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Ring found
by Jacqueline Mayhew 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Hi all I also have had a silver ring handed in to reception! Jackie -- Jacqueline Mayhew Centre Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435346 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Watch
by Jacqueline Mayhew 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

I have a watch which was handed in today, found in open plan. Please come and collect from reception. Thanks Jackie -- Jacqueline Mayhew Centre Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435346 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Hi everyone We have a few updates for you this week, before the regular notices about training and inductions. *Scales for both MRI Scan Rooms:* Following suggestions from some of our users, we have purchased a second set of weighing scales, so that we now have scales in each scan room. The original scales have been moved from the MRI corridor to the Siemens control room, and the new scales are in GE (on this set, simply tap your foot on the edge of the unit to 'wake up', and wait until zero is displayed before asking your participant to step on). *Expiry of operator-covered slots:* Please be advised that any unused operator-covered slots will expire at midnight 2 working days before the slot, e.g. for slots on a Thursday you would need to book before the end of the day (11:59pm) on the Tuesday. This will enable YNiC staff to effectively carry out other centre responsibilities, with advanced notice of the cover required. It should be noted that scan bookings should always be made at least a day before the scan session, with the participants also added to the booking 24hrs in advance. *Reminder - First Aid Training:* All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. *We will be enforcing this requirement from 1st March 2020*. Any operator (including L0) who does not have a valid First Aid Certificate will not be permitted to act as an operator until YNiC has the certificate on file. *Level 0 operator Training:* Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on Wednesday 11th March at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking. *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 26th February at 10am. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. That's everything folks! Hope you have a great week! :-) 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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Reminder: YNiC Monthly Science Social Today
by Lauren Welbourne 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Hi everyone Don't forget that we have the first YNiC Science Social of 2020 this afternoon: *4pm in YNiC Open Plan*. This session will be on MEG data processing using Brainstorm. Pizza will be provided! 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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Working in the YNiC MRI environment during pregnancy
by Andre Gouws 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

(Sorry for cross posting - active operators have already received this) While we do not scan patients or research participants who are pregnant, we are aware that there may be times when staff, operators and technicians who themselves are pregnant may be required to enter the inner controlled area (the "scan room") as part of their working routine. We have taken advice from published guidance and from the University of York Radiation Officer* and have adjusted our policies and procedures to reflect good working practices to manage such situations and minimize risk. (* While MRI does not expose persons to ionizing radiation, the use of MRI is governed by IRMER guidelines). The key points to note are summarized in section 5.6 of the Local Rules for MRI Operators (v6.0) and reads as follows: --------------------- Pregnancy and work in the inner controlled area It is the responsibility of an operator or any member of staff who requires access to the inner controlled area to notify the YNiC Director when they are pregnant. Individuals who are pregnant are permitted to operate the MRI scanners, including taking participants into and out of the controlled area, that is the scanner room. However, they may not remain in the controlled area (the scanner room) during a scan. To be clear that means that operators who are pregnant must not act as chaperones in the scanner room. In the later stages of pregnancy, emergency removal of individuals from the scanner is likely to prove a challenge to pregnant operators in terms of manual handling. We will work with operators to ensure that they will not be expected to operate when their capacity to perform manual handling is limited by pregnancy. This policy has been developed in order to conform with recommendations outlined in the British Institute of Radiology's publication 'Pregnancy and Work in Diagnostic Imaging Departments - 2nd Edition'. -------------------------- If you have any queries please do contact us. Best wishes, -- André ************************************************************************ 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

