Toby Ellmers
@tobyellmers.bsky.social
Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow at Imperial College London. Interested in balance, falls, anxiety, vestibular, healthy ageing. Board Member of ISPGR.
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Excellent new blog post from our 2025 Emerging Scientist Award winner, Dr Benjamin Filtjens, who describes his award-winning programme of research on enhancing the use of artificial intelligence in clinical gait analysis.
ispgr.org/using-artifi...
ispgr.org/using-artifi...
Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Clinical Gait Assessment in Parkinson’s Disease: Insights from ISPGR’s 2025 Emerging Scientist - ISPGR
ispgr.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Excellent new blog post from our 2025 Emerging Scientist Award winner, Dr Benjamin Filtjens, who describes his award-winning programme of research on enhancing the use of artificial intelligence in clinical gait analysis.
ispgr.org/using-artifi...
ispgr.org/using-artifi...
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Save the date for our biggest in-person event of the year. The Annual Symposium is taking place in London on Thursday 23 April 2026. More information and a booking link to follow soon.
#AnnualSymposium2026 #FundingForAgeingWell
#AnnualSymposium2026 #FundingForAgeingWell
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Save the date for our biggest in-person event of the year. The Annual Symposium is taking place in London on Thursday 23 April 2026. More information and a booking link to follow soon.
#AnnualSymposium2026 #FundingForAgeingWell
#AnnualSymposium2026 #FundingForAgeingWell
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New paper in @elife.bsky.social led by Tianhe!
Motor errors shape everyday actions—from spilling milk to missing a hold while climbing. Why are some errors systematic?
We show motor biases arise from misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames.
tinyurl.com/t7h786m5
Motor errors shape everyday actions—from spilling milk to missing a hold while climbing. Why are some errors systematic?
We show motor biases arise from misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames.
tinyurl.com/t7h786m5
Motor biases reflect a misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames
tinyurl.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
New paper in @elife.bsky.social led by Tianhe!
Motor errors shape everyday actions—from spilling milk to missing a hold while climbing. Why are some errors systematic?
We show motor biases arise from misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames.
tinyurl.com/t7h786m5
Motor errors shape everyday actions—from spilling milk to missing a hold while climbing. Why are some errors systematic?
We show motor biases arise from misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames.
tinyurl.com/t7h786m5
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Happy New Year, everyone!
Excited to share that our paper, “Goal uncertainty attenuates sensorimotor adaptation,” is now published in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
Huge thanks to our collaborators—Sritej, Bobby, and Reza @rezashadmehr.bsky.social.
Paper: tinyurl.com/yyfast5m
Excited to share that our paper, “Goal uncertainty attenuates sensorimotor adaptation,” is now published in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
Huge thanks to our collaborators—Sritej, Bobby, and Reza @rezashadmehr.bsky.social.
Paper: tinyurl.com/yyfast5m
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Happy New Year, everyone!
Excited to share that our paper, “Goal uncertainty attenuates sensorimotor adaptation,” is now published in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
Huge thanks to our collaborators—Sritej, Bobby, and Reza @rezashadmehr.bsky.social.
Paper: tinyurl.com/yyfast5m
Excited to share that our paper, “Goal uncertainty attenuates sensorimotor adaptation,” is now published in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
Huge thanks to our collaborators—Sritej, Bobby, and Reza @rezashadmehr.bsky.social.
Paper: tinyurl.com/yyfast5m
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If your New Year’s resolution is to find a fantastic 3-year post doc position in a great city with a small, friendly lab group and national collaborators… you’re in luck!!!
Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
@ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social
Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
@ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social
Research Associate: Neural Control of Movement in - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Associate: Neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease School of Healthcare Sciences, Card
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
If your New Year’s resolution is to find a fantastic 3-year post doc position in a great city with a small, friendly lab group and national collaborators… you’re in luck!!!
Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
@ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social
Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
@ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social
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Did you ask Santa for a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews of prognostic factor studies? The new AMSTAR-PF tool is now published in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Excellent work from Michael Henry @UNISA driving this project.
