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Important : break in Psych mail services
by Gary Green 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear users of the psychology email services We are currently moving data and services off of vulnerable equipment on to new machines. To complete this process we need to disable Psycmail for a period of about an hour. Restarting the psycmail will not require much down time, but physical relocation of associated servers will take longer. We would like to do this sometime tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, or sometime on Wednesday. IF the loss of psycmail will inconvenience anyone at any time on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday, please let Mark.Hymers(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, A.Morland(a)psych.york.ac.uk AND Gary.Green(a)ynic.york.ac.uk know. So if you have a grant deadline, an urgent publication submission time or any other reason why psycmail migration should be delayed, please let us know. If no-one objects then we will write again to give as much notice as possible of the time when psycmail will not be available. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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YNiC seminar 8th March (in Venables room - A202)
by Rebecca E Millman 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear Users This Thursday there will be a project proposal presentation given by David Watson. The title of the talk is "How are Scenes Represented in the Brain?". Please note that the talks will start at the usual time of 4.15 pm but these talks will take place in Psychology in the Venables room (A202). Please below for the talk abstract. Best wishes Rebecca Abstract: Human ventral visual cortex has been noted to contain regions showing selectivity for higher level visual objects categories – including faces, body parts, inanimate objects, and place scenes. A key question in this area is whether such regions may best be regarded as discrete modules with no finer internal structure and not belonging to any wider overarching structure, or whether such regions may exist as points along a wider topographical map of object category. The current project aims to investigate this question within the context of cortical regions responsive to place scenes. It has been shown that scene images can be categorised along their semantic categories (e.g. cityscape, forest, coastline, etc.) based on their underlying low-level visual properties (Oliva & Torralba, 2001). As such, scene category forms a possible dimension along which scene selective cortical regions could be organised. Using fMRI, we propose to compare patterns of cortical activity elicited by fixed blocks of natural scene sub-categories (coasts, forests, and mountains) against those elicited by mixed blocks containing all sub-categories. If scene selective regions are found to respond uniformly to all scene categories, this would support a modular-based hypothesis. If, on the hand, these regions are shown to respond heterogeneously to different scene categories, this would suggest the presence of a larger scale topographical map of scene / object category. -- 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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no YNiC seminar today
by Rebecca E Millman 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Dear Users There will not be a YNiC seminar today. Thanks Rebecca -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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[Fwd: senior researcher position at the Donders Institute]
by Gary Green 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

FYI -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear colleagues, I would like to bring your attention to the position below. Alt the best, Ole Jensen http://www.neuosc.com ------------------------ *Senior Researcher for 'Neuronal Oscillations and Networks' (1,0 fte) * *Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging* *Vacancy number: 30.01.12* *Closing date: 15 April 2012* *Responsibilities* The Neuronal Oscillation group at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour has funding available for a senior researcher position. The position has a strong research component, but also includes additional management and teaching responsibilities. The management tasks involve active participation in structuring the research group, including supervision of MSc and PhD students (who will receive senior authorship where applicable). Further, you will contribute to grant writing. The research responsibilities focus on investigating the role of oscillatory neuronal activity involved in shaping the functional architecture of the working brain. This will be done in the context of advanced cognitive paradigms on attention, perception and memory. There will be a strong focus on the role of phase, network interactions and subcortical structures. You will have the following state-of-the-art equipment to your disposal: MEG, (f)MRI, EEG combined with TMS, and EEG combined with fMRI. A further aim is to link structural (e.g. DTI) and functional measurements. You will also participate in conceptually developing the framework for understanding the functional role of brain oscillations. *Work environment* The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour consists of the Centre for Cognition, the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and the Centre for Neuroscience. The mission of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging is to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience. Much of the rapid progress in this field is being driven by the development of complex neuro-imaging techniques for measuring activity in the human working brain - an area in which the Centre plays a leading role. The research themes cover central cognitive functions such as perception, action, control, decision making, attention, memory, language, learning and plasticity. The internationally renowned centre currently hosts more than 100 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from more than 20 countries, offering a stimulating and multidisciplinary research environment. The centre is equipped with three MRI scanners (7T, 3T, 1.5T), a 275-channel MEG system, an EEG-TMS laboratory, several (MR-compatible) EEG systems, and high-performance computational facilities. English is the lingua franca at the centre. You will work within the Neuronal Oscillations group. *What we expect from you* As a candidate for the position, you should have a PhD degree and several years of experience as postdoctoral researcher in a field related to cognitive neuroscience. Selection criteria will consider the record of published research, familiarity with neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, EEG, MEG, and/or TMS) and supervision experience. Proficiency in oral and written English is a prerequisite. You are expected to work in a team, sharing technical know-how and ideas. *What we have to offer* We offer you: - employment: 1,0 fte; - in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus; - the gross salary will be between EUR3,195 and EUR4,970 (scale 12), depending on experience; - salary scale 11 will apply during the first year; - duration of the contract: 6 years maximum. Are you interested in our excellentemployment conditions <http://www.ru.nl/english/arbeidsvoorwaarden>? *Would you like to know more?* Further information on:DCCN <http://www.ru.nl/donders> Further information on:Neuronal Oscillations group <http://www.neuosc.com/> Dr. Ole Jensen Telephone: +31 24 3610884 E-mail:ole.jensen@donders.ru.nl <mailto:ole.jensen@donders.ru.nl> *Applications* Are you interested? It is Radboud University Nijmegen's policy to only accept applications by e-mail. Please send your application,/stating vacancy number 30.01.12/, tovacatures(a)dpo.ru.nl <mailto:vacatures@dpo.ru.nl>, for the attention of Dr. Ole Jensen, before 15 April 2012. For more information on the application procedure: +31 24 3611173

