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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

Hi everyone I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. There is not much to note this week at YNiC, but please be aware that from next week we will have 10 weeks of MSc project scanning in both GE and Siemens. The restricted booking slots for these scans are marked on the booking system, and are not bookable by any other project. 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 Science Issues
by Jonny Smallwood 22 Apr '19

22 Apr '19

Hello everyone, We are holding the next meeting of the YNIC Science Committee on Monday the 29th of April at 2pm. If you have an issues that you would like me to raise for the committee please let me know. Feel free to contact me via email, or to set up a time to chat in person. 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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YNiC closure dates
by Lauren Welbourne 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

Hi all Just a reminder that YNiC will be closed this Friday 19th and Monday 22nd for the bank holidays. I hope you all enjoy the lovely long weekend! 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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Siemens: slot available tomorrow afternoon
by Sara Stampacchia 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Hi there, There is a *slot available from 15:45 until 17:00 tomorrow in the Siemens* in case you anyone is interested. The slot is currently booked for my project (P1370). However, the participant scheduled is not willing to come tomorrow for his second day of scanning and -because of the experimental design- we cannot recruit anyone new at this point. If you interested in booking the slot please email @Joe Lyons <joe.lyons(a)york.ac.uk> and he will be able to update the booking. Cheers, Sara Sara Stampacchia Department of Psychology University of York, UK

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REMINDER: Safety form signatures
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Hi all Don't forget that tomorrow (Friday 12th) is your last day to get Level 3 signatures for participants that are being scanned next week. Please bring your relevant consent forms (with appropriate information regarding the safety issue) to the staff office *before midday* on Friday. 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 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Hi everyone There are a couple of things you should be aware of over the coming weeks: 1. The GE scanner is now fully operational, so scanning slots can be booked. Thanks again for your patience during the unexpected downtime. 2. A large proportion of YNiC staff will be away for the MEG UK conference from Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th April, and therefore support will be limited during this period. *Specifically, if you need Level 3 signatures for any scanning on these days they must be obtained no later than 12th April (n.b. signatures should always be arranged before the scan day). * 3. *YNiC will be closed for the Bank Holidays on 19th and 22nd April * 4. We have provisionally scheduled our next User Induction for Thursday 18th April at 10am, subject to availability and interest. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. Hope you 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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The GE scanner is fully operational
by Richard Aveyard 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Hello everyone, The cold head on the GE scanner was successfully replaced by engineers yesterday, and the system is now ready for scanning again. Apologies again for the unexpected downtime, we appreciate your patience with this. Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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This week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Hello everyone, Things to note this week: 1. The *GE* scanner requires a replacement cold head and so will be *unavailable until Wednesday the 3rd of April at the earliest. * 2. YNiC was closed for maintenance last week, this included IT upgrades with security patching and fibre work, adjustments to the security alarm system, and a layout change. The central meeting room off open plan is now an extension to the staff office. * Consent debriefing and other private interviews should be carried out in the small sound-proof room opposite the PhD office in open plan, or the interview room on the MRI corridor. * 3. YSPL will be doing maintenance on IT systems this week, however, this is not expected to affect uses. 4. A large cohort of YNiC staff will be away for the MEG UK conference 15-17th of April. *Signatures for conditional exceptions on consent forms for 15th-17th of April must be organized for no later than the 12th of April. We would also like to remind users that exceptions in consent forms should be arranged in advance of the scan day in all cases. * 5. We have provisionally scheduled our next *User Induction on Thursday the 18th of April at 10am*. Subject to availability and interest. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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YNiC IT Downtime
by Joe Lyons 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Hello We'll be doing some essential IT security maintenance during the closure at YNiC on Friday 29th March at 12 noon. All systems will be down including the remote desktop and the cluster. Thanks Joe -- Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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This week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hello everyone, Things to note this week: 1. *YNiC will be closed 27th-29th of March for vital maintenance. *Some scans will be operating in this period due to unexpected scanner downtime but the facility will not be accepting new bookings and will not be open for other users. 2. A number of YNiC forms have been updated. *Please ensure that you use the latest forms from the YNiC website <https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/forms>* and, as usual, please read all forms in full before signing. Note that we will no longer start training operators until their PI/ line manager signs to confirm that they have completed all statutory University training. 3. We have provisionally scheduled our next *User Induction on Thursday the 4th of April at 10am*. Subject to availability and interest. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. 4. The GE scanner is down for urgent maintenance, we will have GE engineers in to replace the cold head during the closure, with *normal service on GE expected to resume next week from Monday the 1st of April. * Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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This week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Hello everyone, Before the notes for the coming week, we are pleased to report that the neuroimaging facility continues to be increasingly well used, with last week seeing our busiest week on record with a total of *82 hours of booked scanner time!* Things to note this week: 1. We are running our next *User Induction this Tuesday (19th) at 10am*. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. 2. YNiC will be visited by a group from the University of the Third Age, as a consequence *open plan will be closed to all users 2-4pm on Tuesday the 19th of March. * 3. Due to annual leave, we have fewer staff than usual at the moment, so thank you for your patience with any increases in wait times for support that may occur. 4. *YNiC will be closed 27th-29th of March for vital maintenance.* Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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This week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Hi everyone Things to note this week: 1. There will be *teaching in Open Plan 9am - 1pm on Wednesday 13th*; only those involved in the teaching will have access to Open Plan at this time. 2. We are running our next *User Induction this Wednesday (13th) at 10am*. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. 3. This *Thursday at 4pm* we have a *Project Presentation from Dr Scott Cairney*, followed by refreshments. We hope to see you there! Hope you have a great 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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Lost Necklace
by Ryan Elson 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Good afternoon all, A necklace has been handed in to YNiC reception that was found on Friday afternoon. If you think this is yours please come to YNiC reception to collect it. Kind regards, Ryan

