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[Fwd: MRes+PhD/PhD studentships available at UCL: deadline for applications 29th Jan 2010]
by Gary Green 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

FYI ------------------------------------- ESRC STUDENTSHIPS FOR MRes+PhD/PhD: UCL Centre for Human Communication DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 29th January 2010 The UCL Centre for Human Communication (CHC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two quota ESRC studentships for the academic year commencing September 2010 and is additionally able to nominate applications for an ESRC open competition studentship. ESRC studentships provide up to four years full funding for postgraduate training. They cover tuition fees and include a maintenance grant. The CHC will consider applicants for 1+3 quota and open studentships for the MRes in Speech, Language and Cognition followed by PhD research within the CHC group. Information about the MRes can be found at http://tinyurl.com/yb9p5d2 We will also consider applicants who have completed relevant Masters-level training for a 3 year PhD studentship within the CHC. The CHC is a virtual centre that exists to foster interaction amongst UCL staff who are involved in research on human language and communication. Research spans an unusual range of disciplines, from those traditionally considered to lie in the humanities and social sciences, to those of a more scientific, engineering and medical aspect. Areas studied include, among others: * basic aspects of hearing, speech and language, both in the adult and the developing child; * linguistic theory concerning syntax, phonology and pragmatics; * speech production and speech perception; * acquisition of first and later-learned languages; * sign languages; * developmental language disorders like stuttering, dyslexia and specific language impairment; * acquired language disorders like aphasia and dysarthria; * hearing impairments and their remediation through training and prostheses (hearing aids and cochlear implants); * speech recognition and speech synthesis by computer. More information about the CHC can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chc/ Applicants should send a CV, covering letter and the names and email addresses of two referees to Dr Bronwen Evans at bronwen.evans(a)ucl.ac.uk. The covering letter should include an outline of the applicant's principal research interests. Applications for the 3 year PhD studentships only must also outline a plan of the intended research. Ideally, this plan should have been discussed with a potential supervisor based at UCL. Staff details can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/staff All applications are subject to the ESRC’s nationality and residency restrictions and applicants are also asked to indicate in their submission that they meet these criteria. Information about these are available in the ESRC's Postgraduate Funding Guide, which applicants are strongly advised to consult when completing their application. This can be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/y8tm2qa Deadline: Friday 29th January 2009. Applications received after this date will still be considered for admission but will be too late to be considered for the ESRC quota studentship. ----------------------------- Dr Bronwen G. Evans, UCL Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, Rm 321 Chandler House 2 Wakefield Street London WC1N 1PF Tel +44 (0) 20 7679 4089 (internal: 24089) Fax +44 (0) 20 7679 4010 http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk

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[Fwd: Job Posting]
by Gary Green 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

FYI - attached email from Varian -- ----------------------- Gary Green telephone +44 (0) 1904 435349 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 Secretary telephone +44 (0) 1904 435329 http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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end of YNiC seminars this term
by rem 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Dear Users YNiC seminars have finished for this term due to clashes with other events in the department. The Thursday seminar series will start again on 14th January 2010. Best wishes Rebecca

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Important news from YNiC
by Gary Green 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Dear colleagues Over Christmas we will be carrying out some essential maintenance to the MEG facilities. The most important job that we will be doing is warming the sensor dewar. During the past year the dewar will have slowly accumulated a small amount of solid oxygen, nitrogen and water in the bottom of the Helium reservoir and this affects the insulation properties of the system. By warming the system up we can remove all the frozen solids. The system will be cleaned out and then we will be cooling it down again to liquid Helium temperatures. We will do the final Helium fill on the morning of the 18th of December. We lose 20% of the Helium a day so the dewar will effectively cease to be at liquid Helium temperatures from the 23rd. We would not advise anyone to carry out experiments from the 21st onwards as the characteristics of the system cannot be guaranteed once the Helium level goes below about 15%. The system will be allowed to warm up over Christmas and we will start work on a number of maintenance jobs in the new year. These will culminate with the recooling of the MEG dewar starting on the 10th of January. This should take 5 days. We plan to allow MEG experiments to resume on the 17th. I hope that you will be pleased to hear that a major quarterly maintenance of the MRI system on Friday went very smoothly. A new cooling system was installed and this should improve air flow through the bore of the magnet. There had also been a problem with some coherent noise being observed on some scans (not head scans) and the cause of this was located and removed. -- ----------------------- Gary Green telephone +44 (0) 1904 435349 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 Secretary telephone +44 (0) 1904 435329 http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Dear Users This afternoon (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) I will be giving a talk on "Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the auditory steady-state response to frequency modulation using magnetoencephalography". Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca

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FW: CCNi debate invite - 1st February 2010
by Antony Morland 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

This may be of interest. Tony Invitation to the CCNi debate - 'Does BOLD fMRI reveal Pseudo Neuronal Activity?' We would like to invite you to the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) debate on Monday 1st February 2010 at 2pm. The debate will be chaired by CCNi director Professor Philippe G. Schyns and will feature 4 international panel members debating the topic 'Does BOLD fMRI reveal Pseudo Neuronal Activity?' Panel members are: Professor Aniruddha Das (Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University); Professor Martin Lauritzen (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark); Professor Nikos Logothetis (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen); Dr Ahalya Viswanathan (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen) Synopsis: Cognitive Neuroscience depends on a proper interpretation of brain imaging signals. Former interpretation has been simple, comparing number of spiking neurons with average BOLD signals (i.e. Rees, Friston, Koch 2000, Nat Neurosci.). What is the state-of-the art interpretation of BOLD today? Results of Sirotin and Das (2009, Nature; and Devor et al. 2008, JNS) have questioned the simple interpretation of BOLD by providing evidence for BOLD-signal without neuronal activity. Is there a non-neuronal source for the BOLD signal? Is there a brain activity signal that is missed by electrophysiology? Does an activated region reflect activation in this region or elsewhere (e.g. in the form of feedback)? How should state-of-the-art models of neurovascular coupling affect the interpretation of brain imaging data? (Logothetis 2008, Nature Reviews; Viswanathan and Freeman 2007, Nat Neurosci.; Lauritzen 2005 Nature Reviews). Scientific co-ordinator: Dr Lars Muckli, CCNi. Please see attached flyer for event schedule and to register your place please reply to me with your details. We look forward to hearing from you! Kind regards Claire Claire Gallagher, CCNi Administrator Department of Psychology University of Glasgow 58 Hillhead Street G12 8QB Tel: 0141 330 3201 Fax: 0141 330 5086 http://www.ccni.gla.ac.uk <http://www.ccni.gla.ac.uk/> The University of Glasgow, charity number: SC004401 ========================================

