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YNIC reopens
by Gary Green 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

Dear Colleagues I am pleased to be able to announce that YNiC is open for scanning. This is possible because of the remarkable efforts of the staff in YNiC over the last 9 weeks and I would like to publicly acknowledge their selfless and tireless efforts. The booking database is available again and scanning is possible in both MRI and MEG. We have checked that data acquired on the scanners can be saved to the main disc arrays within the IT server room and that this data is also archived to tape. Users can now gain access to their home disc spaces and project spaces. We would be grateful if Users could check their files. We do know that a few filenames in a very small number of projects have been changed during the recovery process. The only files that will have been affected are those that originally had a colon character (:) in the filename. This will now be an underscore (_). If you need help or see a change that affects you please send an email to it.manager(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Remote access is now available. Please note that for those who have access to the Remote Desktop service, you need to make sure that you are running version 3.5 of the client (most people will already be doing this) and that a new key is necessary. Instructions on changing the connection key can be found at: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/doc/ITPages/RemoteDesktop/InstallingNX To check whether or not you have at least 3.5 installed, please start the NX Client and go to the "About" tab where the version number will be displayed. BUT... We are still waiting for equipment to be delivered to allow a complete resumption of all the services. The key components that are NOT yet available relate to the computing cluster. FSL and Matlab are available and work from the desktop in the open plan area. MEG analysis that uses the computing cluster is not yet available. I will let you know when the compute cluster has been reactivated Gary -- Gary Green Director York Neuroimaging Centre & YNI Ltd The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA - Jill Hurst : +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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Fwd: [SPM] POSTDOCTORAL POSITION - MEG/EEG - National Institutes of Health, NIDCD Division of Intramural Research
by Gary Green 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

FYI --------------------------------------- Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Language Section, NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, to work on language processing, social communication, and relevant disorders using MEG/EEG. The research will focus on discourse level language comprehension, production, and all aspects of natural ecologically valid language use. Investigations will be carried out in normal adults and clinical populations including stroke, traumatic brain injury and stuttering. Major experimental methods include MEG source analysis, time-frequency analysis and simultaneous EEG-fMRI. Applicants should have a doctoral-level degree in neuroscience, psychology, medicine or a related area. Prior experience in MEG/EEG experimental design, data acquisition and analysis is necessary. Advanced skills for time series analysis and MATLAB programming are highly desirable. Experience with fMRI is preferred but not required. Salary will be commensurate with the salary scale of the National Institute of Health, NIDCD Division of Intramural Research. The position is funded for two to five years. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. For further information or to submit an application (including a brief CV and two references) please contact Allen Braun, M.D. email: brauna(a)nidcd.nih.gov.

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Fwd: [SPM] Postdoc position: EEG/Auditory Processing at Johns Hopkins
by Gary Green 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

FYI --------------------------------- Applicants are being sought for a postdoctoral position (one year, renewable up to four years) on a project investigating cognitive processes including attention and prior knowledge in perception of complex acoustic scenes. The project aims to use EEG/ERP techniques to examine neural processes underlying the role of top-down schemas in biasing how listeners segregate and perceive sound objects in everyday listening environments. Experience in setting up and operating EEG equipment as well as state-of-the-art data analysis techniques are essential. Johns Hopkins is an outstanding intellectual environment for medical and engineering research. The laboratory is affiliated with the department of Electrical and computer engineering as well as the Center for Speech & language processing, an interdisciplinary research center. Applicants should have a doctoral-level degree in neuroscience, physics, engineering or relevant disciplines. Prior experience in setting-up and operating EEG equipment, ERP experimental design, data acquisition and analysis is necessary. Strong computational skills are desired. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. For further information or to submit an application (including a CV and two references), please contact Dr. Mounya Elhilali, email: mounya(a)jhu.edu.

