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*(apologies for cross posting on ynic-users and all@psych)*
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Hi all,
We have (again) been working in the background to get the procedures and
environment at YNiC optimized to allow us to return to safe and
effective data collection. We had few weeks of practice of running Covid
-safe research scanning in Oct/Nov 2020, prior to the current lockdown,
and have refined things further.
Although we are all aware things could change, we are working
optimistically to the scheduled changes in national lockdown. We want to
be as ready as we can be to start collecting data from April 12th to
coincide with the proposed “Step 2” relaxation of lockdown rules that
will allow us to scan colleagues, students and members of the general
public again.
Over the next 4 weeks at YNiC we will dedicate most of our resources to
1.
Facilitate site visits to YNiC by researchers to see how things are
going to work
2.
Assisting existing projects to be technically set up so that they
are ready to book and start testing from April 12th
3.
Training / renewing training of operators to assist YNiC operators
during scanning or even scan independently.
*What do we need from you? *- each lab should email us at
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk <mailto:support@ynic.york.ac.uk>and let us know
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what projects you have that are ready to run (or continue running
from before)
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which scanner you need
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what your training requirements are - for MRI, at least one of your
team members who is routinely coming to the center during scanning
should be a level 0 for example
Please bear in mind that we will be running masters projects this year
also (as things stand) so the period of April through July will see
particularly high demand on staff to run the scanners.
Also note that use of YNiC computing services will remain remote for
now, and access (other than when scanning) is limited to staff who have
allocated workspace at YNiC.
Thank you all for your help and patience. We look forward to seeing you
all soon!
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André
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André Gouws PhD
CQC Registered Manager
Operations Manager
York Neuroimaging Centre and York Diagnostic Imaging
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
