Hi all,
There has been a marked decrease in the usage of Windows on the YNiC
provided stimulus PCs over the past 3 years. This appears to due to
three main factors:
1) We no longer provide licenses for Presentation and E-Prime on our
machines (Windows specific packages)
2) There has been an increase in the number of users who use their own
stimulus laptops (and plug them into our projector & response box)
3) YNiC has invested heavily in getting the two most commonly used
stimulus packages (PsychoPy and PsychToolbox) running efficiently on Linux.
Maintaining a managed, networked Windows build for stimulus delivery use
is a significant overhead for us. Due to the lack of use of the Windows
build on our machines, we are *proposing to **remove Windows entirely
from our stimulus PCs* during our next planned system maintenance
scheduled for September 2018.
This is your opportunity to *e**xpress an opinion or concern* if you
have any - please send your remarks to:
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
.. with the title:
Windows stimulus PCs
Thanks,
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
Manager of Imaging Services
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Talk at 4pm today. Apologies for the late notice.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alex Wade <alex.wade(a)york.ac.uk>
Date: 20 June 2018 at 22:08
Subject: Talk at YNiC 4pm tomorrow - neuroimaging and optic neuritis
To: Faculty <faculty-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk>, Researchers - Postdocs <
pds-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk>
Yael Backner from the Hadassa Neuroimaging Center in Israel will be giving
a talk on the neuroscience of optic neuritis: a degenerative disease
related to multiple sclerosis. Yael works as part of a world-class team in
Jerusalem and her talk will be excellent.
YNiC. 4pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best
Alex
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
(This message is relevant to operators and anyone booking the scanners).
Access to the MRI facilities is *limited to the time slot you have
booked* for your scanning. Do not assume that you can start 15 minutes
early, over-run by 10 minutes or just pop in to test things if the
scanners do not appear to be booked.
The scanners are becoming increasingly busy and the demands on the team
at YNiC are increasing proportionally. Efficient time management of the
scanning resources and cover are more important than ever. The staff
here are often doing things in the background to support the service
that means they are not available to help you out at the drop of a hat.
If you require extra time for setup, testing or tweaking please ensure
that you book additional time.
Anyone found in the scanner rooms outside their booked time slots will
be invoiced for the additional time they have had access to the suites.
If you have any queries please drop me a line. Best wishes,
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
Manager of Imaging Services
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello YNIC Users
We are holding YNIC Science Day in B020 on September the 14th. The plan for
this event is to showcase the work we are doing at YNIC to the wider
community. One aspect of this event will be a series of short talks by
early career researchers that describe the techniques they use in their
research. Consequently, I am looking for volunteers to give short 5 minute
talks about the work they are doing at the imaging centre. Please get in
contact with me via email, or in person, if you have imaging data that you
would like to present.
Thanks
Jonny
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Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hello All,
Gareth Gaskell, Chair of the YNiC Research Governance Committee, has
reconfigured the YNiC Ethics application form, which is now in version 6.
This form is available on the YNiC website. There is also an updated
guidance document, version 4. The main changes concern GDPR, which Gareth
has communicated about already.
Other news; in our efforts to save the planet - one of our key missions -
we are no longer going to provide paper cups for hot drinks. Please bring
a reusable mug for your drinks.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear YNiC users,
The GDPR coming in today has entailed a modest revision of our YNiC ethics
forms. The new versions (V4 of the form and V6 of the guidance) will be
available on the YNiC website soon, and should be used for all new
applications.
The changes aren't too major - essentially Section 7 of the application
form on data has been expanded to allow some extra checks to be performed
on your data processing plans. One aspect that is new is that PIs need to
consider whether their data might be considered "high risk" from a data
protection point of view, and if this is a possibility then a Data Privacy
Impact Assessment (DPIA) would need to be carried out. My reading of
the definition
of high risk
<https://www.york.ac.uk/records-management/dp/dataprivacyimpactassessments/>
is that most YNiC research wouldn't require this step. Further, if a strand
of research does need an assessment then as I understand it an assessment
could be carried out to cover that strand as a whole rather than each
individual project. So I don't anticipate this being too burdensome in the
main.
At the same time there are some new statements that need to be included in
the participant information sheets and consent forms, and I have taken the
opportunity to try to streamline the application process so that it is less
time-consuming. I have cut down the guidance notes that you need to consult
in making an application, and have added a template information sheet and a
template consent form that you can adapt for your purposes. As well as
making the application process a bit easier to complete, I am hopeful that
there is less opportunity for researchers to use wording in their
information sheets that conflicts with our guidelines. I'm happy to get
feedback on how well this works and whether you can see further ways to
improve the process.
Current projects with ethical approval do not need to be re-approved, but
it would be helpful if any participant you test from now on could be given
the attached supplementary information sheet as well as the information
sheet that you have been using, to inform participants about their data
under GDPR.
Please use the new forms for any new applications. People who are currently
in the process of putting together applications (e.g., for this year's
MPsych projects) can either use the new forms (preferred) or stick with the
old forms provided they (i) verbally agree to the new statements in Section
7 in their application email, and (ii) add the attached supplementary
information sheet to their participant information sheet.
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns,
best,
Gareth Gaskell
Chair YNiC Ethics and Governance Committee
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Gareth Gaskell
Department of Psychology
University of York
Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK
Office: Psychology, E209
Phone: +44-1904-323187
Email: gareth.gaskell(a)york.ac.uk
Home page: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/mgg5/
Research group: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/facilities/slam/
Hello All,
We will be a little short staffed at the end of this week and next as some
of our team are going to be away on leave and at conferences. All operator
covered slots will be covered.
We have been making some good progress testing new imaging sequences on the
Siemens scanner, which later in the year should make some new experimental
approaches possible for users.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear All,
The centre will be closed from Tuesday, 11th September to reopen Monday,
24th September, to allow for vital annual maintenance.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
I have had some discussions with investigators recently relating to booking
scanners. There are some funded labs that have the resources and will
benefit scientifically from scanning for more than seven hours per week,
which is our normal upper limit. We currently have capacity on the
scanners, so our limit is artificially restricting research throughput. We
have decided therefore to lift the limits on booking for funded projects
for a trial period until the end of the calendar year. While this will
offer benefits to funded projects, it may have adverse effects on other
uses of the scanners. Being mindful of that, we are (1) trialing the
system and (2) asking funded projects to book the scanner responsibly.
Considering the second point, could you please get in touch if you would
like the limit on your funded project raised - email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
Also, if you do have a raised limit and wish to book intensive use of the
scanners please do so with as much lead time as possible - you will have a
six week window - because this will help other users plan their work.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello everyone,
Yesterday at the YNIC Science Committee we decided to hold YNIC Science Day
on Friday the 14th of September. The plan is to us the afternoon to
showcase the research at YNIC and provide an overview of the methods that
we are applying to understand the neural mechanisms that underpin
psychological functioning. This will take place in B020.
The basic idea is to hold some short talks from a wide range of PhDs and
Post docs to give a snap shot of the type of studies we conduct (similar to
the data blitz's that take place at conferences), as well as some more
focused talks that highlight the methods that we use to understand
psychological processes. For those of you interested please put this date
into your diaries!
I will be in touch with the ECRs to solicit people for the short talks, but
if anyone is especially interested to present their research they can
contact me.
Jonny
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Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