@cochranesmg.bsky.social @jbiebhc.bsky.social
Excellent work from Michael Henry @UNISA driving this project.
@cochranesmg.bsky.social @jbiebhc.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Did you ask Santa for a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews of prognostic factor studies? The new AMSTAR-PF tool is now published in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Excellent work from Michael Henry @UNISA driving this project.
@cochranesmg.bsky.social @jbiebhc.bsky.social
Excellent work from Michael Henry @UNISA driving this project.
@cochranesmg.bsky.social @jbiebhc.bsky.social
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📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years)
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years)
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.
Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
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New writeup on interoception in Scientific American focusing on its role in mental health:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...
Disruptions in This Sixth Sense May Drive Mental Illness
Disruptions in interoception may underlie anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health ailments
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New writeup on interoception in Scientific American focusing on its role in mental health:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...
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Read the latest developments in posture and gait research from our two 2025 early career award winners @chrismccrum.bsky.social and Benjamin Filtjens (not on bluesky). Great work, both! And proud to have you both within our society.
New article: "Perspectives on interdisciplinary posture and gait research from the ISPGR 2025 World Congress: where do we stand and what are the next steps?"
in which Benjamin Filtjens and I share our reflections on this past @ispgr.bsky.social World Congress
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9It3RoQ8...
in which Benjamin Filtjens and I share our reflections on this past @ispgr.bsky.social World Congress
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m9It3RoQ8...
authors.elsevier.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Read the latest developments in posture and gait research from our two 2025 early career award winners @chrismccrum.bsky.social and Benjamin Filtjens (not on bluesky). Great work, both! And proud to have you both within our society.
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The neurological condition that is often dismissed as clumsiness @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
The neurological condition that is often dismissed as clumsiness
Dyspraxia, also known as developmental coordination disorder (DCD), affects around 5 per cent of the population
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The neurological condition that is often dismissed as clumsiness @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
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So happy our latest study is finally published!
We show that falls are a major issue across the lifespan for individuals with DCD (i.e., Dyspraxia).
Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Hidden Epidemic of Falls journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Key findings 👇
We show that falls are a major issue across the lifespan for individuals with DCD (i.e., Dyspraxia).
Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Hidden Epidemic of Falls journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Key findings 👇
journals.humankinetics.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
So happy our latest study is finally published!
We show that falls are a major issue across the lifespan for individuals with DCD (i.e., Dyspraxia).
Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Hidden Epidemic of Falls journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Key findings 👇
We show that falls are a major issue across the lifespan for individuals with DCD (i.e., Dyspraxia).
Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Hidden Epidemic of Falls journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Key findings 👇
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Prof. Chang Liu did an amazing job with this behemoth of a project!!!
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Chang Liu, Daniel P. Ferris, et al:
Age differences in electrocortical dynamics during uneven terrain walking
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Age differences in electrocortical dynamics during uneven terrain walking
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Prof. Chang Liu did an amazing job with this behemoth of a project!!!
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As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
#FundingForAgeingWell
#FundingForAgeingWell
How the Academy is supporting nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff in research - Vivensa Foundation
Here are a few of the ways in which the Academy is providing support to encourage nurses, AHPs and care home staff into research.
vivensafoundation.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
#FundingForAgeingWell
#FundingForAgeingWell
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Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology has been released! I'm pleased to see that the cover is pretty close to my initial mockup. You can find the entire collection here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology has been released! I'm pleased to see that the cover is pretty close to my initial mockup. You can find the entire collection here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
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Postdoc (and PhD) opportunity in my lab. www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Postdoc (and PhD) opportunity in my lab. www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
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So happy this paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! We investigated whether fluctuations in MEPs can be explained by phasic influences from internal bodily rhythms, and whether this might happen independently per organ system.
#interoception #neuroskyence
#interoception #neuroskyence
How do internal bodily rhythms influence #brain activity & motor function? @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social &co show that #cardiac, #respiratory & #gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct #interoceptive profiles across individuals @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nMtpLT
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So happy this paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! We investigated whether fluctuations in MEPs can be explained by phasic influences from internal bodily rhythms, and whether this might happen independently per organ system.
