Hi everyone This week I will keep the email short - though I still hope you are all doing well! *Journal Club - 4pm Thursday* We are continuing our efforts to select talks from topics that cover the range of interests of our YNiC users (not everyone is as excited about vision as the YNiC staff!), so this week we will be watching a talk by Dr Kafui Dzirasa, from Duke University Medical Center ( https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=28097), titled: *"Mapping Emotions: Discovering structure in mesoscale electrical brain recordings."* *Summary:* The focus of Dr. Dzirasa lab’s research is to determine how genetic variants interact with environmental factors (including stress and drugs of abuse) to lead to mental illness. They accomplish this by implanting multiple small electrodes directly into the brains of mice that express genes which lead to mental illness in humans. They then monitor the activity of many brain cells simultaneously as these mice perform various behavioral tasks. They also record brain activity in mice exposed to various environmental stresses, and drugs of abuse. It is their hope that these experiments will one day lead to the discovery of new treatments for our patients with mental illness. The Zoom link can be found below, and one of the YNiC staff will host the video for everyone to watch together. Please note that there is no pressure to have your mic or video on at any time during or after the talk. *Zoom link:* https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92531105447?pwd=aHNVa1ZBUUMwd0ZlWW1WMEFJY3hEQT… *Meeting ID:* 925 3110 5447 *Password:* 005039 We hope to see you on Thursday at 4pm! Take care 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