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Fwd: [SPM] Lecturer in Magnetic Resonance Techniques and Neurosciences (Chair of Excellence) Marseille France
by Gary Green 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

FYI Gary Green *University of Aix-Marseille (AMU)* *Center for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine-UMR CNRS 7339* *Marseille School of Medicine** * *Lecturer in Magnetic Resonance Techniques and Neurosciences * *(Chair of Excellence)* * ** * The University of Marseille and the Center for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine (CRMBM)-UMR CNRS 7339 seek to hire a new faculty member in the area of Neurosciences and Magnetic Resonance Techniques at the lecturer level (position starting in the fall of 2012). This chair of excellence is affiliated to the University of Marseille and to the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). The creation of this chair of excellence at the CRMBM is in line with the excellence policy of the University of Aix-Marseille and CNRS, aiming at attracting foreign or French researchers of very high level, and with the scientific priorities set by both these institutions in the field of in vivo imaging techniques and neurosciences. *_Essential knowledge and skills _* We wish to appoint a talented and highly motivated scientist with a double competence in magnetic resonance techniques (MRI and MRS) and neurosciences. We seek for a candidate who is a recognized expert in advanced MRI/MRS methods applied to the study of the central nervous system in animals (murine models of brain pathologies). The successful candidate is expected to have a strong knowledge of neurochemistry and immunopathology with experience in the classical analytical techniques of neurobiology. The recruited person must have and excellent knowledge of NMR physics and of their applications to MRI and MRS. Good oral and written communication skills in French and in English are essential. * * *_Qualifications_* PhD in magnetic resonance methods or in biology, and a substantial peer-reviewed publication record. * * *_Teaching duties_* The successful candidate will deliver teaching in magnetic resonance methods and in neurosciences at Marseille Medical School. He/she will take part to a new professional course in medicine-applied physics (in collaboration with the department of Physics of the University of Aix-Marseille* *and Polytech Engineering School Marseille). The recruited person will also supervise trainees (3^rd year medical students). Within the chair of excellence framework, the teaching duties of the recruited lecturer will be reduced to 1/3 during the first five years. *_Research_* CRMBM is one the most active sites worldwide in translational research based on MRI and MRS methods. CRMBM coordinates the NAIVI-Marseille network (Network for Advanced in vivo Imaging), which federates all the bioimaging research activities in Marseille (including clinical and preclinical programs) within the national framework of in vivo imaging infrastructures. CRMBM belongs to the national IBISA network and to the European Eurobioimaging network. CRMBM also conducts the Equipex AMI-7T program, unique in France, with the forthcoming installation of a 7T MR system dedicated to human studies that will complement the two already existing MR systems operating at 1.5 and 3T. In addition, CRMBM has 2 high-resolution multinuclear vertical spectrometers at 4.7T and 9.4T for the study of biological fluids, cell extracts and perfused organs. For small animal in vivo imaging studies, CRMBM has state-of-the-art equipment with a horizontal imaging spectrometer operating at 4.7T and a vertical system at 11.75T dedicated to mice. The recruited person will study selected animal models of brain pathologies using an approach combining in vivo MRI/MRS techniques. Initially, priority will be set on cerebral malaria, a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world with an estimated death toll of one million per year. The research project is intended to increase fundamental knowledge on experimental cerebral malaria pathogenesis, to improve the MRI/MRS characterization of this disease, and to assess new therapeutic strategies. The successful candidate will also take a prominent role in implementing innovative MRI methods of high potential for the study of pathogenic mechanisms in animal models of brain diseases. The successful candidate will work on an innovative research program with strong international positioning and high translational potential./ / *Contact : * Informal enquiries can be made to Pr Patrick J. Cozzone (tel : 33 (0) 491324401, mail : patrick.cozzone(a)univ-amu.fr <mailto:patrick.cozzone@univ-amu.fr>)

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update on progress at YNiC
by Gary Green 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Apologies for not keeping you informed of the progress at YNiC. The reason is simply that over the last two weeks we have mainly been dealing with the insurers, getting equipment tested and refurbishing the affected spaces. Unfortunately progress has been slow because we have been waiting for others outside of the University to visit YNiC and write reports. We have also been delayed as some items were not available from stock. The IT server room is now being used again and some equipment is being moved back into the racks. We have taken delivery of the first replacement servers and these are being tested. The memory tests will hopefully be completed tomorrow. Then they will be configured. This is really just the start of rebuilding the services and is not enough to be able to offer users access to data or to resume scanning. I am very sorry for the inconvenience that this is causing. We are still negotiating with the insurers. This has become protracted due to issues around service agreements and whether items of equipment are working properly. These discussions will continue into next week but we hope to resolve all the outstanding issues before Easter. We are still confident of being up and running for next term, but I will keep you informed of any change in these plans. Gary -- Gary Green Director York Neuroimaging Centre& YNI Ltd The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954 PA (Denize Chessa) (+44) (0) 1904 435329

