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Reminder: YNiC Science Social TODAY 12pm
by Lauren Welbourne 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Good morning This lunchtime we have our monthly Science Social, with guest speaker Alexis Makin from the University of Liverpool. Those of you recovering from the Psychology Department Christmas party will be pleased to know that pizza will be provided from 12pm! The talk will start at 12:30pm. We look forward to seeing you later, Kind regards 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

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Closure
by Antony Morland 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Hello All, A little clarification on the closure details. We are closing the WC 1th December to perform some upgrades. We do not anticipate them taking the whole week and will update users when remote services will be available again. Apologies for any confusion. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hi everyone Just a couple of notices for you today. *Monthly Science Social* We have a guest speaker for the Monthly Science Social this week: Dr Alexis Makin from the University of Liverpool. This will take place on *Friday 6th from 12pm*. We will get pizza for lunch, and then the talk will start at 12:30. The last Science Social was very popular, and we hope to see many of you here again for this months event! *YNiC Christmas Closure* YNiC will be closed to users for service maintenance *from the week commencing 16th December*, and will re-open in the New Year, on the 3rd of January. During this period you should consider all YNiC services unavailable, including scanning and the remote desktop. Hope you have a good week, Kind regards 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

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Impromptu seminar Thu 28th @ 4pm: Motion resolved MRI and computational modeling in visual illusions.
by Andre Gouws 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hi YNiCers, Benedetta Franceschiello, a visitor from the Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology - Lausanne, has kindly offered to give us a presentation on some of her interesting work which includes resolving motion signals in MRI (particularly of the eye) and computational modeling of visual illusions. Please join us for a casual, interactive session at 4pm on Thursday the 28th in YNiC, followed by refreshments and maybe even a visit to the pub. Bene's profile is here: https://www.unil.ch/line/en/home/menuinst/people/post-doctoral-fellows/bene… Best wishes, -- André ************************************************************************ André Gouws PhD Manager of Imaging Services York Neuroimaging Centre University of York The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5NY Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Good afternoon everyone, *IMPORTANT: Cluster Output Paths* As we indicated last week, from today it will not be possible to write to /groups from the cluster, only /scratch/groups. This step has been taken to prevent the /groups partition filling up with data which does not belong in there. If /groups fills up, all users are affected. To illustrate the point, during last week (when writing to /groups remained possible) one cluster job generated ~300Gb of data in /groups which belonged in /scratch/groups. The partition was therefore completely filled up. The consequence was that another user was unable to run their stimulus code, which depends on there being space in /groups to log output, and their scanning was delayed significantly. More generally, it is important to recognise that storage resources are limited, and that when the full capacity of partitions is reached many more people than those who wrote the data may be affected. It would be appreciated if users who anticipate writing large amounts of data, could first estimate how much data will be written and then ask us how best to accommodate the data. In general, we would also like to remind users of the importance of storing the correct data in the correct areas; this will avoid us having to take urgent remedial actions in cases where other users have been affected. *YNiC User Inductions* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our final induction date before the Christmas break will be Wednesday 11th December at 2pm. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you have a great week! Kind regards 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

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29th November Level 3 safety sign off
by Antony Morland 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hello All, On Friday 29th November we are unable to sign off conditional contraindications for MRI scanning. If you have participants booked or intend to scan, please check about contraindications in advance of the scanning session so they can be signed off ahead of Friday. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Reminder: YNiC Project Presentation 4pm
by Lauren Welbourne 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Good morning, This afternoon we have a project presentation from Dr Daniel Kaiser and Matt Foxwell, at *4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Probing effects of scene structure on object perception using TMS". Talks are followed by refreshments. We hope to see you there! Kind regards 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

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

Hi everyone Here's what's going on this week at YNiC: *Project Presentation - Thursday 4pm:* This week we have a project presentation from Dr Daniel Kaiser and Matt Foxwell on Thursday 21st November at 4pm in YNiC open plan, titled: "Probing effects of scene structure on object perception using TMS". Talks are followed by refreshments. We hope to see you there! *Strike Action:* As you may be aware, UCU have announced an 8 day period of strike action commencing 25th November. As yet we are not aware of any impacts on activities at YNiC. Should any impact arise, we will make all efforts to keep you informed. *Cluster Output Paths:* >From Monday 25th November you will only be able to write data to /scratch/groups, and not straight to /groups. This is already the recommended best practice at YNiC, but we will be enforcing it from next week to reduce storage pressure on the /groups drive. Please make sure you edit any of your scripts that currently save straight to /groups. *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 27th November at 2pm. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you have a good week! Kind regards 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

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Reminder: Guest Speaker Dr Melanie Burke @ YNiC 4pm TODAY
by Lauren Welbourne 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

Hi everyone This afternoon we have a guest speaker at YNiC - Dr Melanie Burke from the University of Leeds. She will be presenting at *4pm in YNiC open plan*. Refreshments will be provided after the talk. Please find the title and abstract below: *Title:* “Inducing neuroplasticity in the prefrontal cortex: a preliminary investigation into the effects on the brain and cognition.” *Abstract:* Theta burst stimulation (TBS) is a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) that can be used to increase (intermittent TBS) or reduce (continuous TBS) cortical excitability. The current study used iTBS in 18 adults, to investigate the causal role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during the performance of four cognitive functions: attention, inhibition, sequence learning and working memory. Participants performed the cognitive tasks both before and after iTBS stimulation and functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS) was monitored throughout. Preliminary findings of brain activity before, during and after TBS, alongside eye movements responses to the cognitive tasks will be presented. We hope to see many of you there! Kind regards 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

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This Week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Hi everyone Thank you to all those who came along to the Science Social last week, we had a great turn-out, learnt about DTI scans, and had enough pizza for everyone! This week we have a guest speaker at YNiC - Dr Melanie Burke from the University of Leeds will be presenting at our Thursday seminar, at 4pm in YNiC open plan. Refreshments will be provided after the talk. Please find the title and abstract below: Dr Melanie Burke - Thursday 14th November, 4pm, YNiC open plan *Title:* “Inducing neuroplasticity in the prefrontal cortex: a preliminary investigation into the effects on the brain and cognition.” *Abstract:* Theta burst stimulation (TBS) is a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) that can be used to increase (intermittent TBS) or reduce (continuous TBS) cortical excitability. The current study used iTBS in 18 adults, to investigate the causal role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during the performance of four cognitive functions: attention, inhibition, sequence learning and working memory. Participants performed the cognitive tasks both before and after iTBS stimulation and functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS) was monitored throughout. Preliminary findings of brain activity before, during and after TBS, alongside eye movements responses to the cognitive tasks will be presented. Additional notices: *YNiC User Inductions:* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 13th November at 2pm. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. *GE Projector* We have updated the projector in the GE scanner. If you are using this scanner please refer to the instructions on the wall above the stimulus PC for information on turning the projector on/off. The instructions for the projector in the Siemens scanner remain the same (for reference, see the instructions sheet above the stimulus PC, or the information on the website https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/MRIFrontPage). Hope you have a great week! Kind regards 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

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