ynic-users June 2025

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This Week at YNiC
by Jennifer Ashton 30 Jun '25

30 Jun '25

Hello, *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 *Tuesday the 5th of August, at 10:00am*. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *Level 0 Operator Training* *MRI* Level 0 Training: *Tuesday the 5th of August, 13:00-15:00.* *MEG* Level 0 Training:* Wednesday the 13th of August, 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. *Are you coming to the end of your studies?* If you will be finishing your studies soon and no longer require access to the centre, we would really appreciate it if you could clear down any files you no longer need that are stored in your /home and /scratch spaces. *Please remember, DO NOT transfer any data off YNiC systems (this includes using USB drives/hard drives or saving/sharing data using applications like google drive/dropbox/emails etc.).* If you have a YNiC door fob, you can return it to reception (you can post it in the silver letter box to the left of reception), or hand it in to reception in the Psychology Department. Thank you, and good luck for the future! :) Have a great week! Many thanks, Jennifer -- Jennifer Ashton, PhD, RSci, MIScT Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre Email Disclaimer <https://www.york.ac.uk/about/legal-statements/email-disclaimer/> [image: University of York]

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Data protection at YNiC reminder
by Richard Aveyard 27 Jun '25

27 Jun '25

Hi All, As we get towards the end of the data-collection period for the masters projects, and the exciting analysis stage gathers pace, now would be a good time for everyone to re-visit the data security rules for neuroimaging data. You can find our policies by following this link to YNiC's wiki page on data protection <https://wiki.pages.ynic.york.ac.uk/UserResources/Policies/DataProtection.ht…> . As part of your centre induction you will have completed an Appropriate Data Usage Declaration in which you commit to following the policies described in the Data Protection Policy document - it is important that you uphold these rules. A few illustrative (not exhaustive) examples are listed below: *Do Not* share neuroimaging data by email, Google Drive, Dropbox etc. *Do Not *submit neuroimaging data to AI tools like DeepSeek or chatGPT. *Do Not* transfer neuroimaging data to USB drives, or any computers that are not provided by YNiC (even other computers provided by the University). *Do Not* store R-numbers alongside identifiable participant information. YNiC provides data storage for all research projects which can be used to share data with other people in your research group, the storage directories have filepaths of the form: /scratch/groups/Projects/PXXXX/ Where PXXXX is your 4-digit project number. Storing data in these directories is the only method through which you are permitted to share data. We provide a wiki page offering tips on managing data access that you can find by following this link to YNiC's wiki page on managing data permissions <https://wiki.pages.ynic.york.ac.uk/IT/UnixUsers/FilePermissions.html>. Summary data such as screenshots of a fMRI overlay, mathematical plots of data, or graphs or tables of summary statistics can be used in your reports, but must not contain personally identifiable information. If you need help in achieving something with your data, or have any doubts about data protection, check with YNiC first by emailing support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Best Wishes, Rich -- Dr Richard Aveyard Senior Technical Specialist York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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YNiC Operator Training
by Aidan Horner 25 Jun '25

25 Jun '25

Dear all, As everyone is aware, we provide a lot of YNiC technician operator cover whilst also training YNiC users to be operators themselves. This works well for everyone as it balances workloads for YNiC technicians and provides more flexibity in scanning for those users who are trained to be an operator. Part of the operator training process requires the trainee to attend and scan across multiple sessions to ensure they are of the standard we expect before being 'signed off'. There is no official policy on this, but as a centre we would expect those who are going through this process to attend as many sessions as possible on their lab projects to speed up the training process. On a few occasions recently, trainees have not been scanning on projects run by their labs (e.g., for MSc projects), which increases workload for YNiC technicians. I am therefore emailing to ask everyone to try to engage with training as much as possible. If a project is running in the lab and you are being trained, please try to ensure you are attending as many of these sessions as you can. This is of benefit for yourself and the YNiC staff, and ensures we are providing operator cover more equitably across labs. As always, if there are circumstances that might this difficult, come to talk to us and we will do our best to help and support you. Finally, if you are unsure about the above and how it relates to you or members of your lab, again please come and talk to us. Best wishes, Aidan -- *I work 0.8FTE and my working days are Monday-Wednesday and Friday* =========================================================== Prof Aidan J Horner Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Co-Director York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) Department of Psychology University of York York YO10 5DD https://www.aidanhorner.org/ ===========================================================

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3D printer induction
by Katya Krieger-Redwood 25 Jun '25

25 Jun '25

Hello everyone, I am attending an induction at the library for use of the 3D printers <https://www.york.ac.uk/library/research-creativity/yorcreate/>, if you'd like to join there is space for ~15 more people. Wednesday 16th July 10:30-11:30. Please let me know if you'd like to sign up! Katya

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This Week at YNiC
by Jennifer Ashton 10 Jun '25

10 Jun '25

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This Week at YNiC
by Jennifer Ashton 02 Jun '25

02 Jun '25

Hello, *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 *Tuesday the 1st of July, at 10:00am*. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *Level 0 operator training* *MRI* Level 0 Training: *Tuesday the 1st of July, 13:00-15:00.* *MEG* Level 0 Training:* Wednesday the 9th of July, 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. *YNiC Events* *YNiC's 20th Anniversary Celebration this Wednesday* We look forward to welcoming everybody to mark the 20th anniversary of the York Neuroimaging Centre on *Wednesday.* We are having a day of celebration, and are delighted to share the schedule for the day <https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/20_anniversary_schedule.pdf> *YNiC Door Fobs* If you have a YNiC door fob you no longer need, please drop this back into either YNiC or Psychology reception. Have a great week! Many thanks, Jennifer -- Jennifer Ashton, PhD, RSci, MIScT Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre Email Disclaimer <https://www.york.ac.uk/about/legal-statements/email-disclaimer/> [image: University of York]

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