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This week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Hi everyone We have teaching in Open Plan on Tuesday and Friday this week between 12 and 4pm, there will be no access to open plan for anyone who is not involved in this teaching. Please be reminded that YNiC will be closed from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th March for building and maintenance work. Siemens will be available as normal on 25th March (the scheduled maintenance took place on 25th *Feb*, I made an error in a previous email). Finally, our next *YNiC user induction* will take place on *Wednesday 13th March at 10am*. If you are aware of any students 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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REMINDER: Project Presentations @ 2:30pm
by Lauren Welbourne 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Hi everyone Just a reminder that today's YNiC Project Presentations are starting at the earlier time of *2:30pm*. We have two talks today, the first from Adam Turnbull, and the second from Nerissa Ho. 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 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hi all We have quite a few things going on this week that we'd like you to be aware of: *Presentations and Inductions:* 1. We have two project presentations this Thursday, starting from *2:30pm* in YNiC open plan. The first will be given by Adam Turnbull, and the second by Nerissa Ho. 2. We will be running a *YNiC user induction this Wednesday* 27th at 10am - if you are aware of anyone that needs to be inducted, please ask them to contact us to sign up (support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk). 3. There is a seminar in Biology room K018 on *Friday 1st at 1pm*, as part of the Biomedical Sciences seminar series, by Prof Rob Lucas (University of Manchester) entitled "Vision Beyond Rods and Cones", which may be of interest to a number of YNiC users ( https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/news-events/seminars/infection-immunity/spri… ) *Closures:* 1. *YNiC will be closed from 3:45pm this Thursday 28th*, after the project presentations, in order for staff and YNiC users to attend the YBRI Neuroscience Social (Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ybri-social-neuroscience-theme-tickets-54695… Password: YBRI2019) 2. *YNiC will be closed from 27th to 29th March*, in order for a number of building and maintenance works to be carried out. 3. Open Plan will be closed for teaching this Friday between 12 and 4pm. *Scanner Bookings:* 1. Both GE and Siemens scanners will be used for Masters projects from the end of April. The slots restricted to these projects have been marked on the booking system, and can only be booked for these projects. 2. Other restricted slots that occur in March will be released a week before the scan date, in the event that they are not booked by the restricting group. Please note that we have also added some additional operator covered slots in Siemens on Mondays, for those weeks where the scanner is heavily restricted. 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 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Hi everyone Here are a few things to note for this week, and upcoming limited-staff dates: - There will be teaching in open plan on Tuesday and Friday, 12-4pm. Open plan will be unavailable to users that are not attending the taught sessions. - *The Siemens scanner is now available for booking on Mondays. *Please be aware that clinical scans of patients will be taking place in GE, and we therefore ask that you maintain a professional manner in reception and the MRI corridor if you use the Siemens scanner on the same day. - Further to the above, Siemens will be unavailable on the 25th March for scheduled maintenance. - The MEG UK conference takes place in Cardiff on 15th-17th April. A number of YNiC staff will be in attendance, and therefore on these dates there will be no operator cover and very limited staff availability (the centre will still be open for use). Hope you have a good week, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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DC Labs Lecture by Andreas Roepstorff on Playfulness
by Lauren Welbourne 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Hi everyone, I'd like to invite you all to attend the following talk by Andreas Roepstorff at *2:30pm* next *Tuesday, 19th Feb*, at the Department of Computer Science (Hes. East). Andreas is an anthropologist/neuroscientist/interdisciplinarist and he directs the Interacting Minds Centre in Denmark, which explores new weird, wonderful ways of studying minds in interaction. Please find the talk abstract below (and attached), as well as directions to the seminar room in the Computer Science building. I hope you can make it! Kind regards Lauren *Playfulness: A Surprising State of Mind* *A Digital Creativity Labs Lecture by Andreas Roepstorff* *February 19, 2019, 2:30-3:30pm* *Heslington East, room **CSE/082&083 http://bit.ly/2E7aWXW <http://bit.ly/2E7aWXW>* *Attendance is free, no registration required* These days, theories of prediction error minimization are *en vogue* across the cognitive sciences. Cognition seems to be all about control: of events, hidden causes, environments, and many things in between. Playful activities seem to open up a very different terrain. They appear to involve letting go of control, to let processes, materials and collaborators do ‘their’ thing, and in and through that create unexpected trajectories. We have recently explored a number of such activities involving unusual research tools, like Ouija boards, Lego bricks, and haunted houses. I will describe some of these experiments, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative methods, to explore emergent dynamics of play-like activities. This will allow us to explore whether playfulness is a surprising state of mind. *Biography* Andreas Roepstorff is a Professor of Cognition, Communication and Culture at Aarhus University (Denmark). He works at the interface between anthropology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, and is equally interested in the workings of the mind and brain, and in how cognitive science and brain imaging, as fields of knowledge production, relate to other scientific and public fields. He is the director of the Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University and is involved in a number of transdisciplinary collaborations, focusing on aspects of human interaction. Most recently, he won a major grant to work with renowned artist Olafur Eliasson to create engaging experiments on perception, decision-making, action, and collaboration in public spaces. For more, visit interactingminds.au.dk. -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Weekly YNiC news & YBRI Social Event
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Hi all A couple of things to be aware of for the coming weeks: - There is a *YBRI Social event* on the* 28th Feb* in Biology. The theme this year is Neuroscience, and it is a good platform for discussing your work in a social setting. Pizza and drinks are provided. If you'd like to attend, please register via Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ybri-social-neuroscience-theme-tickets-54695…> (password YBRI2019). If you'd also like to bring a poster, please let the administrator know at ybri(a)york.ac.uk - Due to the above event, *YNiC will be closed from 3:45pm on the 28th Feb * - Open plan will be open all of this week, as there is no teaching during Reading Week - If you are running projects at YNiC, please take note of the updates to the screening procedure highlighted in our emails earlier today Kind regards Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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IMPORTANT: changes to MRI screening procedures
by Andre Gouws 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

