Good morning everyone
I hope you are all doing well? There are some interesting talks happening
this week that I want to highlight to you all below, as well as a notice
about returning YNiC fobs to us.
*Department Research Seminar*
*Today at 4pm* there will be a research seminar by Prof Matthew Rushworth
from the University of Oxford.
*Talk title:* Recording and manipulating activity in frontal cortical
circuits for learning and decision making
*Zoom Meeting ID: *973 5677 8950
*Password:* YO105DD
*Web link to Zoom meeting: *https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97356778950
*YBRI Internal Seminar*
*Tomorrow (10th) at 2pm* there will be a YBRI Seminar given by Prof Paul
Kaye and our very own Prof Alex Wade.
*Prof Alex Wade:* Attention modulates how the human visual system
processes simple shapes
*Prof Paul Kaye:* Microglial activation and electrophysiological changes
in experimental leishmaniasis
*Zoom link:*
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92698790779?pwd=cnVoWmJEaXdkSFdIcTNzSzdxOVU4QT…
*Meeting ID:* 926 9879 0779
*Password:* 676445
*YNiC Journal Club*
I hope some of you were able to attend the OSA webinar last week - their
upcoming webinars can be viewed here, and past ones are available in
the 'On Demand' tab:
https://www.osa.org/en-us/get_involved/technical_groups/technical_group_web…
This week we will watch another recorded talk together, at our usual time
of *4pm on Thursday*.
We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff
will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause
during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just
discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or
video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch
it in advance).
*Zoom link:*
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
*Meeting ID:* 925 3110 5447
*Password:* 005039
*Fob Arrangements*
For those of you that will be finishing your courses over the summer, we
would just like to let you know that we haven't forgotten about your fobs
or returning your fob deposits to you. We will continue to be consistent
with University Policy, which at this time does not allow unauthorised
campus visits, and so at present fobs cannot be returned to the centre.
We will keep you informed once a plan can be put in place for returning
fobs/deposits, and we appreciate your patience and understanding in this
matter.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
All the best,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone
I hope you are all doing well.
You will have likely seen Tony's email last Wednesday, which marked YNiC's
15th year since opening - this is also the same date as Professor Gary
Green's birthday, who was YNiC's first Director! YNiC celebrations will
be postponed to a future date, when we hope to be reunited with you all
under happier and safer circumstances.
*Congratulations*
Here's some good news during these strange times - congratulations to our
IT wizard Joe Lyons and his wife Emma, who gave birth to their second
child, Samuel, on the 16th May. We look forward to meeting him in the
future!
*Journal Club*
This week we'd like to promote a webinar that is being hosted by the OSA
Color Technical Group this Thursday at 5pm UK time (12pm East Coast USA
time). Registration is free, and the talk is being given by Prof Michael
Webster from University of Nevada, Reno. Details and link to register are
found below:
*Title: Seeing Color Through Different Eyes - Individual Differences in
Human Color Perception*
*Hosted by:* OSA Color Technical Group
*Date and time*: 4 June 2020, 12:00 - 13:00 ET
*Registration*:
https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/webinar/2020/seeing_color_through_differ…
*Summary*
Even among observers with normal color vision, color sensitivity and
perception can vary widely. These differences arise at many levels, from
well-characterized variations in the spectral sensitivities of the cone
receptors to still-mysterious factors affecting how people experience and
name colors.
In this webinar hosted by the OSA Color Technical Group,
Professor Mike Webster (University of Reno, Nevada) will provide an
overview of individual differences in color vision, how they can be
studied, and why they matter for understanding or working with color. The
webinar will also explore visual processes that compensate for sensitivity
variations, contributing to constancy in color percepts both within and
between observers despite seeing the world through different eyes.
*What You Will Learn:*
- Basics of human color vision
- Individual differences in how we see color
- Implications of individual differences for color discrimination
and color appearance
*Who Should Attend:*
- Students, researchers and professionals interested in color vision
- Anyone interested in understanding how color vision
and color perception differs between individuals
*About the Presenter*: Prof. Michael Webster, University of Nevada, Reno
Michael Webster is a vision scientist who studies the cognitive and neural
processes that underlie how we see. Much of his work focuses on
characterizing how our perception adapts when the environment changes (e.g
we move to a drier climate) or we change (e.g. as we age). He has
discovered a number of novel and influential forms of adaptation, affecting
how we see colors, how we correct for blurry vision, and how our perception
of someone's face depends on the faces we have seen previously.
*Logging out of the Remote Desktop*
We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end
remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote
desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as
you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log
Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate,
but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client.
Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used)
for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
I hope you all have a good week and enjoy the last of the sun before the
much-needed rain begins this week (allegedly).
Take care,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hello All,
There is a plaque in YNiC commemorating the opening of the centre 27th May
2005. YNiC is therefore 15 today. Under normal circumstances, we would
have had a celebration. This will be postponed but in the meantime, I
thought I would share some data:
Research Participants scanned: 4,512
Users of the YNiC facilities: 1,077
Research students (MSc + PhD): 614
Number of projects: 432
Scan Sessions: 19,662
Sequences run on MRI: 69,809
DICOM images acquired: 160,000,000
The vast majority of you receiving this will have contributed to some, many
or all of those numbers. Thank you!
Also, huge thanks to the staff at YNiC past and present, who have made
everything possible.
We look forward to a time when together we can resume research and teaching
activities and provide our valued clinical service to the community.
