(This message is relevant to operators and anyone booking the scanners).
Access to the MRI facilities is *limited to the time slot you have
booked* for your scanning. Do not assume that you can start 15 minutes
early, over-run by 10 minutes or just pop in to test things if the
scanners do not appear to be booked.
The scanners are becoming increasingly busy and the demands on the team
at YNiC are increasing proportionally. Efficient time management of the
scanning resources and cover are more important than ever. The staff
here are often doing things in the background to support the service
that means they are not available to help you out at the drop of a hat.
If you require extra time for setup, testing or tweaking please ensure
that you book additional time.
Anyone found in the scanner rooms outside their booked time slots will
be invoiced for the additional time they have had access to the suites.
If you have any queries please drop me a line. Best wishes,
--
André
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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
Hello YNIC Users
We are holding YNIC Science Day in B020 on September the 14th. The plan for
this event is to showcase the work we are doing at YNIC to the wider
community. One aspect of this event will be a series of short talks by
early career researchers that describe the techniques they use in their
research. Consequently, I am looking for volunteers to give short 5 minute
talks about the work they are doing at the imaging centre. Please get in
contact with me via email, or in person, if you have imaging data that you
would like to present.
Thanks
Jonny
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Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hello All,
Gareth Gaskell, Chair of the YNiC Research Governance Committee, has
reconfigured the YNiC Ethics application form, which is now in version 6.
This form is available on the YNiC website. There is also an updated
guidance document, version 4. The main changes concern GDPR, which Gareth
has communicated about already.
Other news; in our efforts to save the planet - one of our key missions -
we are no longer going to provide paper cups for hot drinks. Please bring
a reusable mug for your drinks.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear YNiC users,
The GDPR coming in today has entailed a modest revision of our YNiC ethics
forms. The new versions (V4 of the form and V6 of the guidance) will be
available on the YNiC website soon, and should be used for all new
applications.
The changes aren't too major - essentially Section 7 of the application
form on data has been expanded to allow some extra checks to be performed
on your data processing plans. One aspect that is new is that PIs need to
consider whether their data might be considered "high risk" from a data
protection point of view, and if this is a possibility then a Data Privacy
Impact Assessment (DPIA) would need to be carried out. My reading of
the definition
of high risk
<https://www.york.ac.uk/records-management/dp/dataprivacyimpactassessments/>
is that most YNiC research wouldn't require this step. Further, if a strand
of research does need an assessment then as I understand it an assessment
could be carried out to cover that strand as a whole rather than each
individual project. So I don't anticipate this being too burdensome in the
main.
At the same time there are some new statements that need to be included in
the participant information sheets and consent forms, and I have taken the
opportunity to try to streamline the application process so that it is less
time-consuming. I have cut down the guidance notes that you need to consult
in making an application, and have added a template information sheet and a
template consent form that you can adapt for your purposes. As well as
making the application process a bit easier to complete, I am hopeful that
there is less opportunity for researchers to use wording in their
information sheets that conflicts with our guidelines. I'm happy to get
feedback on how well this works and whether you can see further ways to
improve the process.
Current projects with ethical approval do not need to be re-approved, but
it would be helpful if any participant you test from now on could be given
the attached supplementary information sheet as well as the information
sheet that you have been using, to inform participants about their data
under GDPR.
Please use the new forms for any new applications. People who are currently
in the process of putting together applications (e.g., for this year's
MPsych projects) can either use the new forms (preferred) or stick with the
old forms provided they (i) verbally agree to the new statements in Section
7 in their application email, and (ii) add the attached supplementary
information sheet to their participant information sheet.
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns,
best,
Gareth Gaskell
Chair YNiC Ethics and Governance Committee
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Gareth Gaskell
Department of Psychology
University of York
Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK
Office: Psychology, E209
Phone: +44-1904-323187
Email: gareth.gaskell(a)york.ac.uk
Home page: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/mgg5/
Research group: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/facilities/slam/
Hello All,
We will be a little short staffed at the end of this week and next as some
of our team are going to be away on leave and at conferences. All operator
covered slots will be covered.