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YNIC Connection
by Susana Maia 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hi everyone, I am involved in the project P1125 at YNIC. I've been trying to connect through the remote server and, although I can do the connection, when I try to initiate the NX Client for Windows I always get this error: NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 8348 NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files NX> 285 Setting the preferred NX options ssh: connect to host nirem001.ynic.york.ac.uk port 22: Connection timed out I'm aware that you guys had a flood, and are encountering some problems. Do you have any idea of when am I going to be able to have access again? I'm a little bit worried because I'm going to a conference next 4th of March and there are still some data that I'd like to analyse. Best, Susana Maia Bolseira de Investigação Departamento de Psicologia Básica, Universidade do Minho tel: +351 933290673

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Analysis Plans
by science.manager＠ynic.york.ac.uk 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hello all, Further to the scanning loss details, it would also be very useful to know to what extent analysis has been interrupted. Obviously this is much harder to quantify, but an estimate would be very helpful. If you were planning on using any of the YNiC facilities over the next month or so, could you let us know: * What you were working towards (e.g. conference presentation, publication, thesis etc) * Roughly how much time you were setting aside for your analysis * Any upcoming deadlines for ongoing work Thanks again, Sam

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Scanning plans
by science.manager＠ynic.york.ac.uk 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hello all, As part of the insurance and recovery process it would be very helpful to get an estimate of how much scanning we have lost/will lose due to the flooding. If you were planing to scan over the next few weeks (including last week if you hadn't already booked it), could you let me know: * the project number you want to scan under * roughly how many hours you want to scan * what timescale you want to scan over (over the next month) * which machine you want to scan on. This will also help us plan for the load we can expect as and when we get the intermediate service up and running. Thanks, Sam

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YNiC seminar 23rd February (in B020)
by Rebecca E Millman 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Dear Users This Thursday the Cognitive Neurosciences MSc students will again be giving project proposal presentations for their empirical research projects. Please note that the talks will start at the usual time of 4.15 pm but these talks will take place in Psychology (B020). Please below for details of project titles and speakers. Best wishes Rebecca (1) People or Faces - The neural correlates of recognition - Tim Andrews (fMRI) GUDER, ZEYNEP RICE, GRACE SLEZAK, MARTINA (2) The hippocampus and anxiety: a structural MRI study using Voxel based morphometry - Tom Hartley, Liat Levita BOIS, CATHERINE PAPAKONSTANTINOU, EVANGELIA SMYLLIE, EMMA HEALEY, ANDREW (3) Approach and Avoidance - neural circuitry of pain and pleasure - Liat Levita (fMRI) WALSH, SEAN DANIEL GREAVES, ASHA MARIE PEASE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN ROUND, JASON TONY (4) The neural basis of Deutsch's speech-to-song illusion - Mark Hymers, Rebecca Millman SCHULZE, ANJA YOUNG, MICHELLIE LIU, CAN -- 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 update : Friday 17th
by Gary Green 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues A brief update. The most important thing that happened today is that the 'Complex and Major Loss' Adjuster visited the site. Tony Morland and I described the situation and gave him a tour of the Centre. It is clear that we are going to get considerable support from the insurers, the disaster recovery team and others. Some good news: 5 of the 6 'partitions' of the main disc storage area have now been rebuilt and verified. As this has been done on hardware that could fail, the data has been written to tape and this has been put in the fireproof/waterproof safe. We already had a backup - now we have two. They will be placed in different locations. Backups of psychmail are now back to the regular four hourly schedule. The vulnerable partition is with ta data recovery team in Surrey. At this point we cannot be optimistic or pessimistic. We just do not know whether this data is recoverable from the discs. We will not know until next Friday at the earliest. Work has started on creating a temporary IT server room. Today, we managed to get our hands on the last 30 3Terabyte discs in the UK that are compatible with our HP hard disc enclosure. Apparently discs are in very short supply. No 2 terabyte discs were available at all. This is due to a flood in Thailand. All the manufacturers have factories within a few miles of each other! Extra drying machines have been installed. We have been told that drying will continue for at least one more week. I hope you can have a reasonably worry free weekend. It is good to see some green lights here again on the front of machines. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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Psych mail outage
by Gary Green 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues You may have just noticed a temporary loss of psych mail. Apologies for that. It was caused by a temporary routing problem, not a failure of a server or discs. At about 18:30 tonight (Thursday), we will have to stop and restart the mail server. This is so that we can reroute cables to and from a network switch that has to be physically moved. This should take approximately 45 minutes. It will increase the resilience of the temporary IT service as we continue to rebuild YNiC. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience that will be caused. Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG tel (+44) (0) 1904 435349 fax (+44) (0) 1904 435356 mobile 07986778954

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