Hello,
Happy Monday! Here’s what’s happening this week:
*Coffee & Cake for YNiC Researchers* 🎂☕ Everyone is invited over to YNiC *this Tuesday *(23rd of September, from 10:30am) to enjoy a coffee and piece of cake. This will be a very informal chance to catch-up with other YNiC researchers, and a perfect opportunity for new staff and students to meet our neuroscience community. 🎂☕ Our first YNiC Seminar of the semester will follow at 11:30am, so please hang around for that too!
*YNiC Seminar - Tuesday at 11:30am (YNiC)* YNiC seminars are scheduled for* Tuesdays at 11:30am* fortnightly. Our first seminar will be this *Tuesday (23rd of September) *and we have a speaker from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, *Professor Zhihong Huang*, who will be speaking about her work using *Focused Ultrasound Stimulation (FUS)*. We look forward to seeing you over in YNiC for the seminar, but here is a zoom link for those unable to attend in person: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98670275020?pwd=BlWUvtKsJ5GUC90q7g5OfmaqXF9phK.... https://www.google.com/url?q=https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98670275020?pwd%3DBlWUvtKsJ5GUC90q7g5OfmaqXF9phK.1%26jst%3D2&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1758968075841687&usg=AOvVaw18H6OKYxYAJtIbUEGi5Udf If you would like to add the YNiC Seminars to your University google calendar, you can use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/YNICSeminar
*Departmental Seminar - Wednesday at 1pm (PS/B020)* This week *Dr Nick Souter,* will be visiting the department on *Wednesday 24th* to deliver the lunchtime seminar at *13:00–14:00*. The title of Nick’s talk is *How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Research Computing. *Nick will be using examples from neuroimaging and discussing what can be done to reduce your personal research computing footprint, so it will be relevant to staff and students alike. Nick will be staying for a meet the speaker session at 15:00 on the same day. More details can be found on the departmental website: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/news-and-events/seminars/internal-seminars...
*YNiC 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. The next monthly induction will be on *Tuesday the 7th of October, at 10:00am*. Please ask them to contact support@ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Level 0 operator training* *MRI* Level 0 Training: *Tuesday the 7th of October, 13:00-15:00.* *MEG* Level 0 Training:* Wednesday the 8th of October, 13:00-15:00.* Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support@ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session. Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
Have a great week!!
Many thanks, Jennifer
