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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Hi everyone This week I will keep the email short - though I still hope you are all doing well! *Journal Club - 4pm Thursday* We are continuing our efforts to select talks from topics that cover the range of interests of our YNiC users (not everyone is as excited about vision as the YNiC staff!), so this week we will be watching a talk by Dr Kafui Dzirasa, from Duke University Medical Center ( https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=28097), titled: *"Mapping Emotions: Discovering structure in mesoscale electrical brain recordings."* *Summary:* The focus of Dr. Dzirasa lab’s research is to determine how genetic variants interact with environmental factors (including stress and drugs of abuse) to lead to mental illness. They accomplish this by implanting multiple small electrodes directly into the brains of mice that express genes which lead to mental illness in humans. They then monitor the activity of many brain cells simultaneously as these mice perform various behavioral tasks. They also record brain activity in mice exposed to various environmental stresses, and drugs of abuse. It is their hope that these experiments will one day lead to the discovery of new treatments for our patients with mental illness. The Zoom link can be found below, and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together. Please note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk. *Zoom link:* https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… *Meeting ID:* 925 3110 5447 *Password:* 005039 We hope to see you on Thursday at 4pm! Take care Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Fwd: Inclusivity, Equality and Diversity
by Antony Morland 19 Jun '20

19 Jun '20

Hello Everyone, We at YNiC are in support of the message below. We have a diverse user community, which we value enormously. We strive to have an open, supportive and inclusive approach to all our activities - teaching, research and a clinical service for the community. I would encourage any of you to make suggestions on how we can improve by contacting Professor Beth Jefferies as detailed in the message below. Best wishes Tony ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Psychology HoD <psychology-hod(a)york.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 09:41 Subject: Inclusivity, Equality and Diversity To: All Staff and PhD Students <all-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk>, < ugs-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk>, <msc-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk> To all students and staff in the Department of Psychology Following the message from the Vice Chancellor about the importance of an inclusive community <https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/inclusive-community/> within the University, we would like to take this opportunity to restate our deep and long-standing commitment to Equality and Diversity within the Department of Psychology, and our support for the Black Lives Matter movement. We strive to provide an inclusive, friendly and supportive environment that allows all our staff and students to thrive and fulfil their potential. The more we can draw on everyone's talents, the more successful our department and our discipline will be. The Inclusiveness and Development Committee oversees our work towards Equality and Diversity in the Department. We recognize there is much more work to be done and this is highlighted by the striking under-representation of Black and Minority Ethnic staff in UK universities and in our Department. Our outreach work with schools with high numbers of students in under-represented groups aims to attract more diverse people to university in the future. We have also introduced a student survey to better understand the experiences of students from different backgrounds. We want to see much faster progress in this area, and we welcome any comments and suggestions about how we can further address inequalities. If you would like to make a suggestion, please contact the Chair of the Inclusiveness and Development Committee (beth.jefferies(a)york.ac.uk). With many thanks, Signed: Beth Jefferies, Chair of the Inclusiveness and Development Committee, Department of Psychology Mike Burton, Head of Department, Department of Psychology -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 16 Jun '20

16 Jun '20

Hi everyone As usual, I hope you are all doing well! *Remote Desktop Update* Firstly, a quick update on the status of the Remote Desktop. Everything is up and running as normal now, and you should hopefully not experience the lagging that we had previously. Big thanks to Mark and Joe for resolving this, and we appreciate your patience while it was fixed. Just a reminder that we have a Remote Desktop channel on Mattermost ( https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/discuss/everyone/channels/remote-desktop), which you can log onto from the browser on your computer (rather than via the remote desktop) to check for any current issues, or to report any Remote Desktop related problems to us. *Journal Club - 4pm Thursday* In an effort to branch out on the topics of our Journal Club meetings, this week we will be watching a talk by Dr Liz Romanski, from the University of Rochester Medical Centre (https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=27916), titled: *"Memory and Integration of Face and Vocal Information in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex."* The Zoom link can be found below, and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together. Please note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk. We hope to see you on Thursday at 4pm! *Zoom link:* https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… *Meeting ID:* 925 3110 5447 *Password:* 005039 *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. All the best, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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YNiC Journal Club - 4pm today
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

