Good afternoon everyone,
We have some important information for you today (honestly!).
*Closure:*
Over the Easter period will have a 'soft closure' from *Thursday 2nd April
until Friday 17th April*. Over this period there will be no operator cover
provided and no user support, but users are still welcome to use open plan
and book the scanners in the non-operator covered slots.
Please note that during this period there may be days when there is no
Level 3 operator available for authorising contraindications for scanning,
therefore it is important that participants are screened well in advance of
the scan to identify contraindications and obtain the necessary
signature(s).
*Booking system changes:*
We are updating the booking system; changes will come into effect from next
Monday 2nd March. The main change you will see on the Project Tracking
System when booking scans, is that there will be an additional operator
dropdown list so that you can select the second operator. If you are
booking in operator-covered slots you can select one or both operators as
YNiC operators (or neither if you don't require any YNiC operators).
If you are using your own operators, then the 'primary operator' must be a
Level 1 or above who is listed on the project as an operator, and the
second operator can be anyone that is listed on the project and has current
Level 0 (or above) status (the project PI can add individuals to projects
via PTS https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/pts/). As with the previous system,
once the booking has been made you won't be able to amend the operators, so
if any changes need to be made you must email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to
request amendments.
We will update the wiki information shortly, but if you experience any
problems or have any questions please do let us know at
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. All other functionality for booking scans remains
the same.
*Reminder - First Aid Training:*
All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day 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 attend training on the same day, at a
location of your choice.
*We will be enforcing this requirement from 1st March 2020*. Any operator
(including L0) who does not have a valid First Aid Certificate will not be
permitted to act as an operator until YNiC has the certificate on file.
*Project Presentation:*
This week we have a project presentation from Gabriela Ravela on Thursday
27th Feb at 4pm in YNiC open plan, titled: "Neural correlates of face
perception in people with developmental prosopagnosia". Talks are followed
by refreshments. We hope to see you there!
For a list of the upcoming Thursday sessions, please visit
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions.
*Open Plan Teaching:*
Please be reminded that teaching will take place in YNiC open plan at
12-4pm this Friday. During these times, the area will be closed to anybody
not involved in the teaching.
*Level 0 operator Training:*
Our March training date is now full, so the next scheduled Level 0 training
session will take place after the closure on Wednesday* 22nd April at
9:30am*. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a
PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal
submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any
questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you
wish to be trained on. Please note that places are limited and are
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.
*YNiC 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 26th February at 10am. 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
Conference announcement and encouragement below.
Best wishes
Tony
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Dr N.E. Adams <nea26(a)cam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 13:52
Subject: MEGUK 2020
To: Antony Morland <antony.morland(a)york.ac.uk>
Dear Tony
I just thought I'd drop you a line about MEGUK 2020 (6th-7th Apr), as we
are currently in the call-for-abstracts phase. This year's conference in
Cambridge is designed to be more for the students benefit, but I wanted
to make sure that all the wonderful PIs at York who are interested in
MEG were aware of the conference, and letting their postdocs and
students know about it. Students are encouraged to submit poster and
talk abstracts (there are, of course, poster prizes). It's a great place
to showcase what they are working on to a friendly community of peers.
If you would like to filter these links across to them, I'd be much
obliged:
https://meguk.ac.uk/events/meguk-2020-in-cambridge/http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/conferences/meguk2020/
All the Best
Tallie
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hi all
Just a couple of reminders for you this week, plus a project presentation:
*Project Presentation - Thursday 4pm:*This week we have a project
presentation from Bronte McKeown on Thursday 20th Feb at 4pm in YNiC open
plan, titled: "Exploring differences in neural activity between left of
bang and right of bang threatening situations". Talks are followed by
refreshments. We hope to see you there!
For a list of the upcoming Thursday sessions, please visit
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions.
*Open Plan Teaching:*
Please be reminded that teaching will be taking place in YNiC open plan at
12-4pm this Tuesday and Friday. During these times, the area will be
closed to anybody not involved in the teaching.
*Reminder - First Aid Training:*
All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day 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 attend training on the same day, at a
location of your choice.
*We will be enforcing this requirement from 1st March 2020*. Any operator
(including L0) who does not have a valid First Aid Certificate will not be
permitted to act as an operator until YNiC has the certificate on file.
*Level 0 operator Training:*
Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on Wednesday
11th March at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0
training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a
project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include
which scanner you wish to be trained on. 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.
