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Comment on Sunday Knitting Science: This is Your Brain on Knitting by Siobhan

Siobhan — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:49:25 +0000

Hi, I just saw your blog when looking for good images of an EEG head. I just participated in an EEG experiment as a subject today in fact and I was just about to blog about it! I love your blog, as I am also a knitter/scientist and about to enter graduate school in Genetics (advice?)! I like that you’ve combined those hobbies into something focused and fun, I have written about both things myself separately, albeit in a rather unfocused blog and with a much less clever title! Thanks for the stories and I look forward to reading more.

Comment on Science Project: Extract Your DNA at Home by Kris

Kris — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:44:32 +0000

Ellen, I agree that this would be a good exercise for college students, but, since my oldest will be one in a few months, “kids” feels like an appropriate designation.

Comment on Science Project: Extract Your DNA at Home by EllenQ

EllenQ — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:15:55 +0000

This is not just for kids! I do a more convoluted version when I teach genetics lab (so that each step in the regular DNA extraction we do the next week has an equivalent) and my students consistently rate it as their favorite lab from the whole semester.

Comment on FO Friday: Love, Me. Socks by Suddenexpression

Suddenexpression — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:16:14 +0000

I absolutely love your socks! Zauberball is the best! That color doesn’t look familiar to me, I wonder if it’s new?

Comment on AAPA 2011: Minneapolis Edition by FO Friday: Love, Me. Socks » Ge·knit·ics

FO Friday: Love, Me. Socks » Ge·knit·ics — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:10:14 +0000

[...] had made the cross-country trek and mostly unpacked, I broke out the Crazy Zauberball I bought at the conference in Minneapolis last year. Crazy Zauberball – Indian [...]

Comment on FO Friday: Merry Christmas! by Kim S

Kim S — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:05:55 +0000

i am SO digging the mitts

Comment on FO Friday: A Little Jazz by FO Friday: Merry Christmas! » Ge·knit·ics

FO Friday: Merry Christmas! » Ge·knit·ics — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:42:58 +0000

[...] has provided valuable insight and encouragement over the last two and half years. In addition to A Little Jazz, I finished the Lacy ZigZag Mitts. These get the badge for longest project of the year, since I [...]

Comment on Sunday Knitting Science: This is Your Brain on Knitting by Kris

Kris — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:07:35 +0000

Alice, the case report is available for free from PubMed, just click the PMID link above. But, this report was describing an artifact of the knitting process, not which brain waves or brain regions were active during knitting. There's a little more information here .

Comment on Postdoc, Reporting for Duty by Is This Thing On? » Share and Enjoy

Is This Thing On? » Share and Enjoy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:52:12 +0000

[...] where to start. Let’s back up to August 2009. I started a postdoc position at the medical center in Kansas City two months after finishing my doctorate, and 6 weeks after [...]

Comment on Sunday Knitting Science: This is Your Brain on Knitting by Alice

Alice — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:57:26 +0000

Could you please say what brain waves were activated while knitting ? thanks