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Hi everyone I've just got a couple of reminders for you today. *Monthly Science Social Seminar:* The next Science Social will be on MEG data processing using Brainstorm, and will take place this* Thursday 6th February at 4pm*. At the Science Social events we have pizza and drinks, so we look forward to seeing many of you there! For a list of the upcoming Thursday sessions, please visit https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions. *Open Plan Teaching:* Please be reminded that teaching will be taking place in YNiC open plan at 12-4pm on Friday this week. During these times, the area will be closed to anybody not involved in the teaching. *Level 0 operator Training:* Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on Wednesday 11th March at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking. All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 12th February at 10am. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you have a great week! 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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REMINDER: YNiC guest talk 2pm Today - Dr Elena Mikulskaya
by Lauren Welbourne 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hi everyone Just a reminder that we have a talk by Dr Elena Mikulskaya at 2pm this afternoon in YNiC open plan. Talk title: “Psychophysical And Neural Correlates Of Visual Processing In Cannabis Users” We hope to see you there! Kind regards Lauren ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Richard Aveyard <richard.aveyard(a)york.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 at 12:45 Subject: Re: YNiC guest talk 29/1/2020 - Dr Elena Mikulskaya -RESCHEDULED To: All Staff and PhD Students <all-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk> Apologies all, The talk by Dr Elena Mikulskaya has been rescheduled to *14:00 on Wednesday the 29th of January.* Cheers, Rich On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 13:22, Richard Aveyard <richard.aveyard(a)york.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > Next week YNiC will be hosting a short talk by Dr Elena Mikulskaya on the > subject of > > “Psychophysical And Neural Correlates Of Visual Processing In Cannabis > Users” > > The talk will be held at *16:00 on Wednesday the 29th of January in the > YNiC open plan area,* all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be > provided afterwards. > > Cheers, > > Rich > > > -- > Dr Richard Aveyard > Senior Research Technician > York NeuroImaging Centre > University of York, UK > -- Dr Richard Aveyard Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK -- 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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IMPORTANT: Coronavirus advice - user update
by Antony Morland 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Dear All, The University of York has shared advice concerning the Coronavirus in the email message copied below. I am distributing it to all users to ensure those users outwith the University are informed. I can also add that there are multiple points in YNiC, where alcohol-based hand rub is available and users are encouraged to use these cleansers to reduce the risk of infection transmission. Best wishes Tony Dear colleagues As you will be aware, the Coronavirus is a new infection detected in Wuhan, China. The University is monitoring the situation and sharing the guidance issued by Public Health England. The University expects staff and students to follow that guidance. To date there have been no confirmed cases in the UK and the risk is still considered low. However, Public Health England have issued new advice yesterday. *Advice for Travellers from Wuhan*If you have returned from Wuhan in the last 14 days: - stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with other flu viruses - telephone the NHS helpline on 111 to inform them of your recent travel to the city - contact your department and explain the situation *Please follow this advice even if you do not have symptoms of the virus.* If you develop a fever, difficulty breathing or a cough, you should continue to follow the advice above. Please do not leave your home until you have been given advice by a medical professional. *Advice for everyone else* *Precautionary measures*Advice from Public Health England to reduce exposure to and transmission of the virus include: - Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water - Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands - Cover mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing and sneezing - Bin the tissue immediately and wash hands - Avoid close contact with anyone who has a fever and cough *Symptoms*Common signs of infection include fever, coughing, sneezing, shortness of breath or breathing difficulties. *What to do if you think you may have the virus*If you develop symptoms and you have had contact with someone who has recently been in the affected areas of China, you should telephone the NHS 111 helpline. If you are registered with a GP (such as Unity Health) you may make an appointment but should phone ahead and explain your situation before visiting the practice. Anyone who needs medical advice but is not registered with a GP should phone the NHS helpline by dialling 111. *Travel*The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office <https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china> has advised against all travel to Wuhan and Hubei Province and have *advised against all but essential travel to the rest of mainland China*. In addition, Chinese authorities have introduced travel restrictions in a number of cities in Hubei province. Public Health England also advises anyone travelling to China to avoid contact with sick people, animals, animal markets and to maintain good hygiene. *Travel reminder*Staff and students travelling on authorised University business outside of the UK *must *log their trip on the Travel Log and adhere to travel risk assessment requirements <https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hsas/safetynet/Insurance/travel_insurance.htm> . *Student Support*Students were sent this same email and were also advised to contact the University’s Student Hub in addition to telephoning 111 if they have been in Wuhan in the past 14 days, or if they are worried about friends and family and need support. *Additional information*World Health Organisation advice <https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-…> on protecting yourself and others Public Health England <https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-and-avian-flu-ad…> updates World Health Organisation <https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019>updates Best regards Heidi Fraser-Krauss Deputy Registrar and Director of Corporate and Information Services -- 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 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

Hi everyone We've got a couple of announcements for you this week: *Guest Speaker Wednesday 29th @ 2pm:* This week YNiC will be hosting a short talk by Dr Elena Mikulskaya on the subject of: “Psychophysical And Neural Correlates Of Visual Processing In Cannabis Users” The talk will be held at *14:00 on Wednesday the 29th of January in YNiC open plan,* all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided afterwards. *Monthly Science Social Seminar:* On the first Thursday of every month YNiC hosts a 'Science Social' at 4pm in YNiC open plan. Topics include imaging methods, software, and analysis techniques, but we also encourage users to volunteer to present anything that they think may be of interest (email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to volunteer). Pizza and drinks will be provided! The next Science Social will be on MEG data processing using Brainstorm, and will take place on* Thursday 6th February at 4pm*. We look forward to seeing many of you there! For a list of the upcoming Thursday sessions, please visit https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions. *Open Plan Teaching:* Please be reminded that teaching will be taking place in YNiC open plan at 12-4pm on Tuesday and Friday this week. During these times, the area will be closed to anybody not involved in the teaching. *Level 0 operator Training:* Our next scheduled Level 0 training session is now fully booked. The next session will take place on Wednesday 11th March at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking. All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 12th February at 10am. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you all have a great week! 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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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Hi everyone We have a few notices for you today. *PyMVPA* The python package pyMVPA 2 is now available for use. If you experience any errors please send details to it-support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. *Draft Email to Participants* Please ensure that you use the updated draft email for participants, now found on the website (https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms). Many thanks to Jamie Cockcroft for highlighting that the previous draft email was still available! *Level 0 operator Training* Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on Wednesday 5th February at 10am-12pm. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking. All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 12th February at 10am. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you all have a great week! Cheers 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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Teaching at YNiC
by Mark Hymers 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