Hi everyone We have the weekly YNiC journal club today at 4pm. This week we will be watching a talk by Prof Giovanna Mallucci, titled: "Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms to medicines". Please follow the zoom link below, and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch it in advance). *Zoom link:* https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… *Meeting ID:* 925 3110 5447 *Password:* 005039 We'll aim to start the talk just after 4pm. Hope to see you there! Kind regards Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Remote services & IT
by Antony Morland 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Hello All, We have been having a few glitches with the remote desktop, as Lauren communicated earlier. I should also say that your input is proving useful already in debugging the issues. Mark and Joe are working on this. These are challenging times because Joe is on paternity leave. Please be patient given the circumstances. Best regards Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Good morning everyone I hope you are all doing well? There are some interesting talks happening this week that I want to highlight to you all below, as well as a notice about returning YNiC fobs to us. *Department Research Seminar* *Today at 4pm* there will be a research seminar by Prof Matthew Rushworth from the University of Oxford. *Talk title:* Recording and manipulating activity in frontal cortical circuits for learning and decision making *Zoom Meeting ID: *973 5677 8950 *Password:* YO105DD *Web link to Zoom meeting: *https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97356778950 *YBRI Internal Seminar* *Tomorrow (10th) at 2pm* there will be a YBRI Seminar given by Prof Paul Kaye and our very own Prof Alex Wade. *Prof Alex Wade:* Attention modulates how the human visual system processes simple shapes *Prof Paul Kaye:* Microglial activation and electrophysiological changes in experimental leishmaniasis *Zoom link:* https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92698790779?pwd=cnVoWmJEaXdkSFdIcTNzSzdxOVU4QT… *Meeting ID:* 926 9879 0779 *Password:* 676445 *YNiC Journal Club* I hope some of you were able to attend the OSA webinar last week - their upcoming webinars can be viewed here, and past ones are available in the 'On Demand' tab: https://www.osa.org/en-us/get_involved/technical_groups/technical_group_web… This week we will watch another recorded talk together, at our usual time of *4pm on Thursday*. We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch it in advance). *Zoom link:* https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… *Meeting ID:* 925 3110 5447 *Password:* 005039 *Fob Arrangements* For those of you that will be finishing your courses over the summer, we would just like to let you know that we haven't forgotten about your fobs or returning your fob deposits to you. We will continue to be consistent with University Policy, which at this time does not allow unauthorised campus visits, and so at present fobs cannot be returned to the centre. We will keep you informed once a plan can be put in place for returning fobs/deposits, and we appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. All the best, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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This week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Hi everyone I hope you are all doing well. You will have likely seen Tony's email last Wednesday, which marked YNiC's 15th year since opening - this is also the same date as Professor Gary Green's birthday, who was YNiC's first Director! YNiC celebrations will be postponed to a future date, when we hope to be reunited with you all under happier and safer circumstances. *Congratulations* Here's some good news during these strange times - congratulations to our IT wizard Joe Lyons and his wife Emma, who gave birth to their second child, Samuel, on the 16th May. We look forward to meeting him in the future! *Journal Club* This week we'd like to promote a webinar that is being hosted by the OSA Color Technical Group this Thursday at 5pm UK time (12pm East Coast USA time). Registration is free, and the talk is being given by Prof Michael Webster from University of Nevada, Reno. Details and link to register are found below: *Title: Seeing Color Through Different Eyes - Individual Differences in Human Color Perception* *Hosted by:* OSA Color Technical Group *Date and time*: 4 June 2020, 12:00 - 13:00 ET *Registration*: https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/webinar/2020/seeing_color_through_differ… *Summary* Even among observers with normal color vision, color sensitivity and perception can vary widely. These differences arise at many levels, from well-characterized variations in the spectral sensitivities of the cone receptors to still-mysterious factors affecting how people experience and name colors. In this webinar hosted by the OSA Color Technical Group, Professor Mike Webster (University of Reno, Nevada) will provide an overview of individual differences in color vision, how they can be studied, and why they matter for understanding or working with color. The webinar will also explore visual processes that compensate for sensitivity variations, contributing to constancy in color percepts both within and between observers despite seeing the world through different eyes. *What You Will Learn:* - Basics of human color vision - Individual differences in how we see color - Implications of individual differences for color discrimination and color appearance *Who Should Attend:* - Students, researchers and professionals interested in color vision - Anyone interested in understanding how color vision and color perception differs between individuals *About the Presenter*: Prof. Michael Webster, University of Nevada, Reno Michael Webster is a vision scientist who studies the cognitive and neural processes that underlie how we see. Much of his work focuses on characterizing how our perception adapts when the environment changes (e.g we move to a drier climate) or we change (e.g. as we age). He has discovered a number of novel and influential forms of adaptation, affecting how we see colors, how we correct for blurry vision, and how our perception of someone's face depends on the faces we have seen previously. *Logging out of the Remote Desktop* We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client. Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used) for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. I hope you all have a good week and enjoy the last of the sun before the much-needed rain begins this week (allegedly). Take care, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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YNiC is 15 today!
by Antony Morland 27 May '20

