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Siemens scanner - normal service resumed
by Andre Gouws 23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19

Hi all, You will be glad to hear that we have the Siemens scanner back up and running. The transmit box in the scanner was the guilty party and the part took several hours to replace. Quality assurance tests have been run and the machine appears to be in spec. Normal service will resume as of tomorrow morning. Sorry again for anyone affected by the down time. 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 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

Hi everyone *Summer Closure and Bank Holiday* In addition to our September Closure (2nd to 20th September), please be aware that there is also a Bank Holiday on Monday 26th August, and therefore the centre will be closed to users on this day. *YNiC User Inductions* Our next YNiC user induction is provisionally planned for *Thursday 1st August *(time TBC). If you are aware of any students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction date. *Siemens Scanner* Please be advised that the Siemens scanner is currently down; we are awaiting new parts and the Siemens engineer should be completing the necessary fixes early this week. We will keep you informed once the scanner is available to book again. *Remote Desktop* The remote desktop is up and running again (as per my email last week), thanks to the hard work of Mark and Joe! 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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Remote Desktop
by Lauren Welbourne 16 Jul '19

16 Jul '19

Hi all You'll be pleased to hear that the remote desktop service is now back up and running again. Big thanks to Joe and Mark for their work on this! 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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Congratulations to Dr Karapanagiotidis
by Jonny Smallwood 16 Jul '19

16 Jul '19

Hello everyone,Theo has just passed his defence. Come and celebrate with us in the ground floor of E-block reception. 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 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Hi everyone Further to the IT issues we experienced last week, please be advised that we are still working on getting the remote services up and running. You may also experience other technical glitches while everything is restored to normal service, if so, please can you report the issue to us at it-support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. We are running a *YNiC user induction tomorrow *(Tuesday 16th) at *9:30am*, as a replacement to the induction that was cancelled last week during the unplanned closure. If you are aware of any students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for tomorrows induction. Finally, as I mentioned last week, please be aware that due to staff annual leave over the summer, there will be a limited number of operator covered slots across the two scanners. I 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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Essential services back up
by Antony Morland 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Hello All, We are now up and running essential services, so Open Plan is ready for business. Remote services are still a work in progress and are unlikely to return until later in the week. The speedy return to services is a result of Mark Hymers and Joe Lyons working overnight. Huge thanks to them for their work. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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IT recovery
by Antony Morland 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