(Sorry for cross posting - MRI operators may get this twice) Hi all We would like to make you aware of recent updates we have made to the GE and Siemens MRI Safety and Consent forms, which can be found here https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms. In particular, please draw your attention to the section on piercings and tattoos. The piercings question now reads: "Are you currently wearing any jewellery? – e.g. piercings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, hair clips, rings" Please read the *full question *to participants, including the list of examples. This question should be answered /after/ all jewellery has been removed, which may be when the participant is in the control room. In most cases, the answer to this question should be 'No'. If jewellery cannot be removed, operators will require a Level 3 signature. In your initial screening of your participants you should establish if any jewellery cannot be removed, and then notify support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk <mailto:support@ynic.york.ac.uk> if you will require a Level 3 signature (please provide details of the scan date/time). You will no longer be required to obtain a Level 3 signature for participants with tattoos. Instead, you will direct the participant's attention to the tattoo warning sign located on the control room wall (near the other safety information signs), read the warning to the subject, and advise them to press the emergency buzzer if they feel any heating of the tattooed area during the scan session. Finally, both operators in charge of the scanning session should sign the boxes now marked as 'Operator A' and 'Operator B' - the order of the signatures is irrelevant, but it should only be signed by those acting as operators for the scan. We hope that these updates will improve your scanning process, whilst maintaining the safety of our participants. Please read through the full questionnaire to familiarise yourself with this updated version - *every question* on this form will require a yes or no answer now. -- 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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Fwd: Burst water pipe bio
by Antony Morland 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