*YNiC 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 26th February at 10am. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a great week!
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
I also have had a silver ring handed in to reception!
Jackie
--
Jacqueline Mayhew
Centre Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435346
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
I have a watch which was handed in today, found in open plan. Please
come and collect from reception.
Thanks
Jackie
--
Jacqueline Mayhew
Centre Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435346
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hi everyone
We have a few updates for you this week, before the regular notices about
training and inductions.
*Scales for both MRI Scan Rooms:*
Following suggestions from some of our users, we have purchased a second
set of weighing scales, so that we now have scales in each scan room. The
original scales have been moved from the MRI corridor to the Siemens
control room, and the new scales are in GE (on this set, simply tap your
foot on the edge of the unit to 'wake up', and wait until zero is displayed
before asking your participant to step on).
*Expiry of operator-covered slots:*
Please be advised that any unused operator-covered slots will expire at
midnight 2 working days before the slot, e.g. for slots on a Thursday you
would need to book before the end of the day (11:59pm) on the Tuesday.
This will enable YNiC staff to effectively carry out other centre
responsibilities, with advanced notice of the cover required.
It should be noted that scan bookings should always be made at least a day
before the scan session, with the participants also added to the booking
24hrs in advance.
*Reminder - First Aid Training:*
All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day 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 attend training on the same day, at a
location of your choice.
*We will be enforcing this requirement from 1st March 2020*. Any operator
(including L0) who does not have a valid First Aid Certificate will not be
permitted to act as an operator until YNiC has the certificate on file.
*Level 0 operator Training:*
Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on Wednesday
11th March at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0
training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a
project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include
which scanner you wish to be trained on. 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.
*YNiC 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 26th February at 10am. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
That's everything folks!
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 everyone
Don't forget that we have the first YNiC Science Social of 2020 this
afternoon: *4pm in YNiC Open Plan*. This session will be on MEG data
processing using Brainstorm.
Pizza will be provided!
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
(Sorry for cross posting - active operators have already received this)
While we do not scan patients or research participants who are pregnant,
we are aware that there may be times when staff, operators and
technicians who themselves are pregnant may be required to enter the
inner controlled area (the "scan room") as part of their working routine.
We have taken advice from published guidance and from the University of
York Radiation Officer* and have adjusted our policies and procedures to
reflect good working practices to manage such situations and minimize
risk. (* While MRI does not expose persons to ionizing radiation, the
use of MRI is governed by IRMER guidelines).
The key points to note are summarized in section 5.6 of the Local Rules
for MRI Operators (v6.0) and reads as follows:
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Pregnancy and work in the inner controlled area
It is the responsibility of an operator or any member of staff who
requires access to the inner controlled area to notify the YNiC Director
when they are pregnant.
Individuals who are pregnant are permitted to operate the MRI scanners,
including taking participants into and out of the controlled area, that
is the scanner room. However, they may not remain in the controlled
area (the scanner room) during a scan. To be clear that means that
operators who are pregnant must not act as chaperones in the scanner room.
In the later stages of pregnancy, emergency removal of individuals from
the scanner is likely to prove a challenge to pregnant operators in
terms of manual handling. We will work with operators to ensure that
they will not be expected to operate when their capacity to perform
manual handling is limited by pregnancy.
This policy has been developed in order to conform with recommendations
outlined in the British Institute of Radiology's publication 'Pregnancy
and Work in Diagnostic Imaging Departments - 2nd Edition'.
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If you have any queries please do contact us.
Best wishes,
--
André
************************************************************************
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
Hi everyone
I've just got a couple of reminders for you today.
*Monthly Science Social Seminar:*
The next Science Social will be on MEG data processing using Brainstorm,
and will take place this* Thursday 6th February at 4pm*. At the Science
Social events we have pizza and drinks, so we look forward to seeing many
of you there!
For a list of the upcoming Thursday sessions, please visit
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions.
*Open Plan Teaching:*
Please be reminded that teaching will be taking place in YNiC open plan at
12-4pm on Friday this week. During these times, the area will be closed to
anybody not involved in the teaching.
*Level 0 operator Training:*
Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on Wednesday
11th March at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0
training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a
project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include
which scanner you wish to be trained on. 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.
All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day 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 attend training on the same day, at a
location of your choice.
*YNiC 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 12th February at 10am. 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
