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Seminars and update
by Antony Morland 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

Hello All, Apologies, this should have been sent earlier this week. This week's seminar will be: '*The Siemens Scanner – what can it do (for you)?* by Alex Wade and Tony Morland. It will be at 4pm at YNiC - refreshments will follow. Also, this week (today, Wednesday) many of the YNiC staff and other investigators, who are trained or are in training to operate the scanners, will be attending a first aid course. YNiC will therefore have a skeleton staff on Wednesday. The MRI scanners are running well, but we are still having an uphill struggle with MEG. Happy scanning. Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Seminar
by Antony Morland 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Deniz Vatansever will be giving at talk entitled "Big Data in Neuroscience: Opportunities and Challenges" today at 4pm. -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Entering and exiting YNiC
by Andre Gouws 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

*Entering and exiting YNiC* This year has seen increased activity in the center associated with MSc and MPsych teaching and practicals. These sessions often coincide with periods during which we are scanning clinical patients at the center. It is important therefore that anyone arriving at, using or leaving the center does so in a professional and courteous manner. In order to minimize disruption in the patient waiting area (the "main YNiC reception"), we ask that all students arriving at the center for teaching / practical sessions to use the main BioCentre reception entrance. Thanks, -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws 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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Seminar and weekly messages from YNiC
by Antony Morland 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Dear All, A few issues and upcoming events at YNiC 1. MEG is still down. We are attempting to debug some of the electronics. 2. We are piloting work on the Siemens scanner. We will feedback on progress at the end of term. 3. The GE scanner failed to reconstruct some images in a recent scan sessions; note to operators to check the scanner has reconstructed images as you go along. Report any failures, please. 4. Deniz et al will be using the centre for a 'Brain Hack' from Thursday through Sunday. 5. Deniz will also give a presentation on the Brain Hack on Thursday afternoon at the YNiC Seminar 6. We receive offers to help with research from keen undergraduates. We are usually too busy to train them up to help us, but if you have any research that would benefit from voluntary input from keen undergraduates, please get in touch and we can pass on the details of people who can help. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC Seminar reminder
by Andre Gouws 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Just a reminder that we are lucky enough to have an external speaker for the YNiC seminar today. Please join us for Magdalena Sliwinska (post-doctoral researcher at Imperial) 's talk at 4:15 in the YNiC open plan area, and for refreshments afterwards. The abstract for her talk reads: *Investigating the importance of domain-general neural networks for vocabulary learning:* There is now good evidence indicating that domain-general brain systems play a central role in various language processes, and potentially in the recovery from post-stroke aphasia. Part of the so-called salience network, consisting of adjacent areas in the midline superior frontal gyrus (SFG) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), forms a core component of these distributed systems. In this talk, I will present results from a study that was designed to collect proof-of-principle data on healthy individuals, prior to a study on post-stroke aphasia, to assess whether novel vocabulary learning activates the salience network and whether cortical stimulation applied to this midline frontal brain region can influence vocabulary learning. -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws 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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YNiC - Message of the week
by Andre Gouws 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Hello All, This week's seminar will be a project presentation by Anika Smith. Please come to see what she plans to do at YNiC. - 16:15 Thursday the 16th @ YNiC. News: * NEW: We have created a new page with information and content from our previous seminars in case you missed them: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/SeminarContent. * Additional response boxes delivered: We have acquired a further set of response boxes for our FORP response devices MRI and MEG) that allow up to four buttons in each hand simultaneously (8 response options) - see http://www.scienceplus.com/curdes-forp-8-button-boxes * MEG repair work continues A note about booking etiquette: One of the most efficient ways to use the scanners is to book a number of participants back-to-back in consecutive slots on the scanner. It is not acceptable practice to leave small, non-booked slots between these participants. An example would be if you were scanning 3 subjects for 45 minutes each, but leaving the scanner non-booked between them for 15 minutes so you can have a coffee break, or because that corresponds better with your PEEBS slots. Gaps like this will be noted and PIs will be charged for lost time. The scanners are very busy and we must do our best to optimize access to the facilities in a fair and financially viable way. If you 're having problems with bookings or have any suggestions please fee free to contact us. Have a good week and hope to see you on Thursday. Andre' pp Tony Morland -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Project presentation
by Andre Gouws 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

Please note that this presentation is in addition to the usual Thursday afternoon YNiC seminar series. Fiona McNab will be telling us what she is planning to do in her upcoming project at lunchtime on Tuesday the 21st February. Please join us at YNiC at 1pm. -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws 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 Antony Morland 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Hello All, First of all Andre Gouws will be giving a presentation 'Why psychopy?'. This will show the advantages of using this package for generating stimuli. It has fast become the package of choice - come and see why. Starts 1615 in YNiC this Thursday. A few other things to report: 1) The GE scanner is continuing to serve us well following a service visit from GE last week. 2) We are progressing with fitting out and testing the Siemens scanner. We have received some generous contributions from grant holders to allow some more stimulus kit - for auditory experiments - to be ordered. We will keep you updated with progress. 3) The cluster was finally repaired over Christmas and we have had solid service since then. Other IT resources are working well. 4) MEG is still unavailable. Significant staff time is being spent on debugging the issue. 5) We have updated the website to indicate what happens during a pilot scan, so investigators know how to prepare for them. https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/application 6) For your queries, please use the RT email addresse: support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk This will enable us to deal with your request in the most efficient way. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC Seminar: Here's Jonny!
by Antony Morland 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Hello All, The YNiC Seminar is going to be given by Jonny Smallwood who will be talking about 'Resting state analysis'. We'll kick off at 16:15 to allow some from Psychology with meetings there to get to the seminar before it starts. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Semniar today
by Antony Morland 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

