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Reminder: YNiC Seminars Series
by Maryann Noonan 11 Nov '26

11 Nov '26

Dear all Just a reminder that Catherine Preston will be speaking at *YNiC* *tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1-2pm. *Her talk on "Neuroscience of Women’s Health" will kick off the exciting new seminar series at YNiC. The talk will start at 1.10. See you all there, MaryAnn [image: image.png] -- *Lecturer in Psychology* *Chair of Taught Postgraduate Examiners Board* *YNiC Engagement Coordinator *

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YNiC Seminar Series - ECR *CogNeuroGanza* 2-3pm YNiC Open plan
by Maryann Noonan 27 Oct '26

27 Oct '26

Dear all, Our next YNiC event will be dedicated to the Cog Neuro ECRs. This will be a 1 -hour social for PhD students in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging and MSc students in Cognitive Neuroscience. Our hope is it will give students on these pathways an opportunity to get to know each other better across the cohort years, building knowledge and ultimately opening up the possibility of collaboration and academic peer support. *Note the new time of 2-3pm. * The plan: 10 minute brief presentation about neuroscience-related things, e.g., BRAIN, any YNiC sessions (e.g., COGS, etc) + who to expect to see (PhD wise) across the year in MSc modules. 40 min nerdy fun and games? - neuro-bingo (20 mins): as a team (of PhD and MSc students mixed) come up with 25 neuroscience related words, then we will put all key words in a hat and play bingo and first to a straight line of 5 vertically, horizontally or diagonally wins - an exercise in integrating your visual and motor cortices (20 mins): in the same groups, one person from each group is shown a picture for 30 secs and tries to remember the image, and then the group works together to recreate the picture, another person in the group is shown the image for 30 secs, repeat and best recreation wins 5 min round up I hope as many of you can come as possible. MaryAnn

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MEG unavailable 26-27th October
by Richard Aveyard 21 Oct '26

21 Oct '26

Hello All, As part of the University's large infrastructure project to make use of more sustainable energy (see link below for more info), there will be building work outside YNiC next week. A cherry picker and various other larger pieces of machinery will be used to install pipework to the outside of the Building. We expect the movement of heavy machinery to cause significant data artifacts for MEG, so we have made the *MEG* *system unavailable for booking on Monday the 26th and Tuesday the 27th of October*. We anticipate normal service to continue on Wednesday the 28th of October, and will keep you updated. Apologies for any disruption this may cause to your research, unfortunately there is limited flexibility for the building work to be rescheduled due to the scale of the infrastructure project. Please let us know if you anticipate this causing a disproportionate disruption, at support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Geothermal project info: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/sustainability/campus-operations/climate-actio… Best Wishes, Rich -- Dr Richard Aveyard Senior Technical Specialist York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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Reminder: YNiC Seminars Series
by Maryann Noonan 12 Oct '26

12 Oct '26

Dear all Just a reminder that Nicole Levermore will be speaking at *YNiC* *tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1-2pm. *Her Work In Progress talk will be on "Attention, Alpha, ADHD - and Tetristalk". The talk will start at 1.10. See you all there, MaryAnn [image: image.png] -- *Lecturer in Psychology* *Chair of Taught Postgraduate Examiners Board* *YNiC Engagement Coordinator *

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For anyone with MSci project students
by Fiona McNab 09 Oct '26

09 Oct '26

Hi All, Just to clarify, if you will be running an MSci project that involves analysing YNIC data on YNIC systems, you will need ethical approval from the YNIC ethics committee, not Psychology. If it's a group project, each student will also need to complete a shorter ethics form themselves, which is a BPS requirement. There is no specific short form for YNIC, so please ask them to complete the same form that all the other students will complete, which can be found here: Individual short ethics form for group projects <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d8b4M9gdM5xSrfkDLUuKuUMhFswwl9QLFbgXplS…>. This does not need to be submitted, but should be kept by the supervisor. Thanks, Best wishes, Fiona

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YNiC Seminars Series
by Maryann Noonan 23 Sep '26

23 Sep '26

Dear all, The team at YNiC are putting together a fantastic series of events this Semester. Each week from week 1 we will be hosting a variety of internal and external speakers in a number of formats at the York Neuroimaging centre,* 1-2pm on Tuesdays. *Note talks will start at about 1.10 to give people enough time to get from lunch or previous lectures. We welcome faculty, ECR and MSc to all events. The program for the next four weeks is as follows: Week 1 - 29/10: Catherine Preston will present her latest work in Neuroscience of Women’s Health in the inaugural September resit seminar. Week 2 - 06/10: Daniel Berry will deliver a New Project Pitch on Effort Based Decision Making with fMRI. Week 3 - 13/10: Nicole Levermore will present her Work In Progress on Attention, Alpha, ADHD - and Tetris. Week 4- 20/10: I will lead a Cognitive Neuroscience Discussion Group (COGs) on an exciting new general interest paper (TBA). As the new YNiC engagement coordinator my goal is to identify ways of improving the experience of researchers using YNiC. To that end I hope the ongoing programme of weekly events will build [1] community within and across research experience, [2] increase both internal and external collaboration and [3] facilitate peer and professional user support from conception to publication. Further, to encourage community building, I am branding Tuesdays "*Tues YNiC*" days. Please arrive early, stay late or even work all day at YNiC! [image: image.png] Best wishes, MaryAnn -- *Lecturer in Psychology* *Chair of Taught Postgraduate Examiners Board* *YNiC Engagement coordinator*