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Fwd: we are recruiting for Scientiifc Software Engineers, Quality Assurance and Business Analyst
by Gary Green 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

FYI Gary Green ---- Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are recruiting for 4 new jobs (2 Scientific Engineers, Quality Assurance and Business Analyst) and need some great people, which are not that easy to find. We love working with graduates. If it is not too much trouble, please forward attached job descriptions to your network and / or University departments. Many thanks, Olga *Dr. Olga Kubassova* /Chief Executive Officer/ LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/436609?trk=NUS_CO-logo> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ImageAnalysis> @OlgaKubassova <http://twitter.com/OlgaKubassova%20> *Image Analysis Ltd* 209-211 Aspect Court, 47 Park Lane East, Leeds, LS1 2NL, UK *www.ImageAnalysis.org.uk* Office: 44(0) 113 3944208 Mob: 44 (0) 7985939915//// Fax: 44 (0) 1133 944 101 *Take a new look at MRI* /Understand. Diagnose. Share. / Company registered in England and Wales No. 6286687. VAT: 943 48 98 78 Business address: 209-211, Aspect Court, 47 Park Lane East, Leeds, LS1 2NL, UK. This e-mail is for the intended addressee (s) only and may contain confidential and/or privileged material, so if you are not a named or intended addressee, do not use, retain or disclose such information. Any opinions expressed are those of the sender and not necessarily the company's.

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Fwd: PhD and early postdoc positions available at FMRIB
by Gary Green 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

FYI ---------------------------- Early Career Research Assistantship/Phd studentship in Brain Plasticity (two posts) Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford EC Marie Curie Fellowship: €38,095 Two fellowship positions are available for a period of 3 years, tenable at Oxford University, on a project entitled “Adaptive Brain Computations” (ABC) which is a multi-disciplinary research and training programme which aims to integrate the study of learning and brain plasticity to promote wellbeing and advance healthcare interventions. Candidates will be employed by the University on an EC Marie Curie Initial Training Network award and, if suitable, registered for a DPhil. Candidates will work within the Plasticity Group at the FMRIB Centre, under the supervision of Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg. Our research aims to understand how learning, recovery of function and changes in the environment, result in plastic changes in the human brain. The work will combine brain imaging, brain stimulation and behavioural techniques to study healthy volunteers, stroke sufferers and people with sensory loss or limb amputation. Involvement in the MC ITN network provides exciting opportunities for high-level research training, international travel and exchange between labs. The EC funding for this position starts from £35,400 (depending on employer deductions, personal circumstances and the exchange rate to be notified by the EC), which includes an annual living allowance and a mobility allowance (to cover the expenses associated with working in a different country). Under the terms of the EC funding, which aims to promote mobility within the research community, to be eligible for the post you must not have been resident in the UK for more than 12 months in the past three years. The closing date for applications is Monday 2 April 2012 and interviews will be held on Monday 16 April 2012. Contact Person : Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg Vacancy ID : 102318 Closing Date : 02-Apr-2012 Contact Email : heidi.johansen-berg(a)ndcn.ox.ac.uk <mailto:heidi.johansen-berg@ndcn.ox.ac.uk?subject=Early%20Career%20Research%20Assistant%20in%20Brain%20Plasticity%20%28two%20posts%29> Search for the jobs at: http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/research/ Using the Vacancy ID: 102318 -- Prof Heidi Johansen-Berg Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience FMRIB Centre John Radcliffe Hospital Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 222548 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 222717 heidi-johansen-berg(a)ndcn.ox.ac.uk http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~heidi

