Dear Colleagues
As The Centre is becoming busier and busier we now do have to make sure
that bookings for the scanners works well for all users.
We are conscious that we should be sharing time on the scanners in as
equitable manner as possible. Some users have been sticking to their
allocation whereas others have exceeded it by many,many hours. That was
fine during the commissioning period but now with over 50 projects in
progress, we do have to ensure that allocation of time is as even as
possible.
Given that we also need an income stream (the Centre costs nearly £1000
a day to run) we do have to give some priority to those who pay some money.
We also have only a small number of operators for MEG and the fact that
they have other roles as SLOs for a large number of projects, means that
it is extremely difficult to respond to those users who want to make a
last minute booking.
At the same time, no one wants to see the scanners not being used when
there is some science to be done.
So..
Please can users help us by booking in the following way
The scanner can only be booked by emailing Claire Fox. No one else can
make the booking in the database.
Please book the scanner (MEG or MRI) by Thursday of the week before you
want to scan. You don't have to know the name of the participant at that
stage. This helps us by allowing us to plan the diaries of the operators
and the SLOs for the following week. It means that we can be more
effective in supporting the wide range of projects.
Please email the details of the participant to Claire by at least the
day before the actual scan. This allows Claire to enter the
participant's details into the database. This is essential. To access
your data you will need to know the participant's ID in the database. If
you do not have this the automated uploading of MEG & MRI information,
the automated brain extraction, the conversion of the MEG files to be
readable by Matlab or Python does not happen. Valuable scanning time is
being lost when users try and get the participant ID at the time of
their booking.
If you have difficulty recruiting a participant then email Claire and we
will place an advert on the webpage for you. This needs to be done well
in advance of the scan booking of course.
If you have not managed to recruit someone then please do not just go
into the open plan area and ask for a volunteer. This puts undue
pressure on the users doing their work there and this is unethical. We
have had several complaints from students in particular that they feel
that cannot say no to staff requests.
If you cannot recruit someone then tell Claire to postpone your booking.
If you just don't turn up you will lose that time from your allocation.
If you need to book the scanner at the last minute. Please email the
director to discuss your requirements. Please do not ask Claire. Claire
is not in a position to judge who should get special attention and again
this puts her in a difficult position if she feels that she turn down
your request. We don't want to see the scanner being idle, but we do
have to make sure that resource is available to provide an operator.
Eventually, when we have enough paying users, we will have a full time
set of operators to help all MEG requests.
We are allowing teams who can operate the scanners to take advantage of
'free' time on the scanners. Why not join one of the MEG or MRI training
programmes in the autumn to learn how to be an operator.
If this is not clear, or you feel that there is a better way, why not
email me or the ynic-users group to discuss it.
Gary
--
Gary Green
Director
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
tel. 01904 435349
fax 01904 435356
mobile 07986 778954
Could all users please make sure they clear their trash out regularly.
This can be done by right clicking on the trash can on the dock and
choosing "Empty Trash".
We currently have nearly 90Gb in the Trash folders and I'd rather people
did it themselves rather than have to have a system whereby files are
deleted from the trash automatically.
Mark
--
Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear all,
E-Prime is now installed on the computer in the Interview Room. I know
this has been a concern for some MR users, but E-Prime can now be used
to prep your subjects.
Michael
N.B. Remember, you'll not be able to use code that is expecting MR
pulses on the machine in the Interview Room!
--
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,
Just to clarify some points raised by the Staff Cricket email I send
recently. I'm just trying to get an idea of interest for next year
because we'll probably have to contact the fixtures secretary at the end
of this season if we want to enter a team. So, I'm not asking whether
you'll be able to play all 10 games, I just asking whether you are keen
to be involved in a joint Neuroimaging and Psychology team? Also, the
standard of cricket caters for all abilities; from the novice to the pro
(most teams have a mixture of the two). It's about giving staff and
postgrads regular cricket throughout the summer. Enthusiasm is the only
prerequisite.
So, don't feel that if you haven't had a trial at County level you'll
not get selected for the team. Anyone is welcome. However, that's not to
say if you have had a trial at County level you won't be welcome ...
absolutely not! Basically, if you can identify at least two pieces of
cricket equipment from the following list you'll be more than qualified
to play:
BAT, BALL, racket, boomerang, wet-suit, stumps, puck, clay-pigeon,
bails, jet-ski, oar, javelin, shuttlecock, cucumber sandwiches.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Hi,
Apologies to those who were signed up for digest deliveries of
ynic-news or ynic-users. The cronjob which sends the digests wasn't
running. It has now been enabled and you should recieve a digest either
once a day, or when there are more than 30kB of mail on a particular
list.
Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear all,
A few of us from YNiC are playing in the York Staff and Postgrad Cricket
league this season. We are wondering whether there would be enough
interest for a joint YNiC & Psychology team for next season? The
regulars from YNiC at the moment are Andre 'Danger' Gouws, Garreth
'Calypso' Prendergast, Sam 'The Apprentice' Johnson and myself. If we
were to raise a team we'd really need a squad of 15 who could play
relatively regularly. So, are you interested? And if so, can you bat /
bowl / wicketkeep / sledge from Extra Cover?
A link to the league and the typical number and dates of fixtures is here:
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~socs456/
As you can see, we'd need a pithy team name. I suggest 'Head Cases and
Psychos' unless anyone can come up with an alternative.
Let me know of your interest.
Michael
P.S. Could one of the psychologists scout for interest in Psychology
please?
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
>Delivered-To: psychology.york.ac.uk-a.ellis(a)psych.york.ac.uk
>From: wj3(a)york.ac.uk
>To: <awy1(a)york.ac.uk>, <awe1(a)york.ac.uk>, <ta505(a)york.ac.uk>
>Subject: FW: possible research vacancy
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:44:42 +0100
>X-York-MailScanner: Found to be clean
>X-York-MailScanner-From: wj3(a)york.ac.uk
>
>Dear All,
>
>Have just received the following email from a student who graduated
>in July - Hui Minn Chan. Hui Minn's file shows that she received a
>1st and was also nominated for the EPS and BPS prizes.
>
>Dont' know if any of you are able to help?
>
>Regards,
>
>Wendy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hui Minn [mailto:huiminn@gmail.com]
>Sent: 02 August 2006 10:28
>To: wj3(a)york.ac.uk
>Subject: possible research vacancy
>
>Dear Wendy,
>
>I have recently graduated from the department and am now looking for
>some research experience. I wonder if you know of any such vacancies
>(especially in the neuroscience area) in the department which last
>for about 1 year or so? I have tried searching on the departmental
>website but have not come up with much.
>
>Thanks very much,
>Minn
--
Professor Andy Ellis
Department of Psychology
University of York
York YO10 5DD
UK
Tel. +44 (0)1904 433140
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/people/biogs/awe1.html
