Hi Everyone,
Just a few announcements this week; we are continuing to schedule regular
training sessions and this week we resume the eagerly-awaited YNiC Thursday
afternoon seminars!
Before that, a reminder:
*Forms containing confidential information must be disposed of
appropriately, unused safety forms with participant information should be
returned to reception where they will be disposed of securely - do not
throw them in the bin.*
*YNiC Thursday Seminar*
The first Seminar will be held on *Thursday 3rd February* at *4pm* via
Zoom, with a presentation from Dr David Watson.
*"Reconstructing cortical gradients from functional connectivity during
naturalistic viewing*"
I will send a reminder on the day.
*(https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91726652237
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91726652237&sa=D&…>
Meeting ID: 917 2665 2237, Password: YO10).*
*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 Wednesday 16th February at 10:00.* 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 Thursday 10th February at
13:00*. 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.*
Cheers,
Rich
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Dr Richard Aveyard
Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hi everyone
Happy New Year!
I've got a few reminders for you today, as well as some information on the
resumption of YNiC Seminars, and the development of MEG processing software.
*YNiC Thursday Seminar*
We are bringing back the YNiC Seminars this year - hooray!
These will take place on the first Thursday of every month at 4pm,
initially in an online format (https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91726652237
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91726652237&sa=D&…>
Meeting ID: 917 2665 2237, Password: YO10).
These seminars will combine elements of the previous Thursday Seminars and
Monthly Science Socials; with presentations from YNiC researchers on
current/upcoming projects, 'journal club' style talks, and technical
demonstrations.
The first Seminar will be held on *Thursday 3rd February* at *4pm* via
Zoom, with a presentation from Dr David Watson. I will send a reminder on
the day.
*MEG*
*Thanks to a lot of hard work from Rich Aveyard and previous YNiC staff
member Mark Hymers, their work has been included in the public repository
of the Brainstorm MEG analysis package. This allows external users to
process MEG data generated in YNiC, paving the way for future
collaborations and contributions to open data repositories.*
*General Consent Forms*
If your participants are uploading their General Consent form via our new
Upload System, please make sure that they follow the instructions on how to
complete the General Consent form correctly (see attached documents).
The formatting of the form must not be changed in order for it to be
correctly uploaded to our database. Any forms that are filled in
incorrectly, or are incomplete, will be refused.
*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 19th January* at *12:30pm*. Please ask
them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Spaces are limited and
will be filled on a first-come first-served basis.
*Level 0 Operator Training*
Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on *Thursday
10th February* at *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.
All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training
course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant
training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can
also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may
wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day,
at a location of your choice.
I hope you have all had a good week, and enjoy the upcoming weekend.
Cheers
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
*Working Days: Thursday and Friday*
Please contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you need a response outside of my
working days.
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hello
We'll be taking the systems in YNiC down for essential maintenance on
Monday 3rd January from 10am. The cluster and remote desktop service
will be unavailable.
Thanks
Joe
--
Thanks
Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
joe.lyons(a)ynic.york.ac.uk - 01904 435343
Hello
We'll be taking the /mnt/mridata disk mount offline this Friday (26th)
at 17:00 so we can resize the disk over the weekend and recover the
available storage space. The disk should be available again on Monday
29th. This will only affect the data from the GE scanner. All other data
mounts will be unaffected.
If you have any questions, please contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
Thanks
Joe
Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
joe.lyons(a)ynic.york.ac.uk - 01904 435343
Hi Everyone,
No news this week, just a reminder about open plan access and scheduled
training.
*Open plan access*
*A reminder that open-plan is not available for general use on Mondays* due
to the requirement to retain a COVID-safe environment while running a
clinical service.
*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 Friday 5th November at 11am*. 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 Tuesday 9th November at 10am*.
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.*
Cheers,
Rich
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Dr Richard Aveyard
Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hi Everyone,
*MSci project scanning*
MSci projects kick off this week with pilots on Thursday and Friday, we are
aiming for these projects to have collected all their data by the end of
November, so *available time on the Siemens scanner in particular will be
limited next month*.
*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 Friday 5th November at 11am*. 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 Tuesday 9th November at 10am*.
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 on must be booked at least a week before the session date, in
order to reserve the scanner booking.*
Cheers,
Rich
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Dr Richard Aveyard
Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Dear All,
Daniel K, Andre and I (mostly Daniel K!) have updated three of the YNIC
ethics documents:
the guidance, the project proposal form (needed for first-time users of
YNIC facilities and external applicants) and the ethics application form.
Joe has put them on the website:
https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/york-neuroimaging-centre/facilit…
and they are attached here too.
If you've started an old version and would prefer to continue with it, no
problem! If there are any problems, please let me know.
