ynic-users September 2008

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Disk space
by a.morland＠psychology.york.ac.uk 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear All, One of the disk partitions used to store analyzed data is full. As an emergency measure the disk partition is being extended so that analysis can continue. The extension of the partition will slow access time considerably this morning, so it would be wise to postpone heavy duty analysis until this afternoon. Thanks Tony

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YNiC Closure
by Antony Morland 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Hello All, This is a reminder that YNiC will be closed from 5pm Friday 3rd October through to 9am 13th October for a major infrastructure project. Computing on the cluster will not be possible during this period and desktop access will not be available. Cluster jobs submitted on Friday will have to be complete before 5pm. At 5pm, all cluster jobs will be stopped. The new infrastructure will allow, among many other improvements, investigators to book scanner slots via a web interface. Details of the new booking procedures will appear in another email. Thanks Tony Antony Morland PhD Deputy Director York Neuroimaging Centre Professor of Visual Neuroscience Department of Psychology University of York York YO10 5DD UK Tel +44 (0) 1904 432 860 Email a.morland(a)psychology.york.ac.uk

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YNiC Thursday meeting 2nd October
by Rebecca E Millman 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

This week the Thursday afternoon meeting at YNiC (4-5 pm) will focus on Users' feedback from conferences that you have attended over the summer. Everyone is invited to talk about how their neuroimaging work was received. We would also like to hear about posters/presentations from other labs that you found particularly interesting and exciting. Tony Morland will chair this session.Please contact Tony <a.morland(a)psychology.york.ac.uk> if you would like to contribute. -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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YNiC Thursday afternoon schedule
by rem 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Dear Users Please find below the schedule for YNiC's Thursday sessions (4-5 pm at YNiC, except where stated). Please contact me if you have any questions. Best wishes Rebecca ***************************************************************************** 2nd October: Debrief from conferences All Users are invited to talk about how their neuroimaging work was received at conferences they attended over the summer. We would also like to hear about posters/presentations from other labs that you found particularly interesting and exciting. Tony Morland will chair this session. Please contact Tony Morland <a.morland(a)psychology.york.ac.uk <mailto:a.morland@psychology.york.ac.uk>> if you would like to contribute. 9th October: Annual User Meeting A meeting for YNiC staff and Users to discuss the best way forward for research at YNiC. Please use ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk <mailto:ynic-users@ynic.york.ac.uk> to generate ideas for the agenda. The co-ordinators for this meeting will be Andy Ellis (Chair of Science Committee) and Gary Green. *N.B. This meeting will be held in Venables (A202)* 16th October: Analysis Support Colloquium (ASC) - Piers Cornelissen "Virtual electrodes II: an update on group level analysis of VE data" 23rd October: Taking your research through to publication This session will focus on problems that YNiC users may be experiencing in analyzing their data to the point where they are happy to submit it for publication, and will try to identify issues concerning the analysis tools, visualisation tools, statistics etc that could usefully be addressed. Please use ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk <mailto:ynic-users@ynic.york.ac.uk> to generate ideas for the agenda. Gary Green will co-ordinate this meeting. 30th October: External speaker - Joachim Gross "Oscillatory coupling and activity in sensorimotor areas studied with MEG" http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=JG001 6th November: External speaker - Stephan Moratti "Steady state visual evoked potentials/ fields: Advantages of High Signal to Noise Ratio in Basic and Clinical Psychophysiological Research" http://web.mac.com/smoratti/Stephan_Moratti,_Researcher/Stephan_Moratti_Inf… 13th November: Applying for neuroimaging grants Presentations by Sue Gathercole (and others) on strategies for successful grant applications. 20th November: TMS lab opening Silke Goebel and Beth Jeffries will open the new TMS lab. 27th November: Feedback from Annual Users Meeting Andy Ellis and Gary Green will lead a discussion on the outcomes of the Annual Users Meeting (9th October). 4th December: Analysis Support Colloquium (ASC) - Silke Goebel "Investigating Number Processing with MEG - Lost in (Source) Space" 11th December: Work in progress by Users and Staff Presentations by YNiC staff and Users on current research projects. Please contact gary.green(a)ynic.york.ac.uk <mailto:gary.green@ynic.york.ac.uk> if you would like to volunteer. 18th December: Work in progress by Users and Staff (& Christmas drinks) Presentations by YNiC staff and Users on current research projects. Please contact gary.green(a)ynic.york.ac.uk <mailto:gary.green@ynic.york.ac.uk> if you would like to volunteer. -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC-based publications. Please respond ASAP
by a.ellis＠psych.york.ac.uk 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Dear all University Research Committee has delivered its report on YNiC following the review that was conducted in June. The report compliments YNiC on having reached the point it has, notes (inevitably) the need for more external grant income, and makes a variety of points about the relationship between Psychology and YNiC, the committee structure etc. that are prefectly acceptable and already being addressed. The department is required to make a formal response to the review. It would be good to include in that response the growing list of the publications that are now emerging from YNiC, along with the conference presentations. I attach the most up-to-date list I have. Please could you let me know of any changes or additions. A response by the end of Friday would be very helpful. With thanks Andy

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Late notice of seminar
by Gary Green 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Simon Duckett and I have organised a chemistry/YNiC hyperpolarisation team meeting this morning where we are discussing MRI/NMR theory. As the numbers attending are more than can be housed in my office we are moving the seminar into the open plan area of YNiC. All are welcome and the talk will start at 9.30 A presentation on the mathematical background to NMR and MRI will be presented. The talk will be mainly on Density matrices, Product operators and the theory behind double quantum states selection in polarised molecules. Sorry for the late notice Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk tel. 01904 435349 fax 01904 435356 mobile 07986 778954

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YNiC Downtime.
by Sam Johnson 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Hello All, For the start of the new academic year we're making changes that will require some downtime on the systems here at YNiC. The reason for this downtime is that we will be implementing some major changes to the software that helps us run and administer the Centre. Hopefully many of these changes will go unnoticed, but there will be one or two things that we hope will make your lives easier. The most significant change will be the introduction of a new booking system that can be accessed off site and will allow users to make their own bookings for MRI, TMS and MEG. This will be part of a new and improved database that will also allow investigators to track their projects' progress and help us ensure that the right projects get the appropriate support at the appropriate time. The upgrades will also include a uniform login and security system across all the computers (this will be invisible to most users but does have some major advantages) and a better, more equitable use of quotas on the filesystems. We will also add more disc space to help with the current overloading of the existing systems. To do all this we need to change the servers that run the whole system. As a result, YNiC will be closed from 5:00 p.m. on Friday the 3rd of October and will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Monday the 13th of October. This version of the database will be released as v0.9, and we already have some ideas about what will be going into v0.95 and v1.0, but early next term, when people have had a chance to play with it, we'll be asking for your input on additional functionality that you'd find useful. Look out for the Annual Users' Meeting that will provide an opportunity for users to contribute to planning the next stages of development. We will need some additional information for some projects to allow investigators to take advantage of the new booking procedure, and in the next couple of days principal investigators will be getting an email requesting those details. It is very important that we get this information by the end of the month or some projects will no longer be able to book time on the scanners. One unfortunate side effect of some of the changes is that all passwords will have to be reset. First thing on Monday the 13th when we reopen, new passwords will be provided which will enable you to login and reset you password to something more memorable. Hopefully though, that will be the only disruption and from the 13th normal (and improved) service will resume. So, to reiterate, YNiC will be closed between: 17:00 Friday 3rd October and 09:00 Monday 13th October. If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Sam Johnson <sam.johnson(a)ynic.york.ac.uk> or Mark Hymers <mark.hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk>. Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience, Sam

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