Dear all, As usual, there will be teaching in the YNiC Open plan area during the spring term. During these times, the area will be closed to anybody not involved in the teaching. Times for the Spring term are: Week 2: Tuesday 14th January: 1200-1600 Friday 17th January: 1200-1600 Week 3: Friday 24th January: 1200-1600 Week 4: Tuesday 28th January: 1200-1600 Friday 31st January: 1200-1600 Week 5: Friday 7th February 1200-1600 Week 7: Tuesday 18th February: 1200-1600 Friday 21st February 1200-1600 Week 8: Friday 28th February 1200-1600 Week 9: Tuesday 3rd March: 1200-1600 Friday 6th March: 1200-1600 Week 10: [NB: Different to all other weeks] *Wednesday* 11th March: 0900-1300 Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hymers, Lecturer in Neuroimaging Methods York NeuroImaging Centre and Department of Psychology University of York, UK Please note that my email address is: mark.hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Responses to messages sent to other addresses may be delayed

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YNIC Science Committee 3pm Thursday 23rd of January
by Jonny Smallwood 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Hello everyone, The next meeting of the YNIC Science Committee is next Thursday. If you have any issues that you would like to be raised please let me know. Jonny -- Jonathan Smallwood, Professor in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience Room E008, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH. Telephone: 01904 324651

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

Hi everyone Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed a nice break over the holidays. IT updates were completed at YNiC over the closure period; if you experience any technical issues on return to the centre please drop us a ticket to it-support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. We're kicking off the New Year with some training this week: *YNiC User Inductions* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction will be *Wednesday 8th January at 10am*. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *Level 0 operator training:* There are two more places available on our next scheduled Level 0 training session for the Siemens scanner tomorrow, *Tuesday 7th January at 1pm*. The following L0 training session (for either Siemens or GE) will be held on *Wednesday 5th February at 10am*. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to either of these sessions, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. *Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training on the 5th Feb must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.* *First Aid Training Requirement for Operators* *ALL* operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. We will enforce this requirement from March 2020, to give current Level 0 users time to arrange the training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. Hope you have a good week! 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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Update: YNiC Remote Desktop
by Lauren Welbourne 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Hi everyone The maintenance of the remote desktop is now complete and is available for use again. Hope you have a great Christmas! 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 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hi everyone As you know, we are closed to users from today, and we will reopen on Friday 3rd January. The remote desktop will be under maintenance until Wednesday, and so there will be intermittent access to the system during this period; we will send out an announcement once it is fully available again. *YNiC User Inductions* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction will be *Wednesday 8th January at 10am*. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *Level 0 operator training:* Our next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place on *Tuesday 7th January at 1pm*. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. *Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.* *First Aid Training Requirement for Operators* All Level 0 operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. We will enforce this requirement from March 2020, to give current Level 0 users time to arrange the training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. Hope you all have a lovely Christmas break. See you in the New Year! 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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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Hi everyone We have a few reminders for you this week: *YNiC Christmas Closure* YNiC will be closed to users for service maintenance *from the week commencing 16th December*, and will re-open in the New Year, on the 3rd of January. During this period you should consider all YNiC services unavailable. However, please note that we do not anticipate the remote desktop to be unavailable for the entire period, and we will keep users updated once these services resume. *YNiC User Inductions* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our final induction date before the Christmas break will be Wednesday 11th December at 2pm. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *First Aid Training Requirement for Operators* It is recommended that all Level 0 operators attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. This is currently a requirement for Level 1 operators, and will also be required for Level 0 operators soon - we will enforce this requirement from March 2020, to give current Level 0 users time to arrange the training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. Hope you have a great week! 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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Reminder: YNiC Science Social TODAY 12pm
by Lauren Welbourne 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Good morning This lunchtime we have our monthly Science Social, with guest speaker Alexis Makin from the University of Liverpool. Those of you recovering from the Psychology Department Christmas party will be pleased to know that pizza will be provided from 12pm! The talk will start at 12:30pm. We look forward to seeing you later, 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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Closure
by Antony Morland 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Hello All, A little clarification on the closure details. We are closing the WC 1th December to perform some upgrades. We do not anticipate them taking the whole week and will update users when remote services will be available again. Apologies for any confusion. Best 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 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hi everyone Just a couple of notices for you today. *Monthly Science Social* We have a guest speaker for the Monthly Science Social this week: Dr Alexis Makin from the University of Liverpool. This will take place on *Friday 6th from 12pm*. We will get pizza for lunch, and then the talk will start at 12:30. The last Science Social was very popular, and we hope to see many of you here again for this months event! *YNiC Christmas Closure* YNiC will be closed to users for service maintenance *from the week commencing 16th December*, and will re-open in the New Year, on the 3rd of January. During this period you should consider all YNiC services unavailable, including scanning and the remote desktop. Hope you have a good week, 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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Impromptu seminar Thu 28th @ 4pm: Motion resolved MRI and computational modeling in visual illusions.
by Andre Gouws 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hi YNiCers, Benedetta Franceschiello, a visitor from the Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology - Lausanne, has kindly offered to give us a presentation on some of her interesting work which includes resolving motion signals in MRI (particularly of the eye) and computational modeling of visual illusions. Please join us for a casual, interactive session at 4pm on Thursday the 28th in YNiC, followed by refreshments and maybe even a visit to the pub. Bene's profile is here: https://www.unil.ch/line/en/home/menuinst/people/post-doctoral-fellows/bene… Best wishes, -- André ************************************************************************ 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

