ynic-users

ynic-users@ynic.york.ac.uk

2 participants
2841 discussions

The GE scanner is fully operational
by Richard Aveyard 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Hello everyone, The cold head on the GE scanner was successfully replaced by engineers yesterday, and the system is now ready for scanning again. Apologies again for the unexpected downtime, we appreciate your patience with this. Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

1 0

This week at YNiC
by Richard Aveyard 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Hello everyone, Things to note this week: 1. The *GE* scanner requires a replacement cold head and so will be *unavailable until Wednesday the 3rd of April at the earliest. * 2. YNiC was closed for maintenance last week, this included IT upgrades with security patching and fibre work, adjustments to the security alarm system, and a layout change. The central meeting room off open plan is now an extension to the staff office. * Consent debriefing and other private interviews should be carried out in the small sound-proof room opposite the PhD office in open plan, or the interview room on the MRI corridor. * 3. YSPL will be doing maintenance on IT systems this week, however, this is not expected to affect uses. 4. A large cohort of YNiC staff will be away for the MEG UK conference 15-17th of April. *Signatures for conditional exceptions on consent forms for 15th-17th of April must be organized for no later than the 12th of April. We would also like to remind users that exceptions in consent forms should be arranged in advance of the scan day in all cases. * 5. We have provisionally scheduled our next *User Induction on Thursday the 18th 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. Best wishes, Rich -- Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician York NeuroImaging Centre University of York, UK

1 0

YNiC IT Downtime
by Joe Lyons 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Hello We'll be doing some essential IT security maintenance during the closure at YNiC on Friday 29th March at 12 noon. All systems will be down including the remote desktop and the cluster. Thanks Joe -- Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

1 0

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

1 0

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

1 0

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

1 0

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

1 0

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

1 0

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

1 0

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

1 0

Jump to page:

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

ynic-users