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UBSN Newsletter Issue 05

We are pleased to introduce the 5th issue of UBSN Newsletter (please click here to view online), celebrating our latest achievements.    Please enjoy the newsletter. Thank you for your support. 

Three UBSN Management Committee Professors Ranked Top 2% Most Cited Scientists

Stanford University has recently published an update to a database that represented top-cited scientists worldwide†. We are very excited to share the news with you that three of our UBSN management committee professors are ranked among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists. The Stanford research team retrieved Scopus publication data up to 2021 provided by Elsevier and standardised citation data using metrics such as h-index, co-authorship hm-index. The calculation resulted in a list of 100,000 top scientists across the world from 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.   The three scholars are:  Name  Subject field  Percentile        Prof. Marco Pang (SCOPUS profile link)  Director of UBSN       Rehabilitation  Top 1%  Prof. Benjamin Yee (SCOPUS profile link)  Member of UBSN Management Committee       Neurology & neurosurgery    Top 2%   Prof. Yongping Zheng (SCOPUS profile link)  Member of UBSN Management Committee           Biomedical engineering  Top 2%     †References: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2022), “September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Mendeley Data, V5, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.5

UBSN Newsletter Issue 04

We are pleased to introduce the fourth issue of UBSN Newsletter (please click here to view online), which highlights our MRI Centre Opening Ceremony.   Enjoy the newsletter and thank you for your support. 

Photo Album of MRI Centre Opening Ceremony and Lab Tour

The UBSN MRI Opening Video

The UBSN MRI Opening video can be watched here: MRI Opening video. 

Opening Ceremony of UBSN’s new MRI Centre and Distinguished Lecture on Neuroimaging, Friday, 27 May 2022

It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the online Opening Ceremony of UBSN’s new MRI Centre on the morning of Friday, 27 May 2022, which will also include a video introduction to the MRI Centre and UBSN research laboratories. An online Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Tor WAGER, Diana L. Taylor Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, Dartmouth College will be held at 2 pm on the same day.   We look forward to your favourable reply to the online Opening Ceremony, and the online lecture. Please complete the e-RSVP form (Please click on the link).

UBSN Newsletter Issue 03

We are pleased to introduce the third issue of UBSN Newsletter (please click here to view online), which highlights our Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner.   Enjoy the newsletter and thank you for your support. 

UBSN Newsletter Issue 02

We are pleased to introduce the second issue of UBSN Newsletter (please click here to view online), which highlights our 4 "News" - New Directorship, New Laboratories, New Website, and New Equipment Booking System.    Enjoy the newsletter and thank you for your support. 

Launching of our New Booking System

We are pleased to inform you that our new booking system, the University Research Facility Management System (URFMS), has been launched. Please go to “Booking” to access the URFMS.  Please be reminded that a valid payment source is required before an equipment booking can be made. For further detail, please refer to the “Quick Guide for New Users” and “Quick Guide for Payment Source Owner” (prepared by RO).  Should you have any queries, please contact UBSN staff.   

Relocation of UBSN is Completed and Change of Booking System

We are pleased to inform you that the relocation of UBSN facilities from Core ST to Block Z has been completed. The new laboratories include the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory (ZB218, with equipment such as Eye Tracker, VICON, Rotational Vestibular Chair, etc.); the Neurophysiology and Brain Stimulation Laboratory (ZB217, with equipment such as EEG, TMS, tDCS, etc.); and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory (ZB216). You are welcome to use the equipment in the new laboratories.    To provide a better user experience, our existing online booking system will be fade out from 9 June 2021 at noon. The new booking system (the University Research Facility Management System, URFMS) will be launched on 10 June 2021. The URFMS introduces several new features, including 1) assigning payment sources, 2) fund commitment and allocation, and 3) settlement of payment. These features allow PIs to have better management of their funding on using the UBSN facility. RO has sent an invitation email on 20 May to UBSN PIs to join the URFMS training on 8 June 2021. We encourage all the PIs to join the training session. A user guide will also be available on the UBSN website upon launching the URFMS.    Regarding the equipment booking, we shall have the following arrangement:  1. Users can reserve the UBSN equipment using the existing booking system before 9 June 2021 at noon.   2. For advance bookings after 9 June 2021, please contact UBSN staff (Dr. Kevin Yu for human equipment; Dr. Terence Tam for animal equipment).  3. After 10 June 2021 9:00 am, all users are required to use the URFMS to reserve the UBSN equipment.  4. Please save any required data (e.g., booking record) in the existing system before 9 June 2021 for your record if needed.    Should you have any queries on the above arrangement during the transition period, please contact Dr. Kevin Yu (kevin.kk.yu@polyu.edu.hk) or Dr. Terence Tam (terence.wy.tam@polyu.edu.hk).  Thank you very much for your attention and support.