#interoception #neuroskyence
#interoception #neuroskyence
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🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making
Author summary Breathing is more than just a vital process for survival — it influences how we perceive and interact with the world around us. Recent research suggests that the rhythm of breathing, fr...
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
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Book now for next week's free online masterclass with @magswatson1.bsky.social on how to mentor effectively in academia. We have covered the cost of the session for Academy members, and you can book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/masterclas...
#FundingForAgeingWell #MentoringMasterclass
#FundingForAgeingWell #MentoringMasterclass
Masterclass: How to mentor effectively in Academia
This Masterclass is suitable for those who currently mentor individuals and/or who are likely to mentor individuals
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November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Book now for next week's free online masterclass with @magswatson1.bsky.social on how to mentor effectively in academia. We have covered the cost of the session for Academy members, and you can book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/masterclas...
#FundingForAgeingWell #MentoringMasterclass
#FundingForAgeingWell #MentoringMasterclass
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New preprint with amazing work from @nchalas.bsky.social:
How does respiration influence (un-)predictable near-threshold perception? MEG, arousal modulation, excitability states, respiration phase-resolved connectivity changes - it's all there :)
#neuroskyence
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How does respiration influence (un-)predictable near-threshold perception? MEG, arousal modulation, excitability states, respiration phase-resolved connectivity changes - it's all there :)
#neuroskyence
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Respiration as a dynamic modulator of sensory sampling
Respiration dynamically modulates sensory perception by orchestrating transient states of the brain and the body. Using simultaneous recordings of high-density magneto-encephalography (MEG), respirati...
www.biorxiv.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New preprint with amazing work from @nchalas.bsky.social:
How does respiration influence (un-)predictable near-threshold perception? MEG, arousal modulation, excitability states, respiration phase-resolved connectivity changes - it's all there :)
#neuroskyence
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How does respiration influence (un-)predictable near-threshold perception? MEG, arousal modulation, excitability states, respiration phase-resolved connectivity changes - it's all there :)
#neuroskyence
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🔬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🔬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
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**Come work with us!!**
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Research Associate: Neural Control of Movement in - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Associate: Neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease School of Healthcare Sciences, Card
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
**Come work with us!!**
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please share!!
Reposted by Toby Ellmers
New primer in Cell from Patrick Haggard & @mattlongo.bsky.social
Somatosensation and the sense of self: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
#interoception #exteroception #affect #neuroskyence
Somatosensation and the sense of self: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
#interoception #exteroception #affect #neuroskyence
Somatosensation and the sense of self
In this primer, Patrick Haggard and Matthew Longo consider how sensory signals from
receptors throughout the body are integrated to produce the sense of a coherent, continuous,
sentient body that form...
www.cell.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New primer in Cell from Patrick Haggard & @mattlongo.bsky.social
Somatosensation and the sense of self: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
#interoception #exteroception #affect #neuroskyence
Somatosensation and the sense of self: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
#interoception #exteroception #affect #neuroskyence
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Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
Sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits
Nature - Experiments with human volunteers and macaques show that expectations produced by probabilistic cueing of future sensory inputs shape motor circuit dynamics in order to increase the...
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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We were honoured to award Prof Bradford McFadyen @bjmcfadyen.bsky.social ISPGR's Honorary Membership at our 2025 World Congress. Prof McFadyen reflects on this award - and what it takes to make a meaningful career in posture and gait research - in our latest #ISPGRBlog.
tinyurl.com/5n7ces5h
tinyurl.com/5n7ces5h
A Lifetime Member's reflections on making a meaningful career in posture and gait research - ISPGR
tinyurl.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We were honoured to award Prof Bradford McFadyen @bjmcfadyen.bsky.social ISPGR's Honorary Membership at our 2025 World Congress. Prof McFadyen reflects on this award - and what it takes to make a meaningful career in posture and gait research - in our latest #ISPGRBlog.
tinyurl.com/5n7ces5h
tinyurl.com/5n7ces5h