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Thank you
by Gary Green 31 Aug '16

31 Aug '16

Dear Colleagues I have just, 7.30pm on the 31st, packed my last box of papers and am about to vacate my office. Tomorrow, Professor Tony Morland will become the new Director of the York Neuroimaging Centre and Professor Alex Wade will be the Deputy Director I am sure you will join me in welcoming them to their new roles and in wishing them a very successful future. I have had a fantastic time as Director for the last 13 years and 9 months. I am moving into new roles to work on newly funded research into molecular imaging in humans and the associated hardware to accomplish it. I could not have done this job with out the staff at YNiC and I would like to publicly acknowledge my sincere thanks for them being such wonderful colleagues. We also could not have done this without you - the Users. You have made it tremendously exciting. A lot of science has been carried out. Over 300 projects with over 700 Users, have scanned over 4000 people. Thank you I am not going far - CHyM and the new clinical imaging facilities in York and Leeds, so I hope to meet you all from time to time. best wishes Gary -- --------------- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre & Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY tel +44 (0) 1904 435349 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004 http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/chym/ https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg

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Fwd: Compute blade maintenance
by Andre Gouws 30 Aug '16

30 Aug '16

If you're wondering why the cluster is currently unavailable, please see Paul's message below. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Staff] Compute blade maintenance Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:12:09 +0100 From: Paul Elliott <Paul.Elliott(a)ynic.york.ac.uk> To: undisclosed Hi all, I'll shortly be disabling the queues for the cluster so that I can work with HP to resolve the issues with our compute blades after a further blade failure overnight. If anybody has any urgent jobs for the cluster then please let me know and I'll try and work around your jobs. Thanks, Paul. -- Paul Elliott, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York _______________________________________________ Staff mailing list Staff(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/staff

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Lighting at YNiC
by Antony Morland 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Hello All, You may have already been alerted to this, but I wanted to let you know that the overhead lighting at YNiC is being replaced today. It is not too disruptive - I am finding it straightforward to work in open plan. However, there may be occasions when you will be asked to move so the two fitters can gain access to a specific ceiling panel. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD Head of the Centre for Neuroscience, Hull-York Medical School. Deputy Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Books
by Gary Green 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Dear colleagues I am having a clear out before I migrate to another place. The table in my room has piles of books that are now probably not going to be read by me again. Feel free to help yourselves. The ones on my shelf I might read again, or need, so please leave these for now. Gary -- --------------- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre & Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY tel +44 (0) 1904 435349 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004 http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/chym/ https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg

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Thursday talk 4pm B020
by Antony Morland 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Hello All, David Pitcher will be giving a presentation on two proposed projects; one TMS and one fMRI. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD Head of the Centre for Neuroscience, Hull-York Medical School. Deputy Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Cluster update
by Paul Elliott 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Dear all, Following the cluster failures on Friday we have attempted to replicate the issue over the weekend by loading up all the compute nodes within the cluster to the highest level possible. So far we have not seen any further failures. As such we will shortly return the cluster to service but as the root cause of the original failures are still unknown we may see further sudden and unexpected losses of service. If you submit jobs to the cluster please keep careful track of which jobs you have submitted and ensure that you validate your jobs have run successfully before using any of the output. HP Enterprise (who manufacture and support our hardware) are currently investigating the cause of the failures and we hope to have a full resolution as quickly as possible. Best wishes, Paul. -- Paul Elliott, UNIX Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York

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Cluster issues
by Antony Morland 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hello All, We are having intermittent faults on some of the blades that make up our cluster. Given that jobs submitted can fail and we also want to ensure no damage is done to the cluster, we are taking it off line for the time being. I am very sorry for inconveniences that may arise. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD Head of the Centre for Neuroscience, Hull-York Medical School. Deputy Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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Operator cover over the summer
by Antony Morland 12 Jul '16

12 Jul '16

Dear All, As you may already know a new Siemens scanner has been installed. Also, we have hired a new radiographer, Jane. These are both very good pieces of news for the centre. However, over the summer we will need to run acceptance testing procedures on the new scanner and also ensure that our radiographers and other YNiC Staff MRI operators are trained to use the new scanner. The acceptance testing and training will impact on our provision of operator covered slots on the GE system. Over this week and last we have not scheduled operator cover, but have resumed normal operator cover form 18th July. We will give as much notice as we can about reductions in operator cover. If during periods when operator cover is reduced and you need a YNiC to scan, please get in touch with us and we will do our best to fit you in. Thanks for your understanding. Best wishes Tony -- Antony Morland, PhD Head of the Centre for Neuroscience, Hull-York Medical School. Deputy Director, York Neuroimaging Centre Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

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security update
by Ross Devlin 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

Hi all, It would appear that we may have a 'fault' associated with the new extension fire doors. They triggered an alarm at the weekend. Therefore until further notice when locking the department in the evening please do not set the alarm in the MRI corridor. Doors should be locked on the computer as per normal and the alarm should be set in MEG and open plan as usual. I will update you all when normal procedures can be resumed. Ross

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security
by Ross Devlin 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Hi all, As the builders are no longer on site, we can now lock the MRI corridor and its enclosed offices and set the alarm at night. There are two additional doors which should be 'locked' on the computer system '1st new extension' and '2nd new extension'. Many thanks Ross

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