My apologies. Chris Bulin (@Arduane) posted this truly special HOTW post last week. I had planned to repost it here, but life got crazy, so it is showing up late. It is well worth a close reading. Originally posted at the THL Blog: http://thlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/hashtags-of-the-week-hotw-brain-awareness-week-week-of-march-11-2013/
As the aunt of a 12-year-old fighting medulloblastoma and sister-in-law to a wonderful woman with Multiple Sclerosis, brain awareness is high on my list of priorities. This week The Dana Foundation and select partners are sponsoring Brain Awareness Week. March is also Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. So this week, I went about looking for how people are helping others become aware of injuries, diseases, and research involving the brain.
First, one of my pet projects. I’ve been participating in Eyewire, a game to help map the connections in the brain. Developed by the Seung Computational Neuroscience Lab at MIT, Eyewire is using citizen scientists to map the “connectome” that Dr. Seung spoke of in his TED talk in 2010.
Nice! @eye_wire gets a shoutout in @wired | SharpBrains Data and Brain Games Highlight Brain Awareness Week bit.ly/Yck2Uv
— EyeWire (@eye_wire) March 14, 2013
The only problem with Brain Awareness week is the lack of a single hashtag by which you can follow posts. So, here are a few of the most populous hashtags celebrating Brain Awareness week. I’ll start with #brainweek.
Alternative (more fun) headline for my latest #brainweek article: WILL RAT BRAINS CONTROL OUR FUTURE POWER GRID?!? bit.ly/13XWcDl
— Valerie Thompson (@SciencentheCity) March 14, 2013
It’s Brain Awareness Week, and the Hydrocephalus Assoc. wants you to know our bodies produce a pint of CSF daily… #brainweek @hydroassoc
— Shawn Thuris (@Thuris) March 14, 2013
Make a “Brain awareness video” and win a trip to Neuroscience 2013 in San Diego!!!! @sfntweets ow.ly/iNeWH #brainweek
— EuroStemCell (@eurostemcell) March 13, 2013
It’s #BrainWeek! Watch this video & take a look inside the brain and unravel the mystery of #Alzheimers. youtu.be/0pTq4R9RztA
— ADEAR Center (@Alzheimers_NIH) March 12, 2013
About to tell my “lucky stroke” tale for #brainweek @story_collider in my long-ago Bklyn neighborhood. Back story: nyti.ms/U4HfeY
— Andy Revkin (@Revkin) March 11, 2013
Next, I checked out the “official” hashtag #BAW13.
#brainfacts Your brain uses less power than your refridgerator light – just 12 watts #BAW13 #wonderseason wellc.me/WyZr1v
— Wellcome Trust (@wellcometrust) March 14, 2013
Ambitious Project Seeks to Map Brain Activity | Highlight HEALTH ow.ly/iQLOc #BAW13 #brainweek
— Highlight HEALTH (@HighlightHEALTH) March 14, 2013
RT @wellcometrust: ThInk video for Brain Awareness Week: Talking Heads (Rebuilding language after stroke) wellc.me/150zB4R #BAW13
— MaynoothNeuroLab (@MaynoothNeuro) March 14, 2013
@wellcometrust check out @vaughanbell‘s #BeBraiNY post to tie in w/ #BAW13 “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Nurse” bit.ly/15O6pjN
— nature.com blogs (@NatureBlogs) March 14, 2013
Healing the Injured Brain shar.es/egFhK New blog post on LearnerLog.org #BAW13 #brainawareness
— Annenberg Learner (@AnnLearner) March 12, 2013
A few other hashtags that caught my eye included #BrainAwareness, #BrainInjury, #Brain, and #TeenBrain. These were often used in conjunction with preceding hashtags, but they also had some posts that were uniquely their own.
Check out this vid from Marie of Edinburgh Neuroscience talking about the brain and myelinating glia #brainawareness youtube.com/watch?v=OUmdu-…
— Shift.ms (@shiftms) March 13, 2013
Please follow our @braininjuryhub which provides information/practical advice about acquired #braininjury. braininjuryhub.co.uk
— The Children’s Trust (@childrens_trust) March 14, 2013
The Lasting Effects Of A Single Concussion medicalnewstoday.com/releases/25754… #braininjury #tbi
— Simpson Millar LLP (@Simpson_millar) March 14, 2013
#BrainInjury Awareness Day:Be sure to follow #CDCHeadsUp on Facebook and share your experiences in prevention on.fb.me/15TXJt7
— Dr. Linda C. Degutis (@CDC_DrDegutis) March 13, 2013
An Introduction to Applying Individual Growth Curve Models to Evaluate Change in Rehabilitation. #mtbi #braininjury ht.ly/iO5pd
— Mayo Clinic PMR (@MayoClinicPMR) March 12, 2013
Read a free TICs review on #evolution, the #brain, and the unique capacity for human language ow.ly/izIzA #brainawarenessweek
— CellPressNews (@CellPressNews) March 14, 2013
This Is Your #Brain on Chemotherapy j.mp/13RsjEC
— Inside The Brain (@The_Brain_Blog) March 14, 2013
Learn more about #Brain #Awareness Week and #NIH Brain Awareness activities! Join the brain celebration! 1.usa.gov/ZwNaWC
— Mental Health NIMH (@NIMHgov) March 12, 2013
Finally, a few select tweets from a search on Brain Awareness.
RT @dcoepage: Great article from the @uscg on #BIAmonth! Take 2 minutes to read at goo.gl/LLZoT.
— USCG (Official) (@USCG) March 12, 2013
March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month in @healthdotmil. To learn more, visit the @deptofdefense#TBI Page: health.mil/News_And_Multi…
— Uniformed Services U (@USUHSPAO) March 14, 2013
For Brain Awareness Week, 7 essential books on music, emotion and the brain j.mp/igrmXz
— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) March 13, 2013
