Hi everyone
Just a reminder that today's YNiC Project Presentations are starting at the
earlier time of *2:30pm*.
We have two talks today, the first from Adam Turnbull, and the second from
Nerissa Ho.
Hope to see you there!
Kind regards
Lauren
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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
We have quite a few things going on this week that we'd like you to be
aware of:
*Presentations and Inductions:*
1. We have two project presentations this Thursday, starting from
*2:30pm* in YNiC open plan. The first will be given by Adam Turnbull,
and the second by Nerissa Ho.
2. We will be running a *YNiC user induction this Wednesday* 27th at
10am - if you are aware of anyone that needs to be inducted, please ask
them to contact us to sign up (support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk).
3. There is a seminar in Biology room K018 on *Friday 1st at 1pm*, as
part of the Biomedical Sciences seminar series, by Prof Rob Lucas
(University of Manchester) entitled "Vision Beyond Rods and Cones", which
may be of interest to a number of YNiC users (
https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/news-events/seminars/infection-immunity/spri…
)
*Closures:*
1. *YNiC will be closed from 3:45pm this Thursday 28th*, after the
project presentations, in order for staff and YNiC users to attend the YBRI
Neuroscience Social (Register at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ybri-social-neuroscience-theme-tickets-54695…
Password: YBRI2019)
2. *YNiC will be closed from 27th to 29th March*, in order for a number
of building and maintenance works to be carried out.
3. Open Plan will be closed for teaching this Friday between 12 and 4pm.
*Scanner Bookings:*
1. Both GE and Siemens scanners will be used for Masters projects from
the end of April. The slots restricted to these projects have been marked
on the booking system, and can only be booked for these projects.
2. Other restricted slots that occur in March will be released a week
before the scan date, in the event that they are not booked by the
restricting group. Please note that we have also added some additional
operator covered slots in Siemens on Mondays, for those weeks where the
scanner is heavily restricted.
Hope you have a good week,
Lauren
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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
Here are a few things to note for this week, and upcoming limited-staff
dates:
- There will be teaching in open plan on Tuesday and Friday, 12-4pm.
Open plan will be unavailable to users that are not attending the taught
sessions.
- *The Siemens scanner is now available for booking on Mondays. *Please be
aware that clinical scans of patients will be taking place in GE, and we
therefore ask that you maintain a professional manner in reception and the
MRI corridor if you use the Siemens scanner on the same day.
- Further to the above, Siemens will be unavailable on the 25th March
for scheduled maintenance.
- The MEG UK conference takes place in Cardiff on 15th-17th April. A
number of YNiC staff will be in attendance, and therefore on these dates
there will be no operator cover and very limited staff availability (the
centre will still be open for use).
Hope you have a good week,
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone,
I'd like to invite you all to attend the following talk by Andreas
Roepstorff at *2:30pm* next *Tuesday, 19th Feb*, at the Department of
Computer Science (Hes. East). Andreas is an
anthropologist/neuroscientist/interdisciplinarist and he directs the
Interacting Minds Centre in Denmark, which explores new weird, wonderful
ways of studying minds in interaction.
Please find the talk abstract below (and attached), as well as directions
to the seminar room in the Computer Science building.
I hope you can make it!
Kind regards
Lauren
*Playfulness: A Surprising State of Mind*
*A Digital Creativity Labs Lecture by Andreas Roepstorff*
*February 19, 2019, 2:30-3:30pm*
*Heslington East, room **CSE/082&083 http://bit.ly/2E7aWXW
<http://bit.ly/2E7aWXW>*
*Attendance is free, no registration required*
These days, theories of prediction error minimization are *en vogue* across
the cognitive sciences. Cognition seems to be all about control: of events,
hidden causes, environments, and many things in between. Playful activities
seem to open up a very different terrain. They appear to involve letting go
of control, to let processes, materials and collaborators do ‘their’ thing,
and in and through that create unexpected trajectories. We have recently
explored a number of such activities involving unusual research tools, like
Ouija boards, Lego bricks, and haunted houses. I will describe some of
these experiments, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative methods, to
explore emergent dynamics of play-like activities. This will allow us to
explore whether playfulness is a surprising state of mind.
