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Downtime at YNiC
by Mark Hymers 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi, As you are probably aware, YNiC open plan will be closed tomorrow for staff training. We're also going to take the opportunity to perform a needed hardware fix on one of the main servers, so it won't be possible for people to leave analyses running on the machines in open plan or the cluster. This outage will be from around 9am for an hour or so. This will also affect the remote desktop service, which will be rebooted as part of the work - anybody who has suspended sessions should make sure that they save their work before tomorrow morning. I've explicitly Bcc'd those who appear to have sessions running to ensure that they know about this - apologies to anyone who gets the mail twice. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hymers York Neuroimaging Centre

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YNiC seminar 9th December
by rem 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Dear Users This week (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) Gary Green will give a talk on ""Opportunities for pattern classifiers". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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[Fwd: VSS Abstract Submission Deadline is this Wednesday, December 1st]
by Tim Andrews 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear All, The deadline for abstracts to VSS is Wednesday, December 1st (11:59 latest time zone on earth). This might be Thursday morning for us! Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: VSS Abstract Submission Deadline is this Wednesday, December 1st Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:04:47 -0800 From: Vision Sciences Society <VSS(a)visionsciences.org> Reply-To: VSS Information <vss(a)visionsciences.org> To: t.andrews(a)psych.york.ac.uk The deadline for submitting abstracts for the VSS 2011 Meeting is Wednesday, December 1st (11:59 latest time zone on earth). To access your online account, log in to the VSS Online Membership and Meeting System <http://www.visionsciences1.org/vss_public/>. You must renew your membership for 2011 to be eligible to submit an abstract. For more information or if you have questions, please contact Vision Sciences Society <mailto:vss@visionsciences.org>. If you are applying for the 2011 Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award all supporting documentation is also due on 12/1/10. Complete application instructions can be found at Student Travel Awards <http://www.visionsciences.org/awards.html>. Follow Us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/VSSMtg> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vision-Sciences-Society-Official-VSS-Page/355…> -- Dr Tim Andrews Department of Psychology University of York York, YO10 5DD UK Tel: 44-1904-434356 Fax: 44-1904-433181 http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ta505/

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no YNiC seminar this week
by rem 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Dear Users There will not be a YNiC seminar this Thursday (2nd December). The next seminar will be given by Gary Green on 9th December. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar today 4pm
by Andre Gouws 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Dear Users This afternoon Andre Gouws will be giving a presentation (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan. The title of Andre's talk is "Suppressive feedback from the visual cortex to the LGN: Evidence from negative BOLD". This presentation will include results and discussion of data presented at SFN this year, and will conclude with a project presentation for extension of the current work. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. -- ynic-users mailing list ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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MSc Teaching in YNiC open plan
by Sam Johnson 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hello all, Just a reminder that tomorrow from 1:15 to 3:15 YNiC open plan will be full with another practical for the masters students. Anyone wanting to come up early for the seminar would be advised to not come up too early. Thanks, Sam -- Sam Johnson Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre University of York http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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IMPORTANT CHANGES - fMRI SCANNING.
by Andre Gouws 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi all, IF YOU USE PRESENTATION IN fMRI PLEASE READ THIS! We have recently been experiencing issues with the synchronisation of stimulus code in Presentation with pulses from the scanner. This problem has been intermittent and inconsistent. As many scans rely on precise timings by synch-ing with specific pulses from the scanner, we have had to come up with an alternate solution. Without boring you with the fine detail, we are using a different port on the scanner to provide us with the pulse information. After extensive testing this afternoon, this port seems to give consistent output while the other does not. Anyone using pulses from the scanner to synchronise their presentation stimuli should note the following: Change "pulses_per_scan" in your scenario header (.sce files) to the actual number of slices you are acquiring. In the past this has been set to half the number (e.g. if you were acquiring 38 slices per TR you had pulses_per_scan = 19). Just to make that clear, YOU SHOULD DOUBLE THE NUMBER YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN pulses_per_scan. N.B. YOU MUST CHANGE THESE NUMBERS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT OR YOUR TIMINGS WILL BE INCORRECT. Also note that when you run your pulses calibration scan you will now get twice the number of pulses you got before. This will not affect your data in any way, it simply means that you are getting a pulse for every slice from the scanner, rather than every second slice. This will work for all TRs, and the back room settings should now be the same for all researchers. If you have any queries, please contact me. Andre' -- Andre' ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar 25th November
by Andre Gouws 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Users This week Andre Gouws will be giving a presentation on Thursday afternoon (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan. The title of Andre's talk is "Suppressive feedback from the visual cortex to the LGN: Evidence from negative BOLD". This presentation will include results and discussion of data presented at SFN this year, and will conclude with a project presentation for extension of the current work. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. -- ynic-users mailing list ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC Open plan closed - Tues 7th Dec 2010
by Jo Saunders 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear Users, just to let you know that due to staff training on the 7th December 2010 the YNiC Open Plan area will be closed to all users on that date between 9am and 4pm. MRI scanning will be continuing as usual. Apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause. Thanks and regards, Jo. -- ............................ Jo Saunders Centre Manager YNiC The BioCentre York Science Park YORK YO10 5DG Email: Joanna(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: (01904) 435343 Fax: (01904) 435356 Tues, Wed & Thurs .............................