Best wishes,
Fiona
Hi Everyone,
*A number of desks in YNiC open-plan are now available for general use* on
a first come first serve basis without reservation. Some desks have been
allocated to individuals, so please only use those labelled as available
for general use.* Open-plan will not be available for general use on
Mondays* due to the requirement to retain a COVID-safe environment while
running a clinical service.
Our next scheduled level 0 training session on the 27th of October is fully
subscribed, so *the next available level 0 training will be held on Tuesday
the 9th of November 10:00-12:00*.
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.
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. 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.
Cheers,
Rich
--
Dr Richard Aveyard
Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hello
There is currently a bug in the version of x2go installed on the
Psychology managed desktops which means you won't be able to suspend and
resume sessions on the YNiC Remote Desktops. We're working on getting
the correct version rolled out to these machines but in the mean time,
you'll need to logout each time you want to disconnect.
We'll let you know when the working version is installed.
Thanks
Joe
--
Thanks
Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
joe.lyons(a)ynic.york.ac.uk - 01904 435343
Hello All,
This looks like a great opportunity.
Best wishes
Tony
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From: Hiromasa TAKEMURA <htakemur(a)nips.ac.jp>
Date: Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 00:52
Subject: Postdoc Ad (Takemura Lab, Okazaki, Japan)
To: Brian A Wandell <wandell(a)stanford.edu>, <jlg(a)stanford.edu>, <
kalanit(a)stanford.edu>, Jonathan A Winawer <jonathan.winawer(a)nyu.edu>, Noah
Benson <nben(a)uw.edu>, Dora Hermes <dorahermes(a)gmail.com>, Kendrick Kay <
kendrick.kay(a)gmail.com>, Aviv Mezer <aviv.mezer(a)elsc.huji.ac.il>, Franco
Pestilli <pestilli(a)utexas.edu>, Ariel Rokem <arokem(a)uw.edu>, Kevin Sean
Weiner PhD <kweiner(a)berkeley.edu>, <jessegomez(a)princeton.edu>, Serge
Dumoulin <s.dumoulin(a)spinozacentre.nl>, Jason Yeatman <jdyeatman(a)gmail.com>,
netta Levin <Nettalevin(a)gmail.com>, Michal Ben-Shachar <
michal.benshachar(a)gmail.com>, Vaidehi Subhash Natu <vnatu(a)stanford.edu>,
Antony Morland <antony.morland(a)york.ac.uk>, Stephen Engel <engel(a)umn.edu>,
Alex Wade <wade(a)wadelab.net>
Dear all,
I hope that this email finds you well. I just started my own lab on
September 1st. The institute helped me to find a very good lab manager, who
has already helped me a lot. Things went smoothly at this point. The next
step is to find scientists, which can be the most difficult part. I have
no ideas on what would be a good strategy to find a good postdoc, and I
expect that I will have a very hard time finding good candidates.
Nevertheless, I am looking for one postdoc and have started an open call
for a postdoc position. I'm now trying to distribute the ad as much as I
can.
If you kindly distribute the following ad for those who have potential
interest, I will greatly appreciate it.
Best,
Hiromasa
---start of the ad---
Dear All,
The Takemura Lab (https://www.nips.ac.jp/scbm/en/) at National Institute
for Physiological Sciences (Okazaki, Japan) is seeking to hire a
postdoctoral fellow, who will work on one of the following topics: (i)
human neuroimaging study on white matter tracts, or comparative studies on
white matter tracts using diffusion MRI, (ii) high-resolution structural
and/or functional brain mapping using 7T MRI system, and (iii) cognitive
neuroscience studies on sensory or language processing in the human brain.
The prior experience on neuroimaging studies is advantageous but not
required. Candidates are expected to be experienced with coding in either
MATLAB or Python. Candidates must have a Ph.D. or be scheduled to complete
the degree until the starting date.
The National Institute of Physiological Sciences is located in a city named
Okazaki, which is renowned for beautiful cherry blossoms along a clean
river and the Okazaki castle. The institute houses a 7T and 3T MRI system
fully dedicated for research. Takemura Lab houses a setup for visual
psychophysics experiments.
For details, please visit a following website:
https://www.nips.ac.jp/scbm/en/recruit/2021/09/1224.html
If you have any questions, please send an email to Hiromasa Takemura (
htakemur(a)nips.ac.jp).
Hiromasa Takemura
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Hiromasa, TAKEMURA, Ph.D.
1) Professor, Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department
of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
2) Professor, Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life
Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
3) Senior Researcher, Brain function analysis and imaging laboratory,
Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), Advanced ICT Research
Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
4) Guest Associate Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences,
Osaka University
38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585 Japan
e-mail: htakemur(a)nips.ac.jp
Lab web page: https://www.nips.ac.jp/scbm/en/
--- End of the Ad ---
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Theme Lead - Neuroscience, York Biomedical Research Institute
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
