This Week at YNiC

Good afternoon everyone, We have some important information for you today (honestly!). *Closure:* Over the Easter period will have a 'soft closure' from *Thursday 2nd April until Friday 17th April*. Over this period there will be no operator cover provided and no user support, but users are still welcome to use open plan and book the scanners in the non-operator covered slots. Please note that during this period there may be days when there is no Level 3 operator available for authorising contraindications for scanning, therefore it is important that participants are screened well in advance of the scan to identify contraindications and obtain the necessary signature(s). *Booking system changes:* We are updating the booking system; changes will come into effect from next Monday 2nd March. The main change you will see on the Project Tracking System when booking scans, is that there will be an additional operator dropdown list so that you can select the second operator. If you are booking in operator-covered slots you can select one or both operators as YNiC operators (or neither if you don't require any YNiC operators). If you are using your own operators, then the 'primary operator' must be a Level 1 or above who is listed on the project as an operator, and the second operator can be anyone that is listed on the project and has current Level 0 (or above) status (the project PI can add individuals to projects via PTS https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/pts/). As with the previous system, once the booking has been made you won't be able to amend the operators, so if any changes need to be made you must email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to request amendments. We will update the wiki information shortly, but if you experience any problems or have any questions please do let us know at support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk. All other functionality for booking scans remains the same. *Reminder - First Aid Training:* All operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice. *We will be enforcing this requirement from 1st March 2020*. Any operator (including L0) who does not have a valid First Aid Certificate will not be permitted to act as an operator until YNiC has the certificate on file. *Project Presentation:* This week we have a project presentation from Gabriela Ravela on Thursday 27th Feb at 4pm in YNiC open plan, titled: "Neural correlates of face perception in people with developmental prosopagnosia". Talks are followed by refreshments. We hope to see you there! For a list of the upcoming Thursday sessions, please visit https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions. *Open Plan Teaching:* Please be reminded that teaching will take place in YNiC open plan at 12-4pm this Friday. During these times, the area will be closed to anybody not involved in the teaching. *Level 0 operator Training:* Our March training date is now full, so the next scheduled Level 0 training session will take place after the closure on Wednesday* 22nd April at 9:30am*. 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(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to this session, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. Please note that places are limited and are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking. *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. Our next induction date will be Wednesday 26th February at 10am. Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up. Hope you have a great week! Cheers 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