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by rem

Dear Users YNiC seminars have finished for this term due to clashes with other events in the department. The Thursday seminar series will start again on 14th January 2010. Best wishes Rebecca

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Important news from YNiC

by Gary Green

Dear colleagues Over Christmas we will be carrying out some essential maintenance to the MEG facilities. The most important job that we will be doing is warming the sensor dewar. During the past year the dewar will have slowly accumulated a small amount of solid oxygen, nitrogen and water in the bottom of the Helium reservoir and this affects the insulation properties of the system. By warming the system up we can remove all the frozen solids. The system will be cleaned out and then we will be cooling it down again to liquid Helium temperatures. We will do the final Helium fill on the morning of the 18th of December. We lose 20% of the Helium a day so the dewar will effectively cease to be at liquid Helium temperatures from the 23rd. We would not advise anyone to carry out experiments from the 21st onwards as the characteristics of the system cannot be guaranteed once the Helium level goes below about 15%. The system will be allowed to warm up over Christmas and we will start work on a number of maintenance jobs in the new year. These will culminate with the recooling of the MEG dewar starting on the 10th of January. This should take 5 days. We plan to allow MEG experiments to resume on the 17th. I hope that you will be pleased to hear that a major quarterly maintenance of the MRI system on Friday went very smoothly. A new cooling system was installed and this should improve air flow through the bore of the magnet. There had also been a problem with some coherent noise being observed on some scans (not head scans) and the cause of this was located and removed. -- ----------------------- Gary Green telephone +44 (0) 1904 435349 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 Secretary telephone +44 (0) 1904 435329 http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar today

by rem

Dear Users This afternoon (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) I will be giving a talk on "Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the auditory steady-state response to frequency modulation using magnetoencephalography". Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca

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FW: CCNi debate invite - 1st February 2010

by Antony Morland

This may be of interest. Tony Invitation to the CCNi debate - 'Does BOLD fMRI reveal Pseudo Neuronal Activity?' We would like to invite you to the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) debate on Monday 1st February 2010 at 2pm. The debate will be chaired by CCNi director Professor Philippe G. Schyns and will feature 4 international panel members debating the topic 'Does BOLD fMRI reveal Pseudo Neuronal Activity?' Panel members are: Professor Aniruddha Das (Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University); Professor Martin Lauritzen (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark); Professor Nikos Logothetis (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen); Dr Ahalya Viswanathan (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen) Synopsis: Cognitive Neuroscience depends on a proper interpretation of brain imaging signals. Former interpretation has been simple, comparing number of spiking neurons with average BOLD signals (i.e. Rees, Friston, Koch 2000, Nat Neurosci.). What is the state-of-the art interpretation of BOLD today? Results of Sirotin and Das (2009, Nature; and Devor et al. 2008, JNS) have questioned the simple interpretation of BOLD by providing evidence for BOLD-signal without neuronal activity. Is there a non-neuronal source for the BOLD signal? Is there a brain activity signal that is missed by electrophysiology? Does an activated region reflect activation in this region or elsewhere (e.g. in the form of feedback)? How should state-of-the-art models of neurovascular coupling affect the interpretation of brain imaging data? (Logothetis 2008, Nature Reviews; Viswanathan and Freeman 2007, Nat Neurosci.; Lauritzen 2005 Nature Reviews). Scientific co-ordinator: Dr Lars Muckli, CCNi. Please see attached flyer for event schedule and to register your place please reply to me with your details. We look forward to hearing from you! Kind regards Claire Claire Gallagher, CCNi Administrator Department of Psychology University of Glasgow 58 Hillhead Street G12 8QB Tel: 0141 330 3201 Fax: 0141 330 5086 http://www.ccni.gla.ac.uk <http://www.ccni.gla.ac.uk/> The University of Glasgow, charity number: SC004401 ========================================