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Position for PhD project in Maastricht entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction"]
by Andy Ellis 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: FW: [esan] Position for PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction" From: "Wheat Katie (PSYCHOLOGY)" <katie.wheat(a)maastrichtuniversity.nl> Date: Fri, March 9, 2012 1:04 pm To: "'ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk'" <ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear all, FYI: PhD position advertised below Best wishes, Katie ____________________________________________________________________________ Katherine L Wheat Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Cognitive Neuroscience | Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience | Maastricht University Room 5.741 | Universiteitssingel 40 East | 6229 ER Maastricht * PO Box 616 | 6200 MD Maastricht | The Netherlands * +31 (0)43 3881901 katie.wheat(a)maastrichtuniversity.nl<mailto:katie.wheat@maastrichtuniversity.nl> From: Ruiter R (PSYCHOLOGY) Sent: 09 March 2012 12:44 To: FDP-CN-L Subject: FW: [esan] Position for PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction" FYI ________________________________ From: owner-esan(a)listserv.vub.ac.be<mailto:owner-esan@listserv.vub.ac.be> [mailto:owner-esan@listserv.vub.ac.be]<mailto:[mailto:owner-esan@listserv.vub.ac.be]> On Behalf Of Frank Van Overwalle Sent: vrijdag 9 maart 2012 12:28 To: esan(a)listserv.vub.ac.be<mailto:esan@listserv.vub.ac.be> Cc: baps(a)listserv.vub.ac.be<mailto:baps@listserv.vub.ac.be> Subject: [esan] Position for PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction" We are looking for a student interested in working on a PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction". The project involves behavioral and fMRI studies in the domain of social cognitive neuroscience. We are looking for students who are motivated, interested in the topic, and have earned high grades in their masters year. Experience with fMRI is not required, but some programming experience is welcomed. The selected candidate can start right away. The project is conducted at the universities of Brussels and Ghent, Belgium. Supervisors are Frank Van Overwalle and Marcel Brass. If you are interested, sent your CV and a letter of motivation, no later than *Wednesday 21 march.* (Please name the attached CV and letter as follows: yourname_CV, yourname_letter). For more information contact: Frank Van Overwalle at Frank.VanOverwalle(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:Frank.VanOverwalle@vub.ac.be> Best regards, Frank Van Overwalle -- ynic-users mailing list ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users Prof Andy Ellis Department of Psychology University of York York YO10 5DD UK http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/faculty/awe1/

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FW: [esan] Position for PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction"
by Wheat Katie (PSYCHOLOGY) 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Dear all, FYI: PhD position advertised below Best wishes, Katie ____________________________________________________________________________ Katherine L Wheat Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Cognitive Neuroscience | Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience | Maastricht University Room 5.741 | Universiteitssingel 40 East | 6229 ER Maastricht * PO Box 616 | 6200 MD Maastricht | The Netherlands * +31 (0)43 3881901 katie.wheat(a)maastrichtuniversity.nl<mailto:katie.wheat@maastrichtuniversity.nl> From: Ruiter R (PSYCHOLOGY) Sent: 09 March 2012 12:44 To: FDP-CN-L Subject: FW: [esan] Position for PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction" FYI ________________________________ From: owner-esan(a)listserv.vub.ac.be<mailto:owner-esan@listserv.vub.ac.be> [mailto:owner-esan@listserv.vub.ac.be]<mailto:[mailto:owner-esan@listserv.vub.ac.be]> On Behalf Of Frank Van Overwalle Sent: vrijdag 9 maart 2012 12:28 To: esan(a)listserv.vub.ac.be<mailto:esan@listserv.vub.ac.be> Cc: baps(a)listserv.vub.ac.be<mailto:baps@listserv.vub.ac.be> Subject: [esan] Position for PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction" We are looking for a student interested in working on a PhD project entitled "The overlap between social mentalizing and attentional reorienting: The role of the temporo-parietal junction". The project involves behavioral and fMRI studies in the domain of social cognitive neuroscience. We are looking for students who are motivated, interested in the topic, and have earned high grades in their masters year. Experience with fMRI is not required, but some programming experience is welcomed. The selected candidate can start right away. The project is conducted at the universities of Brussels and Ghent, Belgium. Supervisors are Frank Van Overwalle and Marcel Brass. If you are interested, sent your CV and a letter of motivation, no later than *Wednesday 21 march.* (Please name the attached CV and letter as follows: yourname_CV, yourname_letter). For more information contact: Frank Van Overwalle at Frank.VanOverwalle(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:Frank.VanOverwalle@vub.ac.be> Best regards, Frank Van Overwalle

