Hi everyone
Happy Halloween! Today is your last chance to have a go at our 'Scary
Slice' game. Come down to YNiC and try match the staff member to the scary
MRI slice. The person with the most correct answers will win a bottle of
wine! Deadline is 4pm, and the winner will be announced before the end of
the day.
Cheers
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone
We have quite a few notices for you today, including a chance to *win a
bottle of wine* if you read until the end!
*Level 0 training:*
We have reviewed the Level 0 training process, and now, in addition to the
training session, Level 0 trainees will also be observed for a minimum of 3
scan sessions, until we are satisfied that they meet operator requirements
(these scans must be booked in operator-covered slots). We therefore
recommend that you only book onto a training session when you have ethical
approval for a project, and intend on scanning within the next couple of
months.
Our next scheduled *Level 0 training session *is at *2pm on 6th November*,
please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to book on to this session, and
include which scanner you wish to be trained on. Training will take up to
two hours. *Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will
be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at
least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner
booking.*
*First Aid Training for Level 0 operators:*
It is recommended that all Level 0 operators attend an 'Emergency First Aid
at Work' one-day training course. This is currently a requirement for Level
1 operators, and will also be required for Level 0 operators soon - we will
enforce this requirement from March 2020, to give current Level 0 users
time to arrange the training course. Courses should be organised by the
project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red
Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more
people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all
attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice.
*User Inductions:*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC
and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next
induction date will be Wednesday 30th October at 2pm. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Monthly Science Social Seminars:*
On the first Thursday of every month YNiC will be hosting a 'Science
Social' at 4pm in YNiC open plan. This will include a talk or discussion
on topics that will include imaging methods, software, and analysis
techniques. We also encourage users to volunteer to present if they would
like to share something that they think may be of interest to other users.
Pizza and drinks will be provided!
*Halloween 'Scary Slice' Game:*
This week at YNiC you will have a chance to win a bottle of wine by
correctly matching the staff member to the MRI slice (a coronal slice of
the face that is suitably scary and Halloween-y). Images will be up on the
white board in open plan until the end of the day on Thursday. The person
that correctly matches the most images will be awarded the bottle of wine -
good luck!
Hope you have a great week!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi all
This is a reminder that we have a project presentation from Martin Scott *Today
at 4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Effects of 670nm photobiomodulation on
mitochondrial function in the human brain". Talks are followed by
refreshments.
We hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Rich
--
Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hi everyone
I'm pleased to announce that the Siemens mechanical fault has now been
fixed - the drive that moves the table into the scanner has been replaced,
and everything is running smoothly now. Scanning will continue as normal
from tomorrow.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone
This week we have a few notices to communicate with you.
*Siemens Bed Repair:*
We are currently experiencing a mechanical fault with the Siemens table.
Engineers are due to attend Tuesday AM to resolve the issue. Users
affected by this fault today and tomorrow have already been contacted, and
we will keep YNiC-users updated via this mailing list.
*Project Presentation - Thursday 4pm:*
This week we have a project presentation from Martin Scott on *Thursday at
4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Effects of 670nm photobiomodulation on
mitochondrial function in the human brain". Talks are followed by
refreshments.
*Safety Screening Form:*
Further to Tony's announcement last week, we would like to remind all
operators (and users who may be involved in screening participants) that
the following text now appears on YNiC safety forms:
"It is essential that all questions on this sheet are answered truthfully.
This information is essential in order to ensure your safety and will be
kept completely confidential. If you do not want to answer any question(s)
on this form you are free to withdraw from this scanning session without
any prejudice."
Please read this text to potential participants *before* you ask the
questions on the form, some of which can be personal in nature and which
some individuals may not wish to answer. Copies of the safety forms can be
found on the YNiC website (https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms), please
familiarise yourself with all text on these forms before your next scanning
session.
*User Inductions:*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC
and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next
induction date will be Wednesday 30th October at 2pm. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a great week!
Cheers
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi all
This is a reminder that we have a project presentation from Frida
Torkelsen *Today
at 4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Diffusion Weighted functional brain
imaging: investigating cellular swelling as a potential direct measure of
neuronal activity". Talks are followed by refreshments.
We hope to see you there.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Good morning everyone
This week we have a project presentation from Frida Torkelsen on *Thursday
at 4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Diffusion Weighted functional brain
imaging: investigating cellular swelling as a potential direct measure of
neuronal activity". Talks are followed by refreshments.
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC
and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next
induction date will be Wednesday 30th October at 2pm. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a great week!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hello All,
I wanted to highlight the following text that now appears on YNiC MRI
safety screening forms:
"It is essential that all questions on this sheet are
answered truthfully. This information is essential in order to ensure
your safety and will be kept completely confidential. If you do not want
to answer any question(s) on this form you are free to withdraw from
this scanning session without any prejudice."
Please read this text to potential participants before you ask the
questions on the form, some of which can be personal in nature and which
some individuals may not wish to answer.
Thank you
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hi everyone
This is a reminder that Mark Hymers will be running a seminar this
afternoon at 4pm in the YNiC open plan, on how to use the YNiC cluster for
processing data.
It will be worthwhile for new or existing YNiC users that haven't
previously used the cluster, and may need to make use of it for upcoming
data analysis.
We hope to see you this afternoon.
Cheers
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Good afternoon everyone
We have a few notices for you today:
*Thursday Seminar - Using the Cluster:*
Mark Hymers will be running a session this Thursday on how to use the
cluster at YNiC. We encourage users to attend if they are unfamiliar with
how to send jobs to the cluster for processing. The session will be held
at *4pm on Thursday 10th October in YNiC open plan*.
*Remote Desktop:*
We have made some configuration changes to the remote desktop, so if you
are experiencing any issues please follow these steps on the wiki:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop#FAQ_and_errors
Please note that you must be connected to the University of York VPN, and
should also have followed the latest remote desktop server setup guidelines
(https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop).
*YNiC User Inductions:*
Hopefully everyone that needed an induction was able to attend the two
large sessions we put on last week, but if there are any other
students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, our next induction
date will be Wednesday 30th October at 2pm. Please ask them to contact
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you all have a great week.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