27 May '20

Hello All, There is a plaque in YNiC commemorating the opening of the centre 27th May 2005. YNiC is therefore 15 today. Under normal circumstances, we would have had a celebration. This will be postponed but in the meantime, I thought I would share some data: Research Participants scanned: 4,512 Users of the YNiC facilities: 1,077 Research students (MSc + PhD): 614 Number of projects: 432 Scan Sessions: 19,662 Sequences run on MRI: 69,809 DICOM images acquired: 160,000,000 The vast majority of you receiving this will have contributed to some, many or all of those numbers. Thank you! Also, huge thanks to the staff at YNiC past and present, who have made everything possible. We look forward to a time when together we can resume research and teaching activities and provide our valued clinical service to the community. All good wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 26 May '20

26 May '20

Good Morning everyone I hope you enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend and were able to take some time to rest and relax. There is nothing new to report this week, just an update on GE and the usual notices. *GE update* We are awaiting parts for the air handling unit in the GE scanner, so as a precaution the system is currently down until the necessary parts are received and installed. *Logging out of the Remote Desktop* We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client. Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used) for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* This week we will be watching another recorded talk together. We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch it in advance). Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Take care and stay safe, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Fwd: NEW Online Brain Anatomy Courses 2020
by Antony Morland 24 May '20

24 May '20

This maybe of interest. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Northam, Gemma <g.northam(a)alumni.ucl.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 at 10:08 Subject: NEW Online Brain Anatomy Courses 2020 To: antony.morland(a)york.ac.uk <antony.morland(a)york.ac.uk> Dear Prof Morland, If you think it may be of interest, would it be possible to let members of York NeuroImaging Centre know about these online courses? Thank you in advance, Gemma. Gemma Northam PhD *Developmental Neurosciences* UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Faculty of Population Health Sciences 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH Email: g.northam(a)ucl.ac.uk ------------------------------ *Neurocourses* *UK* *Online Neuroanatomy Courses**NEW* For the first time in 13 years our internationally-renowned courses are now available online! [image: cid:image001.png@01D62F9D.F38D8F40] *HUMAN BRAIN ANATOMY COURSE* - Over 20 hours of high quality lectures - Functional, clinical and MRI neuroanatomy - Assumes minimal prior knowledge - Flexible 30-day access, on demand - Brain dissection videos, self-test quizzes - CPD-accredited, certificate of completion *Mean delegate feedback: 4.9 / 5.0* (previously held at King's College London, UK) https://www.neurocourses.com/online-courses/ **** EARLY BIRD OFFER, 40% DISCOUNT!* Pre-register for the online version of our famous *Human Brain Anatomy Course* (*£395*) and get *FREE* access to the *Limbic Brain Anatomy Course *(full price: *£690*, register by 30th June 2020) *Pre-register now* https://www.neurocourses.com/book/ *Course Director* Dr Paul Johns, BSc BM MSc FAcadMEd FRSB FRCPath Consultant Neuropathologist, Reader in Neuroanatomy Author of Clinical Neuroscience: An Illustrated Colour Text <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fneurocours…> *Delegate comments**, 2019* "*Dr Johns is an exceptional teacher and makes neuroanatomy so easy - really really good course*" "*Absolutely brilliant - very smart teaching to make it engaging and accessible...thoroughly enjoyed*" "*Should be a compulsory course for neurology trainees*" "*Very engaging, articulate and easy to follow...probably the most I've learnt in 3 days of teaching*" "*Extremely well taught with clever use of metaphors and repetition*" "...*the best teaching I have ever had in neuroanatomy - thank you*!" "*absolutely excellent. I wish I'd done this course at the beginning of my MSc*" "*The best course I have ever taken!*" "*A lecturer who reminds you why you love brains and neurology - thank you* !" *See more on our facebook page* https://www.facebook.com/Neurocourses/ *Please note that Neurocourses UK is an independent course company and that we are *not* affiliated to our course venues such as King's College London or University of London. -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Journal Club
by Antony Morland 21 May '20