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YNiC seminar today
by Rebecca E Millman 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear Users Today (starting at 4 pm) Beth Jefferies from the Department of Psychology will give a talk on "TMS studies of semantic cognition". In this talk, Beth will discuss recent studies examining the extended neural networks underpinning semantic representation and control, talk about the new equipment that is in the YNiC TMS lab, and describe a planned study which combines TMS and fMRI to investigate how this brain network responds to stimulation. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes 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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YNiC seminar 18th November
by rem 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Dear Users This week (4-5 pm) Beth Jefferies from the Department of Psychology will give a talk on "TMS studies of semantic cognition". In this talk, Beth will discuss recent studies examining the extended neural networks underpinning semantic representation and control, talk about the new equipment that is in the YNiC TMS lab, and describe a planned study which combines TMS and fMRI to investigate how this brain network responds to stimulation. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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MSc session in open plan
by Sam Johnson 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hello all, Just a reminder that between 13:15 and 15:15 YNiC open plan will be pretty much full with the MSc practical, so again, if you were planning to come up before the seminars you'd be much better off waiting till they've finished. Thanks, Sam -- Sam Johnson Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre University of York http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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seminars today
by Gary Green 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

The notice about this afternoon's seminars said that the talks are project presentations. In fact they are presentations about current research in Aberdeen and are part of on-going discussions about potential collaboration between York and Aberdeen. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Dear Users Today from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan there will be 3 project proposal presentations: i) Prof. David Lurie "Field-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging" Contrast between normal and diseased tissue in MRI arises mainly from differences in relaxation times. It is also well known from in vitro studies that the variation of T1 with field strength (T1 dispersion) changes from tissue to tissue, and may also be altered in disease. Thus, it is potentially useful to be able to measure T1 dispersion in vivo; however, this information cannot be obtained by conventional MRI scanners, which operate at fixed magnetic field. We are developing field-cycling MRI systems, in which the magnetic field is switched rapidly between levels during the pulse sequence, always returning to the same field for signal measurement. FC-MRI offers the possibility of new image contrast mechanisms based on T1 dispersion. In particular, immobilised proteins give rise to "quadrupole dips" in the dispersion curve, and this mechanism may give insight into the behaviour (and misbehaviour) of proteins in disease. This talk will discuss the methodology, technology and applications of FC-MRI. ii) Prof. Thomas Redpath "Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in breast cancer". My talk will cover the basic physiology underlying dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, the scanning methods used, and will describe the pharmaco-kinetic models used in analysing the signal versus time curves which are seen in breast cancers. The need for arterial input functions in the newer models will be discussed and a novel approach which we have proposed will be outlined. The particular problem of scanning at 3 tesla, namely RF pulse angle variation across the body, and methods of overcoming it will also be covered. iii) Dr. Hugh Seton "Ultra-low field MRI with cooled receiver coils and SQUID preamplifiers" "The presentation will describe MRI developments at 10-20mT. Imaging at such low fields has the potential to deliver improved contrast compared to high field, partly because T1 differences between tissues can increase at low field but also because there is greater flexibility to employ contrast-enhancing pulse sequences which would exceed RF power deposition limits at high field. Normally the SNR is poor at low field, but we have developed cooled receiver coils and ultra-low noise SQUID preamplifiers that yield 3-6 fold SNR gains compared to conventional room temperature coils." Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Dear Users Today from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan, Susanne Weis and Markus Hausmann will be giving YNiC project proposal presentations. i) Susanne Weis: "Object location memory: Differences between verbal and non-verbal strategies during memory encoding and retrieval" It has repeatedly been shown that the medial temporal lobe (MTL), and especially the hippocampus, play an important role during memory encoding and retrieval. Specifically,activation of the hippocampus has been related to associative and contextual memory and binding of an item with its context. It is therefore assumed, that the hippocampus interacts with cortical regions during object location memory (OLM) tasks, where an object has to be bound to its spatial location. A variety of studies have shown that men on average perform better than women in specific aspects of spatial cognition. On the other hand, women have been shown to be superior in OLM tasks. One explanation which has been proposed for this findings suggests that women use verbal strategies during OLM encoding and retrieval, while man rely more on spatial strategies. It can be assumed that different strategies during OLM task are linked to different patterns of brain activation. It is the aim of our study to examine functional connectivity between the hippocampus and cortical areas during encoding and retrieval of an OLM task. Further, we intend to find out if inter-individual differences in strategies result in changes of patterns of brain activation and the functional connectivity within these networks. ii) Markus Hausmann: "Sex hormonal effects on the functional connectivity within and across hemispheres in postmenopausal women" Previous research in postmenopausal women has shown that hormone therapy (HT), and estrogen therapy (ET) in particular, affects the functional brain organization such as interhemispheric integration and functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) (Bayer & Erdmann, 2008; Bayer & Hausmann, 2009a,b; Bayer & Hausmann, 2010). The results suggest that these effects are mediated by the neuromodulatory properties of estradiol on intrahemispheric functional networks. Specifically, it seems that estradiol enhances verbal processing at the expense of visuo-spatial processing within the right hemisphere. This idea might explain why several studies found divergent effects of HT on verbal and visuo-spatial cognition (including verbal and non-verbal memory). Moreover, estradiol-related effects on FCAs have also been demonstrated in normally cycling women during hormonal distinct cycle-phases (Weis et al., 2008). Specifically, this fMRI study found estradiol-related changes in the interhemispheric inhibition between homotopic areas in the inferior frontal gyrus of the left and right hemispheres. The present study is set out to elucidate whether HT-related changes in FCAs as measured by a verbal and visuo-spatial visual half-field tasks in postmenopausal women might be subserved by changes in the functional connectivity between cortical networks within and across hemispheres. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminars this week
by rem 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Dear Users Please note that there will be two YNiC seminars this week; one at the usual time on Thursday and an additional seminar on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday Dr. Susanne Weis and Dr. Markus Hausmann, from the University of Durham, will give project proposal presentations from 4-5 pm: Dr. Susanne Weis: "Object location memory: Differences between verbal and non-verbal strategies during memory encoding and retrieval" Dr. Markus Hausmann: ""Sex hormonal effects on the functional connectivity within and across hemispheres in postmenopausal women" On Thursday there will be 3 project proposal presentations by Prof. David Lurie, Prof. Thomas Redpath and Dr. Hugh Seton from the University of Aberdeen: Prof. David Lurie: ""Field-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging" Prof. Thomas Redpath: "Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in breast cancer" Dr. Hugh Seton: "Ultra-low field MRI with cooled receiver coils and SQUID preamplifiers" Please see below for further information about each talk. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca *1) Wednesday 10th November * i) Susanne Weis "Object location memory: Differences between verbal and non-verbal strategies during memory encoding and retrieval" It has repeatedly been shown that the medial temporal lobe (MTL), and especially the hippocampus, play an important role during memory encoding and retrieval. Specifically,activation of the hippocampus has been related to associative and contextual memory and binding of an item with its context. It is therefore assumed, that the hippocampus interacts with cortical regions during object location memory (OLM) tasks, where an object has to be bound to its spatial location. A variety of studies have shown that men on average perform better than women in specific aspects of spatial cognition. On the other hand, women have been shown to be superior in OLM tasks. One explanation which has been proposed for this findings suggests that women use verbal strategies during OLM encoding and retrieval, while man rely more on spatial strategies. It can be assumed that different strategies during OLM task are linked to different patterns of brain activation. It is the aim of our study to examine functional connectivity between the hippocampus and cortical areas during encoding and retrieval of an OLM task. Further, we intend to find out if inter-individual differences in strategies result in changes of patterns of brain activation and the functional connectivity within these networks. ii) Markus