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This week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hello everyone, Things to note this week: 1. *YNiC will be closed 27th-29th of March for vital maintenance. *Some scans will be operating in this period due to unexpected scanner downtime but the facility will not be accepting new bookings and will not be open for other users. 2. A number of YNiC forms have been updated. *Please ensure that you use the latest forms from the YNiC website <https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/forms>* and, as usual, please read all forms in full before signing. Note that we will no longer start training operators until their PI/ line manager signs to confirm that they have completed all statutory University training. 3. We have provisionally scheduled our next *User Induction on Thursday the 4th of April at 10am*. Subject to availability and interest. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. 4. The GE scanner is down for urgent maintenance, we will have GE engineers in to replace the cold head during the closure, with *normal service on GE expected to resume next week from Monday the 1st of April. * Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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This week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Hello everyone, Before the notes for the coming week, we are pleased to report that the neuroimaging facility continues to be increasingly well used, with last week seeing our busiest week on record with a total of *82 hours of booked scanner time!* Things to note this week: 1. We are running our next *User Induction this Tuesday (19th) at 10am*. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. 2. YNiC will be visited by a group from the University of the Third Age, as a consequence *open plan will be closed to all users 2-4pm on Tuesday the 19th of March. * 3. Due to annual leave, we have fewer staff than usual at the moment, so thank you for your patience with any increases in wait times for support that may occur. 4. *YNiC will be closed 27th-29th of March for vital maintenance.* Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

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This week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Hi everyone Things to note this week: 1. There will be *teaching in Open Plan 9am - 1pm on Wednesday 13th*; only those involved in the teaching will have access to Open Plan at this time. 2. We are running our next *User Induction this Wednesday (13th) at 10am*. Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if they intend to start using the centre. 3. This *Thursday at 4pm* we have a *Project Presentation from Dr Scott Cairney*, followed by refreshments. We hope to see you there! Hope you have a great week, 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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Lost Necklace
by Ryan Elson 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Good afternoon all, A necklace has been handed in to YNiC reception that was found on Friday afternoon. If you think this is yours please come to YNiC reception to collect it. Kind regards, Ryan