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Fwd:: MEG jobs in Cambridge

by Gary Green

Dear Colleagues - We have two new jobs for MEG research (and not only) here in Cambridge - could you please distribute the attached job information to your departmental maillists? Sorry for taking your time and cluttering your mailboxes with it - and many thanks in advance! Best, -----------------------#1-------------------------- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit – Cambridge MEG Postdoctoral Research Support Scientist The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) is an internationally renowned research institute. Our theory-guided and translational research groups are supported by state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities including 306-channel MEG (Elekta Neuromag), 3T-fMRI (Siemens), EEG and eye-tracking equipment, and have established clinical collaborations. Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scientist to support the research of the Unit in exploring the mind and brain using MEG, and to carry out specific scientific research in collaboration with line manager and other team members. The postholder’s research will be centred on MEG methods and on the spatio-temporal dynamics of the neural activity underlying speech and language processing in the human brain. Ideal candidates will therefore have experience in neuroimaging and in language research. Previous experience in using EEG or/and MEG is essential. Eligible candidates should hold a PhD or similar degree in a relevant discipline, including psychology, neuroinformatics or neuroscience. The starting salary will be in the range of £26,022 - £31,758 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an optional MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available. Initially, this will be an 11.5 month appointment, but it may be extended or tenured subject to performance and availability of funding. More general information on the CBSU is available at http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk For informal discussion, contact Yury Shtyrov, by email: yury.shtyrov(a)mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Applications for this vacancy must now be made online at http://jobs.mrc.ac.uk quoting ref CBSU09/618. Please ensure that you upload a current CV and cover letter with your application. If you do not have internet access, or experience technical difficulties, please call 01793 301280. If you would like to receive this advert in large print, Braille, audio, or electronic format/ hard copy, please contact the Recruitment team at the MRC Shared Service Centre on the telephone number below or recruitment(a)ssc.mrc.ac.uk. Closing date: December 23, 2009. -------------------------#2---------------- Research Support Scientist (Postdoctoral position) MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit - Cambridge The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) is an internationally renowned research institute. Our theory-guided and translational research groups are supported by state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities, including 3T-fMRI (Siemens), EEG and MEG (Elekta Neuromag). Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scientist to study language mechanisms in the human brain with multimodal neuroimaging and neuropsychological methods in the context of an ongoing research programme led by Prof Pulvermüller (MRC Programme Leader in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language). The primary objective of this position is to perform MEG, EEG, fMRI and DTI research on semantic and syntactic mechanisms. This will be an 11.5 month appointment initially, but may be extended. Candidates should be experienced in both language and brain research. They should hold a PhD or similar degree in a relevant discipline, including linguistics, biology, psychology, neuroscience, neuroimaging, neuropsychology or computational neuroscience. Previous research experience using EEG or MEG is crucial and previous fMRI, TMS, DTI or patient work an advantage. The starting salary will be in the range of £26,022 - £31,758 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an optional MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available. Further information on the research programme can be found at http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/research/speech-language/slfourresearchreport.… More general information on the CBSU is available at http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk For informal discussion, contact Friedemann Pulvermuller, by email: friedemann.pulvermuller(a)mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk If you would like to receive this advert in large print, Braille, audio, or electronic format/ hard copy, please contact the Recruitment team at the MRC Shared Service Centre on the telephone number below or recruitment(a)ssc.mrc.ac.uk. Applications for this vacancy must now be made online at http://jobs.mrc.ac.uk quoting ref CBSU09/617. Please ensure that you upload a current CV and cover letter with your application. If you do not have internet access, or experience technical difficulties, please call 01793 301157. Closing date: 7th January 2009 -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dr Richard Henson MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit 15 Chaucer Road Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK Office: +44 (0)1223 355 294 x522 Mob: +44 (0)794 1377 345 Fax: +44 (0)1223 359 062 http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.henson/personal ------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 (Sara Narayan) +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar 3rd December

