Dear users
I have been asked to forward this :
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FMRI & EEG studies of neurovascular coupling
Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
School of Psychology
Post-doctoral Research Associate (Combined EEG-FMRI)
Applications are invited for an experienced neuroimaging researcher to
work on combined EEG-FMRI and quantitative FMRI techniques in humans. You
would work with the FMRI Director, Dr Richard Wise, to develop empirical
measures of neurovascular coupling in humans. This is important in the
long term development of FMRI as a technique for examining changes in
brain activity induced by pharmacological agents and neurological disease.
The successful applicant would design, implement and analyze combined
EEG-FMRI studies with the aim of exploring the relationship between
electrophysiological and haemodynamic signals for both sensory-evoked and
ongoing (resting) brain activity. An important component of the project
lies in relating FMRI signals to physiological measurements from
volunteers. (e.g. breathing, cardiac cycle). Respiratory challenges (e.g.
breathing tasks) and pharmacological challenges in collaboration with
clinical colleagues would also be used to modify the baseline physiology
of participants in experiments. Candidates should have a PhD in a relevant
area of neuroimaging and be experienced in the analysis of FMRI data.
The post is fixed-term for 2 years with a salary up to £33780 (grade 6).
Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Richard Wise, CUBRIC, School of
Psychology, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, UK, CF10 3AT.
(http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/cubric/).
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2087 0358
Email: WiseRG(a)cardiff.ac.uk .
Applications should be made through the Cardiff University website:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/academic/index.htmlhttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/academic/20080298-290508.html
Vacancy ref: 2008/0298
The closing date for applications is Friday 29 May 2008.
Richard Wise
FMRI Director
CUBRIC
School of Psychology
University of Cardiff
Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 0358 (direct) 0365 (reception)
Fax: +44 (0)29 2087 0339
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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 07986 778954
Ekaterini Klepousniotou will be speaking from 4-5 pm at YNiC on "The
When and Where of Lexical Ambiguity Processing: Evidence from EEG and
fMRI ".
http://www.psyc.leeds.ac.uk/people/ekaterini/index.htm
Everyone is welcome to attend and there will be wine and soft drinks
available after the talk.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear all,
given that at least 2 members of YNiC staff had failed to remember that
there is an ASC today, I thought it would do no harm to send a another
reminder.
So, 4pm today, Psychology B020, see the email sent to ynic-users
yesterday for the agenda.
Michael
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Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
Piers has forwarded to me the following agenda for the YNiC ASC
tomorrow, Wednesday 14th May. Just to remind you, this will take place
in Psychology room B020 at 4pm.
Michael
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Dear all,
We have just finished some preliminary analyses of MEG data collected
from a fast phonological priming task (e.g. brane priming BRAIN, versus
brone priming BRAIN) that I would like to report and discuss.
The reason for doing the experiment, as many of you know, is that I have
wanted to get some clearer insight into the role of the very early
activation we have seen across a number of experiments, in left post.
sup. IFG and adjacent precentral gyrus during visual word recognition tasks.
Initial results from the group analysis of beamformed images within
experimental conditions were very encouraging - a real yippee moment.
However, once we started analysing virtual electrode data to compare
directly between experimental conditions, things become a bit more
prickly. While we currently have some results which I think are
convincing, I would really like to discuss the issues that have been
raised especially regarding the group comparisons of Stockwell
transforms, such as:
a) For comparisons of Stockwell plots at the group level should we
compare differences or percentage signal change between conditions?
b) How should we handle the (in our case) quite marked inter-subject
variability?
c) Should we consider some kind of normalisation between pairs of
conditions prior to statistical analysis?
We would really appreciate your thoughts on these and other questions,
and your opinions about how best to proceed,
Best
Piers C
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Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear Users
This week's seminar (Thursday at 4 pm in YNiC) will be given by
Ekaterini Klepousniotou from the University of Leeds.
http://www.psyc.leeds.ac.uk/people/ekaterini/index.htm
The title of the talk will be "The When and Where of Lexical Ambiguity
Processing: Evidence from EEG and fMRI".
Everyone is welcome to attend and there will be wine and soft drinks
available after the talk.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear all,
As promised last term, I am planning to give a practical session at
YNiC on Thursday the 15th at 10AM. I will review the FSL procedures
for analyzing data and I will show you how to obtain optimal
schedules for event related designs.
I am sending this to YNiC users in case someone else is interested
or in case someone is planning to have a quite time in the open plan
that morning.
Silvia
Silvia Gennari
Department of Psychology
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Matthew Brett will be speaking from 4-5 pm at YNiC on "Finding and using
regions of interest". Wine and soft drinks will be available afterwards.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matthew.brett/
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello all,
As one or two of you may have noticed we've been continuing the ongoing
push to improve the documentation in the centre, the latest step of
which is a workflow document that will hopefully ease the passage of all
projects here at YNiC. This is essentially a route finder to what we
think will be the most relevant help and assistance you need depending
on the stage of your project, along with any vital information for the
work you are currently doing. It includes sections from the first
approach an investigator might make to the centre, through to writing up
your study. Some sections are more verbose than others, but we hope
we've got the balance right between the information you need (and where
to get more details), and a easily digestible amount of information at
any one time.
At present there are a few paper handouts on the long benches in Open
Plan. If they disappear we'll take that as a good sign and make
arrangements for a more permanent supply, otherwise this documentation,
along with updated induction and safety guides, can be found on the
website at:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/guides/
Here you'll find both web-based and downloadable pdf versions available.
As ever, we hope we've covered the key points, but welcome any and all
suggestions for improvements. Please send your comments to:
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Although we hope to have stable versions as soon as possible, if you're
looking at paper or pdf versions you've downloaded, it's always a good
idea to check you have the most recent version (as indicated in the top
left hand corner date stamp).
Thanks,
Sam
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Sam Johnson
Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
this is just a quick mailing to advertise a YNiC ASC on Wednesday May
14th. It will be chaired by Piers Cornelissen and will be on the subject
of his MEG priming study.
Nearer the time, Piers will forward an agenda. And as before, the
session will take place in Psychology B020, at 4pm. Please come along
and join in the discussion.
Following the YNiC ASC, there will hopefully be a short digest of the
session emailed to ynic-users.
Thanks,
Michael
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Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear Users
This week's seminar (4 pm at YNiC) will be given by Matthew Brett from
the CBU at the University of Cambridge.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matthew.brett/
The title of his talk will be "Finding and using regions of interest".
Everyone is welcome to attend and there will be wine and soft drinks
available after the talk.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
