4-5 pm in YNiC Open Plan.
Richard Watts, Director of MR Research at the Van der Veer Institute for
Parkinson's and Brain Research in Christchurch, New Zealand and a Senior
Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury.
"Diffusion MRI: Measuring the brain on microscopic and macroscopic scales"
Diffusion MRI produces images that are sensitive to the random
(Brownian) motion of water molecules in the brain. This motion, and
hence the images that are produced, are uniquely sensitive to the
microscopic, cellular environment. This has been exploited for the
clinical imaging of stroke, where it can be used to both identify and
differentiate between recent and old infarctions. In the the research
environment, diffusion MRI produces quantitative maps that relate to
properties such as cell density and myelination. In addition, measuring
the directionality of diffusion (diffusion tensor imaging) in white
matter allows the orientation of the fiber tract bundles to be inferred,
enabling them to be traced from one part of the brain to another
(diffusion tractography). This presentation will introduce that basics
of diffusion MRI and its unique applications to brain connectivity,
development and damage.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
This afternoon (Wednesday 7th October), the VC will be visiting YNiC
from 3pm onwards. He will accompany Hamish Ogston.
If you are working in YNiC this afternoon I would be very grateful if
you would be willing to be ready to discuss what you are doing with
these visitors. As you know, we have made a large investment in new
computer systems and it is a good opportunity to demonstrate these to Mr
Ogston. Hamish Ogston is a local businessman who has career has been in
using IT systems. Please help us to have a reasonable demonstration.
Thank you to all those who helped with the open day yesterday. YNiC
hosted four visits and over 100 pupils and their parents.
If you are building up to carrying our that next bit of scanning then
now is the time to do it. All the equipment is working well and we are
in an unusually quiet period. Past years years suggest we will get a
lot busier from the end of October onwards.
Gary
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
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tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
Secretary (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329
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mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Dear Users
This Thursday (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan, there will be a presentation
by Richard Watts entitled "Diffusion MRI: Measuring the brain on
microscopic and macroscopic scales".
Richard Watts is the Director of the MR Research at the Van der Veer
Institute for Parkinson's and Brain Research in Christchurch, New
Zealand and a Senior Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy at the University
of Canterbury.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Abstract:
Diffusion MRI produces images that are sensitive to the random (Brownian) motion of water molecules in the brain. This motion, and hence the images that are produced, are uniquely sensitive to the microscopic, cellular environment. This has been exploited for the clinical imaging of stroke, where it can be used to both identify and differentiate between recent and old infarctions. In the the research environment, diffusion MRI produces quantitative maps that relate to properties such as cell density and myelination. In addition, measuring the directionality of diffusion (diffusion tensor imaging) in white matter allows the orientation of the fiber tract bundles to be inferred, enabling them to be traced from one part of the brain to another (diffusion tractography). This presentation will introduce that basics of diffusion MRI and its unique applications to brain connectivity, development and damage.
FYI
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Subject: [Eeglablist] Specialist Position in EEG/MEG/fMRI
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:09 -0700
From: Ramesh Srinivasan <srinivar(a)uci.edu>
To: eeglablist(a)sccn.ucsd.edu
*Specialist Position in EEG/MEG/fMRI *
The Department of Cognitive Sciences announces a Specialist position
(assistant or associate level, depending on experience). The successful
candidate will have experience in EEG, MEG, and/or fMRI and is sought
for a NIH funded project on computational modeling of SSVEPs in
attention tasks.
*Requirements – *The candidate must have a PhD in Psychology,
Neuroscience, EE, BME or related fields and a record of previous
experience with at least two of the above methods. Strong programming
and signal processing skills are essential. We have access to
simultaneous EEG/MEG and EEG/fMRI available for this project and
previous experience with combining these brain imaging methods is a
plus. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
*Application procedure – *Please send a letter of application,
curriculum vitae, and the names of three references (please do not
solicit letters) to:
Ramesh Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Department of Cognitive Sciences
University of California, Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine, CA 92697-5100
r.srinivasan(a)uci.edu
/The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer
committed to excellence through diversity./
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. 01904 435349
fax 01904 435356
mobile 0788 191 3004
FYI
*CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS MEASURES***
*November 29 – December 1, 2009***
St. Raphael’s Beach Resort in Limassol, Cyprus**
*/ /*
The conference brings together people studying consciousness and people
developing the tools that allow the correlates of consciousness to be
measured. It is partly organized as a joint event by two COST Actions
/NeuroMath/ and /Consciousness./
* *
A satellite three-day course will follow after the conference dealing
with the mathematical aspects of the EEG and MEG source localization,
emphasizing the mathematical foundation on the first day, applications
via hands on examples on the second (EEG) and third (MEG) day.
