ynic-users August 2023

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Test your stimuli on new PC in YNiC
by Rebecca Lowndes 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

Hi all Just reminding you all that there is a new stim PC with new software available in OpenPlan to test scripts/stimuli. All the desktops will move over to this software when we are closed next week Thanks Becky -- Rebecca Lowndes Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre

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YNiC Desktop Upgrades
by Joe Lyons 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

Hello As mentioned in the "This Week at YNiC" email, we'll be doing our annual software upgrades on the YNiC desktops w/c 4th September. The centre will be closed while we undertake the upgrades. A wiki page has been setup with details of the changes. https://wiki.pages.ynic.york.ac.uk/IT/summer_2023_upgrade.html A desktop with the new software is available in OpenPlan to test scripts/stimuli. Please email support if you have any questions. Thanks Joe -- Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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IT closure this weekend
by Rebecca Lowndes 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

Hi all, Due to emergency power testing at the Science Park, the remote desktop may not be accessible or reliable on Saturday and Sunday. While the remote desktop machines may be intermittently available they may shut down without notice, so we strongly advise you do not attempt to work on the remote desktop this weekend. Open Plan will also be unavailable. Thanks Becky -- Rebecca Lowndes Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre

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This Week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 17 Aug '23

17 Aug '23

Hello, Please find details about a change to the YNiC phone system, an upcoming summer closure, and the next scheduled induction and training sessions below. *YNiC phone number change* Due to an update to phone systems throughout the science park, unfortunately YNiC can no longer be contacted using our long-standing number. *You can now reach us on 01904 325940. *Please update our contact details anywhere you hold them, and in particular,* please update any material provided to participants.* As part of the upgrade to the science park phone system, we have new phone hardware. As these phones serve an important part of our safety procedures,* we encourage all operators to familiarise themselves with the new phones.* *YNiC summer closure* *YNiC will be closed to users for the week commencing Monday the 4th of September. *This is necessary for us to undertake vital updates to our computing systems. More details will be provided by email shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Please let us know if there are any mitigations we may be able to provide. *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 will be on *Thursday the 14th of September, at 13:00*. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *Level 0 operator training* *The next L0 training session will be held on Monday the 11th of September, 13:00-15:00. *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. 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 Seminar* If you would like to give a talk next term, please get in touch, there are no specific requirements; presentations can include previously collected data, new data, pilot data and/or study plans and ideas. This is a great way to get feedback in a relaxed and friendly environment. Please message support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. Cheers, Rich -- Dr Richard Aveyard Senior Technical Specialist York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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Useful dataset
by Aidan Horner 16 Aug '23

16 Aug '23

Hi all, A big new data set has just been published that could be useful for many of us, particularly for those interested in hippocampal subfields (who isn't?!): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02449-9 Best wishes, Aidan -- *I work 0.8FTE and my working days are Monday-Wednesday and Friday* ======================================================= Dr Aidan J Horner Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Psychology Department of Psychology University of York York YO10 5DD Mastodon: @aidanhorner@fediscience.org Twitter: @aidanhorner Lab website: http://www.aidanhorner.org/ =======================================================

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Fwd: Green Computing Paper
by Beth Jefferies 08 Aug '23

08 Aug '23

Here's an interesting paper from Nick about how we can reduce the carbon footprint of fMRI analysis. https://osf.io/7q5mh/ Let me know what you think :) Cheers Beth ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Nick Souter <nes522(a)york.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 17:00 Subject: Green Computing Paper To: FLEXSEM <flexsem-group(a)york.ac.uk> Hi all, Hope you're all doing well :) I've just released the preprint for my first post-doc paper <https://osf.io/7q5mh/>! It's a short perspective piece focusing on 10 steps neuroimagers can take to reduce the carbon footprint of their research computing (preprocessing and analysis). Thought I would share here in case there is anything actionable you could take away from it. In particular, there is stuff about long term data storage and data cleaning which might be relevant to issues with freeing up space on the FLEXSEM drive at YNiC. As part of this, we've developed a tool called fMRIPrepCleanup <https://github.com/NickESouter/fMRIPrepCleanup> specifically designed to comb over fMRIPrep output and delete all the junk files (although take caution using it, as covered in the readme!!). Thanks! Nick Nick Souter, PhD Department of Psychology University of York nes522(a)york.ac.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FLEXSEM" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to flexsem-group+unsubscribe(a)york.ac.uk. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/d/msgid/flexsem-group/CACz3qpZwiMMdG… <https://groups.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/d/msgid/flexsem-group/CACz3qpZwiMMdG…> . -- Beth Jefferies Department of Psychology, University of York, UK +44 01904 324368

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