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@roisinmcmackin.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist Assistant Professor, Discipline of Physiology, Trinity College Dublin Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Free p*ssy upstairs.” The fact that the 7 fraternity boys from Cornell had to write an “I’m sorry” assay as an option as punishment for forcibly intoxicating & gang raping a young girl is what is deeply wrong with our society today. www.lawcommentary.com/articles/cor...
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Cornell Sued After Student Says 7 Fraternity Members Drugged and Gang-Raped Her, Some Faced ‘Essay’ Discipline | Law Commentary
A former Cornell University student has sued the school after alleging seven Chi Phi fraternity members drugged and gang-raped her at a fraternity house, accusing Cornell of responding inadequately af...
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thanks to Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social for this editorial on our new paper challenging the current definition of "rest" in TMS studies in @jphysiol.bsky.social Experimental Physiology physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... Our study: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
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When is a muscle at rest? The problem of background activity in brain stimulation
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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Are our muscles ever at rest? A commentary I wrote this week on the important #TMS paper by @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social Should appear with the paper sometime soon! 💪⚡️🧠🧲 drive.google.com/file/d/1lTZ-...
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Research Ireland’s recently published 2026-2030 strategy, guiding distribution of over €4.55 billion in public funds over the next five years, is focused on commercially translatable research and economic impact rather than supporting fundamental, discovery research openletter.earth/concern-abou...
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Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Long interval intracortical inhibition is similar in people with and without Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Check out our new article in Brain Communications academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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Long interval intracortical inhibition is similar in people with and without Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Long interval intracortical inhibition, measured using paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation, provides a non-invasive measure of GABA-Bergic corti
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Join us for our free webinar from two fantastic solicitors from the Irish Human Rights Equality Commission to learn about your rights, staff or student, to protection against bullying, harassment and sexual harassment in healthcare and academia in Ireland. Register: tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Women In Research Ireland @womeninresearchie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
WIRI is hosting a networking event in celebration of International Women’s Day, highlighting the research of women in Ireland. To take part, send us your abstracts via this link forms.gle/3wV6u1D9oExn... before February 27th!
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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roisinmcmackin.bsky.social @roisinmcmackin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Another productive visit to the birthplace of #TMS - Queen's Square, UCL 🧠🧲⚡️
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arXiv q-bio.NC Neurons and Cognition @qbionc-bot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Meher Sabharwal, Narin Suleyman, Gabriel R. Palma, Roisin McMackin: Closed Eyes and Coil Size -- Effects on Motor Threshold and Intracortical Inhibition, measured with TMS arxiv.org/abs/2601.18286 arxiv.org/pdf/2601.18286 arxiv.org/html/2601.18286
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy? What does the term 'representation' mean to you? We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields. eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM
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