ynic-users July 2012

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Fwd: Ph.D. position at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, on connectivity of the brain
by Gary Green 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

FYI ------------------------------------- Dear All, A Ph.D. student position funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) is available at the Biomedical Engineering Department at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal in Canada, with a nominal duration of 3 years. This research project is about gaining a dynamic understanding of the pathways by which the brain is connected, based on data acquired in patients suffering from epilepsy. Prior to surgery, these patients go through an intense series of diagnostic tests to better identify the epileptic focus. This includes recording the electrical activity directly inside the brain as well as diverse methods of noninvasive imaging. This project requires a good formation in mathematics, good aptitude for computer programming (to be done in the SPM environment) and a keen interest in biophysical modelling and analysing a lot of data; French language skills can help but are not mandatory. The project will be supervised by myself and Profs F. Lesage at Polytechnique and DK Nguyen, a medical doctor specialised in epilepsy. Please send a letter of interest and a CV to ph.pouliot(a)gmail.com <mailto:ph.pouliot@gmail.com>. Philippe Pouliot, Ph.D. Researcher Ecole Polytechnique Montreal http://www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/details.php?NoProf=541&sh… <http://www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/details.php?NoProf=541&sh…>

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Documentation / Wiki changes
by Mark Hymers 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Hi, We've just made some changes to the YNiC wikis. Most users access the documentation via either https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/doc or https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docwiki This is about to change to: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/wiki/doc The existing URLs will redirect to the new one for the foreseeable future, so no bookmarks or links should be broken. One other change is that for the new wiki, login will be required both on-site and off-site. This may change in the near future to allow more public access to most of the wiki. Finally, some research groups had expressed interest in having their own areas on the wiki to work in - we have now made this possible and will be documenting it in the next couple of days. Another announcement will follow regarding this. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hymers York Neuroimaging Centre

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Projector maintenance - fMRI lamp changed
by Andre Gouws 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

The lamp in the projector in MRI failed yesterday and had to be replaced. Any users who have luminance sensitive paradigms (i.e. who have calibrated their stimuli for luminance in the past) should consider repeating these measures and making any necessary changes as the lamp brightness may now be different. Thanks, -- Andre' ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435328 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Fwd: [megcommunity] job advert
by Gary Green 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

FYI ------------------------ *Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellow - NeuroSpin MEG group.* *Research* *Topics . *Time awareness is a fundamental component of how we experience the world. Neural dynamics actively shape and organize events in time implicitly (“temporal event-structuring”) leading to our conscious awareness of time proper (incl. simultaneity, temporal order, and duration of events but also magnitudes and “mental time travel”). Part of our work aim at understanding which aspects of sensory events and which properties of temporal cognition are fundamental to our awareness of time: how is time encoded in the brain? How does time awareness emerge? Our research group is funded by an ERC and a French ANR. The experimental work will essentially make use of magnetoencephalography (MEG); other techniques can be considered pending the research questions. * * *Tags*: temporal expectation, attention to time, predictive coding, multisensory integration, magnitude system, mental time travel, MEG, EEG, cross-frequency coupling, brain reading /decoding. *PI*: https://sites.google.com/site/virginievanwassenhove/ *NeuroSpin MEG lab: *http://www.unicog.org/pm/pmwiki.php/MEG/HomePage The MEG lab uses Fieldtrip, Brainstorm, MNE and MNE-python as its primary MEG analysis tools but is open to many others. *Ref: *http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1525/1815.short* * Ongoing and submitted work* *relevant* *to this project will be presented at Biomag (cf. Symposium: Brain rhythms, temporal expectations and the awareness of time) and SFN 2012 (Nanosymposium: Human timing).** * * Our group is located in a state-of-the-art neuroimaging facility near Paris (Gif s/ Yvette, France) and is part of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit (http://www.unicog.org/). The infrastructure is equipped with MEG (Neuromag, Elekta), EEG (64 or 256 sensors, combined with MEG recordings), MRI (3T and 7T), eyetrackers (SR Eyelink 1000 that is combined with Neuroimaging techniques) and soundproof psychophysical rooms. The greater Parisian scientific community is very diverse and active! * * * * *POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW position* * * Applications are invited from talented, enthusiastic and committed researchers. The ideal applicant will have a significant experience with analyzing MEG and/or EEG data and a strong research record in cognitive neurosciences. The selected postdoctoral fellow will lead MEG studies as part of the ERC funded project “Mind Time”. Research topics encompass time awareness and temporal event structure, cross-sensory attributes, magnitude system and mentalizing about time in relation to cortical oscillations. The researcher will be expected to work closely with and supervise (master, phd) students involved in the project. Some involvement in organizational and managerial aspects specific to these projects can be expected. *Requirements for the candidates: * - should hold a PhD in cognitive neurosciences, neurosciences, psychology, and/or related fields - a strong record of published / submitted work - prior experience with M/EEG techniques (e.g. time-frequency analysis, phase-locking-values, cross-frequency-coupling and source localization techniques) - signal processing and programming skills (matlab, python a plus) Applicants from outside the European Union are welcome but they must qualify for a valid visa. French speaking is not a requirement as long as the English language is mastered. *Starting date*: asap and negotiable *Salary*: commensurate with experience. The position will be initially funded for one year (renewable up to three or four years).** * * *Application package*** *CV* (incl. a list of publications) *Two letters of recommendation* (or contacts from which those could be obtained) *A letter of intent with a statement of research interests* Please put *POSTDOC* in the email subject and send your application package to Virginie.van.Wassenhove(a)gmail.com <mailto:Virginie.van.Wassenhove@gmail.com> Applications will be considered until the position is filled.

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Biocentre Kitchen
by Jill Hurst 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear all We have received a complaint about washing-up left in the kitchen by YNiC users. The kitchen is there to be enjoyed by everyone so please could you wash and dry the pots you use and put them away? There is a crockery cupboard for general use and YNiC milk (marked as so) in the fridge which you are welcome to use. However, if you are in need of a teabag or coffee I have some in my office - please don't use the stuff in the kitchen as this belongs to York Science Park staff. Thanks Jill -- Jill Hurst PA to Gary Green MA DPhil BM BCh FRSA FSB Director - York Neuroimaging Centre Professor of Neuroimaging and Human Neuroscience Telephone: 01904 43 5329 Fax: 01904 43 5356

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This weekend - 7th of July
by Gary Green 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Users This weekend we have to turn off the power to YNiC as the Biocentre is carrying out some essential maintenance to the main electrical distribution board. Although Psychmail will hopefully remain running (a UPS should provide power), other services will be affected. There will be no remote access. Any cluster jobs running will be lost and will have to be resubmitted. We believe that cluster jobs in the queue to be run will remain in the queue. Please check and be prepared to resubmit the jobs. Please log out of all machines in the open plan area by Friday afternoon - please do not leave any analysis jobs running on these machines as the jobs will be terminated and we cannot say in what state this will leave any files. In any case we will be closing down all machines early Friday evening. The website and help facilities will not be available. Apologies for the inconvenience caused Gary -- Gary Green Director York Neuroimaging Centre & YNI Ltd The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA - Jill Hurst : +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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University Open Day
by Michael Simpson 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear all, There will be tours of YNiC between 12.00 and 15.00 on July 4th, as part of the University Open Day. As a result, Open Plan will be particularly busy during this period. Should you be planning to work on the machines in Open Plan during this time, could you gravitate towards the TMS end of Open Plan, rather than the projector end of Open Plan please? Thanks. Apologies in advance for the increased background noise during this time, Michael -- Dr Michael Simpson Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre Innovation Way York YO10 5DG Tel: 01904 567614 Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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