by rem

Dear Users This week I will give a talk based on an article that is currently "in press" in NeuroImage. The article is about using magnetoencephalography to investigate the spatiotemporal representation of changes in pitch over time (frequency modulation). YNiC seminars take place from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca Citation: Rebecca E. Millman, Garreth Prendergast, Padriag T. Kitterick, Will P. Woods and Gary G. R. Green. (2010). Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the auditory steady-state response to frequency modulation using magnetoencephalography. NeuroImage 49, 745-758. Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the perception of perceptually salient frequency modulation (FM) using auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) measured with magnetoencephalography (MEG). Previous MEG studies using frequency-modulated amplitude modulation as stimuli (Luo et al., 2006, 2007) suggested that a phase modulation encoding mechanism exists for low (< 5 Hz) FM modulation frequencies but additional amplitude modulation encoding is required for faster FM modulation frequencies. In this study single-cycle sinusoidal FM stimuli were used to generate the ASSR. The stimulus was either an unmodulated 1-kHz sinusoid or a 1-kHz sinusoid that was frequency-modulated with a repetition rate of 4, 8, or 12 Hz. The fast Fourier transform (FFT) of each MEG channel was calculated to obtain the phase and magnitude of the ASSR in sensor-space and multivariate Hotelling's /T/^2 statistics were used to determine the statistical significance of ASSRs. MEG beamformer analyses were used to localise the ASSR sources. Virtual electrode analyses were used to reconstruct the time series at each source. FFTs of the virtual electrode time series were calculated to obtain the amplitude and phase characteristics of each source identified in the beamforming analyses. Multivariate Hotelling's /T/^2 statistics were used to determine the statistical significance of these reconstructed ASSRs. The results suggest that the ability of auditory cortex to phase-lock to FM is dependent on the FM pulse rate and that the ASSR to FM is lateralised to the right hemisphere.

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YNiC seminar TODAY

by rem

Dear Users This afternoon (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be two project proposal presentations: 1) Silke Goebel, Department of Psychology "No brain for numbers? Parietal networks involved in number processing and arithmetic in dyslexia/dyscalculia" 2) Eytan Zweig, Department of Language and Linguistic Science "An MEG investigation of scalar implicature calculation" Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca

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SET for Britian

by Michael Simpson

Dear Users, can I flag this up to the young, keen and eager researchers at YNiC. It's a poster competition at the House of Commons, run by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. I found it a very useful experience a few years ago. http://www.vmine.net/setforbritain/2010event.asp Michael

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YNiC seminar 26th November

by rem

Dear Users This Thursday (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be two project proposal presentations: 1) Silke Goebel, Department of Psychology "No brain for numbers? Parietal networks involved in number processing and arithmetic in dyslexia/dyscalculia" 2) Eytan Zweig, Department of Language and Linguistic Science "An MEG investigation of scalar implicature calculation" Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca

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FW: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Post Doctoral Fellowship Position - Brain Imaging - Robarts

by Ekaterini Klepousniotou

A post-doctoral opportunity that might be of interest to some. Katerina ****************************************************************** Dr. Ekaterini Klepousniotou Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Institute of Psychological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK Tel: +44 (0)113 3435716 Fax: +44 (0)113 3435749 ________________________________________ From: bic-announce-bounces(a)bic.mni.mcgill.ca [bic-announce-bounces(a)bic.mni.mcgill.ca] On Behalf Of G. Bruce Pike, Prof. [bruce.pike(a)mcgill.ca] Sent: 20 November 2009 21:26 To: BIC Announce Announce Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Post Doctoral Fellowship Position - Brain Imaging - Robarts FYI

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[Fwd: BNS job alert]

by awe1＠psych.york.ac.uk

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: BNS job alert From: "Dana Samson" <dana.samson(a)nottingham.ac.uk> Date: Fri, November 20, 2009 2:10 pm To: undisclosed-recipients:; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UCL is currently advertising a *Research Associate post*. The post is for a neuropsychologist or cognitive neuroscientist interested in investigating the neural mechanisms of executive processes in the prefrontal cortex. Closing date: 7 December 2009, 5pm Further details can be found on the BNS website: http://www.the-bns.org/other_jobs.html Dana Samson BNS Membership Secretary -- ________________________________________ Dr Dana Samson School of Psychology University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK http://www.danasamson.me.uk http://www.springlab.org Tel: ++44 (0) 115 846 7433 Fax: ++44 (0) 115 951 5324 This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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TMS

by Antony Morland

Dear All, The TMS equipment has now moved into the Stimulus Preparation Room, off the open plan area. The door will be locked, but a key may be borrowed from reception to gain access. Please lock the door and return the key when you are finished. Best wishes Tony