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YNiC seminar today
by Rebecca E Millman 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Dear Users This afternoon there will be a project proposal presentation given by David Watson. The title of the talk is "How are Scenes Represented in the Brain?". Please note that the talks will start at the usual time of 4.15 pm but these talks will take place in Psychology in the Venables room (A202). Please below for the talk abstract. Best wishes Rebecca Abstract: Human ventral visual cortex has been noted to contain regions showing selectivity for higher level visual objects categories – including faces, body parts, inanimate objects, and place scenes. A key question in this area is whether such regions may best be regarded as discrete modules with no finer internal structure and not belonging to any wider overarching structure, or whether such regions may exist as points along a wider topographical map of object category. The current project aims to investigate this question within the context of cortical regions responsive to place scenes. It has been shown that scene images can be categorised along their semantic categories (e.g. cityscape, forest, coastline, etc.) based on their underlying low-level visual properties (Oliva & Torralba, 2001). As such, scene category forms a possible dimension along which scene selective cortical regions could be organised. Using fMRI, we propose to compare patterns of cortical activity elicited by fixed blocks of natural scene sub-categories (coasts, forests, and mountains) against those elicited by mixed blocks containing all sub-categories. If scene selective regions are found to respond uniformly to all scene categories, this would support a modular-based hypothesis. If, on the hand, these regions are shown to respond heterogeneously to different scene categories, this would suggest the presence of a larger scale topographical map of scene / object category. -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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Downtime for Psycmail : THIS WILL AFFECT YOU
by Gary Green 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

As previously notified, we need to take psycmail out of service for a short period. This will be at 10am on Wednesday the 6th of March. It will last for an hour at most. Then psycmail should restart and then will be running on what we hope will be more reliable and resilient equipment in the refurbished IT server room. Any problems, do contact A.Morland(a)psych.york.ac.uk, Mark.Hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk AND me Gary.Green(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. Of course, you will not be able to contact us when the email service is down, but if necessary, just ring me Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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Important : break in Psych mail services
by Gary Green 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear users of the psychology email services We are currently moving data and services off of vulnerable equipment on to new machines. To complete this process we need to disable Psycmail for a period of about an hour. Restarting the psycmail will not require much down time, but physical relocation of associated servers will take longer. We would like to do this sometime tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, or sometime on Wednesday. IF the loss of psycmail will inconvenience anyone at any time on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday, please let Mark.Hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, A.Morland(a)psych.york.ac.uk AND Gary.Green(a)ynic.york.ac.uk know. So if you have a grant deadline, an urgent publication submission time or any other reason why psycmail migration should be delayed, please let us know. If no-one objects then we will write again to give as much notice as possible of the time when psycmail will not be available. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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YNiC seminar 8th March (in Venables room - A202)
by Rebecca E Millman 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear Users This Thursday there will be a project proposal presentation given by David Watson. The title of the talk is "How are Scenes Represented in the Brain?". Please note that the talks will start at the usual time of 4.15 pm but these talks will take place in Psychology in the Venables room (A202). Please below for the talk abstract. Best wishes Rebecca Abstract: Human ventral visual cortex has been noted to contain regions showing selectivity for higher level visual objects categories – including faces, body parts, inanimate objects, and place scenes. A key question in this area is whether such regions may best be regarded as discrete modules with no finer internal structure and not belonging to any wider overarching structure, or whether such regions may exist as points along a wider topographical map of object category. The current project aims to investigate this question within the context of cortical regions responsive to place scenes. It has been shown that scene images can be categorised along their semantic categories (e.g. cityscape, forest, coastline, etc.) based on their underlying low-level visual properties (Oliva & Torralba, 2001). As such, scene category forms a possible dimension along which scene selective cortical regions could be organised. Using fMRI, we propose to compare patterns of cortical activity elicited by fixed blocks of natural scene sub-categories (coasts, forests, and mountains) against those elicited by mixed blocks containing all sub-categories. If scene selective regions are found to respond uniformly to all scene categories, this would support a modular-based hypothesis. If, on the hand, these regions are shown to respond heterogeneously to different scene categories, this would suggest the presence of a larger scale topographical map of scene / object category. -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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no YNiC seminar today
by Rebecca E Millman 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Dear Users There will not be a YNiC seminar today. Thanks Rebecca -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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[Fwd: senior researcher position at the Donders Institute]
by Gary Green 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