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Good afternoon everyone, *IMPORTANT: Cluster Output Paths* As we indicated last week, from today it will not be possible to write to /groups from the cluster, only /scratch/groups. This step has been taken to prevent the /groups partition filling up with data which does not belong in there. If /groups fills up, all users are affected. To illustrate the point, during last week (when writing to /groups remained possible) one cluster job generated ~300Gb of data in /groups which belonged in /scratch/groups. The partition was therefore completely filled up. The consequence was that another user was unable to run their stimulus code, which depends on there being space in /groups to log output, and their scanning was delayed significantly. More generally, it is important to recognise that storage resources are limited, and that when the full capacity of partitions is reached many more people than those who wrote the data may be affected. It would be appreciated if users who anticipate writing large amounts of data, could first estimate how much data will be written and then ask us how best to accommodate the data. In general, we would also like to remind users of the importance of storing the correct data in the correct areas; this will avoid us having to take urgent remedial actions in cases where other users have been affected. *YNiC User Inductions* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our final induction date before the Christmas break will be Wednesday 11th December at 2pm. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you have a great week! 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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29th November Level 3 safety sign off
by Antony Morland 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hello All, On Friday 29th November we are unable to sign off conditional contraindications for MRI scanning. If you have participants booked or intend to scan, please check about contraindications in advance of the scanning session so they can be signed off ahead of Friday. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Reminder: YNiC Project Presentation 4pm
by Lauren Welbourne 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Good morning, This afternoon we have a project presentation from Dr Daniel Kaiser and Matt Foxwell, at *4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Probing effects of scene structure on object perception using TMS". Talks are followed by refreshments. We 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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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

Hi everyone Here's what's going on this week at YNiC: *Project Presentation - Thursday 4pm:* This week we have a project presentation from Dr Daniel Kaiser and Matt Foxwell on Thursday 21st November at 4pm in YNiC open plan, titled: "Probing effects of scene structure on object perception using TMS". Talks are followed by refreshments. We hope to see you there! *Strike Action:* As you may be aware, UCU have announced an 8 day period of strike action commencing 25th November. As yet we are not aware of any impacts on activities at YNiC. Should any impact arise, we will make all efforts to keep you informed. *Cluster Output Paths:* >From Monday 25th November you will only be able to write data to /scratch/groups, and not straight to /groups. This is already the recommended best practice at YNiC, but we will be enforcing it from next week to reduce storage pressure on the /groups drive. Please make sure you edit any of your scripts that currently save straight to /groups. *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 27th November at 2pm. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you have a good week! 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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Reminder: Guest Speaker Dr Melanie Burke @ YNiC 4pm TODAY
by Lauren Welbourne 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

Hi everyone This afternoon we have a guest speaker at YNiC - Dr Melanie Burke from the University of Leeds. She will be presenting at *4pm in YNiC open plan*. Refreshments will be provided after the talk. Please find the title and abstract below: *Title:* “Inducing neuroplasticity in the prefrontal cortex: a preliminary investigation into the effects on the brain and cognition.” *Abstract:* Theta burst stimulation (TBS) is a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) that can be used to increase (intermittent TBS) or reduce (continuous TBS) cortical excitability. The current study used iTBS in 18 adults, to investigate the causal role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during the performance of four cognitive functions: attention, inhibition, sequence learning and working memory. Participants performed the cognitive tasks both before and after iTBS stimulation and functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS) was monitored throughout. Preliminary findings of brain activity before, during and after TBS, alongside eye movements responses to the cognitive tasks will be presented. We hope to see many of 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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