Hausmann "Sex hormonal effects on the functional connectivity within and across hemispheres in postmenopausal women" Previous research in postmenopausal women has shown that hormone therapy (HT), and estrogen therapy (ET) in particular, affects the functional brain organization such as interhemispheric integration and functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) (Bayer & Erdmann, 2008; Bayer & Hausmann, 2009a,b; Bayer & Hausmann, 2010). The results suggest that these effects are mediated by the neuromodulatory properties of estradiol on intrahemispheric functional networks. Specifically, it seems that estradiol enhances verbal processing at the expense of visuo-spatial processing within the right hemisphere. This idea might explain why several studies found divergent effects of HT on verbal and visuo-spatial cognition (including verbal and non-verbal memory). Moreover, estradiol-related effects on FCAs have also been demonstrated in normally cycling women during hormonal distinct cycle-phases (Weis et al., 2008). Specifically, this fMRI study found estradiol-related changes in the interhemispheric inhibition between homotopic areas in the inferior frontal gyrus of the left and right hemispheres. The present study is set out to elucidate whether HT-related changes in FCAs as measured by a verbal and visuo-spatial visual half-field tasks in postmenopausal women might be subserved by changes in the functional connectivity between cortical networks within and across hemispheres. *2) Thursday 11th November * i) Prof. David Lurie "Field-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging" Contrast between normal and diseased tissue in MRI arises mainly from differences in relaxation times. It is also well known from in vitro studies that the variation of T1 with field strength (T1 dispersion) changes from tissue to tissue, and may also be altered in disease. Thus, it is potentially useful to be able to measure T1 dispersion in vivo; however, this information cannot be obtained by conventional MRI scanners, which operate at fixed magnetic field. We are developing field-cycling MRI systems, in which the magnetic field is switched rapidly between levels during the pulse sequence, always returning to the same field for signal measurement. FC-MRI offers the possibility of new image contrast mechanisms based on T1 dispersion. In particular, immobilised proteins give rise to "quadrupole dips" in the dispersion curve, and this mechanism may give insight into the behaviour (and misbehaviour) of proteins in disease. This talk will discuss the methodology, technology and applications of FC-MRI. ii) Prof. Thomas Redpath "Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in breast cancer". My talk will cover the basic physiology underlying dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, the scanning methods used, and will describe the pharmaco-kinetic models used in analysing the signal versus time curves which are seen in breast cancers. The need for arterial input functions in the newer models will be discussed and a novel approach which we have proposed will be outlined. The particular problem of scanning at 3 tesla, namely RF pulse angle variation across the body, and methods of overcoming it will also be covered. iii) Dr. Hugh Seton "Ultra-low field MRI with cooled receiver coils and SQUID preamplifiers" "The presentation will describe MRI developments at 10-20mT. Imaging at such low fields has the potential to deliver improved contrast compared to high field, partly because T1 differences between tissues can increase at low field but also because there is greater flexibility to employ contrast-enhancing pulse sequences which would exceed RF power deposition limits at high field. Normally the SNR is poor at low field, but we have developed cooled receiver coils and ultra-low noise SQUID preamplifiers that yield 3-6 fold SNR gains compared to conventional room temperature coils." -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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Neuroscience Job in Italy
by Silke Goebel 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

*Assistant or Associate Research Professors, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, Trento * The Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) at the University of Trento is seeking to fill a number of research positions in cognitive neuroscience at the Assistant or Associate Research Professor level. The Center offers an international and vibrant research setting in which to investigate the functioning of the brain through the analysis of its functional, structural and physiological characteristics, in both normal and pathological states. Researchers at the Center make use of state-of-the-art neuroimaging methodologies, including a research-only MRI scanner, MEG, EEG and TMS, as well as behavioral, eye tracking and motion tracking laboratories. The Center also includes a neuropsychology and neuro-rehabilitation clinic (CERiN). The Center strongly encourages collaborative and innovative research, and provides the opportunity for all researchers to access laboratory resources and to be part of the Doctoral School in Cognitive and Brain Sciences. CIMeC also has close collaborations with local research centers, including FBK (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) and IIT (Italian Institute of Technology), through joint projects and through the doctoral school. Further information about the Center can be found at: http://www.cimec.unitn.it <http://www.cimec.unitn.it/>. The ideal researchers (from all areas of cognitive neuroscience, including computational neuroscience and neuroimaging methods) must hold the Ph.D. or M.D. degree, and should have a record documenting research creativity, independence, and productivity. We are looking for researchers able to build and maintain a high quality research program and to contribute to the maintenance of a collegial and collaborative academic environment. For more information see attachment. -- Dr Silke Goebel Department of Psychology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK Tel: +44 (0) 1904 32 2872 Email: s.goebel(a)psych.york.ac.uk Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/crl/sgoebel.html TMS Lab: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/tms EMAIL DISCLAIMER http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm

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Open Plan busyness
by Sam Johnson 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hello all, Just to let people know that between 1:15 and 3:15 this afternoon, YNiC's open plan will be very busy with the MSc course practical. This year we're pretty much at capacity so there won't be any spare machines. Those of you who are coming up for the seminar and thought about coming early to get a bit of quiet work done, I'm not sure that'll be possible I'm afraid. Apologies to those who were unable to work last week, for future reference Thursday afternoons for the next 6 weeks will be equally busy, though I'll send reminders. Thanks, Sam -- Sam Johnson Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre University of York http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Dear Users Mark Hymers will be giving a presentation from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan today. The title of Mark's talk is "YNiC MEG Analysis Software Update". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar 4th November
by rem 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Dear Users This week Mark Hymers will be giving a presentation on Thursday afternoon (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan. The title of Mark's talk is "YNiC MEG Analysis Software Update". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Dear Users This afternoon (4-5 pm) there will be two presentations in YNiC open plan: 1) A project proposal presentation on "Neural correlates of semantic richness for familiar and newly-learned words" by Roberto Ferreira, Department of Psychology. 2) A talk on MEG methods by Sam Johnson, YNiC, titled "Lagrangians, orientations and spatial filters". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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[Fwd: Re: MEGUK10]
by Gary Green 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

Dear Colleagues Below is an invitation to attend the next MEGUK meeting. It will be held in Glasgow in January. As you can read, there will be slots for each MEG site to present their work and there will also be opportunities for poster presentations. They are keen that each site co-ordinates their own contributions. Although it says that I am the contact point, Michael Simpson michael.simpson(a)ynic.york.ac.uk is actually going to do the co-ordination. Thanks Michael. If you are going to attend, please can you contact Michael, as well as register as indicated below Gary ---------------------------- Dear all, the next MEG users UK meeting will be in Glasgow on the 29th (Saturday) and 30th (Sunday) of January 2011. We will have 1 hour oral presentations per MEG site (it is up to each site how many presentations they wish to fit into their 60 min) and to have an extensive poster session on Saturday evening (we can accommodate around 100 posters). Registration is now open (no fee, no costs). Simply click on the link below that will take you to a website where you please enter your name, your email address, and your affiliation. Your email will be automatically added to an alias (meguk2011(a)psy.gla.ac.uk <mailto:meguk2011@psy.gla.ac.uk>) which, eventually, will be used as the only means for disseminating information about the meeting, so please make sure that your email address is correct. link to registration: http://marc-web.psy.gla.ac.uk/MEGUK2011/ Please forward this email to everyone I have left out including my apologies. Also apologies in case you have received this email by mistake - once we switch to the alias you will be safe. Most contributions will be posters this time. We will have a long poster session on Saturday night with a buffet, which will give us plenty of time to socialise in front of the posters. If you wish to give an oral presentation please get in touch with your local contact, but please note that all talks from a single site have to be fitted within the allocated 1 hour slot. List of contacts: Cardiff (Krish Singh) Cambridge (Rick Henson) York (Gary Green) Oxford (Sven Braeutigam) London (Gareth Barnes) Nottingham (Matt Brookes) Aston (Paul Furlong) Glasgow (Klaus Kessler) Best wishes Klaus, on behalf of the organizing committee Committee: Joachim Gross Klaus Kessler (Chair) Sebastien Miellet Nicola Van Rijsbergen Heng-Ru May Tan -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar 28th Oct