Hello All, Progress is being made and we hope to be able to have essential services up and running from 1pm. Initially, we are concentrating on on site services and remote services will looked at later. The 1pm time is based on things running smoothly between now and then. More news soon. Thanks for your patience Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC IT issues today
by Joe Lyons 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Dear all Last night we had a disk failure in our of our storage arrays which caused some issues with a few servers and some of the file shares. We restarted the servers affected which included the remote desktops this morning. The cluster was then rebooted and a file system check was performed on /scratch/home at 12:00 to check for any errors. All systems we back to normal from 1pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Thanks Joe -- Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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YNiC IT issues
by Joe Lyons 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Unfortunately, we're experiencing more issues with our storage system and so we've closed the centre for the day so we can restore service and check the file systems. All remote desktop systems will be unavailable for the rest of the day. Thanks Joe -- Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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Important: YNiC Desktops reboot
by Joe Lyons 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hello Due to some hardware issues over night, we're going to be rebooting the file server that provides /home and /scratch/home to all the YNiC desktops (including remote desktops) at *12:00 midday today*. Please log out of your desktop session before 12 to prevent any work from being lost. Thanks Joe -- Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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Important
by Antony Morland 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hello All, Please be aware that participants, who are pregnant should not be scanned. I know this is standard practice, but I thought it would be a timely reminder because of the following. We are in the process of having a risk assessment about pregnancy and MRI operators. While this risk assessment is being performed MRI operators who are pregnant should no longer enter the scanner room. I will update you on any changes resulting from the risk assessment. 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 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hi everyone This week Ryan Elson will be giving two project presentations in YNiC open plan at *4pm on Thursday 11th*, followed by refreshments. The titles of these talks are: - "Investigating motor feedback in the STS and SC during expression recognition." - "Investigating 'within' and 'between' expression processing in the STS using combined TMS and psychophysics." Please also be aware that due to staff annual leave over the summer, there will be a limited number of operator covered slots across the two scanners. We hope to see you at the talks on Thursday. 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 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hi everyone This Tuesday 2nd July at 1pm we will have a site visit by the Chair of the Wellcome Trust, Eliza Manningham-Buller. If you are in open plan or scanning during this time, please behave professionally. Our next YNiC user induction is provisionally planned for *Wednesday 10th July *(time TBC). If you are aware of any students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction date. 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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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Hi everyone We have a few announcements for you this week: *Summer Closure* We would like to give you advanced notice of our summer closure period, which will take place between the 2nd and 20th September. During this period we will perform essential IT upgrades and maintenance. There will be no access to the centre (including remotely), and no support will be provided over this period. *Screening Participants* We know that we have had to turn away participants on the day that they attend for scanning. We also know that this is very frustrating for researchers. The situation can occur for all participant groups, but is more frequent in special or elderly populations. Our existing advice is to ensure that you speak with your participant *before* the day of their scan to go through the screening form, and obtained any Level 3 signatures required. We know that this is done routinely, but we have a couple of further suggestions: - First, be absolutely clear that the questions you will be asking are vital to ensure participant safety, and that each participant should answer fully and take time to consider their answers. - Second, make the participant aware that having participated in a scan before does not mean that they will be clear for an upcoming scan; they need to consider each question carefully and identify anything that they may have previously had approved by an operator - Finally, and related to the previous point, knowing that a participant has been scanned before is not a guarantee that that same participant will be eligible for an upcoming scan, because of any potential change in their status or indeed changes in safety regulations governing who may be scanned. *YNiC User Inductions* We are running our next YNiC user induction this *Wednesday 26th June* at the updated time of *4pm*. If you are aware of any students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction date. 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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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Hi everyone - We will be running our next *YNiC user induction on Wednesday 26th June at 2pm*. If you are aware of any students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction date. 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 10 Jun '19

10 Jun '19

Hi everyone Just one notice this week, there will be no support at YNiC on Wednesday 12th June, due to staff attending the Yorkshire Vision Network meeting. The centre will still be open for use. 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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YNiC - no support 12th June
by Lauren Welbourne 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

Hi everyone Please be aware that the majority of YNiC staff will be unavailable on 12th June for the Yorkshire Vision Network meeting. Therefore, there will be no support or operator cover on this day, but the centre will still be open. 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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IMPORTANT: Level 3 signatures w/c 3rd June
by Lauren Welbourne 31 May '19

31 May '19

Hi all Please be aware that next week (w/c 3rd June) we have very limited Level 3 availability for signing off safety forms. If you have any participants being scanned next week that will need a signature you must get these signed-off no later than Monday afternoon. You can get the participant safety form printed at reception, and you can also hand these back to reception once the forms are signed if you have nowhere safe to store them before the scan. Reception will attach the signed form to the general consent sheet, which you can collect as normal on the day of the scan. It should be noted that it is standard procedure to obtain signatures in advance of the scan day - we cannot guarantee that booked scans will go ahead if a signature is not obtained in advance. We appreciate your understanding in this process, and in the importance of participant safety over research. Please let me know if you have any questions. 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 today at 4pm YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 30 May '19

30 May '19

Hi everyone Just a reminder that we have guest speaker Dr Vincent Costa giving a talk at YNiC this afternoon at 4pm, followed by refreshments. This promises to be an interesting session, and we encourage you all to attend: - *Title: *More than a feeling: A comparison of amygdala and ventral striatum contributions to reinforcement learning *Abstract:* If you ask a neuroscientist about emotion, they would probably give you the skinny about every amygdala study ever written. If you ask them about reward, they would probably give you a syllabus filled with references to the ventral striatum. But I’ll bet they can’t tell you what specific computations are computed in the amygdala relative to the ventral striatum. This is because traditional views of reinforcement learning have held that the striatum integrates dopaminergic reward prediction errors to facilitate learning, but have not ascribed a specific role for the amygdala. After decades of research suggesting the amygdala mainly contributes to emotion and simpler forms of associative learning, researchers are just beginning to explore the computational boundaries of amygdala function. The emerging perspective, which I will discuss, is that standard accounts of reinforcement learning that emphasize stratal and cortical contributions, should be revised to include a key role for the amygdala. 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 28 May '19