Hello All, It will be a bit chilly at YNiC this morning (see below). We have independent heating control of the MRI areas, so scanning can still go ahead. In even better news, we have escaped flooding this time! All good wishes Tony ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Adam Douglas <adam.douglas(a)york.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 08:55 Subject: Burst water pipe bio To: Good morning. Unfortunately due to the cold weather we have had a burst pipe in the bio centre. This has only damaged the 2nd floor at the moment. However, to bring it under control and fix the pipe we have had to turn the pumps off. This means the heating will be off this morning until it is repaired. Engineers are on site and will get the heating back on as soon as possible. If you need a heater please let me or a member of the team know and we will happily provide. The engineers hope to have the heating back on by lunch time, I will keep you updated as much as possible. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. We are working to rectify this as soon as possible. Kind regards Adam -- *Adam Douglas* *Facilities Manager* York Science Park Ltd T: 01904 435100 *DD: *01904 567824 E: Email address W: www.yorksciencepark.co.uk <http://www.facebook.com/pages/York-Science-Park-Ltd/178260196498> An Exciting Environment for Growth... Virtual Office | Hot Desks | Next to world-leading University of York For more info contact - enquiries(a)yorksciencepark.co.uk Innovation Centre, Innovation Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5DG F: 01904 435135 Company No. 2939132 | Registered address: Heslington Hall, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD | VAT No. 647 2055 41 Email Disclaimer <http://www.yorksciencepark.co.uk/disclaimer.html> -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Reserved slots
by Antony Morland 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Dear All, We are trialing a 'reserved slot' model for some scanning activities at YNiC. What does this mean? 1. In general terms, it means that the system we use to reserve slots for teaching is being rolled out for some grant funded research activity. There are however some differences in the timing of when unused reserved slots become available to others to book. 2. The reserved slots open up 6 weeks in advance - coinciding with the booking access that externally funded projects have. 3. If reserved slots have not been booked one week ahead of those reserved slots, they will become available to others to book. This means that those researchers who have one week booking access are unaffected. The rationale behind this change is to allow funded researchers to plan ahead, which can be very valuable when high participant throughput is needed. At the same time however we are happy to reserve slots for any funded researchers even if they intend only to scan a few participants. As part of the trial we will also monitor the use of reserved slots by the researchers who requested them. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Earing
by YNiC Reception 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hi all I have an earing in reception which was handed in yesterday if you lost one. Best wishes Jackie

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This week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hi all There are no project presentations this week, but there is one reminder: - The open plan area will be used for teaching on Tuesday and Friday between 12:00 and 16:00, and therefore the area will be closed to anyone not involved in these activities. Best Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Updates
by Antony Morland 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Hello All, We closed for a brief period before Christmas. Here is what we did: Work completed over the Christmas closure period. - Patching of systems to ensure we are up to date with latest security updates. - Full backup of data - Testing of a Discussion board for ynic users - Archiving of raw data - Setup new clinical database for YDI - Testing changes on how we report quota usages based on project rather that folder. - Updates to the YNiC database so we can track more information. - Complete clean of MRI console room - Tidying and cleaning open plan If you notice anything that has changed and affects your work at YNiC, please let us know. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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