We have been making some good progress testing new imaging sequences on the
Siemens scanner, which later in the year should make some new experimental
approaches possible for users.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear All,
The centre will be closed from Tuesday, 11th September to reopen Monday,
24th September, to allow for vital annual maintenance.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
I have had some discussions with investigators recently relating to booking
scanners. There are some funded labs that have the resources and will
benefit scientifically from scanning for more than seven hours per week,
which is our normal upper limit. We currently have capacity on the
scanners, so our limit is artificially restricting research throughput. We
have decided therefore to lift the limits on booking for funded projects
for a trial period until the end of the calendar year. While this will
offer benefits to funded projects, it may have adverse effects on other
uses of the scanners. Being mindful of that, we are (1) trialing the
system and (2) asking funded projects to book the scanner responsibly.
Considering the second point, could you please get in touch if you would
like the limit on your funded project raised - email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
Also, if you do have a raised limit and wish to book intensive use of the
scanners please do so with as much lead time as possible - you will have a
six week window - because this will help other users plan their work.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello everyone,
Yesterday at the YNIC Science Committee we decided to hold YNIC Science Day
on Friday the 14th of September. The plan is to us the afternoon to
showcase the research at YNIC and provide an overview of the methods that
we are applying to understand the neural mechanisms that underpin
psychological functioning. This will take place in B020.
The basic idea is to hold some short talks from a wide range of PhDs and
Post docs to give a snap shot of the type of studies we conduct (similar to
the data blitz's that take place at conferences), as well as some more
focused talks that highlight the methods that we use to understand
psychological processes. For those of you interested please put this date
into your diaries!
I will be in touch with the ECRs to solicit people for the short talks, but
if anyone is especially interested to present their research they can
contact me.
Jonny
--
Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hello All,
We are no starting a busy period for the centre as we host our MSc student
projects. We are also in the process of installing some new functional and
spectroscopy imaging sequences on the Siemens scanner that we hope will
prove useful to researchers.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello,
The date for the next YNIC Science committee meeting is April 30th. If any
users have issues that they would like raised, please can they get in
contact with me before the end of next week so I can include these in the
agenda. One issue we are hoping to discuss are the Seminar series. If
anyone has any comments on what they like or dislike about these that would
be really helpful.
Thanks
Jonny
--
Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hello All,
We are working on a new way to deliver our clinical services. When
possible we are focusing our efforts on scanning on Monday afternoons and
into early evening. This will allow us to allocate the required resources
for the service in a more efficient way, while also making the scanners
free for the rest of the week. It should be noted however that there may
be some other occasions during the week when we may have to scan urgent
cases.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
The centre will be closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday. Some YNiC
staff will be taking leave this week or next, so please be patient if you
have sent requests to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Thanks and Happy Easter
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello
We're having some issue with the NFS mounts on the remote desktop which is
causing issues for some users and so need to reboot it. We'll be doing this
today at 2pm. Please save anything you have open and logoff to avoid any
issues.
Thanks
Joe
--
Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
Hi all,
Please join us at 4pm this afternoon at YNiC for a very informal seminar
/ forum discussion where we will be reflecting on the features and
benefits (and maybe cons) of attending any one of the many conferences
that we as a community might attend. The conversation will cover areas
like venues, size, what's included in registration, the science, poster
experiences, talk structure and typical audiences.
Hope to see you all here.
Best wishes,
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hi all,
Users have recently raised a couple of queries about YNIC operator
covered slots - and there appears to be some confusion. Please can I
clarify the following:
1) Operator covered slots are limited and pre-allocated on each scanner
- currently we allocated 12 hours per week on the GE and 18.5 hours on
the Siemens. These numbers are subject to periodic review.