28 May '19

Hi everyone I hope you had a good Bank Holiday weekend. This week we have two talks at YNiC: 1. *Wednesday 29th at 2pm* - project presentation by Dr Daniel Baker on *"Electromagnetic indices of spatial summation in visual cortex*" 2. *Thursday 30th at 4pm *- guest speaker Dr Vincent Costa will be visiting us from Oregon Health & Science University. This promises to be an interesting session, and we encourage you all to attend: *Title: *More than a feeling: A comparison of amygdala and ventral striatum contributions to reinforcement learning *Abstract:* If you ask a neuroscientist about emotion, they would probably give you the skinny about every amygdala study ever written. If you ask them about reward, they would probably give you a syllabus filled with references to the ventral striatum. But I’ll bet they can’t tell you what specific computations are computed in the amygdala relative to the ventral striatum. This is because traditional views of reinforcement learning have held that the striatum integrates dopaminergic reward prediction errors to facilitate learning, but have not ascribed a specific role for the amygdala. After decades of research suggesting the amygdala mainly contributes to emotion and simpler forms of associative learning, researchers are just beginning to explore the computational boundaries of amygdala function. The emerging perspective, which I will discuss, is that standard accounts of reinforcement learning that emphasize stratal and cortical contributions, should be revised to include a key role for the amygdala. Both talks will take place in YNiC open plan, and will be 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 20 May '19

20 May '19

Hi everyone We have a couple of updates for you this week: 1. We now have new monitors for all of the stimulus PCs, which have a resolution of 1920x1080, and are capable of 120Hz refresh rate. We will add instructions next to each stim PC on how to check/change the refresh rate on your user profile. 2. The centre will be *closed on Monday 27th May*, for the bank holiday. 3. We will be running our next *YNiC user induction this Wednesday 22nd May at 2pm*. If you are aware of any students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction date. Hope you have a good week! 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 13 May '19

13 May '19

Hi everyone This week we have a Project Presentation at* 4pm on Thursday* in YNiC open plan, from Dr Magda Sliwinska and Dr David Pitcher on "Investigating how the parietal cortex contributes to foreign language learning". The talk will be followed by refreshments. *IMPORTANT REMINDER: *We will be running clinical scanning on GE tomorrow (Tuesday 14th May), which will overlap with the MSc scanning on Siemens. If you are scanning during these sessions please act professionally, particularly around the reception and MRI corridor. 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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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 08 May '19

08 May '19

Hi all This *Thursday 9th May at 4pm* we have a project presentation from Dr Lisa Henderson and Dr Elaine van Rijn on "MR correlates of sleep parameters"; the talk will be in YNiC open plan and will be followed by refreshments. *IMPORTANT:* Please be aware that next Tuesday 14th May we will be running clinical scanning on GE, which will overlap with the MSc scanning on Siemens. If you are scanning during these sessions please act professionally, particularly around the reception and MRI corridor. 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 (part 2)
by Lauren Welbourne 01 May '19

01 May '19

Hi everyone We have some bonus news for you this week at YNiC: 1. This* Thursday 2nd May at 4pm *we will have two project presentations from Dr David Pitcher's lab: "TMS investigation of object priming" and "TMS investigation of face pareidolia". Talks will be held in open plan and shall be followed by refreshments. 2. As you may be aware we have another Bank Holiday on* Monday 6th May*, and therefore the Centre will be *closed*. We hope to see you on Thursday afternoon for the presentations! 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 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Hi all This week the MSc projects will begin on both scanners, and will continue for the next 10 weeks, so the scanners will be continually busy over this period. Please be aware that during busy scanning periods it can take longer for data to appear in subject folders, particularly for subjects that have never been scanned before. We will always check that data gets sent, so please *only* contact if an incomplete dataset has come through for a subject e.g. one scan is missing from a scan session. 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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