Hi everyone
I'm pleased to announce that the Siemens mechanical fault has now been
fixed - the drive that moves the table into the scanner has been replaced,
and everything is running smoothly now. Scanning will continue as normal
from tomorrow.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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
Hi everyone
This week we have a few notices to communicate with you.
*Siemens Bed Repair:*
We are currently experiencing a mechanical fault with the Siemens table.
Engineers are due to attend Tuesday AM to resolve the issue. Users
affected by this fault today and tomorrow have already been contacted, and
we will keep YNiC-users updated via this mailing list.
*Project Presentation - Thursday 4pm:*
This week we have a project presentation from Martin Scott on *Thursday at
4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Effects of 670nm photobiomodulation on
mitochondrial function in the human brain". Talks are followed by
refreshments.
*Safety Screening Form:*
Further to Tony's announcement last week, we would like to remind all
operators (and users who may be involved in screening participants) that
the following text now appears on YNiC safety forms:
"It is essential that all questions on this sheet are answered truthfully.
This information is essential in order to ensure your safety and will be
kept completely confidential. If you do not want to answer any question(s)
on this form you are free to withdraw from this scanning session without
any prejudice."
Please read this text to potential participants *before* you ask the
questions on the form, some of which can be personal in nature and which
some individuals may not wish to answer. Copies of the safety forms can be
found on the YNiC website (https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms), please
familiarise yourself with all text on these forms before your next scanning
session.
*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 30th October at 2pm. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a great week!
Cheers
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 all
This is a reminder that we have a project presentation from Frida
Torkelsen *Today
at 4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Diffusion Weighted functional brain
imaging: investigating cellular swelling as a potential direct measure of
neuronal activity". 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
Good morning everyone
This week we have a project presentation from Frida Torkelsen on *Thursday
at 4pm* in YNiC open plan, titled: "Diffusion Weighted functional brain
imaging: investigating cellular swelling as a potential direct measure of
neuronal activity". Talks are followed by refreshments.
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 30th October 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
Hello All,
I wanted to highlight the following text that now appears on YNiC MRI
safety screening forms:
"It is essential that all questions on this sheet are
answered truthfully. This information is essential in order to ensure
your safety and will be kept completely confidential. If you do not want
to answer any question(s) on this form you are free to withdraw from
this scanning session without any prejudice."
Please read this text to potential participants before you ask the
questions on the form, some of which can be personal in nature and which
some individuals may not wish to answer.
Thank you
Tony
--
Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hi everyone
This is a reminder that Mark Hymers will be running a seminar this
afternoon at 4pm in the YNiC open plan, on how to use the YNiC cluster for
processing data.
It will be worthwhile for new or existing YNiC users that haven't
previously used the cluster, and may need to make use of it for upcoming
data analysis.
We hope to see you this afternoon.
Cheers
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
Good afternoon everyone
We have a few notices for you today:
*Thursday Seminar - Using the Cluster:*
Mark Hymers will be running a session this Thursday on how to use the
cluster at YNiC. We encourage users to attend if they are unfamiliar with
how to send jobs to the cluster for processing. The session will be held
at *4pm on Thursday 10th October in YNiC open plan*.
*Remote Desktop:*
We have made some configuration changes to the remote desktop, so if you
are experiencing any issues please follow these steps on the wiki:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop#FAQ_and_errors
Please note that you must be connected to the University of York VPN, and
should also have followed the latest remote desktop server setup guidelines
(https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/ITPages/RemoteDesktop).
*YNiC User Inductions:*
Hopefully everyone that needed an induction was able to attend the two
large sessions we put on last week, but if there are any other
students/staff that will require an IT account for YNiC, our next induction
date will be Wednesday 30th October at 2pm. Please ask them to contact
support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you all 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
Hello everyone,
Next week on Monday is the next meeting of the YNIC Science committee.
Please let me know if there is any issues you would like me to raise with
the other members.
Thanks
Jonny
--
Jonathan Smallwood, Professor in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room E008, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Dear all,
Over this term, Open plan will be used for teaching on a number of
occasions. We will be asking everyone who is not taking part in the
class to leave the open plan area at these times.
The times for this term are:
Week 1:
Thursday 3rd October: 0900-1300
Friday 4th October: 0900-1300
Week 2:
Tuesday 8th October: 1200-1600
Week 4:
Tuesday 22nd October: 1200-1600
Week 7:
Tuesday 12th November: 1200-1600
Week 9:
Tuesday 26th November: 1200-1600
These times can be found on the University timetable
http://www.york.ac.uk/viewtimetables
by choosing YNiC as the room and clicking "View Room"
Thanks,
Mark
Hi Everyone,
As of Monday 23rd of September, *YNiC has reopened.*
Following the closure *we strongly recommend that users visit YNiC to test
their stimulus presentation scripts before their next scanning session.*
YNiC staff will provide support in modifying scripts, but this *must* be
done prior to scanning.
During the closure, IT updates described in the email from the 30th of
August were implemented. However, *FSL 6 will not be available* due to
compatibility issues.
The upgraded YNiC MEG suite is now in testing.
*We are inviting informal discussions of prospective MEG studies.*
During the closure the facility was re-decorated and *we welcome
contributions of A0 posters for display*.
The next *user inductions will take place on Thursday 3rd October* at 9am
and 11am. New students will be contacted about these sessions, and any
additional staff or existing PhD students that require an induction should
contact us to book onto one of these sessions.
There will be project *proposal presentations on Thursday the 26th of
September at 15:30* in open plan:
- "Pattern extraction and memory-guided decision-making" by Jamie
Cockcroft
- "Using intersubject correlations during movie-watching to assess the
neural basis of mind wandering" by Adam Turnbull.
There will be a talk by* guest speaker, Dr Ed Silson on Thursday the 26th
of September at 16:00* in open plan, on the subject of:
- "Scene perception, memory and the functional organisation of human
medial parietal cortex."
Cheers,
Rich
--
Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