FYI -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear colleagues, I would like to bring your attention to the position below. Alt the best, Ole Jensen http://www.neuosc.com ------------------------ *Senior Researcher for 'Neuronal Oscillations and Networks' (1,0 fte) * *Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging* *Vacancy number: 30.01.12* *Closing date: 15 April 2012* *Responsibilities* The Neuronal Oscillation group at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour has funding available for a senior researcher position. The position has a strong research component, but also includes additional management and teaching responsibilities. The management tasks involve active participation in structuring the research group, including supervision of MSc and PhD students (who will receive senior authorship where applicable). Further, you will contribute to grant writing. The research responsibilities focus on investigating the role of oscillatory neuronal activity involved in shaping the functional architecture of the working brain. This will be done in the context of advanced cognitive paradigms on attention, perception and memory. There will be a strong focus on the role of phase, network interactions and subcortical structures. You will have the following state-of-the-art equipment to your disposal: MEG, (f)MRI, EEG combined with TMS, and EEG combined with fMRI. A further aim is to link structural (e.g. DTI) and functional measurements. You will also participate in conceptually developing the framework for understanding the functional role of brain oscillations. *Work environment* The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour consists of the Centre for Cognition, the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and the Centre for Neuroscience. The mission of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience. Much of the rapid progress in this field is being driven by the development of complex neuro-imaging techniques for measuring activity in the human working brain - an area in which the Centre plays a leading role. The research themes cover central cognitive functions such as perception, action, control, decision making, attention, memory, language, learning and plasticity. The internationally renowned centre currently hosts more than 100 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from more than 20 countries, offering a stimulating and multidisciplinary research environment. The centre is equipped with three MRI scanners (7T, 3T, 1.5T), a 275-channel MEG system, an EEG-TMS laboratory, several (MR-compatible) EEG systems, and high-performance computational facilities. English is the lingua franca at the centre. You will work within the Neuronal Oscillations group. *What we expect from you* As a candidate for the position, you should have a PhD degree and several years of experience as postdoctoral researcher in a field related to cognitive neuroscience. Selection criteria will consider the record of published research, familiarity with neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, EEG, MEG, and/or TMS) and supervision experience. Proficiency in oral and written English is a prerequisite. You are expected to work in a team, sharing technical know-how and ideas. *What we have to offer* We offer you: - employment: 1,0 fte; - in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus; - the gross salary will be between EUR3,195 and EUR4,970 (scale 12), depending on experience; - salary scale 11 will apply during the first year; - duration of the contract: 6 years maximum. Are you interested in our excellentemployment conditions <http://www.ru.nl/english/arbeidsvoorwaarden>? *Would you like to know more?* Further information on:DCCN <http://www.ru.nl/donders> Further information on:Neuronal Oscillations group <http://www.neuosc.com/> Dr. Ole Jensen Telephone: +31 24 3610884 E-mail:ole.jensen@donders.ru.nl <mailto:ole.jensen@donders.ru.nl> *Applications* Are you interested? It is Radboud University Nijmegen's policy to only accept applications by e-mail. Please send your application,/stating vacancy number 30.01.12/, tovacatures(a)dpo.ru.nl <mailto:vacatures@dpo.ru.nl>, for the attention of Dr. Ole Jensen, before 15 April 2012. For more information on the application procedure: +31 24 3611173

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YNIC Connection
by Susana Maia 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hi everyone, I am involved in the project P1125 at YNIC. I've been trying to connect through the remote server and, although I can do the connection, when I try to initiate the NX Client for Windows I always get this error: NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 8348 NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files NX> 285 Setting the preferred NX options ssh: connect to host nirem001.ynic.york.ac.uk port 22: Connection timed out I'm aware that you guys had a flood, and are encountering some problems. Do you have any idea of when am I going to be able to have access again? I'm a little bit worried because I'm going to a conference next 4th of March and there are still some data that I'd like to analyse. Best, Susana Maia Bolseira de Investigação Departamento de Psicologia Básica, Universidade do Minho tel: +351 933290673