All good wishes
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Good Morning everyone
I hope you enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend and were able to take some time
to rest and relax.
There is nothing new to report this week, just an update on GE and the
usual notices.
*GE update*
We are awaiting parts for the air handling unit in the GE scanner, so as a
precaution the system is currently down until the necessary parts are
received and installed.
*Logging out of the Remote Desktop*
We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end
remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote
desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as
you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log
Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate,
but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client.
Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used)
for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
*YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm*
This week we will be watching another recorded talk together.
We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff
will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause
during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just
discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or
video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch
it in advance).
Zoom Meeting details:
Topic: YNiC Journal Club
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447
Password: 005039
One tap mobile
+442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
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Take care and stay safe,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
This maybe of interest.
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From: Northam, Gemma <g.northam(a)alumni.ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 at 10:08
Subject: NEW Online Brain Anatomy Courses 2020
To: antony.morland(a)york.ac.uk <antony.morland(a)york.ac.uk>
Dear Prof Morland,
If you think it may be of interest, would it be possible to let members of
York NeuroImaging Centre know about these online courses?
Thank you in advance,
Gemma.
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*Developmental Neurosciences*
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Faculty of Population Health Sciences
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Email: g.northam(a)ucl.ac.uk
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--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
We have a Journal Club today at 4pm. Join us if you can!
Lars Muckli "Layer Specific Brain Reading at Submillimeter Resolution fMRI
with 7T MAGNETOM Terra"
https://www.pathlms.com/ohbm/courses/12238/sections/15843/video_presentatio…
We will be here:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447 Password: 005039 One tap mobile
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--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Good Morning everyone
I hope you are all keeping well and looking after yourselves.
With the recent variability in weather we've experienced some issues with
our air handling unit in the GE scanner, so as a precaution the system is
currently down until the necessary parts are received and installed. Since
we're still in lockdown, this will not result in any 'loss of scanning',
but we hope to have everything back up and running as soon as we can. We
are still performing regular essential maintenance to ensure the centre is
in good shape and ready for us to continue with research once we are in a
position to do so.
*Logging out of the Remote Desktop*
We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end
remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote
desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as
you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log
Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate,
but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client.
Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used)
for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
*YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm*
This week the talk we will be watching together will be another from the
OHBM archive.
We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff
will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause
during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just
discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or
video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch
it in advance).
Zoom Meeting details:
Topic: YNiC Journal Club
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447
Password: 005039
One tap mobile
+442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
+442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
Take care and stay safe,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone
I hope you all had a relaxing long weekend, and are all doing OK.
As well as the usual reminders, below, we wanted to reiterate the message
from the Vice-Chancellor today - there are no changes to the current
working arrangements, and the centre remains closed. Please stay home and
stay safe!
*Logging out of the Remote Desktop*
We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end
remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote
desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs: save your work and log out as
you normally would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log
Out) - once you've logged out your session should automatically terminate,
but if not, you should also terminate the session on the x2go client.
Any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not opened or used)
for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
*YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm*
This week the talk we will be watching together will be another from the
OHBM archive.
We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff
will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause
during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just
discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or
video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch
it in advance).
Zoom Meeting details:
Topic: YNiC Journal Club
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447
Password: 005039
One tap mobile
+442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
+442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
All the best,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.
*Remote desktop timeout*
>From today, any remote desktop sessions that have been suspended (not
opened or used) for more than ten days will be terminated to free up space.
As a matter of best practice, please save any unsaved work before leaving a
session anyway as we cannot guarantee you will be able to reopen a
suspended session.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
*YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm*
The talk for journal club will be announced later this week. Suggestions
for future meetings are welcome.
We will all join a zoom meeting (details below). Note that there is no
pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk.
Zoom Meeting details:
Topic: YNiC Journal Club
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447
Password: 005039
One tap mobile
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+442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
Stay safe,
Becky
--
Rebecca Lowndes
Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
Hi everyone
I hope you are all doing well this week.
As you might expect, we don't have any new announcements for you, so here
are the usual reminders, and a link to our Thursday Journal Club talk for
this week (that's right, we've already picked it this week!).
*Logging out of the Remote Desktop*
We would like to remind users about the importance of *logging out* to end
remote desktop sessions at the end of the day. You should treat the remote
desktop in the same way as the open plan PCs, and log out as you normally
would once you finish for the day (i.e. Applications > Log Out) - once
you've logged out your session should automatically terminate, but if not,
you should also terminate the session on the x2go client.
*Support*
If you have any questions or need assistance, no matter how minor, please
send an email to support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk, rather than to specific
individuals, as this will be the best way to get help quickly.
*YNiC Journal Club - Thursday 4pm*
This week the talk we will be watching together is the Keynote lecture from
OHBM 2019 by Roshan Cools, title: "Chemistry of the Adaptive Mind" (
https://www.pathlms.com/ohbm/courses/12238/sections/15844/video_presentatio…
)
We will all join a zoom meeting (details below), and one of the YNiC staff
will host the video for everyone to watch together - we can then pause
during the talk if necessary, add comments in the zoom chat, or just
discuss it at the end. Note that there is no pressure to have your mic or
video on at any time during or after the talk (you also don't need to watch
it in advance).
Zoom Meeting details:
Topic: YNiC Journal Club
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT…
Meeting ID: 925 3110 5447
Password: 005039
One tap mobile
+442034815237,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
+442034815240,,92531105447#,,#,005039# United Kingdom
Take care,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