by rem 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Dear Users This week there will be two presentations on Thursday afternoon (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan: 1) A project proposal presentation on "Neural correlates of semantic richness for familiar and newly-learned words" by Roberto Ferreira, Department of Psychology. 2) A talk on MEG methods by Sam Johnson, YNiC, titled "Lagrangians,* *orientations and spatial filters". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ Dr. Rebecca E. Millman Science Liaison Officer York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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[Fwd: two positions available at CHB/HMS]
by Gary Green 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

FYI ---------------------- To members of the MEG community, Children's Hospital Boston (CHB), Harvard Medical School, is in the process of starting an MEG research program as part of the hospital-wide effort to develop a multimodal neuroimaging center for studying human brain development ranging from the fetus in utero, to prematurely born babies and up to preschool children in hospital setting. We now have the two following positions we hope to fill immediately. (1) MEG Systems Technician - management of the hardware and software of the babySQUID prototype initially and eventually a whole-head babySQUID II, assistance in data acquisition and analysis. Minimum requirement: MS or its equivalent in engineering (biomedical, electrical or computer engineer), excellent command of English (speech and writing). (2) Research Technician - assistance in day-to-day operation of the MEG facility, assistance in data acquisition and analysis. Minimum requirement: BS/BA or its equivalent in engineering, excellent command of English (speech and writing) with good people skill If you are interested in one of these positions, please send me an email. I will forward your email to the CHB's Human Resources which will provide you with the job description and other details of the position. You will be joining a rapidly growing team of researchers that includes experts in mathematical modeling of the CNS, signal analysis, multimodal integration, experimentation, EEG, MRI including tractography, NIRS, basic and clinical research in neuroscience and perinatology and clinical medicine. Our group will be studying both inpatients and outpatients as well as healthy controls. Yoshio Okada MEG Director Neuroimaging and Brain Development Science Center (Director: Ellen Grant) CHB/HMS

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[Fwd: Free NIHR Learning Events in Leeds, Huddersfield & York - November 2010]
by Gary Green 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Some of you might be thinking of applying for NIHR funding. The following seminars might be useful. At the lecture by the Director of the NIHR earlier this week it was pointed out that York is not that successful in obtaining particular types of NIHR funding and it was also pointed out that one reason was because patients were not involved as much as the NIHR would like. So the workshop on the RFPB programme might be particularly useful. ----------------------------------------- The NIHR Research Design Service for Yorkshire and the Humber offers a programme of learning events which are FREE to NHS researchers, and others working in partnership with the NHS within the Yorkshire and Humber region, who are developing an application to a suitable funding body, particularly Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) and all other NIHR research programmes. We will be offering the following events during November 2010 - PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH DESIGN AND DEVELOPING GRANT APPLICATIONS Tuesday, 9 November 2010 1.30 pm - 4.15 pm UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS MAKING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS TO THE RESEARCH FOR PATIENT BENEFIT (RFPB) PROGRAMME Wednesday, 17 November 2010 1 pm - 4 pm (please note that lunch is included and will start at 1 pm. The presentations will start @ 1.30 pm) HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY DEVELOPING A PROPOSAL FOR A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12.30 am - 4 pm UNIVERSITY OF YORK Please see our website for further information about these events and an ONLINE BOOKING form - http://www.rds-yh.nihr.ac.uk/learning-events.aspx You will be sent an email confirming your booking. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or require any further information about the RDS - http://www.rds-yh.nihr.ac.uk/ Best wishes - Sally Greenhough ------------------------------------------------------- Sally Greenhough (Monday, Tuesday @ Wednesday) Learning Events Co-ordinator The NIHR Research Design Service for Yorkshire & The Humber (NIHR RDS YH) The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) The University of Sheffield Regent Court (Room G045) 30 Regent Street SHEFFIELD S1 4DA Email: s.greenhough(a)sheffield.ac.uk Tel: 0114 222 0777 Fax: 0114 272 4095 www.rds-yh.nihr.ac.uk/ www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/

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