2) We will endeavour to populate the database with operator covered
slots for 6 weeks into the future to help to provide extra flexibility
for fully funded projects (this has not always been possible but should
be implemented moving forward)
3) Training does NOT use up pre-allocated YNiC operator covered slots:
although it may appear in the database that operator covered slots are
used for training, these slots represent times when a YNiC operator is
required to attend to perform training, but these slots are in addition
to the pre-allocated operator covered slots for research scanning.
Please drop me a line if you have any further queries.
Thanks,
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello All,
The seminar this week will be delivered by the team at York Instriuments.
They will be doing a 'show and tell' about their new software for MEG and
will also offer a tour of YI for those who are interested.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Today Leah Kelly will present a proposal for her new project "The neural
correlate of cognition and visual loss".
The talk will be at 4pm and will be followed by refreshments.
Hope to see you all there.
...
p.s. Not to detract from what I'm sure will be an excellent and
interesting presentation by Leah, but just s quick reminder:
** REMINDER - Kalanit Grill-Spector will be giving a seminar at 4pm on
Thursday 22 February in B020. Kalanit has made a number of seminal
contributions in visual neuroscience over the past 20 years,
particularly in the way faces and objects are represented in the brain.
I hope you will be able to attend her seminar. **
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello All,
The seminar today will be given by Andre
*Scripting FSL – a quick guide to labour saving*
All the best
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hi all,
GE have now completed maintenance on the GE and the system is available
for booking.
The system should operate normally - if you do encounter any problems
please contact one of the YNiC team.
Thanks,
--
André
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André Gouws PhD
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hi All,
We have a project presentation this week at 4pm, Thursday 1st February.
Holly Brown will be talking about 'Exploring connectivity in individuals
with visual loss'.
Unfortunately, our GE scanner is down at present. A large component in the
system has failed and based on previous experience the problem can take a
week to fix. We are liaising with the GE engineers and will be in touch
with further updates.
Tip of the week: When booking the scanners, please enter the participant
ID. If you do the appropriate forms will be printed out for your booking,
which saves you and the staff at YNiC time.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
The seminar this week (Thursday at 4pm) will be given by Andre Gouws: Why
PsychoPy?
This will be of particular value to those of you wanting to design and
present stimuli for scanning. Demos and examples to try will be given.
Refreshments will follow.
For further details on seminars, please see
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions (note loggin into the
website may be required to access the information).
Tip of the week: use the cluster to speed up your analysis. See the
following URL for details.
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/IT/ClusterScripts
Also, if you are having issues with things, please email:
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello all,
Please let me know if there are any issues that you would like raised at
this months meeting of the YNIC Science Committee meeting. Just in case you
forgot this is a chance for users, or potential users, to raise issues that
they would like to be considered by YNIC moving forward. Please contact me
by Friday if you have anything you would like to be discussed.
Best wishes
Jonny
--
Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hello All,
This week's seminar will be allocated to a project presentation:
*'The relationship between emotion regulation and mind-wandering'* - Haakon
Engen & Jonny Smallwood
It will start at 4pm on Thursday, 18th January.
Could I remind investigators to have their participants registered 24 hours
before any scan appointment. Otherwise, we can't guarantee that we will be
able to register the participant in time for their scan appointment.
Finally, we are hosting a school visit on the afternoon of 17th between
1230 and 330pm. As part of the visit there will be talks in open plan. We
will therefore be closing open plan for a few hours to allow things to run
smoothly. Apologies and thanks for your co-operation.
Best wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
Happy New Year from all of us at YNiC!
The YNiC Seminar Series will resume next week, 4pm, 18th January, with a
talk by Haakon Engen, from the MRC CBU, Cambridge. The title will follow,
but Haakon has collaborated with Jonny Smallwood, who is hosting him, so I
expect the talk may include some work on resting state fMRI.
Over the Christmas break, we successfully upgraded the servers and
cluster. The cluster's performance has been improved by some
optimization. It is hoped that the work we've done will therefore improve
functionality. If you do have any bugs that arise, please get in touch
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