21 May '20

Hello All, We have a Journal Club today at 4pm. Join us if you can! Lars Muckli "Layer Specific Brain Reading at Submillimeter Resolution fMRI with 7T MAGNETOM Terra" https://www.pathlms.com/ohbm/courses/12238/sections/15843/video_presentatio… We will be here: Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Dial by your location +44 203 481 5237 United Kingdom +44 203 481 5240 United Kingdom +44 208 080 6591 United Kingdom +44 208 080 6592 United Kingdom +44 330 088 5830 United Kingdom +44 131 460 1196 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 Find your local number: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/u/abM9qRMxyk -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 18 May '20

18 May '20

Good Morning everyone I hope you are all keeping well and looking after yourselves. With the recent variability in weather we've experienced some issues with our air handling unit in the GE scanner, so as a precaution the system is currently down until the necessary parts are received and installed. Since we're still in lockdown, this will not result in any 'loss of scanning', but we hope to have everything back up and running as soon as we can. We are still performing regular essential maintenance to ensure the centre is in good shape and ready for us to continue with research once we are in a position to do so. *Logging out of the Remote Desktop* We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client. Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used) for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* This week the talk we will be watching together will be another from the OHBM archive. We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch it in advance). Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Take care and stay safe, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 11 May '20

11 May '20

Hi everyone I hope you all had a relaxing long weekend, and are all doing OK. As well as the usual reminders, below, we wanted to reiterate the message from the Vice-Chancellor today - there are no changes to the current working arrangements, and the centre remains closed. Please stay home and stay safe! *Logging out of the Remote Desktop* We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client. Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used) for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* This week the talk we will be watching together will be another from the OHBM archive. We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch it in advance). Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom All the best, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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This Week at YNiC
by Rebecca Lowndes 05 May '20

05 May '20

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. *Remote desktop timeout* >From today, any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used) for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space. As a matter of best practice, please save any unsaved work before leaving a session anyway as we cannot guarantee you will be able to reopen a suspended session. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* The talk for journal club will be announced later this week. Suggestions for future meetings are welcome. We will all join a zoom meeting (details below). Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk. Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Stay safe, Becky -- Rebecca Lowndes Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

Hi everyone I hope you are all doing well this week. As you might expect, we don't have any new announcements for you, so here are the usual reminders, and a link to our Thursday Journal Club talk for this week (that's right, we've already picked it this week!). *Logging out of the Remote Desktop* We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs, and log out as you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* This week the talk we will be watching together is the Keynote lecture from OHBM 2019 by Roshan Cools, title: "Chemistry of the Adaptive Mind" ( https://www.pathlms.com/ohbm/courses/12238/sections/15844/video_presentatio… ) We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch it in advance). Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Take care, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Neuro Speakers needed for YBRI Seminars on zoom
by Antony Morland 24 Apr '20

