Hi everyone
I hope everyone is doing OK?
As you might expect, we don't really have much YNiC news for you these days!
If you experience any issues with the remote desktop that cannot be
resolved by the troubleshooting section on the wiki (
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop), please send us a
ticket to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk and include screenshots and details of
the error. For any other assistance, please make sure you also use the
support ticket system, rather than an individual's email address, so we can
make sure messages don't get missed.
We had a great Journal Club last Thursday, presented by Theo, and we hope
to keep these going. Please let me know if there is a paper you find
interesting and would like to present. This is the link to the google
hangout, for Thursdays at 4pm: https://meet.google.com/mzy-titj-yrq . We
haven't got a paper for this week yet but I'll keep you posted.
Take care,
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 For those that are interested, we are starting a YNiC Journal
Club on Thursday's at 4pm during this period of social distancing and
isolation. This week, Theo has selected the following paper: Andrew Quinn
et al (2018) Task-Evoked Dynamic Network Analysis Through Hidden Markov
Modeling https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2018.00603/full
This event link should (hopefully) show you a link for joining a 'hangout',
so follow that at 4pm on Thursday if you'd like to join us for a chat about
the paper (or just for some social interaction!). Unfortunately we can't
provide refreshments for this virtual event, but feel free to bring your
own along. All the best, Lauren
Title: YNiC Journal Club
When: Thu 26 Mar 2020 16:00 – 17:00 United Kingdom Time
Joining info: Join Hangouts Meet
https://meet.google.com/mzy-titj-yrq
Who:
* Lauren Welbourne- creator
Hi everyone
I hope everyone is managing OK with social distancing and the various
challenges that it creates.
Joe and Mark have been working hard to increase our remote desktop capacity
for users - we had a few teething issues which have been mostly resolved.
If you haven't yet connected to the remote desktop please make sure you
read the instructions here
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop, and ensure you are
first connected to the University VPN before connecting to the YNiC remote
desktop; note that we have extended access to all users now.
As usual, if you are experiencing any issues with the remote desktop that
cannot be resolved by the troubleshooting section in the above page, please
send us a ticket to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk and include screenshots and
details of the errors you are experiencing.
Please be reminded that YNiC is closed to users, and projects that have
been impacted by the cancelled scans should submit a scan reimbursement
form to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, if they haven't already done so (you can
find this form at the bottom of this page https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms
).
YNiC staff are working from home but we are doing a daily check-in of the
centre, as well as essential maintenance work on the scanners twice a week.
Stay safe everyone, and wash your hands. :-)
All the best
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
Dear all,
We have identified an issue with the latest X2Go remote desktop client
which prevents people from connecting to their remote sessions.
To work around this issue, you will need to use a specific version of
the client rather than the latest one. We have updated the wiki page
with details for new users
(https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop)
For existing users, you can check which version of the X2Go client you have
by going to Help
-> About X2Go Client. The version number will be listed there as
4.x.y.z. If you do not have 4.1.2.0 or 4.1.2.1, please follow the
re-install instructions below.
* On Windows, find "Add or Remove Programs" in System settings, find
"X2go Client for Windows" and choose Uninstall
* On Mac, right click on the X2goClient application and "Move to Trash"
Now re-install the correct version. For Windows, this is 4.1.2.0 and
for Mac this is 4.1.2.1. We have included direct links below, but you
can also navigate to https://code.x2go.org/releases and then find the
correct version from there. If using a Mac, please ensure to get the
right version for your Mac OS version.
* Windows:
https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/4.1.2.0-201…
* Mac 10.13 or later:
https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/main/4.1.2.1/x2gocl…
* Mac 10.11 or 10.12:
https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/main/4.1.2.1/x2gocl…
* Mac 10.9 or 10.10:
https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/main/4.1.2.1/x2gocl…
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear All,
The email below was sent earlier today by acting HoD of the Department of
Psychology, Tim Andrews. We will adopt the recommendation not to conduct
research at YNiC because of the face-to-face contact with volunteer
participants. All scans booked tomorrow and onwards will not be
performed. We have been in touch with all teams that have bookings today.
I know this is frustrating, but there is no choice in this matter given the
government advice concerning non-essential contact, as Tim rightly outlined
in his message.
Scans booked will receive reimbursement of time as per policy. If you are
affected please complete the scan reimbursement form available of the ynic
website and return it to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
We will be back in touch when we have any updates about when scanning can
resume. In the meantime, remote access has been extended to all users to
allow work to be done at home.
Best wishes
Tony
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tim Andrews <timothy.andrews(a)york.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 12:57
Subject: Update
To: All Staff and PhD Students <all-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk>
Hello everyone,
I am sure that you are all concerned about recent events. I don't have any
additional recommendations except to heed the advice that we are getting
from government and university. There has been a lot of hard work going on
in the university to update students and staff about how to deal with the
current issues, but also to plan for the future.
I would just like to update you on work going on in the department. We have
been working hard to make sure that key staff have remote access, so we can
continue with current assessments. There is a lot of ongoing work to plan
for online teaching and assessment next term. Additional provision has also
been provided by servers in YNiC, so staff can work remotely. I would like
to thank all the people who have been working hard on this.
I have consulted with colleagues in the department about face-to-face
testing of participants. Given that the advice is to avoid all unnecessary
social contact, we recommend stopping face-to-face testing for the
foreseeable future. We are looking into how we can help with data
collection by moving to online testing.
We are likely to be encouraged to work at home where possible in the near
future. Please take the time to make sure that you have all you need for
this. We may need to think imaginatively about how we can make best use of
our time given the circumstances.
Finally, please take care of yourself and each other. Also, take the time
to look out for vulnerable people in the community. It is going to be a
very worrying time for them. However, let's hope that things will get
better soon.
