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to those who attended MEG UK
by rem 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

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.) ************************************************************************ 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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no YNiC seminar this week
by rem 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

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 -- ************************************************************************ 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 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

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 -- ************************************************************************ 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 14th January
by rem 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

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 -- ************************************************************************ 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: International Congress in Konstanz]
by Gary Green 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

from a colleague that many of you will remember --------------------------------------- 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 -- *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 -- 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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FW: post-doctoral job offer
by Ekaterini Klepousniotou 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

This may be of interest to some. Best wishes for the holiday season, 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 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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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>> -- 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. -- 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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[Fwd: MRes+PhD/PhD studentships available at UCL: deadline for applications 29th Jan 2010]
by Gary Green 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

FYI ------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------- 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

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[Fwd: Job Posting]
by Gary Green 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

FYI - attached email from Varian -- ----------------------- 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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end of YNiC seminars this term
by rem 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

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 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

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 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

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 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

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 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

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 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

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 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

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 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

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 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

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 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

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 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

---------------------------- 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 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

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 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

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 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

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 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

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 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

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 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

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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