24 Apr '20

Hi All, Please see below some free slots for seminar contributions. 20 minutes talks with 5 -10 minutes of questions are what we go for. I think you can insert you name a title in the schedule by following this link. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-BBY1iv4JsdW8mR5rCHTiP-WncSpCF54Lap… Here are the slots: 13-May-2020 Tony Morland Speaker 1: Chris Elliott Flying to understand the causes of Parkinson's: interaction of LRRK2 and Rabs Speaker 2: 10-Jun-2020 Tony Morland Speaker 1: Speaker 2: 8-Jul-2020 Tony Morland Speaker 1: Steve Quinn Amyloid-beta oligomerization monitored by single-molecule stepwise photobleaching. Speaker 2: Many thanks Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Hi everyone I hope you are all doing well. We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs, and log out as you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client. *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* Last week we did a screen share of a YouTube video from a talk at the OSA Fall Vision Meeting - this worked pretty well and so we will continue this format for now (no advanced prep required!). As usual, we haven't decided on the video yet, but what I will do is add the YouTube link to the zoom meeting title once we have decided (in case you want to see what's on the agenda before attending the Journal Club). The plan is that we will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of us will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, or just discuss it at the end. Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Take care, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hi everyone I hope you enjoyed the extended Bank Holiday weekend (despite the limited options for activities!). YNiC staff are continuing to maintain the centre (on an alternating schedule to maintain social distancing) to ensure that MEG helium fills, MRI scanner DQAs, and Backups are performed regularly. We have a couple of points we would like to make YNiC users aware of today: *Closing Remote Desktop Sessions* Once you have finished your remote desktop sessions for the day, whenever possible please log out and shutdown your session (rather than just suspending). *Support* If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly. *YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* This week we will be watching a YouTube video of a talk given by Kendrick Kay at the OSA Fall Vision Meeting in 2017, titled: "Bottom-up and Top-down computations in word- and face-selective cortex". The plan is that we will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of us will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause during the talk if necessary, or just discuss it at the end. If you want to watch it in advance, or can't make it on Thursday, the link is here: https://youtu.be/KNyXL4ObA6s Zoom Meeting details: Topic: YNiC Journal Club Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom Take care, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 06 Apr '20

06 Apr '20

Hi all I hope everyone is staying safe and well. As you may have seen, the University is adding an extra two days to the Easter holiday this weekend, so the University will be closed from Wednesday 8th to Monday 13th April. Therefore, YNiC user support will also be unavailable over that period. You will still be able to use the remote desktop, if you wish. More hard work from Joe, Mark and Rich last week means that we've now increased our remote desktop capacity even further. However, to ensure that everyone can make use of the remote desktop, please note that any large analyses must *only *be run on the cluster, and not directly on the remote desktop. Any users that do not use the remote desktop responsibly will have their sessions terminated by our IT team, so please adhere to this restriction. Please see the information and further page links here: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/Cluster. I hope you are able to enjoy some work-free time over the bank holiday weekend! In the meantime, if you are experiencing any technical issues please send us a ticket at support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, with screenshots and details of the errors. All the best Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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YNiC Journal Club - today 4pm
by Lauren Welbourne 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

Hi everyone Apologies for the delay in sending you the paper for this week. Alex Wade will be presenting the attached paper by Tyler, Lani and Hwang (2018), Ultrasonic modulation of neural circuit activity, Current Opinion in Neurobiology. The link to the google hangout is here: https://meet.google.com/mzy-titj-yrq Last week we had a little chat at the start, but mainly had cameras and mic's off so that it was easier to hear the presenter, so we'll go for that method again this time. See you (sort of) at 4pm! Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Hi everyone I hope everyone is doing OK? As you might expect, we don't really have much YNiC news for you these days! If you experience any issues with the remote desktop that cannot be resolved by the troubleshooting section on the wiki ( https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop), please send us a ticket to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk and include screenshots and details of the error. For any other assistance, please make sure you also use the support ticket system, rather than an individual's email address, so we can make sure messages don't get missed. We had a great Journal Club last Thursday, presented by Theo, and we hope to keep these going. Please let me know if there is a paper you find interesting and would like to present. This is the link to the google hangout, for Thursdays at 4pm: https://meet.google.com/mzy-titj-yrq . We haven't got a paper for this week yet but I'll keep you posted. Take care, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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YNiC Journal Club
by Lauren Welbourne 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

Hi everyone For those that are interested, we are starting a YNiC Journal Club on Thursday's at 4pm during this period of social distancing and isolation. This week, Theo has selected the following paper: Andrew Quinn et al (2018) Task-Evoked Dynamic Network Analysis Through Hidden Markov Modeling https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2018.00603/full This event link should (hopefully) show you a link for joining a 'hangout', so follow that at 4pm on Thursday if you'd like to join us for a chat about the paper (or just for some social interaction!). Unfortunately we can't provide refreshments for this virtual event, but feel free to bring your own along. All the best, Lauren Title: YNiC Journal Club When: Thu 26 Mar 2020 16:00 – 17:00 United Kingdom Time Joining info: Join Hangouts Meet https://meet.google.com/mzy-titj-yrq Who: * Lauren Welbourne- creator

