Hello All,
At a recent Research Governance Committee Meeting it was agreed to inform
the users of the facilities at YNiC of the opportunity to undertake and
online course on Diversity in the Workplace. The course can be found at the
following URL.
http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/training/pod/courses/statutory/diversity/inde
x.htm
Best wishes
Tony
Hello all,
As you are hopefully already aware YNiC is closing as of 5 p.m. this
Friday, the 21st, for two weeks. This is just a reminder that between
the evening of the 21st and 9 a.m. on the 7th of September, YNiC will
effectively be shut down whilst we make some fairly major changes to the
IT infrastructure, not the least of which is the replacement of the
computers in open plan.
Hopefully this will be a smooth process for everyone using the center,
and will provide a greater range of software and analysis tools. Unlike
previous closures where most of the changes have been behind the scenes,
this year you will definitely notice the difference as both the hardware
and operating systems will be changing. While this will inevitably take
a little bit of getting used to, there will be change over
documentation, and the new systems will provide a much more flexible
environment for your analysis.
There will be one or two interruptions to the YNiC website, notably for
a couple of hours on the evenings of the 21st and 24th. Any other
interruptions should be very brief.
A seperate notice will be sent out by Paul regarding the psychology mail
server.
Thanks,
--
Sam Johnson
York NeuroImaging Centre
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
As you may know, due to complications with the availability of parts,
the planned power-down at the Biocentre last month did not occur.
Due to this, on Wednesday 29th July at 6pm, the power to the Biocentre
will be temporarily cut off. We will therefore have to shut down all
YNiC services including the desktops, cluster, servers, web servers and
so on. YNiC will therefore close at 1700 to allow staff time to shut
all services down in a clean manner. We also suggest that people
refrain from submitting jobs to the cluster on Wednesday afternoon as
any which are on the cluster when we have to shutdown will be cancelled.
We anticipate that power will return at about 9pm.
A seperate notice will be sent out by Paul regarding the psychology mail
server.
Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear all,
Just to let you know that there will be groups of 6th form visitors on
tours of YNiC today, between 2pm and 4pm. During this time, Open Plan in
particular will be especially busy. However, computer availability will
not be affected. These tours are part of the university Open Day.
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
The electrical work at the Biocentre has been cancelled due to the
relevant part not arriving in time. This means that neither
psycmail.york.ac.uk or the YNiC systems will be down this evening but
that there will be an outage in the future (the timing is yet to be
decided and will be sent around as soon as possible).
Sorry about the late change,
Mark
--
Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear all,
On Thursday evening at 6pm, the power to the Biocentre will be
temporarily cut off. Due to this, we'll have to shut down all YNiC
services including the desktops, cluster, servers, web servers and so
on. YNiC will therefore close at 1700 to allow staff time to shut all
services down in a clean manner. We also suggest that people refrain
from submitting jobs to the cluster on Thursday afternoon as any which
are on the cluster when we have to shutdown will be cancelled. We
anticipate that power will return at about 9pm.
A seperate notice will be sent out about the psychology mail server.
Sorry about the short notice,
Mark
--
Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear Users
This week Tim Andrews will give a talk on "The representation of facial
identity in visual cortex" from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan.
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
Hello All,
Some minor building work will be undertaken at YniC from tomorrow onwards.
We are having the work done to configure the centre appropriately for the
IT upgrades in August. We have been assured that it will not be
disruptive, but it is possible that some unforeseen disturbance may occur.
I am sorry if you are affected by the work, which should be completed
over the next two weeks.
Tony
Dear all,
As you may be aware, YNiC will be undergoing an extensive updating of its
computing facilities over the summer. This large-scale project will
require a full closure of the centre for two weeks. In order to allow the
MSc students to complete their work, we have scheduled the work to
commence immediately after the MSc project deadline (21st August).
YNiC will therefore be completely closed to users from 17:00 on Friday
21st August until 09:00 on Monday 7th September. We hope you understand
that this time will allow us to perform the necessary work to update and
imporove the facilities at YNiC.
[***** Please note that this will not directly affect the Psychology mail
server (although a short outage period of a couple of hours may be
necessary over one of the weekends - this will be arranged and announced
nearer the time). *****]
Many Thanks,
Tony
Dear Users
This Thursday (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan, there will be a presentation
on a "work in progress" MEG project.