For more information please see attached .pdf file or visit our website
http://www.humanbraindynamics.com/neuroconsci2009/
*Inquiries**: ** e-mail *neuromath2009(a)humanbraindynamics.com
<mailto:neuromath2009@humanbraindynamics.com>* *
*or phone *+357 22 460228* *
/*Please share this message with others who may be interested.*/
/Our sincere apologies if this message has been sent to you in duplicate, /
/you may be on multiples lists./
Yours Sincerely,
Andreas A. Ioannides & Fofi Constantinidou
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
Secretary (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
FYI
BIOMAG 2010 wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> **
>
> *We are reminding you of the open call for symposia and *
>
> *workshops for the *Biomag2010 conference in Dubrovnik,
>
> Croatia, March 28 - April 1, 2010. Please note that the
>
> proposal submission deadline is September 20, 2009!
>
> http://www.biomag2010.org/index.php/program/28-call-for-biomag2010-symposia…
>
>
>
> The on-line abstract submission is open. *Please note that *
>
> *the abstract submission deadline is October 10, 2009!***
>
> http://www.biomag2010.org/index.php/static/39-abstract-submission-instructi…
>
>
>
> Information on the BIOMAG2010 fellowships and awards
>
> are posted on our website. The *following* fellowships and
>
> prizes will be awarded during BIOMAG2010:
>
>
> 1. Fellowships for doctoral students
>
>
> 2. Young Investigator Awards (YIA)
>
>
> 3. Sam Williamson Prize (SWP)
>
>
> 4. James Zimmerman Prize (JZP)
>
>
> 5. Connectivity Challenge Award (CCA)
>
> http://www.biomag2010.org/index.php/young-scientist-awards.html
>
>
>
> With best regards,
>
>
> Selma Supek, Conference Chair
> Ana Susac, Secretary General
> Biomag2010 Web Team
>
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
Secretary (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Dear Users
As you are aware YNiC has been closed for the last fortnight as we
upgraded and replaced much of our IT infrastructure.
Whereas previous changes have hopefully been relatively transparent, the
replacement of the open plan analysis workstations is not something
you'll be likely to miss. We're confident that the new systems will
allow a greater flexibility in the neuroimaging analysis you do, but if
you have any problems finding your way round the new machines there are
some pointers on the docwiki to get you started. The page can be found at:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/doc/ITPages/TransitionDocumentation
Whilst we think the changeover has gone pretty smoothly, there are still
one or two jobs we need to finish off before YNiC is back in full
operating mode. These mainly concern internal procedures but we are also
rigorously testing as many stages of the analysis pipeline as possible.
The new machines and software offer very many new opportunities. This is
exciting but also means that even more testing of software is
required before we are confident of making the new tools fully
available. Some of you will be consulted in the process of this testing
as your experience, skills and datasets are likely to help perform tests.
You will already see that a much wider range of applications is now
available as we have moved to using Linux as the operating system. The
main effort over the last few months has been to ensure that all the
standard previous applications are available to Users. The next steps
will be to provide new facilities that have been on the wish-list.
We are currently working to increase the available
amount of disk space, which is getting rather low. Some of you may get
an email over the next day or two about archiving some of your data. We
really need your help as disc space is becoming quite a problem. We now
store some 9.5Terabytes of user data. The main projects quite correctly
use the 'scratch' space for results. Usage is currently at a level of
3.9Terabytes or 98% of the available space! We are having to take urgent
action to free up space as otherwise no one will be able to carry out
any analyses. In fact until we do this we cannot support beamforming or
FSL, so we are working on this as a matter of urgency.
As part of this process some files are being converted to a format which
will take up much less space, and to do this we are using the cluster,
so for the time being it is unavailable for either MRI or MEG job
submission. We will announce when the cluster is available again for
general use.
Further emails will follow to keep you informed on progress.
I would like to publicly thank the YNiC staff for the extra effort that
has gone into making the IT upgrade a success. Particular thanks must go
to Mark Hymers and Sam Johnson for the remarkable amount of time and
effort that they have put into making the IT changeover possible.
Gary Green
Director
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
Secretary (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Hello All,
At a recent Research Governance Committee Meeting it was agreed to inform
the users of the facilities at YNiC of the opportunity to undertake and
online course on Diversity in the Workplace. The course can be found at the
following URL.
http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/training/pod/courses/statutory/diversity/inde
x.htm
Best wishes
Tony
Hello all,
As you are hopefully already aware YNiC is closing as of 5 p.m. this
Friday, the 21st, for two weeks. This is just a reminder that between
the evening of the 21st and 9 a.m. on the 7th of September, YNiC will
effectively be shut down whilst we make some fairly major changes to the
IT infrastructure, not the least of which is the replacement of the
computers in open plan.
Hopefully this will be a smooth process for everyone using the center,
and will provide a greater range of software and analysis tools. Unlike
previous closures where most of the changes have been behind the scenes,
this year you will definitely notice the difference as both the hardware
and operating systems will be changing. While this will inevitably take
a little bit of getting used to, there will be change over
documentation, and the new systems will provide a much more flexible
environment for your analysis.
There will be one or two interruptions to the YNiC website, notably for
a couple of hours on the evenings of the 21st and 24th. Any other
interruptions should be very brief.
A seperate notice will be sent out by Paul regarding the psychology mail
server.
Thanks,
--
Sam Johnson
York NeuroImaging Centre
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