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Friday 25/09
by Katya Krieger-Redwood 22 Sep '26

22 Sep '26

Hello everyone, Just a quick one to make you aware that we will be conducting MSc inductions across morning and afternoon at YNiC this coming Friday, so the centre will be busier and nosier than usual! Best wishes, Katya

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YNiC normal service resumed!
by Katya Krieger-Redwood 21 Sep '26

21 Sep '26

Hello everyone, Thank you for your patience while we closed for system maintenance. We are back up and running and would love to see you again! Katya

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YNiC needs you
by Maryann Noonan 10 Sep '26

10 Sep '26

Hi all Long introductory email but forgive me. Just to let you all know that I have taken over as YNiC engagement coordinator. This role is designed to identify ways of improving the experience of researchers using YNiC. Alongside this ongoing goal (that will need input from everyone) I am putting together a programme of weekly events that aim to build [1] community within and across research experience, [2] increase both internal and external collaboration and [3] facilitate peer and professional user support from conception to publication. While all that sounds lofty and ambitious - because we are still a relatively small neuroimaging community at York - what I am really hoping to achieve is to reach a state of community that is "matey" and welcoming without slipping into cliquey! To that end I propose to brand Tuesdays "*Tues YNiC*" days. [image: image.png] *When: Tuesdays ~1-2pm *(but we encourage as many researchers to work at YNiC as long as you can on Tuesdays) *What's planned? *Different events each week that fall into the following categories. 1. Work in Progress (WIP; 1-2 per term) - Any researchers (although we will prioritise ECRs) will be invited to give an informal talk on their current neuroimaging projects. 2. New Project Pitch (NPP; 1 per term) - Any researcher will be welcome/encouraged to pitch their neuroimaging projects to a friendly audience at the planning stage. This is not compulsory for new projects but we hope will be valuable. 3. Internal seminars (IS; ~2 per term) - To encourage attendance of talks outside our immediate field and promote community, I propose we pitch these at a graduate summer school level, asking speakers to convince the audience why they should care about this research and how it affects them - either at a methods, theory or functional level. 4. External seminars (ES; ~2 per term) - To encourage volunteers for internal seminars anyone who has given a talk will be given the opportunity to invite an external speaker to ynic the following year. In the interests of promoting external collaborations, we would like guests to be invited who you think have a strong likelihood of contributing in some way to future work at ynic either for yourself or, even better, for other colleagues in the department. 5. Journal Clubs (COGs; ~2 per term) - Informal discussion on wide interest, high impact papers. Volunteers needed. 6. ECR research skills (RS; 1 per term) - ECRs will be invited to request an informal workshop/panel Q&A from faculty or the YNiC team to support neuroimaging skills. I appreciate this requires planning and negotiation so will not be sprung on any member of staff. Further there is no expectation that the request is always met. 7. Special Seminars (SS; 1 per term) - YNiC staff will be invited to present on a variety of topics close to their hearts such as Open Science, Diversity or the new toys/analysis techniques we should know about. 8. Town hall (TH; 1 per term) - Likely linked to another event, this will be an open forum to share what is working and what is not working to better support each other, the community and the centre. 9. Hack-a-thons (+ analysis clinic; 1 per term) - If you have data you have left of the back burner then this is meant to be a fun, supportive few hours where we prioritise the fun parts of science. 10. Writing clubs (1 per term) - Similarly, in the quieter weeks we could also use the space as a mini writing retreat, lunching informally together at the Link. 11. Summer/Winter socials (1 per term) - Yet to be worked out but a lunch time meet up at one of the campus cafes, or a picnic to celebrate the end of term. Other events are being considered and suggestions on the above will be welcomed. To promote attendance I will work to ensure that these events are properly advertised and easily findable on our webpages, internally and externally. However, as the title suggests - YNiC needs you - the centre, and our work is stronger when our community is closer. Therefore please, despite our busy work days, and the 10 minute walk, let's try to prioritise spending time in the special community that we are so lucky to have available to us. [image: image.png] Finally, while this mailing list is likely up to date, our webpages <https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/york-neuroimaging-centre/people/> are not. I will be in touch again to deal with this. Best wishes, MaryAnn

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YNiC Closure Notice
by Jennifer Ashton 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Hello, This is just a quick reminder that YNiC will be unavailable until *Friday 18 September *for essential IT maintenance and upgrades. During this time, the IT systems, the Remote Desktop Service and access to the scanners will all be unavailable. The centre will *reopen* on *Monday 21 September*. We will keep you updated throughout the closure and let you know if any services become available before 21 September. Many thanks, Jennifer -- Jennifer Ashton, PhD, RSci, MIScT Senior Research Technician Departmental Safety Coordinator - Department of Psychology York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Ema <https://www.york.ac.uk/about/legal-statements/email-disclaimer/>il Disclaimer <https://www.york.ac.uk/about/legal-statements/email-disclaimer/>

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