This project is being carried out by Rebecca Millman and Philip Quinlan.
The title of the talk is "The temporal envelope of speech is represented
on multiple time scales".
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Abstract:
"The aim of this study was to determine the auditory cortical mechanisms
that form the basis of representing the temporal envelope of speech in
humans. The Asymmetric Sampling in Time (AST) model [e.g., Poeppel, D.
(2003). The analysis of speech in different temporal integration
windows: cerebral lateralization as “asymmetric sampling in time”,
Speech Commun. 41: 245-255] proposes that speech perception involves
multiple representations of the speech signal on at least two time
scales. The AST model posits that the representation of speech is
asymmetrical in the time domain as the left auditory areas
preferentially integrate information from short (~20-40 ms) temporal
windows whilst the right hemisphere homologues preferentially extract
information from long (~150-250/300 ms) integration windows. Poeppel and
colleagues, (e.g., Poeppel, 2003), suggest that temporal integration is
reflected as oscillatory neuronal activity in at least two different
frequency bands (theta, gamma). The AST model (e.g., Poeppel, 2003)
hypothesises that the hemispheric lateralisation of speech processing
results from speech driving gamma activity in the left hemisphere and
theta activity in the right hemisphere. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) was
used to determine whether changes in power in the canonical
electrophysiological frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma
and high gamma) are used to represent speech processing. The speech
stimuli were noise-vocoded single words. The attentional state
(non-attend vs. attend) of the participants was manipulated. MEG
beamformers were used to filter the data into the canonical frequency
bands and localise the brain areas involved in processing the speech
stimuli on the basis of these frequency bands. The results suggest that
1) the speech temporal envelope is represented on multiple time scales,
2) these time scales are commensurate with the canonical frequency bands
corresponding to delta, theta and gamma activity, and 3) the attentional
state of the participant modulates the spatiotemporal representation of
the speech temporal envelope."
--
************************************************************************
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
Tony Morland will give a talk on "fMRI evidence for abnormal
thalamo-cortical connections in a blindsight
patient" from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
--
************************************************************************
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 week Tony Morland will give a talk on "fMRI evidence for abnormal
thalamo-cortical connections in a blindsight
patient" from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan.
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
Dear Users
There will not be a YNiC seminar this Thursday (11th June) as it is the
undergraduate Leaving Day.
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
Dear Users
This afternoon the Vice-Chancellor will be visiting YNiC. He will be
showing the Chief Executive of HEFCE around the scanners and open plan area.
They will arrive at about 3pm and leave at 3.45.
If you are going to be working in YNiC today it would help us a lot if
you could endeavour to be in YNiC during that time. We will ask people
in the open plan to be prepared to say something about their work as I
am sure the VC will select someone as he has done so on other visits.
In MEG Andre will be demonstrating responses to visual stimuli and Mark
Hymers, Michael Cowley and Simon Duckett will be demonstrating
hyperpolarisation in MRI
thanks
Gary
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
I apologise but I will not be able to give the seminar today as I have
to attend a meeting elsewhere
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Dear Users
This week Gary Green will give a talk on "Statistics for Neuroimaging"
from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan.
Gary will talk about the different types of statistics that can be used
for neuroimaging experiments. The aim of this talk is to open up a
discussion about which statistical methods we should use in the context
of statistical contrasts of experimental conditions.
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
Dear Users
There will be no YNiC seminar today as Gary can't be here.
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
Dear colleagues,
Please find attached the advertisement for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow position in the EEG lab in the Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.
Please encourage any of your students who are eligible to apply.
