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01 AUG

its my birth month! hello august! my birthday is tomorrow and i’m .. probably just going to get ice cream to celebrate. not exactly what i want but a happy medium :)

i got copies of the 2 major textbooks in my lab so i can do some of my readings at home and its been beneficial for me. in the coming weeks, i’ll be presenting a paper in my lab for our lil journal club, finishing animal trainings, and starting to perform surgeries! ahhhh such a busy month. so exciteddd. i also might find my way to chicago again but that’s veryyy up in the air.

Art by the incredible Greg Dunn (I REALLY!!! wish I could afford his work!) Non-invasive research is difficult, especially when you’re working with something as complicated as the brain. Imagine being at a pro sports game outside the stadium and trying to figure out what’s going on inside just by listening. I’m constantly in awe that we can record activity from the brain without breaking the skin, it’s…

Synthetic nerve conduit bridges the gap in arm nerve repair

Well things are moving fast around here, like I predicted they would this year. Of course, things are currently going better than I had hoped, but that could change. Last week was a busy one and next week will be no different, but next week is a particularly big week, because I’m going to be doing another experiment for a somewhat different project. Yep, another “big idea” experiment is…

One of the easiest ways to turn even the most advanced scientific paper into something accessible is through carefully crafted figure design. Figures are a way to tell a story, but to also capture the readers imagination. The difference between a scientific figure and a drawing from a story is really just the difference in the information you are conveying. However, as is the case with most…

Neuralink: Beyond the hype

The sewing machine like robot that is the linchpin for neuralink.

Brain machine interfacing, as someone who does research in the field and is getting a PhD in a brain machine interface lab, I think I’m qualified to comment on the progress neuralink. There’s a lot of hype out there, curing disease, ending paralysis, a world where we are part of the machine and the machine is part of us. Is it…

Technical writing: How to write gooder #PhDLife #PhDChat #AcademicChatter

Know your audience, it’s the first rule of technical writing. I’ve taken several technical writing courses during my education and they all start off the same way. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE! In my experience that is usually the end of the advice given. Most technical writing courses assume you know how to write, an odd assumption when you’re supposed to know your audience. Today I’m going to go over…

Parts to a wave (top left) a example wave (bottom left) and different examples of how waves change based on frequency (top right) and amplitude (bottom right)

A few days ago I realized I had never bothered to explain the nyquist frequency. Considering it’s been over a year now since I explained some of the frequency domain things that I do in my lab, I’m actually surprised I missed something so…