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YNiC seminar postponed

by rem

Dear Users The ECR forum have organised a "Families in Science" event from 2-5 pm this Thursday that will be held in the Department of Psychology. Therefore there will not be a YNiC seminar this week. Best wishes Rebecca

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FW: University of York: Cell and Molecular Biology Lunch Club - Mon 16th November

by Antony Morland

Apologies for cross postings.. _____ From: Lisa Schubert [mailto:lisa.schubert@hyms.ac.uk] Sent: 12 November 2009 10:13 To: Lisa Schubert Subject: University of York: Cell and Molecular Biology Lunch Club - Mon 16th November If you would like to meet with Professor Miesenboeck during his visit, please contact Sean Sweeney (sts1(a)york.ac.uk) CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LUNCH CLUB Monday 16th November 2009, 1.15pm Room K018, Biology Professor Geor Miesenboeck Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford "The beginnings of optogenetics " Abstract: Light-sensitive proteins encoded in DNA can serve as selective optical interfaces for observing and controlling genetically targeted neurons in functioning circuits, in vitro and in vivo. Light-emitting sensors of neuronal activity (reporting calcium increase, neurotransmitter release, or membrane depolarization) have begun to reveal how information is represented by neuronal assemblies, and how these representations are transformed during the computations that inform behaviour. Light-driven actuators control the electrical activity of central neurons in freely moving animals and establish causal connections between the activities of specific neurons and the expression of particular behaviours. The combination of finely resolved optical field sensing and finely resolved optical field actuation is opening new dimensions for the analysis of the connectivity, dynamics, and plasticity of neuronal circuits, and perhaps even for replacing lost---or designing novel---functionalities. Host: Sean Sweeney (sts1(a)york.ac.uk) -- Centre for Immunology and Infection Department of Biology and Hull York Medical School University of York P O Box 373 York YO10 5YW Tel: 01904 328845 Fax: 01904 328844 www.york.ac.uk/res/cii

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YNiC seminar TODAY

by rem

Dear Users 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan. Silvia Gennari will give a talk on "Effects of implied physical effort in sensory-motor and pre-frontal cortex during language comprehension". This talk will be based on the article by Claire Moody and Silvia Gennari that is currently "in press" in NeuroImage. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca Article title: Effects of implied physical effort in sensory-motor and pre-frontal cortex during language comprehension Reference: YNIMG6471 Journal title: Neuroimage Corresponding author: Dr. Silvia P. Gennari First author: Dr. Claire L. Moody Received at Elsevier: 27-JUL-2009 Final version published online: 17-OCT-2009 Full bibliographic details: Neuroimage 49 (2010), pp. 782-793 DOI information: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.07.065

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Comparing MEG and fMRI

by awe1＠psych.york.ac.uk

The attached paper from the Helsinki group reporting direct comparisons of MEG and fMRI responses during the naming of objects and actions may be of interest. Andy

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YNiC seminar 12th November

by rem

Dear Users This week Silvia Gennari will give a talk on "Effects of implied physical effort in sensory-motor and pre-frontal cortex during language comprehension". This talk will be based on the article by Claire Moody and Silvia Gennari that is currently "in press" in NeuroImage. YNiC seminars take place from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca Article title: Effects of implied physical effort in sensory-motor and pre-frontal cortex during language comprehension Reference: YNIMG6471 Journal title: Neuroimage Corresponding author: Dr. Silvia P. Gennari First author: Dr. Claire L. Moody Received at Elsevier: 27-JUL-2009 Final version published online: 17-OCT-2009 Full bibliographic details: Neuroimage 49 (2010), pp. 782-793 DOI information: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.07.065

