About 1/3 of the world's population, including me, are under various levels of stay at home orders. This is a difficult time for everyone, and I know there's a special challenge for teachers and parents looking for some level of continuity in their children's educations. A couple of things from me that are available right …
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Halloween Science 2019: Witches of Macbeth
I brewed up a video, just for you. Missed my Halloween science talk in October, or just want to watch it again? Here is my talk and selected questions. Thanks for joining me at Pacific Science Center for the last four years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xot9LT2wgq4
Featured around the internet, fall 2019
Thanks for featuring me, everyone! This article (in which I am quoted) describes a project I worked on as a graduate student. I was featured in Pomona College's Alumni Career Stories talking about my life after college. To promote my Halloween science talk, I was on Pacific Science Center's podcast. Amazingly, they already had that …
Double, double, toil and trouble
Double, double, toil and trouble,Fire burn and science bubble!Start it with a trick or treat,Then at Seattle Center we will meet.Macbeth... ish Join me for the fourth science Halloween at Pacific Science Center for the neuroscience of Macbeth's witches! I'll be dissecting Macbeth's decisions from his first encounter with the witches to its tragic conclusion. …
Halloween 2018 – Neuroscience of Werewolves
Better late than never, it's Halloween 2018! I am delighted to present Halloween 2018 Science in the City at Pacific Science Center: Welcome New Werewolves. Enjoy fun learning about senses, motor control, comparative anatomy, and selections from the variety of tough, hilarious questions from the audience. https://youtu.be/AtV22zcTYhU If you're an author, and you use some …
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Science Halloween #3: Bad Moon Rising
I'll be returning to Pacific Science Center's Halloween programming for the third year running, this time with more howling. Come see me on October 30 at 7pm for an orientation session for new werewolves. Those bitten on the October 23 full moon, their friends and family, and all others are welcome! Appropriate for all ages, …
the doctor is in
I defended! I still can't believe the big day has come and gone. I thought about writing a lengthy narrative reflection of my time in graduate school, the best and hardest experiences, and everything I've learned that wasn't about brains. But you don't want to read that and I don't want to write it. One …
Introduction to Neural Engineering
Through my involvement with the CSNE at UW, I was able to teach a six-week course on neural engineering for high school students in summer 2016 and again in 2017. I've now turned that live course into an online version, which includes six hours of video lectures, instructions for three hands-on demos, homework assignments, and …
Science of Frankenstein – Halloween at Pacific Science Center 2017
I was lucky enough last year to talk about the neuroscience of zombies at Pacific Science Center. And this year I had the delight that they let me come back to talk about the science of Frankenstein! I discussed the neuroscience of Frankenstein's creature, some of the scientific advancements he would have had to make …
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DIY brain hat!
I have been inspired by the rush of brain hats on the internet of late. And you too can make a brain hat! It's an easy project - you only need to know how to knit, purl, and decrease - but long. (You have to make approximately a bazillion brain ridges.) I adapted my pattern …
