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Removal of Windows from YNiC stimulus PCs

by Andre Gouws

Hi all, There has been a marked decrease in the usage of Windows on the YNiC provided stimulus PCs over the past 3 years. This appears to due to three main factors: 1) We no longer provide licenses for Presentation and E-Prime on our machines (Windows specific packages) 2) There has been an increase in the number of users who use their own stimulus laptops (and plug them into our projector & response box) 3) YNiC has invested heavily in getting the two most commonly used stimulus packages (PsychoPy and PsychToolbox) running efficiently on Linux. Maintaining a managed, networked Windows build for stimulus delivery use is a significant overhead for us. Due to the lack of use of the Windows build on our machines, we are *proposing to **remove Windows entirely from our stimulus PCs* during our next planned system maintenance scheduled for September 2018. This is your opportunity to *e**xpress an opinion or concern* if you have any - please send your remarks to: support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk .. with the title: Windows stimulus PCs Thanks, -- 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

6 years, 10 months

Fwd: Talk at YNiC 4pm tomorrow - neuroimaging and optic neuritis

by Antony Morland

Talk at 4pm today. Apologies for the late notice. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Wade <alex.wade(a)york.ac.uk> Date: 20 June 2018 at 22:08 Subject: Talk at YNiC 4pm tomorrow - neuroimaging and optic neuritis To: Faculty <faculty-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk>, Researchers - Postdocs < pds-psyc-group(a)york.ac.uk> Yael Backner from the Hadassa Neuroimaging Center in Israel will be giving a talk on the neuroscience of optic neuritis: a degenerative disease related to multiple sclerosis. Yael works as part of a world-class team in Jerusalem and her talk will be excellent. YNiC. 4pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Best Alex -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

6 years, 10 months

Important: Access to MRI is limited to your booked slot only.

by Andre Gouws

(This message is relevant to operators and anyone booking the scanners). Access to the MRI facilities is *limited to the time slot you have booked* for your scanning. Do not assume that you can start 15 minutes early, over-run by 10 minutes or just pop in to test things if the scanners do not appear to be booked. The scanners are becoming increasingly busy and the demands on the team at YNiC are increasing proportionally. Efficient time management of the scanning resources and cover are more important than ever. The staff here are often doing things in the background to support the service that means they are not available to help you out at the drop of a hat. If you require extra time for setup, testing or tweaking please ensure that you book additional time. Anyone found in the scanner rooms outside their booked time slots will be invoiced for the additional time they have had access to the suites. If you have any queries please drop me a line. 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

6 years, 10 months

YNIC Science Day September 14th - Presenters needed!

by Jonny Smallwood

Hello YNIC Users We are holding YNIC Science Day in B020 on September the 14th. The plan for this event is to showcase the work we are doing at YNIC to the wider community. One aspect of this event will be a series of short talks by early career researchers that describe the techniques they use in their research. Consequently, I am looking for volunteers to give short 5 minute talks about the work they are doing at the imaging centre. Please get in contact with me via email, or in person, if you have imaging data that you would like to present. Thanks Jonny -- Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH. Telephone: 01904 324651

6 years, 10 months

Update

by Antony Morland

Hello All, Gareth Gaskell, Chair of the YNiC Research Governance Committee, has reconfigured the YNiC Ethics application form, which is now in version 6. This form is available on the YNiC website. There is also an updated guidance document, version 4. The main changes concern GDPR, which Gareth has communicated about already. Other news; in our efforts to save the planet - one of our key missions - we are no longer going to provide paper cups for hot drinks. Please bring a reusable mug for your drinks. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

