For the Thursday seminar this week, it was suggested that YNiC staff
give some feedback from the MEG UK meeting.
Any volunteers?
(Please keep in mind that the following week, there is supposed to be
the MEG/fMRI debate after Gary and Andre have been to the meeting in
Glasgow.)
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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
Dear Users
There will not be a YNiC seminar this Thursday (21st) because the MEG UK
meeting is being held on Wednesday and Thursday.
YNiC seminars will resume next week (28th January).
Best wishes
Rebecca
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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
Dear Users
Today (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be a project proposal
presentation by Richard Harris on "How information about expression and
identity is represented in face-selective regions".
Richard will be talking about a planned fMRI experiment in which he will
use an fMR adaptation paradigm to determine whether expression and
identity are represented independently in face-selective brain areas.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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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
Dear Users
This Thursday (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be a project
proposal presentation by Richard Harris on "How information about
expression and identity is represented in face-selective regions".
Richard will be talking about a planned fMRI experiment in which he will
use an fMR adaptation paradigm to determine whether expression and
identity are represented independently in face-selective brain areas.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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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
from a colleague that many of you will remember
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Dear colleagues,
there will be an international congress "Changing People, Changing
Brains" in Konstanz next year (see:
http://www.psychologie.uni-konstanz.de/abteilungen/clinicalpsychology/chang…
and the flyer attached). There are sixteen travel awards (travel,
accomodation, attendance) for outstanding junior scientists. Interested
people can apply for the travel awards via the homepage. Would you be so
kind to forward this email to people who might be interested?
Thank you very much!
Isabella
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*Dr. Isabella Paul-Jordanov*
http://www.clinical-psychology.uni-konstanz.de/member-55.html
University of Konstanz, Germany
Departments of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology
PO-Box D23
D-78457 Konstanz
Email: Isabella.Paul-Jordanov(a)uni-konstanz.de
<mailto:Isabella.Paul-Jordanov@uni-konstanz.de>
Tel.: +49 7531 882696
Fax: +49 7531 884601
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://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
This may be of interest to some.
Best wishes for the holiday season,
Katerina
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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 Jennifer Chew, Ms. [jennifer.chew(a)mcgill.ca]
Sent: 14 December 2009 18:26
To: bic-announce(a)bic.mni.mcgill.ca
Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: post-doctoral job offer
Posted on behalf of Pierre Bellec . Jennifer
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From: Saad Jbabdi <saad(a)fmrib.ox.ac.uk<mailto:saad@fmrib.ox.ac.uk>>
Date: 2009/12/14
Subject: Re: TF diagrams
To: Pierre Bellec <pbellec(a)bic.mni.mcgill.ca<mailto:pbellec@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>>
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Modelling Brain Connectivity
Oxford University Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB)
Academic-related salary scale, Grade 7: Salary £28,839 – 35,469 p.a.
The Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) seeks a postdoctoral research assistant to work with Drs. Tim Behrens and Saad Jbabdi in diffusion MRI methods development. Employment could begin from March 2010 and is funded by the European Commission for a period of 2 years as part of a pan-European consortium of diffusion-imaging researchers “CONNECT”. Oxford’s contribution to this project aims to integrate biophysical models of white matter architecture into Bayesian tractography routines. Candidates should have a doctorate in a relevant discipline, together with knowledge of statistics and preferably Bayesian learning, with the necessary mathematical and computational skills to put these into practice. Knowledge in methods for analysing neuroimaging data, in particular diffusion MRI, is desirable but not essential. Skills in computer programming (especially Matlab and C++) are essential. For links to further information seewww.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/analysis<http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/analysis>.
Applications, including a curriculum vitae and details of two referees, should be sent to Mrs Marilyn Goulding, FMRIB Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, fax: (01865) 222717; e‑mail: marilyn(a)fmrib.ox.ac.uk<mailto:marilyn@fmrib.ox.ac.uk>. Please quote reference HM09-024. The closing date for applications is January 8th 2010.
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Saad Jbabdi
University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre
JR Hospital, Headington, OX3 9DU, UK
+44 (0) 1865 222466 (fax 717)
www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~saad<http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/%7Esaad>
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FYI
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ESRC STUDENTSHIPS FOR MRes+PhD/PhD: UCL Centre for Human Communication
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 29th January 2010
The UCL Centre for Human Communication (CHC) is pleased to announce that
it has been awarded two quota ESRC studentships for the academic year
commencing September 2010 and is additionally able to nominate
applications for an ESRC open competition studentship.
ESRC studentships provide up to four years full funding for postgraduate
training. They cover tuition fees and include a maintenance grant.
The CHC will consider applicants for 1+3 quota and open studentships for
the MRes in Speech, Language and Cognition followed by PhD research
within the CHC group. Information about the MRes can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/yb9p5d2
We will also consider applicants who have completed relevant
Masters-level training for a 3 year PhD studentship within the CHC.
The CHC is a virtual centre that exists to foster interaction amongst
UCL staff who are involved in research on human language and
communication. Research spans an unusual range of disciplines, from
those traditionally considered to lie in the humanities and social
sciences, to those of a more scientific, engineering and medical aspect.
Areas studied include, among others:
* basic aspects of hearing, speech and language, both in the adult
and the developing child;
* linguistic theory concerning syntax, phonology and pragmatics;
* speech production and speech perception;
* acquisition of first and later-learned languages;
* sign languages;
* developmental language disorders like stuttering, dyslexia and
specific language impairment;
* acquired language disorders like aphasia and dysarthria;
* hearing impairments and their remediation through training and
prostheses (hearing aids and cochlear implants);
* speech recognition and speech synthesis by computer.
More information about the CHC can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chc/
Applicants should send a CV, covering letter and the names and email
addresses of two referees to Dr Bronwen Evans at
bronwen.evans(a)ucl.ac.uk. The covering letter should include an outline
of the applicant's principal research interests. Applications for the 3
year PhD studentships only must also outline a plan of the intended
research. Ideally, this plan should have been discussed with a potential
supervisor based at UCL. Staff details can be found at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/staff
All applications are subject to the ESRC’s nationality and residency
restrictions and applicants are also asked to indicate in their
submission that they meet these criteria. Information about these are
available in the ESRC's Postgraduate Funding Guide, which applicants are
strongly advised to consult when completing their application. This can
be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/y8tm2qa
Deadline: Friday 29th January 2009. Applications received after this
date will still be considered for admission but will be too late to be
considered for the ESRC quota studentship.
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Dr Bronwen G. Evans,
UCL Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences,
Rm 321 Chandler House
2 Wakefield Street
London WC1N 1PF
Tel +44 (0) 20 7679 4089 (internal: 24089)
Fax +44 (0) 20 7679 4010
http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk
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
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.
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Gary Green
telephone +44 (0) 1904 435349
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
Secretary
telephone +44 (0) 1904 435329
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
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
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
========================================
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
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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
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://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
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.
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
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
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
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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Subject: BNS job alert
From: "Dana Samson" <dana.samson(a)nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, November 20, 2009 2:10 pm
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
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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
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________________________________________
Dr Dana Samson
School of Psychology
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK
http://www.danasamson.me.ukhttp://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
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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
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
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)
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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
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
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
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