All the best,
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
Dear Users
Today Suresh Muthukumaraswamy from the Cardiff University Brain Research
Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) will be giving a talk on "Gamma oscillations in
human visual cortex: Function, physiology and relationship to BOLD" from
4-5 pm in YNiC open plan.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Here is Suresh's web page:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/contactsandpeople/researchstaff/muthukumaras…
and here is the abstract for his talk:
"I review a number of studies conducted at CUBRIC using
magnetoencephalography to investigate gamma oscillations (> 30 Hz) in
human visual cortex. Firstly we demonstrate that gamma band responses
are sensitive to a number of bottom-up stimulus parameters including
spatial and temporal frequency, colour, contrast, motion and stimulus
type. Studies comparing both BOLD and gamma are then considered. These
data demonstrate that while BOLD and gamma responses demonstrate
considerable spatial coincidence they are markedly different in their
response across parametrically varied stimulus dimensions. This
functional decoupling implies that gamma band oscillations as recorded
by MEG are not sufficient to generate a BOLD response and that MEG can
be sensitive to certain stimulus parameters that BOLD is not. Gamma band
responses in individuals can be shown to be quite variable in terms of
frequency and amplitude across individuals but that these effects are
highly repeatable across recording sessions. Our data also demonstrate
how this variability in gamma band responses and BOLD can be accounted
for by measuring GABA concentration with magnetic resonance spectroscopy."
--
************************************************************************
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
From time to time PIs and users will wish to carry out non-invasive
imaging research on individuals who may have a condition, or have
limited cognitive ability, that makes it difficult for them to
understand questions, respond appropriately or in their own best
interests. The Mental Capacity Act which was put into practice in 2007
seeks to provide protection for such individuals. We are required to
take actions to ensure that we comply with this act in the interests not
only of the individual but also of the research worker or staff assist
with that research.
A list of the 12 things that you need to know about the act can be read at
http://www.sabp.nhs.uk/serviceusers-carers/MentalCapacityAct
A very useful document, prepared by the BPS, "Conducting research with
people not having the capacity to consent to their participation - a
practical guide for researchers" can be found here
http://www.bps.org.uk/downloadfile.cfm?file_uuid=AC678329-1143-DFD0-7E20-4E…
--
Gary Green
Director
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
Dear Users
This week Suresh Muthukumaraswamy from the Cardiff University Brain
Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) will be giving a talk on "Gamma
oscillations in human visual cortex: Function, physiology and
relationship to BOLD" from 4-5 pm in YNiC open plan.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Here is Suresh's web page:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/contactsandpeople/researchstaff/muthukumaras…
and here is the abstract for his talk:
"I review a number of studies conducted at CUBRIC using
magnetoencephalography to investigate gamma oscillations (> 30 Hz) in
human visual cortex. Firstly we demonstrate that gamma band responses
are sensitive to a number of bottom-up stimulus parameters including
spatial and temporal frequency, colour, contrast, motion and stimulus
type. Studies comparing both BOLD and gamma are then considered. These
data demonstrate that while BOLD and gamma responses demonstrate
considerable spatial coincidence they are markedly different in their
response across parametrically varied stimulus dimensions. This
functional decoupling implies that gamma band oscillations as recorded
by MEG are not sufficient to generate a BOLD response and that MEG can
be sensitive to certain stimulus parameters that BOLD is not. Gamma band
responses in individuals can be shown to be quite variable in terms of
frequency and amplitude across individuals but that these effects are
highly repeatable across recording sessions. Our data also demonstrate
how this variability in gamma band responses and BOLD can be accounted
for by measuring GABA concentration with magnetic resonance spectroscopy."
--
************************************************************************
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
The website indicates that abstract submission deadline for the
Bernstein meeting has been extended to may 31st
Dr. Avijit Datta MD MRCP
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Hon. Clinical Reader
York Hospital Foundation Trust
YORK, YO31 8HE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 904 725839
Fax: +44 904 726338
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Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN*2009)
http://bccn2009.org/
We would like to announce that abstract submission to the BCCN 2009 is
now open.
Abstract submission closes: 17 May 2009 at 23:59 UTC.
We expect high-level contributions and are looking forward to an
excellent single-track program with interesting talks and posters about
current research in Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology.
Confirmed invited speakers are:
Jozsef Fiser (Brandeis)
Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL)
Amiram Grinvald (Weizmann)
Gilles Laurent (Caltech)
Klaus Obermayer (BCCN Berlin)
Mriganka Sur (MIT)
About the conference:
The Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) strives to
be the major European Conference on Computational Neuroscience and
Neurotechnology. It has grown out of the annual Symposium of the German
National Bernstein Network for Computational Neuroscience, which has
been held since 2005. Now in its 5th year, organized by the Frankfurt
Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), it has been opened as an
international conference. We expect around 300 international
participants from the areas of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Computer
Science, Physics, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Engineering and related
fields. Selected abstracts will be published in the journal Frontiers in
Computational Neuroscience.
