Members of HybridNeuro, including Aleš Holobar and Nina Murks from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, along with Dario Farina, Alejandro Pascual Valdunciel, and Ciaran McGeady from Imperial College London, UK, participated in the ISEK - The International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology Conference 2024 in Nagoya, Japan.

On July 26th, the first day of the conference, Nina Murks, Aleš Holobar, Agnese Grison from Imperial College London and Jakob Škarabot from Loughborough University, UK, organised a workshop titled "Motor Unit Filters in EMG-Based Motor Unit Identification: From Theory to Practice." Nina Murks began by presenting motor unit (MU) filters and high-density EMG (hdEMG) processing pipelines. Aleš Holobar followed by discussing the applications of MU filters in various contexts. Jakob Škarabot provided insights into the challenges and recent developments in MU identification, particularly under conditions of high MU synchronisation. The workshop concluded with Agnese Grison, who discussed the use of decomposition techniques in rehabilitation and prosthetics.

Additionally, Robin Rohlén, a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with Imperial College London and Lund University, organised a special session that HybridNeuro members attended on the topic of neuromechanical characterisation of muscles and their functional units using ultrasound imaging methods.

On the final day of the conference, Aleš Holobar was honoured with the ISEK Fellowship Award. The Fellowship is awarded to ISEK members who have demonstrated leadership and made sustained contributions to research, clinical practice, or education in electrophysiology, kinesiology, or related fields. In addition, Simon Avrillon from Imperial College London received the De Luca Award for his work on how the nervous system coordinates motor units to produce movements in both health and disease. DeLuca Award recognises outstanding early-career researchers who have contributed to technological advances in EMG acquisition and signal processing.

The conference highlighted the ongoing research and collaborative efforts of the HybridNeuro team in the fields of electrophysiology and motor unit research.

Contributions in form of oral presentations from HybridNeuro members were:

O.5.2 - On time effectiveness of manual editing of motor unit spike trains
Nina Murks, University of Maribor; Jakob Škarabot, Loughborough University; Matej Kramberger, University of Maribor; Gašper Sedej, University of Maribor; Tamara Valenčič, Loughborough University; Christopher Connelly, Loughborough University; Haydn Thomason, Loughborough University; Matjaž Divjak, University of Maribor; Aleš Holobar, University of Maribor

O.5.4 - Activity index outperforms cumulative spike train and amplitude envelopes in surface EMG coherence analysis
Leon Kutoš, University of Maribor; Matjaž Divjak, University of Maribor; Aleš Holobar, University of Maribor

O.5.5 - Interfacing with motor unit activity using high-density thin-film electrodes following targeted muscle reinnervation
Laura Ferrante, Imperial College London; Deren Y. Barsakcioglu, Imperial College London; Silvia Muceli, Chalmers University of Technology; Anna Bösendorfer, Medical University of Vienna; Benedikt Baumgartner, Medical University of Vienna; Oskar Aszmann, Medical University of Vienna; Dario Farina, Imperial College London

O.6.4 - Characterization of spinal circuits with high density surface electromyography (HDsEMG)
Alejandro Pascual, Imperial College London; M. Gorkem Ozyurt, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, University College London; Filipe Nascimento, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London; Marco Beato, Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology (NPP), Division of Biosciences, University College London; Robert Brownstone, Institute of Neurology, UCL; Martin Koltzenburg, University College London, Clinical and Movement Neurosciences; Dario Farina, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

O.15.4 - Movement specific beta-band modulation during movement cancellation in EMG
Ciaran Mcgeady, Imperial College London; Dario Farina, Imperial College London