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Open Plan reminder

by Sam Johnson

Hello all, Just a quick reminder that open plan will again be very busy between 13:00 and 15:30 this afternoon for the MSc course. Last week all the machines were in use so it's unlikely there'll be any space today. Thanks, Sam

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ynic seminar TODAY

by Rebecca E Millman

"Highlights from the Society for Neuroscience meeting" 4-5 pm in YNiC Open Plan Tony Morland and Tim Andrews will tell us about their trip to the SfN meeting in Chicago. Everyone is welcome to attend. -- 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 tomorrow

by Gary Green

4-5 pm in YNiC Open Plan, this Thursday (5th) Tony Morland and Tim Andrews will tell us about their trip to the SfN in Chicago. "Highlights from the SfN meeting" All welcome Refreshments will be served as usual -- 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 Secretary (Claire Fox) +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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Talk at Psychology, Monday Nov 9, 4:30

by Silke Goebel

Learning and limits on adult plasticity for speech Dr Jason Zevin Sackler Institute for Psychobiology Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, USA 4.30pm, Monday November 9 2009 Psychology A202 (Venables) One way to understand changes in plasticity over the course of development (e.g. sensitive period phenomena) is as a result of the process of learning itself. This is readily observed even in simple neural network models. Learning to categorize speech sounds in one's native language can be characterized as a process of tuning the perceptual system to the dimensions along which change is meaningful in that language. One consequence of this process is a diminished sensitivity to foreign language (L2) contrasts that differ along dimensions not contrastive in one's native phonetic inventory, which ultimately can result in failures to learn even after many years of exposure. This specialization is also reflected in the responses of a network of left-lateralized temporal and frontal cortical regions which respond differentially to native speech contrasts relative to unfamiliar L2 sounds and control stimuli not perceived as crossing a categorical boundary. I will present a series of studies combining behavioral, electroencephalographic and fMRI techniques to examine the traces of early experience on the adult speech perception system. ORGANISED BY JELENA MIRKOVIC -- Dr Silke Goebel Department of Psychology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK Tel: +44 (0) 1904 43 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

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Thursday seminar

by Garreth Prendergast

Greetings all, Tomorrow evening there will be a presentation by me on some of the clinical work we've been performing at the centre, an overview of upcoming clinical research projects and also a brief look at some MEG group analysis which i've recently done. It's in the early stages, but quite interesting. Hope to see you there, i'm sure we can find the stash of refreshments too. Thanks, Garreth

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Open Plan Busyness

by Sam Johnson

Hello all, Just a quick note to let people know that this Thursday afternoon (and in fact the next 6 or 7 Thursday afternoons) will be very busy in open plan with the MSc practical sessions. Due to the numbers it's unlikely you'll be able to get on the machines from about 13:00 till 15:30, as we expect almost, if not all the computers to be in use. More info to follow on the Thursday evening seminar. Thanks, Sam -- Sam Johnson Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre University of York http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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Useful stuff

by Philip Quinlan

Thank Chris Frith not me. Philip. ******************************************************************** Philip Quinlan E-Mail: ptq1(a)york.ac.uk Department of Psychology FAX: (01904) 433181 The University of York Tel: (01904) 430000 Ext. 3135 Heslington Direct : (01904) 433135 York YO10 5DD U.K. ******************************************************************** > >

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Important updates at YNiC

by Antony Morland

Dear All, As many of you may know, YNiC has introduced a new charging policy as of October this year. The new charging policy can be found at https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/application. YNiC will now be charging investigators for the use of the facilities at YNiC in line with the policy. We have also updated the Project Proposal Form so it includes details of provisional financial arrangements for planned investigations at YNiC. It can also be found at https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/application. Please note that many of you will be eligible for low charging rates because of your past efforts to raise funds for scanning or because you are a research student. Best wishes Tony

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