6 years, 10 months

New YNiC ethics forms

by Gareth Gaskell

Dear YNiC users, The GDPR coming in today has entailed a modest revision of our YNiC ethics forms. The new versions (V4 of the form and V6 of the guidance) will be available on the YNiC website soon, and should be used for all new applications. The changes aren't too major - essentially Section 7 of the application form on data has been expanded to allow some extra checks to be performed on your data processing plans. One aspect that is new is that PIs need to consider whether their data might be considered "high risk" from a data protection point of view, and if this is a possibility then a Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA) would need to be carried out. My reading of the definition of high risk <https://www.york.ac.uk/records-management/dp/dataprivacyimpactassessments/> is that most YNiC research wouldn't require this step. Further, if a strand of research does need an assessment then as I understand it an assessment could be carried out to cover that strand as a whole rather than each individual project. So I don't anticipate this being too burdensome in the main. At the same time there are some new statements that need to be included in the participant information sheets and consent forms, and I have taken the opportunity to try to streamline the application process so that it is less time-consuming. I have cut down the guidance notes that you need to consult in making an application, and have added a template information sheet and a template consent form that you can adapt for your purposes. As well as making the application process a bit easier to complete, I am hopeful that there is less opportunity for researchers to use wording in their information sheets that conflicts with our guidelines. I'm happy to get feedback on how well this works and whether you can see further ways to improve the process. Current projects with ethical approval do not need to be re-approved, but it would be helpful if any participant you test from now on could be given the attached supplementary information sheet as well as the information sheet that you have been using, to inform participants about their data under GDPR. Please use the new forms for any new applications. People who are currently in the process of putting together applications (e.g., for this year's MPsych projects) can either use the new forms (preferred) or stick with the old forms provided they (i) verbally agree to the new statements in Section 7 in their application email, and (ii) add the attached supplementary information sheet to their participant information sheet. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns, best, Gareth Gaskell Chair YNiC Ethics and Governance Committee -- Gareth Gaskell Department of Psychology University of York Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK Office: Psychology, E209 Phone: +44-1904-323187 Email: gareth.gaskell(a)york.ac.uk Home page: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/mgg5/ Research group: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/facilities/slam/

6 years, 11 months

Updates

by Antony Morland

Hello All, We will be a little short staffed at the end of this week and next as some of our team are going to be away on leave and at conferences. All operator covered slots will be covered. We have been making some good progress testing new imaging sequences on the Siemens scanner, which later in the year should make some new experimental approaches possible for users. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

6 years, 11 months

Planned summer closure

by Antony Morland

Dear All, The centre will be closed from Tuesday, 11th September to reopen Monday, 24th September, to allow for vital annual maintenance. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

6 years, 12 months

Changes to booking scanners

by Antony Morland

Hello All, I have had some discussions with investigators recently relating to booking scanners. There are some funded labs that have the resources and will benefit scientifically from scanning for more than seven hours per week, which is our normal upper limit. We currently have capacity on the scanners, so our limit is artificially restricting research throughput. We have decided therefore to lift the limits on booking for funded projects for a trial period until the end of the calendar year. While this will offer benefits to funded projects, it may have adverse effects on other uses of the scanners. Being mindful of that, we are (1) trialing the system and (2) asking funded projects to book the scanner responsibly. Considering the second point, could you please get in touch if you would like the limit on your funded project raised - email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. Also, if you do have a raised limit and wish to book intensive use of the scanners please do so with as much lead time as possible - you will have a six week window - because this will help other users plan their work. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD. Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

7 years

YNIC Science Day

by Jonny Smallwood

Hello everyone, Yesterday at the YNIC Science Committee we decided to hold YNIC Science Day on Friday the 14th of September. The plan is to us the afternoon to showcase the research at YNIC and provide an overview of the methods that we are applying to understand the neural mechanisms that underpin psychological functioning. This will take place in B020. The basic idea is to hold some short talks from a wide range of PhDs and Post docs to give a snap shot of the type of studies we conduct (similar to the data blitz's that take place at conferences), as well as some more focused talks that highlight the methods that we use to understand psychological processes. For those of you interested please put this date into your diaries! I will be in touch with the ECRs to solicit people for the short talks, but if anyone is especially interested to present their research they can contact me. Jonny -- Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH. Telephone: 01904 324651

7 years

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