Best wishes,
Tim
--
Tim Andrews
Department of Psychology
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
UK
Tel: 44-1904-324356
Fax: 44-1904-323181
http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/faculty/ta505/
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear all,
Due to recent events, we are aware that more staff and students will be
needing to work remotely than is usually the case. To enable everyone
who uses YNiC to work in as flexible a way as possible at this time, we
have temporarily added more resource to our remote desktop setup and
removed the restrictions which normally limit its use to those at PhD
level and above.
For those (including students) who have not used the remote desktop
setup before, you will need to take the following steps:
1. Register for and set up access to the University VPN
https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/services/vpn
(if you are a YNiC user who does not have a UoY account, please
email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk and we will make alternate arrangements)
2. Set up the X2Go remote desktop application. We have a
comprehensive guide here:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop
Note that you will need to log in to the YNiC website in order to
read the documentation (see the link at the top right of the website).
3. When you wish to connect to the remote desktop service, you will
need to connect to the University VPN and only then connect to the
remote desktop service.
We have set up a single page for users with information about remote
working at YNiC. This page is at:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/RemoteWorking
We would ask that support issues are filed in the usual way, by emailing
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. In addition, staff will be monitoring the
"Town Square" channel on the YNiC Discuss server at:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/discuss
We will continue to monitor performance of the remote systems over the
next few days and will do our best to match the service capacity with
the demand from staff and students.
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
We will be closing open plan today. Remote access will be set up for all
users this morning. Instructions on how to use the remote access will
follow.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Good morning everyone
We just have a few reminders for users today.
Firstly, as most of you will already be aware, YNiC open plan has hand
sanitiser and surface wipes available for use. Should you wish to use them
they can both be found near the coffee machine.
Secondly, we would like to remind operators of our policy for cleaning
scanner equipment between participants - please ensure this is always done
after every participant is scanned. We also have a sink and hand sanitiser
available in each scanner control room, as well as in the MRI corridor.
*Closure:*
Over the Easter period we will have a 'soft closure' from *Thursday 2nd
April until Friday 17th April*. During this time 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.
*Level 0 operator Training:*
Our 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.
All users that wish to be operator trained must have First Aid training.
Please ensure that this has been completed, or is booked in, before
contacting us to arrange training. 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 1st April at 9:30am. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a good 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
Good afternoon everyone
*24 hour access*
Many of you will be pleased to know that YNiC users will now have *24hr
access to open plan*. If you use the building after 5pm or before 8:30am,
please use the main YNiC entrance, and the toilet that is in that entrance
hall (between YNiC and CHyM).
You will need to have both your YNiC fob AND your University card with you
to get into the building - use your University card on the black card
reader on the outside door, and then use your YNiC fob as usual on all
other YNiC doors.
Please be reminded that we keep a First Aid kit on the bookshelf to the
right of the coffee machine, and that you can call security if you need
emergency assistance on 01904 323333 - this number will be on display on
the notice board.
We will review this access over the coming weeks; if you have any questions
or concerns please contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk (operators will receive
a separate email shortly detailing the new key-holder process).
*YNiC Science Social*
The next Science Social will be given by Andre Gouws, on "Optimising FSL
and a few other tricks to make data processing easier, more efficient and
less problematic", and will take place this* Thursday 12th March 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.
*Closure:*
Over the Easter period we will have a 'soft closure' from *Thursday 2nd
April until Friday 17th April*. During this time 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.
*Open Plan Teaching:*
Please be reminded that teaching will take place in YNiC open plan at *9am-1pm
this Wednesday*. During this time, 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 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.
All users that wish to be operator trained must have First Aid training.
Please ensure that this has been completed, or is booked in, before
contacting us to arrange training. 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 18th March at 10am. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a good 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
Good afternoon everyone
I mainly have reminders and updates for you today, but I also wanted to let
users know that a couple of places have become available on a group *First
Aid training course* this Thursday 5th March, which a number of the YNiC
staff are attending (don't worry, noone's training expires before the
5th!). Places will be filled on a first-come first-served basis (I can
pass on details for payment later), and it would be beneficial for any
users that intend to begin operator training in the coming months. Please
email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to reserve one of the remaining places.
*Booking system changes:*
The updates to the booking system have now been made; when making bookings
you will see that you need to specify both the 'Operator' (must be Level 1
or above) and the 'Co-Operator' (must be a Level 0 or above) when you
book. All other functionality for booking scans remains the same. Note
that this update does *not* reflect any changes in policy or procedure; as
before, two operators must be present at all times in the control room
while a participant is being scanned (one or both of the operators must be
a Level 1 or above).
If you are booking in an operator covered slot, you can specify whether you
will need both/one/none of the YNiC operators. If you are using your own
operators, then the 'Operator' must be a Level 1 or above who is listed on
the project as an operator, and the 'Co-Operator' can be anyone that is
listed on the project as a co-investigator and has current Level 0 (or
above) status (the project PI can add individuals as co-investigators via
PTS https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/pts/, but to make a co-investigator a
listed Level 1 operator on a project the PI will need to request this via a
support ticket).
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.
*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.
*First Aid Training*
As previously communicated, as of this month any operator without a valid
First Aid Certificate on record will not be able to act as an operator on
any scan *until the training certificate is received by YNiC*. Once
received, please bring the certificate to reception to be copied and
scanned, and your account will be updated.
*Open Plan Teaching:*
Please be reminded that teaching will take 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.
*Level 0 operator Training:*
Our 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.
All users that wish to be operator trained must have First Aid training.
Please ensure that this has been completed, or is booked in, before
contacting us to arrange training. 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 18th March 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