Hello Everyone, Andre Gouws will be telling us how to script FSL analyses today, allowing for more efficient data processing. We willkick off a little later than 4pm to allow colleagues, who have commitments in Psychology, to get over to YNiC. Cheers Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Level 0 & level 1 MRI operators
by Eleanor Cole 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Hello Everyone, I am having trouble finding someone to act as a level 0 operator at 9am on Friday (I know it is the morning after Richard's viva celebrations so the Morland lab group won't be feeling too fresh). If anyone is available to help out then please let me know. Otherwise I will have to cancel this scan with one of my ASD participants. Thanks, Ellie

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MEG
by Antony Morland 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Dear All, Sorry to report that MEG is proving to be unreliable at present. We hope to be able to re-establish service as soon as possible. In the meantime, please don't book the MEG scanner. Thanks Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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User issues for discussion at the YNIC Science Commitee
by Jonny Smallwood 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Hello everyone, The next meeting for the YNIC Science committee is on the 23rd of January. Please send me an email describing any issues you would like me to raise, ideally by the end of tomorrow. Thanks, Jonny -- Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH. Telephone: 01904 324651

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Seminar today
by Antony Morland 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Hello all, Kirstie Wailes-Newson will be giving a project presentation at 4pm at YNiC today. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Teaching times for Spring Term
by Mark Hymers 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Hi all, As usual, YNiC open plan will be used for teaching over the Spring term. During this times, the open plan area will be unavailable to anybody not involved in teaching. The times at which teaching will occur are: Week 2: * Monday 16th January 1200-1600 * Tuesday 17th January 1100-1500 Week 3: * Friday 27th January 1200-1600 Week 4: * Monday 30th January 1200-1600 * Friday 3rd February 1200-1600 Week 5: * Tuesday 7th February 1200-1600 Week 7: * Monday 20th February 1200-1600 * Tuesday 21st February 1200-1600 Week 8: * Friday 3rd March 1200-1600 Week 9: * Monday 6th March 1200-1600 * Friday 10th March 1200-1600 Week 10: * Friday 17th March 1200-1600 If you have a University of York account, the teaching timetable can also be accessed by going to https://www.york.ac.uk/viewtimetables , choosing YNiC as a room and choosing View Room. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hymers, Lecturer in Neuroimaging Methods York NeuroImaging Centre and Department of Psychology University of York, UK Please note that my email address is: mark.hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Responses to messages sent to other addresses may be delayed

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Lab Led Seminars
by Jonny Smallwood 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Hello YNIC Users As part of the new schedule for YNIC we thought it might be helpful to provide sessions in which users of the centre provide information on (i) the methods that they use and (ii) the research questions that these are helpful in addressing. The next available slot will be in mid March. Please get in contact if you are interested in giving one of these talks. Thanks -- Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH. Telephone: 01904 324651

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Thursday seminar
by Antony Morland 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Hello Everyone, This Thursday (12th Jan) I'll be giving a talk about 'People and Procedures at YNiC'. It's targeted at introducing the YNiC staff, new and old, and how investigators can use the centre. Refreshments will be provided. The talk will be held at YNiC. I'll also be sending out a programme for this term's seminars soon. We are hoping to follow a scheme whereby we alternate between talks that cover what is provided at YNiC and talks that share research being undertaken on labs that use YNiC. The aim is to have short talks (30mins of so) to allow for project presentations to be made at the same sessions as the need arises. Cheers Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC Seminar Thursday 5th January
by Antony Morland 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Hello All, Happy New Year! 2017 is kicking off with a seminar from Matthew Brett, who will be talking about neuroimaging methods at YNiC tomorrow at 4pm. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Matthew Brett Talk 5th January
by Antony Morland 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Hello Everyone, We are fortunate to have Matthew Brett coming through York in January and he will be giving a talk 4pm, 5th January at YNiC. Details to follow. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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YNiC downtime this Friday
by Paul Elliott 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hi all, This Friday evening from 9pm we will be upgrading several parts of key infrastructure at YNiC. During the work no YNiC services will be available. We expect the maintenance to be completed by the early hours of Saturday morning. Thanks, Paul. -- Paul Elliott, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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YNiC Seminar
by Antony Morland 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Hello All, We have a project presentation by David O'connor this week. He will present his project 'Exploring the impact of environmental factors on impulsive choice and impulsive action'. The presentation will be at YNiC. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Software documentation
by Mark Hymers 12 Dec '16

12 Dec '16

Hi all, Those of you who use NAF or the python-megdata module may have noticed that the online documentation has been unavailable for a couple of weeks. For technical reasons, we've had to move the location of the documentation. This can now be found at: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/code-docs/ Please update any bookmarks or other references to the old URL (https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs) Sorry for the inconvenience, Mark -- Mark Hymers, Lecturer in Neuroimaging Methods York NeuroImaging Centre and Department of Psychology University of York, UK Please note that my email address is: mark.hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Responses to messages sent to other addresses may be delayed

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Presentation
by Antony Morland 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

Dear All, We are not aware of anyone needing Presentation software and we are therefore planning to discontinue with providing it from August 2017 onwards. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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GE MRI is working
by Antony Morland 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Hello All, I'm happy to report that the GE MRI SCANNER is up and running for business tomorrow onwards. Best wishes Tony

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IMPORTANT
by Antony Morland 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Hello Everyone, This one is important. In recent weeks we have found that safety screening forms and consent forms are not being returned appropriately to ynic in all cases. That is, the personal information on these documents is not being kept confidential. Please ensure that after scanning has finished, participant's forms are returned to YNiC reception. You MUST either hand the forms personally to a member of YNiC staff or place the forms in the secure gray post-box behind the reception desk. During the period of time you are responsible for the forms do not leave them in open site anywhere in the building and do note take them away from the building. Thank you -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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