ynic-users February 2017

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Entering and exiting YNiC
by Andre Gouws 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

*Entering and exiting YNiC* This year has seen increased activity in the center associated with MSc and MPsych teaching and practicals. These sessions often coincide with periods during which we are scanning clinical patients at the center. It is important therefore that anyone arriving at, using or leaving the center does so in a professional and courteous manner. In order to minimize disruption in the patient waiting area (the "main YNiC reception"), we ask that all students arriving at the center for teaching / practical sessions to use the main BioCentre reception entrance. Thanks, -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Seminar and weekly messages from YNiC
by Antony Morland 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Dear All, A few issues and upcoming events at YNiC 1. MEG is still down. We are attempting to debug some of the electronics. 2. We are piloting work on the Siemens scanner. We will feedback on progress at the end of term. 3. The GE scanner failed to reconstruct some images in a recent scan sessions; note to operators to check the scanner has reconstructed images as you go along. Report any failures, please. 4. Deniz et al will be using the centre for a 'Brain Hack' from Thursday through Sunday. 5. Deniz will also give a presentation on the Brain Hack on Thursday afternoon at the YNiC Seminar 6. We receive offers to help with research from keen undergraduates. We are usually too busy to train them up to help us, but if you have any research that would benefit from voluntary input from keen undergraduates, please get in touch and we can pass on the details of people who can help. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC Seminar reminder
by Andre Gouws 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Just a reminder that we are lucky enough to have an external speaker for the YNiC seminar today. Please join us for Magdalena Sliwinska (post-doctoral researcher at Imperial) 's talk at 4:15 in the YNiC open plan area, and for refreshments afterwards. The abstract for her talk reads: *Investigating the importance of domain-general neural networks for vocabulary learning:* There is now good evidence indicating that domain-general brain systems play a central role in various language processes, and potentially in the recovery from post-stroke aphasia. Part of the so-called salience network, consisting of adjacent areas in the midline superior frontal gyrus (SFG) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), forms a core component of these distributed systems. In this talk, I will present results from a study that was designed to collect proof-of-principle data on healthy individuals, prior to a study on post-stroke aphasia, to assess whether novel vocabulary learning activates the salience network and whether cortical stimulation applied to this midline frontal brain region can influence vocabulary learning. -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC - Message of the week
by Andre Gouws 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Hello All, This week's seminar will be a project presentation by Anika Smith. Please come to see what she plans to do at YNiC. - 16:15 Thursday the 16th @ YNiC. News: * NEW: We have created a new page with information and content from our previous seminars in case you missed them: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/SeminarContent. * Additional response boxes delivered: We have acquired a further set of response boxes for our FORP response devices MRI and MEG) that allow up to four buttons in each hand simultaneously (8 response options) - see http://www.scienceplus.com/curdes-forp-8-button-boxes * MEG repair work continues A note about booking etiquette: One of the most efficient ways to use the scanners is to book a number of participants back-to-back in consecutive slots on the scanner. It is not acceptable practice to leave small, non-booked slots between these participants. An example would be if you were scanning 3 subjects for 45 minutes each, but leaving the scanner non-booked between them for 15 minutes so you can have a coffee break, or because that corresponds better with your PEEBS slots. Gaps like this will be noted and PIs will be charged for lost time. The scanners are very busy and we must do our best to optimize access to the facilities in a fair and financially viable way. If you 're having problems with bookings or have any suggestions please fee free to contact us. Have a good week and hope to see you on Thursday. Andre' pp Tony Morland -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Project presentation
by Andre Gouws 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

Please note that this presentation is in addition to the usual Thursday afternoon YNiC seminar series. Fiona McNab will be telling us what she is planning to do in her upcoming project at lunchtime on Tuesday the 21st February. Please join us at YNiC at 1pm. -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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This week at YNiC
by Antony Morland 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Hello All, First of all Andre Gouws will be giving a presentation 'Why psychopy?'. This will show the advantages of using this package for generating stimuli. It has fast become the package of choice - come and see why. Starts 1615 in YNiC this Thursday. A few other things to report: 1) The GE scanner is continuing to serve us well following a service visit from GE last week. 2) We are progressing with fitting out and testing the Siemens scanner. We have received some generous contributions from grant holders to allow some more stimulus kit - for auditory experiments - to be ordered. We will keep you updated with progress. 3) The cluster was finally repaired over Christmas and we have had solid service since then. Other IT resources are working well. 4) MEG is still unavailable. Significant staff time is being spent on debugging the issue. 5) We have updated the website to indicate what happens during a pilot scan, so investigators know how to prepare for them. https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/application 6) For your queries, please use the RT email addresse: support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk This will enable us to deal with your request in the most efficient way. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC Seminar: Here's Jonny!
by Antony Morland 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Hello All, The YNiC Seminar is going to be given by Jonny Smallwood who will be talking about 'Resting state analysis'. We'll kick off at 16:15 to allow some from Psychology with meetings there to get to the seminar before it starts. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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