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@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@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.
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@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@ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Hope you have a great week!
Cheers
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY