Kelly Lagor
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Science Interests
Plant Biology, Systems Biology, Genomics
What is your major field of interest? (choose all that apply)
Biology, Environmental Sciences, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Social Sciences
About Me:
I'm a graduate student researcher working on plant-pathogen interactions. I hope to make a living after grad school by writing. If you'd like to read my non-science blog, it's linked below. It's mostly about writing, but also the rigors of grad school and my struggles to get my first pieces of fiction published.
What is the name of your organization, school, or company?
University of California - San Diego
What best describes your current position? (choose all that apply)
Graduate Student, Writer
At MySDscience you want to:
learn about what other San Diegan's say about science, Read and Post science blogs
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http://two-roads.blogspot.com

Kelly Lagor's Article

Neurologists Explain Why You Hate George Lucas

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 5:14pm 0 Comments

This article caught my eye for two reasons: 1. I am an incredibly nostalgic person and oftentimes will sink into deep rose-tinted reveries for a few minutes every hour or so and, 2. I was a Star Wars kid growing up.



I was among the legions of fans waiting in line for the first prequel to come out to catch it at midnight. I went and saw all three re-releases when they hit the theaters again. I dated a guy in college who had a Count Dooku replica lightsaber and a jedi cloak and I found… Continue

Using light to read minds

Posted on February 18, 2009 at 3:12pm 0 Comments

This is absolutely wild.



From a recent article at LiveScience:



Canadian researchers say they can glean simple preferences from a person's brain by shining near-infrared light into the noggin.



The study, reported in the Journal of Neural Engineering, demonstrated the ability to decode a person's preference for one of two drinks with 80 percent accuracy by measuring the intensity of near-infrared light absorbed in brain tissue, the scientists said in a statement… Continue

Darwin's Birthday Week Day 3!

Posted on February 11, 2009 at 4:19pm 0 Comments

Today marks Darwin's Birthday Eve, so going down a different vein, I've found an article about why one of the greatest scientists (and adventurer!) has never graced the silver screen... until now!



From the article from the Times Online:



The Darwin we'll see in the film is, says Thomas, “a troubled character who knew that his ideas were going to trigger a profound change of balance in the status quo and it made him ill.” He is a tortured genius, far removed from the… Continue

Darwin's Birthday Week Day 2!

Posted on February 10, 2009 at 3:07pm 0 Comments

Today's installment is an article from the NY Times Science section about how Darwin's ideas were so ahead of their time.



From the article:



Biologists quickly accepted the idea of evolution, but for decades they rejected natural selection, the mechanism Darwin proposed for the evolutionary process. Until the mid-20th century they largely ignored sexual selection, a special aspect of natural selection that Darwin proposed to account for male ornaments like the peacock’s… Continue

Darwin's Birthday Week

Posted on February 9, 2009 at 12:33pm 0 Comments

As many of you may already know, this Thursday is Darwin's 200th birthday! In honor of this great scientist, I will be posting a blog every day that deals with the man, the myth, the legend that was Charles Darwin.



First up is a great post from our very own San Diego Union Tribune: 20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Darwin



From the article:



5. Darwin loved collecting things, especially beetles. It's said he lost a girlfriend in college because he paid more… Continue

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At 4:30pm on September 23, 2008, Jose Morachis said…
Hola Kelly. Can you make a "boing" on the article you wrote. This way its seen and found from multiple places.
At 10:29am on August 22, 2008, Jose Morachis said…
Kelly, We dearly miss your blogs!!! I hope you had a great time in Chicago (or maybe you are still there).
Talk to you soon.
At 3:17pm on August 5, 2008, Huong Huynh said…
Hi Kelly,

I was contacted by ScholarNexus about contributing an article or blog about the San Diego chapter of the Association for Women in Science and was directed to contact you about how to go about getting the article written and posted. You can reach me at hhuynh@awissd.org and we can discuss details for the article.

Thanks so much,
Huong
At 3:23pm on July 30, 2008, Sujata said…
OMG you're productive! Go Science Writer, Go!
 
 
 

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