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hi everyone I hope everyone is managing OK with social distancing and the various challenges that it creates. Joe and Mark have been working hard to increase our remote desktop capacity for users - we had a few teething issues which have been mostly resolved. If you haven't yet connected to the remote desktop please make sure you read the instructions here https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop, and ensure you are first connected to the University VPN before connecting to the YNiC remote desktop; note that we have extended access to all users now. As usual, if you are experiencing any issues with the remote desktop that cannot be resolved by the troubleshooting section in the above page, please send us a ticket to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk and include screenshots and details of the errors you are experiencing. Please be reminded that YNiC is closed to users, and projects that have been impacted by the cancelled scans should submit a scan reimbursement form to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, if they haven't already done so (you can find this form at the bottom of this page https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms ). YNiC staff are working from home but we are doing a daily check-in of the centre, as well as essential maintenance work on the scanners twice a week. Stay safe everyone, and wash your hands. :-) All the best Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Update to remote access
by Antony Morland 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Dear all, We have identified an issue with the latest X2Go remote desktop client which prevents people from connecting to their remote sessions. To work around this issue, you will need to use a specific version of the client rather than the latest one. We have updated the wiki page with details for new users (https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop) For existing users, you can check which version of the X2Go client you have by going to Help -> About X2Go Client. The version number will be listed there as 4.x.y.z. If you do not have 4.1.2.0 or 4.1.2.1, please follow the re-install instructions below. * On Windows, find "Add or Remove Programs" in System settings, find "X2go Client for Windows" and choose Uninstall * On Mac, right click on the X2goClient application and "Move to Trash" Now re-install the correct version. For Windows, this is 4.1.2.0 and for Mac this is 4.1.2.1. We have included direct links below, but you can also navigate to https://code.x2go.org/releases and then find the correct version from there. If using a Mac, please ensure to get the right version for your Mac OS version. * Windows: https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/4.1.2.0-201… * Mac 10.13 or later: https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/main/4.1.2.1/x2gocl… * Mac 10.11 or 10.12: https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/main/4.1.2.1/x2gocl… * Mac 10.9 or 10.10: https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/main/4.1.2.1/x2gocl… Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Fwd: Update
by Antony Morland 17 Mar '20

17 Mar '20

Dear All, The email below was sent earlier today by acting HoD of the Department of Psychology, Tim Andrews. We will adopt the recommendation not to conduct research at YNiC because of the face-to-face contact with volunteer participants. All scans booked tomorrow and onwards will not be performed. We have been in touch with all teams that have bookings today. I know this is frustrating, but there is no choice in this matter given the government advice concerning non-essential contact, as Tim rightly outlined in his message. Scans booked will receive reimbursement of time as per policy. If you are affected please complete the scan reimbursement form available of the ynic website and return it to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. We will be back in touch when we have any updates about when scanning can resume. In the meantime, remote access has been extended to all users to allow work to be done at home. Best wishes Tony ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tim Andrews <timothy.andrews(a)york.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 12:57 Subject: Update To: All Staff and PhD Students <all-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk> Hello everyone, I am sure that you are all concerned about recent events. I don't have any additional recommendations except to heed the advice that we are getting from government and university. There has been a lot of hard work going on in the university to update students and staff about how to deal with the current issues, but also to plan for the future. I would just like to update you on work going on in the department. We have been working hard to make sure that key staff have remote access, so we can continue with current assessments. There is a lot of ongoing work to plan for online teaching and assessment next term. Additional provision has also been provided by servers in YNiC, so staff can work remotely. I would like to thank all the people who have been working hard on this. I have consulted with colleagues in the department about face-to-face testing of participants. Given that the advice is to avoid all unnecessary social contact, we recommend stopping face-to-face testing for the foreseeable future. We are looking into how we can help with data collection by moving to online testing. We are likely to be encouraged to work at home where possible in the near future. Please take the time to make sure that you have all you need for this. We may need to think imaginatively about how we can make best use of our time given the circumstances. Finally, please take care of yourself and each other. Also, take the time to look out for vulnerable people in the community. It is going to be a very worrying time for them. However, let's hope that things will get better soon. Best wishes, Tim -- Tim Andrews Department of Psychology University of York York, YO10 5DD UK Tel: 44-1904-324356 Fax: 44-1904-323181 http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/faculty/ta505/ -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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