Best posters, talks, and demonstrations will be awarded with a total sum
of 1500 Euros (supported by the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories).
The meeting is open for contributions from all relevant areas of
computational neuroscience including, but not limited to:
learning and plasticity, sensory processing, motor control, reward
system, brain computer interface, neural encoding and decoding, decision
making, information processing in neurons and networks, dynamical
systems and recurrent networks, and neurotechnology.
This year's meeting will have an emphasis on all aspects of vision.
MAIN MEETING:
30 September - 2 October, 2009
Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
PHD STUDENT-SYMPOSIUM:
3 October, 2009
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Frankfurt am Main, Germany
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission opened: 4 May 2009
Abstract submission deadline: 17 May 2009 Demonstration proposals
deadline:
15 June 2009 Notification of acceptance: 13 July 2009 Early registration
closes: 15 August 2009
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chair: Jochen Triesch
Program Chairs: Jorg Lucke, Gordon Pipa, Constantin Rothkopf
Demonstrations
Chair: Cornelius Weber Publications Chair: Junmei Zhu Finance Chair:
Cornelius Weber Publicity Chair: Prashant Joshi PhD Student-Symposium
Chair:
Cristina Savin Local Arrangements Chair: Gaby Schmitz IT Support: Alex
Achenbach, Marc Henniges, Thomas Weisswange
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt!
Dear Users
This week (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be a talk on
hyperpolarisation given by Gary Green and Simon Duckett.
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
Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN*2009)
http://bccn2009.org/
We would like to announce that abstract submission to the BCCN 2009 is now
open.
Abstract submission closes: 17 May 2009 at 23:59 UTC.
We expect high-level contributions and are looking forward to an excellent
single-track program with interesting talks and posters about current
research in Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology.
Confirmed invited speakers are:
Jozsef Fiser (Brandeis)
Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL)
Amiram Grinvald (Weizmann)
Gilles Laurent (Caltech)
Klaus Obermayer (BCCN Berlin)
Mriganka Sur (MIT)
About the conference:
The Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) strives to be
the major European Conference on Computational Neuroscience and
Neurotechnology. It has grown out of the annual Symposium of the German
National Bernstein Network for Computational Neuroscience, which has been
held since 2005. Now in its 5th year, organized by the Frankfurt Institute
for Advanced Studies (FIAS), it has been opened as an international
conference. We expect around 300 international participants from the areas
of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Physics, Machine
Learning, Mathematics, Engineering and related fields. Selected abstracts
will be published in the journal Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.
Best posters, talks, and demonstrations will be awarded with a total sum of
1500 Euros (supported by the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories).
The meeting is open for contributions from all relevant areas of
computational neuroscience including, but not limited to:
learning and plasticity, sensory processing, motor control, reward system,
brain computer interface, neural encoding and decoding, decision making,
information processing in neurons and networks, dynamical systems and
recurrent networks, and neurotechnology.
This year's meeting will have an emphasis on all aspects of vision.
MAIN MEETING:
30 September - 2 October, 2009
Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
PHD STUDENT-SYMPOSIUM:
3 October, 2009
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Frankfurt am Main, Germany
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission opened: 4 May 2009
Abstract submission deadline: 17 May 2009 Demonstration proposals deadline:
15 June 2009 Notification of acceptance: 13 July 2009 Early registration
closes: 15 August 2009
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chair: Jochen Triesch
Program Chairs: Jorg Lucke, Gordon Pipa, Constantin Rothkopf Demonstrations
Chair: Cornelius Weber Publications Chair: Junmei Zhu Finance Chair:
Cornelius Weber Publicity Chair: Prashant Joshi PhD Student-Symposium Chair:
Cristina Savin Local Arrangements Chair: Gaby Schmitz IT Support: Alex
Achenbach, Marc Henniges, Thomas Weisswange
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt!
Dear Users
This week (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be a talk on
hyperpolarisation given by Gary Green and Simon Duckett.
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