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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 25 Aug '20

25 Aug '20

Good afternoon everyone, Just a brief email today to remind you of our upcoming closure/limited support periods, starting from Monday: *Reduced Support Period* Between 31st August and 13th September a number of YNiC staff will be taking some time for annual leave, and so if you have any support queries during this time please anticipate a longer wait for a response - we will still get back to you as soon as we can during that period. *IT Upgrades* In the week commencing *14th September* there will be some disruption to remote access while IT upgrades are performed. Users will be kept informed nearer the time, but disruptions to access should be anticipated during this period. Please note that YNiC open plan will also remain closed to users during the upgrades (which, under the current University guidelines, does not present a change to our current policy of access to the centre). I hope you all have a good week! 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 11 Aug '20

11 Aug '20

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are doing well and enjoying (or coping with) the current heatwave! *Reduced Support Period* We would like to let users know that between 31st August and 13th September a number of YNiC staff will be taking some time for annual leave, and so if you have any support queries during this time please anticipate a longer wait for a response - we will still get back to you as soon as we can during that period. *IT Upgrades* Furthermore, in the week commencing *14th September* there will be some disruption to remote access while IT upgrades are performed. Users will be kept informed nearer the time, but disruptions to access should be anticipated during this period. Please note that YNiC open plan will also remain closed to users during the upgrades (which, under the current University guidelines, does not present a change to our current policy of access to the centre). Stay safe everyone! 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 21 Jul '20

21 Jul '20

Hi everyone I hope you are all doing well? This week we have nothing new to report, so I'd just like to promote a webinar that is happening at *5pm* *today*, which is being given by the very brilliant Profs Brian Wandell (Stanford University) and David Brainard (University of Pennsylvania). Registration is free but needs to be done in advance of the webinar, details can be found here (note that the time listed is US eastern time): https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/webinar/2020/july/modeling_the_initial_s… Hope you have a great week! 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 Rebecca Lowndes 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Good afternoon everyone, Hope you are all doing well! *Journal Club* We will be taking a summer break from our journal club with an aim to return in late September. In the meantime, if anyone has talks they would like to give, let us know and we shall see if we can schedule you in! Thank you to everyone who has attended our virtual journal clubs this year. It has been great to maintain a sense of scientific community at YNiC even while we can't be together in person. We look forward to seeing you all in the new academic year. Many thanks Becky -- Rebecca Lowndes Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre

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YBRI talk at 2pm today
by Antony Morland 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

Hello All, There are a couple of talks at 2pm today that may be of interest to you. Best wishes Tony Dr Steve Quinn: *Amyloid-beta oligomerization monitored by single-molecule stepwise photobleaching* Holly Brown: * Assessing the status of visual cortex in macular disease* Host for the session is Sean Sweeney Join Zoom Meeting https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92082585689?pwd=andXR1AzVG52TTZsOXIwaEVjMHJUZz… Meeting ID: 920 8258 5689 Password: 994542 One tap mobile +442034815237,,92082585689# United Kingdom +442034815240,,92082585689# 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: 920 8258 5689 -- 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 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

Good afternoon, This week our clinical work continued successfully at YNiC, under the increased cleaning and safety procedures. We are continuing to engage with the Psychology Department and the University with regards to opening YNiC for users, but at this time please be reminded that the centre remains closed to all users. *Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* This week we will branch into the auditory domain, with a talk by Dr Lisa Goodrich from Harvard Medical School, titled: *"Sounding Out Neuronal Diversity in the Auditory System"* 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 I hope you are all doing well, and we will see some of you for the Journal Club on Thursday! :-) 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 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying a bit of respite from the heat! *YNiC Clinical Scans* As part of a phased reopening, the University approved clinical work at YNiC to recommence, and so we held our first clinical session yesterday, which went very smoothly, with increased cleaning and safety between each patient. Along with our colleagues in Psychology, we are still awaiting news on the University policy regarding resuming research, scanning participants, and permitting users into the centre. Therefore YNiC remains closed to all users until further notice. *Journal Club - Thursday 4pm* Due to popular demand, we will be repeating last week's 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."* As this talk crosses some interdisciplinary topics, I think it will have a wide appeal for our YNiC users. A summary of Dr Dzirasa's research is detailed below: *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 *SfN Event - Thursday 5pm* Following our Journal Club on Thursday, at 5pm, there is an event being hosted by SfN titled "Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Why This Moment Matters", which will feature a panel discussion of the challenges faced by BAME neuroscientists, and what the neuroscience community can do to elicit change. I encourage you to take a look at the details and register for the event (registration is free): https://neuronline.sfn.org/diversity/black-lives-matter-and-neuroscience We will aim to start the Journal Club talk as close to 4pm as possible, to ensure we are finished before the start of the SfN event (which we won't screen share - you can just register individually and watch on your own PC). I hope you have a good week! 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 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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