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Fwd:: MEG jobs in Cambridge
by Gary Green 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Dear Colleagues - We have two new jobs for MEG research (and not only) here in Cambridge - could you please distribute the attached job information to your departmental maillists? Sorry for taking your time and cluttering your mailboxes with it - and many thanks in advance! Best, -----------------------#1-------------------------- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit – Cambridge MEG Postdoctoral Research Support Scientist The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) is an internationally renowned research institute. Our theory-guided and translational research groups are supported by state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities including 306-channel MEG (Elekta Neuromag), 3T-fMRI (Siemens), EEG and eye-tracking equipment, and have established clinical collaborations. Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scientist to support the research of the Unit in exploring the mind and brain using MEG, and to carry out specific scientific research in collaboration with line manager and other team members. The postholder’s research will be centred on MEG methods and on the spatio-temporal dynamics of the neural activity underlying speech and language processing in the human brain. Ideal candidates will therefore have experience in neuroimaging and in language research. Previous experience in using EEG or/and MEG is essential. Eligible candidates should hold a PhD or similar degree in a relevant discipline, including psychology, neuroinformatics or neuroscience. The starting salary will be in the range of £26,022 - £31,758 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an optional MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available. Initially, this will be an 11.5 month appointment, but it may be extended or tenured subject to performance and availability of funding. More general information on the CBSU is available at http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk For informal discussion, contact Yury Shtyrov, by email: yury.shtyrov(a)mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Applications for this vacancy must now be made online at http://jobs.mrc.ac.uk quoting ref CBSU09/618. Please ensure that you upload a current CV and cover letter with your application. If you do not have internet access, or experience technical difficulties, please call 01793 301280. If you would like to receive this advert in large print, Braille, audio, or electronic format/ hard copy, please contact the Recruitment team at the MRC Shared Service Centre on the telephone number below or recruitment(a)ssc.mrc.ac.uk. Closing date: December 23, 2009. -------------------------#2---------------- Research Support Scientist (Postdoctoral position) MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit - Cambridge The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) is an internationally renowned research institute. Our theory-guided and translational research groups are supported by state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities, including 3T-fMRI (Siemens), EEG and MEG (Elekta Neuromag). Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scientist to study language mechanisms in the human brain with multimodal neuroimaging and neuropsychological methods in the context of an ongoing research programme led by Prof Pulvermüller (MRC Programme Leader in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language). The primary objective of this position is to perform MEG, EEG, fMRI and DTI research on semantic and syntactic mechanisms. This will be an 11.5 month appointment initially, but may be extended. Candidates should be experienced in both language and brain research. They should hold a PhD or similar degree in a relevant discipline, including linguistics, biology, psychology, neuroscience, neuroimaging, neuropsychology or computational neuroscience. Previous research experience using EEG or MEG is crucial and previous fMRI, TMS, DTI or patient work an advantage. The starting salary will be in the range of £26,022 - £31,758 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an optional MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available. Further information on the research programme can be found at http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/research/speech-language/slfourresearchreport.… More general information on the CBSU is available at http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk For informal discussion, contact Friedemann Pulvermuller, by email: friedemann.pulvermuller(a)mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk If you would like to receive this advert in large print, Braille, audio, or electronic format/ hard copy, please contact the Recruitment team at the MRC Shared Service Centre on the telephone number below or recruitment(a)ssc.mrc.ac.uk. Applications for this vacancy must now be made online at http://jobs.mrc.ac.uk quoting ref CBSU09/617. Please ensure that you upload a current CV and cover letter with your application. If you do not have internet access, or experience technical difficulties, please call 01793 301157. Closing date: 7th January 2009 -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dr Richard Henson MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit 15 Chaucer Road Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK Office: +44 (0)1223 355 294 x522 Mob: +44 (0)794 1377 345 Fax: +44 (0)1223 359 062 http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.henson/personal ------------------------------------------------------- -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA (Sara Narayan) +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar 3rd December
by rem 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Dear Users This week I will give a talk based on an article that is currently "in press" in NeuroImage. The article is about using magnetoencephalography to investigate the spatiotemporal representation of changes in pitch over time (frequency modulation). YNiC seminars take place from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca Citation: Rebecca E. Millman, Garreth Prendergast, Padriag T. Kitterick, Will P. Woods and Gary G. R. Green. (2010). Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the auditory steady-state response to frequency modulation using magnetoencephalography. NeuroImage 49, 745-758. Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the perception of perceptually salient frequency modulation (FM) using auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) measured with magnetoencephalography (MEG). Previous MEG studies using frequency-modulated amplitude modulation as stimuli (Luo et al., 2006, 2007) suggested that a phase modulation encoding mechanism exists for low (< 5 Hz) FM modulation frequencies but additional amplitude modulation encoding is required for faster FM modulation frequencies. In this study single-cycle sinusoidal FM stimuli were used to generate the ASSR. The stimulus was either an unmodulated 1-kHz sinusoid or a 1-kHz sinusoid that was frequency-modulated with a repetition rate of 4, 8, or 12 Hz. The fast Fourier transform (FFT) of each MEG channel was calculated to obtain the phase and magnitude of the ASSR in sensor-space and multivariate Hotelling's /T/^2 statistics were used to determine the statistical significance of ASSRs. MEG beamformer analyses were used to localise the ASSR sources. Virtual electrode analyses were used to reconstruct the time series at each source. FFTs of the virtual electrode time series were calculated to obtain the amplitude and phase characteristics of each source identified in the beamforming analyses. Multivariate Hotelling's /T/^2 statistics were used to determine the statistical significance of these reconstructed ASSRs. The results suggest that the ability of auditory cortex to phase-lock to FM is dependent on the FM pulse rate and that the ASSR to FM is lateralised to the right hemisphere.

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YNiC seminar TODAY
by rem 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Dear Users This afternoon (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be two project proposal presentations: 1) Silke Goebel, Department of Psychology "No brain for numbers? Parietal networks involved in number processing and arithmetic in dyslexia/dyscalculia" 2) Eytan Zweig, Department of Language and Linguistic Science "An MEG investigation of scalar implicature calculation" Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca

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SET for Britian
by Michael Simpson 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Dear Users, can I flag this up to the young, keen and eager researchers at YNiC. It's a poster competition at the House of Commons, run by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. I found it a very useful experience a few years ago. http://www.vmine.net/setforbritain/2010event.asp Michael

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