westernknowpain.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We'd also like to congratulate our Best Poster & Presenter winners, Madison Henderson and Joshua Hoddinott, as well as our People's Choice Poster & Presenter winners, Taamir Nanji and Thu Pham!

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kNOw PAIN @westernknowpain.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Our 2026 kNOw-PAIN Conference is coming up this Thursday, March 26 from 8 AM - 5 PM at the Great Hall, Western University. Registration is still open using this link: www.knowpain.ca/2026conference Registration is $35, but free for trainees and patient partners.

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Meeting #14: March 27th, 12h GMT Tahnée Engelen @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social will tell us how: "Cardiac, respiratory & gastric rhythms independently modulate motor corticospinal excitability in humans" you can also read about it here: doi.org/10.1371/jour... meeting link via Slack/GitHub: ask! 🧠⚡

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Cardiac, respiratory, and gastric rhythms independently modulate motor corticospinal excitability in humans

How do internal bodily rhythms influence brain activity and motor function? This study shows that cardiac, respiratory and gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct...

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This Friday at 14:00 GMT, if you've got nothing better to do, but talk about #TMS #BrainStim theory & methods 👇

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

⚡ #TMS #Preprint ⚡🐀 🧪 🧠 🧵 Brain stimulation methods are complex; reproducibility depends on knowing what was done. @solyas.bsky.social's paper reports work with myself & 15 other @tmsmultilab.bsky.social members to develop a modular, flexible reporting tool: the TMS-RAT doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 20/02/2026

There’s probably a proper post coming from @thehandlab.bsky.social soon, but you heard it from me first. TMS-RAT ⚡️🐀 just landed. @solyas.bsky.social @tmsmultilab.bsky.social

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

TMSMultiLab's next monthly meeting: 27th February 14:00 GMT 🤝⚡️🧠 "Dose-response (input-output) curves: Ground truth for testing TMS methods?" by me (@TheHandLab) Details & Zoom link via github 👇 & slack (request an invite) github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

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Phivos Phylactou @phivph.com · 12/02/2026

I like to think that this can be extremely helpful, especially when an early career researcher is leading the work. Receiving reviews is almost always stressful, especially at early career stages. Let’s make it a bit more positive. 5/5

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