*Biography*
Andreas Roepstorff is a Professor of Cognition, Communication and Culture
at Aarhus University (Denmark). He works at the interface between
anthropology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, and is equally
interested in the workings of the mind and brain, and in how cognitive
science and brain imaging, as fields of knowledge production, relate to
other scientific and public fields. He is the director of the Interacting
Minds Centre at Aarhus University and is involved in a number of
transdisciplinary collaborations, focusing on aspects of human interaction.
Most recently, he won a major grant to work with renowned artist Olafur
Eliasson to create engaging experiments on perception, decision-making,
action, and collaboration in public spaces. For more, visit
interactingminds.au.dk.
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi all
A couple of things to be aware of for the coming weeks:
- There is a *YBRI Social event* on the* 28th Feb* in Biology. The
theme this year is Neuroscience, and it is a good platform for discussing
your work in a social setting. Pizza and drinks are provided. If you'd
like to attend, please register via Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ybri-social-neuroscience-theme-tickets-54695…>
(password YBRI2019). If you'd also like to bring a poster, please let the
administrator know at ybri(a)york.ac.uk
- Due to the above event,
*YNiC will be closed from 3:45pm on the 28th Feb *
- Open plan will be open all of this week, as there is no teaching
during Reading Week
- If you are running projects at YNiC, please take note of the updates
to the screening procedure highlighted in our emails earlier today
Kind regards
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
(Sorry for cross posting - MRI operators may get this twice)
Hi all
We would like to make you aware of recent updates we have made to the GE
and Siemens MRI Safety and Consent forms, which can be found here
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms.
In particular, please draw your attention to the section on piercings
and tattoos. The piercings question now reads:
"Are you currently wearing any jewellery? – e.g. piercings, watches,
bracelets, necklaces, hair clips, rings"
Please read the *full question *to participants, including the list of
examples.
This question should be answered /after/ all jewellery has been removed,
which may be when the participant is in the control room. In most
cases, the answer to this question should be 'No'. If jewellery cannot
be removed, operators will require a Level 3 signature. In your initial
screening of your participants you should establish if any jewellery
cannot be removed, and then notify support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
<mailto:support@ynic.york.ac.uk> if you will require a Level 3 signature
(please provide details of the scan date/time).
You will no longer be required to obtain a Level 3 signature for
participants with tattoos. Instead, you will direct the participant's
attention to the tattoo warning sign located on the control room wall
(near the other safety information signs), read the warning to the
subject, and advise them to press the emergency buzzer if they feel any
heating of the tattooed area during the scan session.
Finally, both operators in charge of the scanning session should sign
the boxes now marked as 'Operator A' and 'Operator B' - the order of the
signatures is irrelevant, but it should only be signed by those acting
as operators for the scan.
We hope that these updates will improve your scanning process, whilst
maintaining the safety of our participants.
Please read through the full questionnaire to familiarise yourself with
this updated version - *every question* on this form will require a yes
or no answer now.
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
Manager of Imaging Services
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello All,
It will be a bit chilly at YNiC this morning (see below). We have
independent heating control of the MRI areas, so scanning can still go
ahead.
In even better news, we have escaped flooding this time!
All good wishes
Tony
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Adam Douglas <adam.douglas(a)york.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 08:55
Subject: Burst water pipe bio
To:
Good morning.
Unfortunately due to the cold weather we have had a burst pipe in the bio
centre. This has only damaged the 2nd floor at the moment. However, to
bring it under control and fix the pipe we have had to turn the pumps off.
This means the heating will be off this morning until it is repaired.
Engineers are on site and will get the heating back on as soon as possible.
If you need a heater please let me or a member of the team know and we will
happily provide.
The engineers hope to have the heating back on by lunch time, I will keep
you updated as much as possible.
Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. We are working to
rectify this as soon as possible.
Kind regards
Adam
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