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Analysis Plans
by science.manager＠ynic.york.ac.uk 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hello all, Further to the scanning loss details, it would also be very useful to know to what extent analysis has been interrupted. Obviously this is much harder to quantify, but an estimate would be very helpful. If you were planning on using any of the YNiC facilities over the next month or so, could you let us know: * What you were working towards (e.g. conference presentation, publication, thesis etc) * Roughly how much time you were setting aside for your analysis * Any upcoming deadlines for ongoing work Thanks again, Sam

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Scanning plans
by science.manager＠ynic.york.ac.uk 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hello all, As part of the insurance and recovery process it would be very helpful to get an estimate of how much scanning we have lost/will lose due to the flooding. If you were planing to scan over the next few weeks (including last week if you hadn't already booked it), could you let me know: * the project number you want to scan under * roughly how many hours you want to scan * what timescale you want to scan over (over the next month) * which machine you want to scan on. This will also help us plan for the load we can expect as and when we get the intermediate service up and running. Thanks, Sam

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YNiC seminar 23rd February (in B020)
by Rebecca E Millman 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Dear Users This Thursday the Cognitive Neurosciences MSc students will again be giving project proposal presentations for their empirical research projects. Please note that the talks will start at the usual time of 4.15 pm but these talks will take place in Psychology (B020). Please below for details of project titles and speakers. Best wishes Rebecca (1) People or Faces - The neural correlates of recognition - Tim Andrews (fMRI) GUDER, ZEYNEP RICE, GRACE SLEZAK, MARTINA (2) The hippocampus and anxiety: a structural MRI study using Voxel based morphometry - Tom Hartley, Liat Levita BOIS, CATHERINE PAPAKONSTANTINOU, EVANGELIA SMYLLIE, EMMA HEALEY, ANDREW (3) Approach and Avoidance - neural circuitry of pain and pleasure - Liat Levita (fMRI) WALSH, SEAN DANIEL GREAVES, ASHA MARIE PEASE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN ROUND, JASON TONY (4) The neural basis of Deutsch's speech-to-song illusion - Mark Hymers, Rebecca Millman SCHULZE, ANJA YOUNG, MICHELLIE LIU, CAN -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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YNiC update : Friday 17th
by Gary Green 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues A brief update. The most important thing that happened today is that the 'Complex and Major Loss' Adjuster visited the site. Tony Morland and I described the situation and gave him a tour of the Centre. It is clear that we are going to get considerable support from the insurers, the disaster recovery team and others. Some good news: 5 of the 6 'partitions' of the main disc storage area have now been rebuilt and verified. As this has been done on hardware that could fail, the data has been written to tape and this has been put in the fireproof/waterproof safe. We already had a backup - now we have two. They will be placed in different locations. Backups of psychmail are now back to the regular four hourly schedule. The vulnerable partition is with ta data recovery team in Surrey. At this point we cannot be optimistic or pessimistic. We just do not know whether this data is recoverable from the discs. We will not know until next Friday at the earliest. Work has started on creating a temporary IT server room. Today, we managed to get our hands on the last 30 3Terabyte discs in the UK that are compatible with our HP hard disc enclosure. Apparently discs are in very short supply. No 2 terabyte discs were available at all. This is due to a flood in Thailand. All the manufacturers have factories within a few miles of each other! Extra drying machines have been installed. We have been told that drying will continue for at least one more week. I hope you can have a reasonably worry free weekend. It is good to see some green lights here again on the front of machines. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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Psych mail outage
by Gary Green 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues You may have just noticed a temporary loss of psych mail. Apologies for that. It was caused by a temporary routing problem, not a failure of a server or discs. At about 18:30 tonight (Thursday), we will have to stop and restart the mail server. This is so that we can reroute cables to and from a network switch that has to be physically moved. This should take approximately 45 minutes. It will increase the resilience of the temporary IT service as we continue to rebuild YNiC. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience that will be caused. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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Data at YNiC