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This week at YNiC
by Lauren Welbourne 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Hi everyone We have teaching in Open Plan on Tuesday and Friday this week between 12 and 4pm, there will be no access to open plan for anyone who is not involved in this teaching. Please be reminded that YNiC will be closed from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th March for building and maintenance work. Siemens will be available as normal on 25th March (the scheduled maintenance took place on 25th *Feb*, I made an error in a previous email). Finally, our next *YNiC user induction* will take place on *Wednesday 13th March at 10am*. If you are aware of any students that will require an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction date. Hope you have a good week, 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: Project Presentations @ 2:30pm
by Lauren Welbourne 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Hi everyone Just a reminder that today's YNiC Project Presentations are starting at the earlier time of *2:30pm*. We have two talks today, the first from Adam Turnbull, and the second from Nerissa Ho. 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 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hi all We have quite a few things going on this week that we'd like you to be aware of: *Presentations and Inductions:* 1. We have two project presentations this Thursday, starting from *2:30pm* in YNiC open plan. The first will be given by Adam Turnbull, and the second by Nerissa Ho. 2. We will be running a *YNiC user induction this Wednesday* 27th at 10am - if you are aware of anyone that needs to be inducted, please ask them to contact us to sign up (support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk). 3. There is a seminar in Biology room K018 on *Friday 1st at 1pm*, as part of the Biomedical Sciences seminar series, by Prof Rob Lucas (University of Manchester) entitled "Vision Beyond Rods and Cones", which may be of interest to a number of YNiC users ( https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/news-events/seminars/infection-immunity/spri… ) *Closures:* 1. *YNiC will be closed from 3:45pm this Thursday 28th*, after the project presentations, in order for staff and YNiC users to attend the YBRI Neuroscience Social (Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ybri-social-neuroscience-theme-tickets-54695… Password: YBRI2019) 2. *YNiC will be closed from 27th to 29th March*, in order for a number of building and maintenance works to be carried out. 3. Open Plan will be closed for teaching this Friday between 12 and 4pm. *Scanner Bookings:* 1. Both GE and Siemens scanners will be used for Masters projects from the end of April. The slots restricted to these projects have been marked on the booking system, and can only be booked for these projects. 2. Other restricted slots that occur in March will be released a week before the scan date, in the event that they are not booked by the restricting group. Please note that we have also added some additional operator covered slots in Siemens on Mondays, for those weeks where the scanner is heavily restricted. Hope you have a good week, 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 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Hi everyone Here are a few things to note for this week, and upcoming limited-staff dates: - There will be teaching in open plan on Tuesday and Friday, 12-4pm. Open plan will be unavailable to users that are not attending the taught sessions. - *The Siemens scanner is now available for booking on Mondays. *Please be aware that clinical scans of patients will be taking place in GE, and we therefore ask that you maintain a professional manner in reception and the MRI corridor if you use the Siemens scanner on the same day. - Further to the above, Siemens will be unavailable on the 25th March for scheduled maintenance. - The MEG UK conference takes place in Cardiff on 15th-17th April. A number of YNiC staff will be in attendance, and therefore on these dates there will be no operator cover and very limited staff availability (the centre will still be open for use). Hope you have a good week, Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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DC Labs Lecture by Andreas Roepstorff on Playfulness
by Lauren Welbourne 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Hi everyone, I'd like to invite you all to attend the following talk by Andreas Roepstorff at *2:30pm* next *Tuesday, 19th Feb*, at the Department of Computer Science (Hes. East). Andreas is an anthropologist/neuroscientist/interdisciplinarist and he directs the Interacting Minds Centre in Denmark, which explores new weird, wonderful ways of studying minds in interaction. Please find the talk abstract below (and attached), as well as directions to the seminar room in the Computer Science building. I hope you can make it! Kind regards Lauren *Playfulness: A Surprising State of Mind* *A Digital Creativity Labs Lecture by Andreas Roepstorff* *February 19, 2019, 2:30-3:30pm* *Heslington East, room **CSE/082&083 http://bit.ly/2E7aWXW <http://bit.ly/2E7aWXW>* *Attendance is free, no registration required* These days, theories of prediction error minimization are *en vogue* across the cognitive sciences. Cognition seems to be all about control: of events, hidden causes, environments, and many things in between. Playful activities seem to open up a very different terrain. They appear to involve letting go of control, to let processes, materials and collaborators do ‘their’ thing, and in and through that create unexpected trajectories. We have recently explored a number of such activities involving unusual research tools, like Ouija boards, Lego bricks, and haunted houses. I will describe some of these experiments, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative methods, to explore emergent dynamics of play-like activities. This will allow us to explore whether playfulness is a surprising state of mind. *Biography* Andreas Roepstorff is a Professor of Cognition, Communication and Culture at Aarhus University (Denmark). He works at the interface between anthropology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, and is equally interested in the workings of the mind and brain, and in how cognitive science and brain imaging, as fields of knowledge production, relate to other scientific and public fields. He is the director of the Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University and is involved in a number of transdisciplinary collaborations, focusing on aspects of human interaction. Most recently, he won a major grant to work with renowned artist Olafur Eliasson to create engaging experiments on perception, decision-making, action, and collaboration in public spaces. For more, visit interactingminds.au.dk. -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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Weekly YNiC news & YBRI Social Event
by Lauren Welbourne 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Hi all A couple of things to be aware of for the coming weeks: - There is a *YBRI Social event* on the* 28th Feb* in Biology. The theme this year is Neuroscience, and it is a good platform for discussing your work in a social setting. Pizza and drinks are provided. If you'd like to attend, please register via Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ybri-social-neuroscience-theme-tickets-54695…> (password YBRI2019). If you'd also like to bring a poster, please let the administrator know at ybri(a)york.ac.uk - Due to the above event, *YNiC will be closed from 3:45pm on the 28th Feb * - Open plan will be open all of this week, as there is no teaching during Reading Week - If you are running projects at YNiC, please take note of the updates to the screening procedure highlighted in our emails earlier today Kind regards Lauren -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY

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