by Gary Green 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Dear Users Many users have contacted the ynic team as they are understandably very concerned about their data, programs, documents and other critical material that was stored on the disc arrays at YNiC. The first thing to say is that all of the raw data (MRI, MEG) is safe. Everyday we store this material on tape backups. The same is also true of Users' home and Group/Project home data. The last major complete tape backup was carried out three days before the calamity. But we are hoping not to have to resort to recovery from tape. We are working on forcing the RAID to rebuild itself and this is why we are closing the psych mail service later today. In the meantime we have asked for quotations to replace any damaged equipment. Some good news (well a tiny bit). Some services are now working eg the database, RT and other internal services. These will help us in terms of the recovery plan. The loss adjustor attended the site this morning and is helping formulate this plan. TMS should be available in room 54 on the ground floor of the Biocentre within 24 hours. Next update will be tomorrow, Thursday. Gary Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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Urgent : YNiC update : this will affect you
by Gary Green 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues I am sorry to announce that psych email will have to be suspended for one hour today at 5pm. I am apologise for any inconvenience caused. This is necessary so that we can attempt to salvage another area of disc storage on the RAID arrays. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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update on the situation in YNiC
by Gary Green 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues As promised here is a short update on the current situation in YNiC. We now know that 12 separate leaks occurred from a pressurised water system within the plant area in the top floor of the Biocentre sometime on Sunday. The water had descended throughout the building mainly down the cavity wall of the offices and through the risers. The first we knew of the incident was that one of the disc RAID controllers emailed the IT manager that it was failing. He went straight to YNiC and started evacuating the server area. This prompt action may, I emphasise may, have allowed us to save some equipment. Today we have had building surveyors inspecting the building. We have been informed that we should continue to dehumidify and heat the affected areas for at least a week. A further inspection will take place next Monday, the 20th. New areas of water ingress are appearing so the full extent of the damage has yet to be revealed. The University's insurance manager has attended the site. She is our link to the insurers and we have been informed that a loss adjustor has been appointed and will attend YNiC tomorrow, Wednesday the 15th. Disaster Recovery experts have also been appointed and they will advise on the best methods for dealing with the damage and also with the consequential loss of all the YNiC services, not just IT. We have set in motion a recovery plan. Tony Morland is co-ordinating this and we would be grateful if people could inform him if they are working to particular deadlines, contracts or clinically critical timelines. The recovery plan will, eventually, include contingency planning if recovery is going to be lengthy. Within YNiC we are systematically going through all the equipment to try and establish what is irrevocably lost. We should point out though that we know that all our warranties are void. Therefore we will be discussing our options with the advisors tomorrow about how to recreate a working system that will last the original estimated life. We are attempting to rebuild the RAID arrays. As these contain a very large amount of data this will take time, maybe days. At this stage we are unable to say which, if any, data is lost from the discs. We do know that some discs within the RAID were lost. We do have backups on tape in a fireproof safe. But at the moment we do not have an infrastructure that will allow us to use these backups. The ideal scenario will be that RAIDs will be largely rebuilt but we cannot guarantee that. Moreover, we do not have the network switches, servers and analysis machines that would allow useful access to the discs. We do appreciate that many, many, projects, PhDs, staff, external collaborators will be seriously affected by this. We will do all we can to get a system working as soon as we can. Please note, the current emails services are vulnerable. We even lost service yesterday when another drive failed. Please keep local drafts as often as you can. You will be pleased to note that the MATLAB licence service is now active. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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YNiC seminar 16th February (room change)
by Rebecca E Millman 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Dear Users This Thursday the Cognitive Neurosciences MSc students will be giving project proposal presentations for their empirical research projects. Please note that the talks will start at the usual time of 4.15 pm but these talks will take place in Psychology (B020). Please below for details of project titles and speakers. Best wishes Rebecca (1) MEG to faces: is M170 on the blink? - Pat Johnston JOHNSON, EILEANOIR BRIDGET, KOKKINAKIS, ATHANASIOS (2) Cortical mechanisms involved in attention to colour - Alex Wade (fMRI) OLIVER, ZOE, SMITH, AARON, WONG, PEONY (3) Imaging using hyperpolarised molecules - Gary Green ALI, SHELIZA CAMILLERI, JULIA ANN, TROY, DAVID MAURICE, CHEN, JING, ROBERTS, INDIA MELANIE SUZANNE (4) A combined fMRI-TMS study of semantic representation and control - Beth Jefferies (fMRI/TMS) COSTIGAN, ALISON GRACE LIU, YANNAN MURPHY, NICHOLAS GOGOLEV, PAVEL (5) Understanding Misunderstanding - S.A. Rueschemeyer (EEG) STONER, CATHERINE GARDNER, TOM -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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