[Closed] Relationship help from medical scientists please..........

Dave..... tut tut.

You could just say, 'That's interesting, I don't really know anything about it, could you tell me more?'

She's not going to be asking her friends about anaerobic threshold or VO2 max in order to impress you, is she?

Ask her about her views on vivisection.

...or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Developmental_neuroscience.

Well yeah, but that's besides the point.

Crikey - Nice one, some light reading there...

Why not just proclaim your ignorance and ask her to educate you? It might be nice for her to feel like there are things she knows that you don't.

I think turning up with some sound bites and no background knowledge is more likely to prove you are a fraud than win favour?

Or, you could, if the subject of her work does come up, just do what my wife does whenever I've talked about working with computers - say it's boring and start talking about something else...

Yeah could be a bit dodgy that approach, better to plead ignorance but express interest rather than appear poorly read.

However "Stem cells and opportunities for treating neurological disorders" should provide you with more than enough rope to hang yourself.

I have some interest in the area of neuroscience and have been performing a series of subtle experiments on the STW forum . This is a breakdown of the results so far -

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Get her to do all the talking, women love that.

tell her she must be mental to work in neuroscience.

or

recent research has shown that brain stimulus caused by mountain biking can greatly increase the female hormone "hornidrone" and as part of the research could she help with a ride on sunday morning?

[i]This is a breakdown of the results so far on intellect -[/i]

well, unless you do a fast edit the results are more of a comment on your posting ability than the collective stw intellect 😉

Maybe I best not mention scoring 5 on the autism test....

I think the site I'm image linking from has a random show / no show image feature 🙂
It's a great graph though -
[url] http://www.shorpy.com/node/2194 [/url]

Just be a good listener.

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Bastard ****ing websites that don't allow deep linking! A pox on them!
I'll have to copy that image elsewhere.

Love the category 'morally helpless' - I've found a home.....

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If I've spent all week working at the Lathe I wouldn't want to discuss it at the weekend. All I would be concerned about is a good long hard shag.

Shes intelligent, doesn't mean she doesn't think or do anything else you know.

I always go for the geeky/bookish girl as they are absolutelty bonkers in bed 8)

If she wanted to talk shop she'd do it at work, and if she wanted to date someone who was on her level to talk shop with, she probably has a lot of male colleagues, maybe she likes your [i]Other attributes,[/i] and to have a laugh instead
That's what my brainy phd'd mrs told thicky me 😀

iDave, take the chart along with you and ask her how many drinks does it take before she falls into that category 😉

If you're really serious, then subscribe to a neuroscience journal, and you can commence each conversation with "Did you see the article in this months Neuroscience monthly........can you explain it to me?"

I could get the chart printed on a t-shirt maybe - there's enough time

Khani, you assume I have 'other attributes'?

Some neuroscience jokes, apparently...

http://www.bris.ac.uk/neuroscience/the_node/glutamate/giggles

Try to impress her with info/knowledge that you don't understand/have and you'll come across as awkward and a bit insecure IMO.

Tell her about the American Bald Eagle with large talons gripping your nuts tattoo that you have on your manservant.

She will be riding you like the favourite at Goodwood.

Get her a [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Victorian-Style-Porcelain-Phrenology-Head-%7e-Only-%a34_W0QQitemZ250671193876QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=161794153126&rvr_id=161794153126&cguid=841af39512a0a0a9f58691d6fe92e28e ]phrenology head[/url] as a 'hello' present.

Tell her that if it wasn't for Carbon-14, you'd never date at all.

It'll bring the roof down. Possibly.

Ask her opinion on neuroplasticity.

Talk to her about Obama and Sitcoms.

Dating STW style - wade in armed with snippets gleaned from google 🙂

Khani, you assume I have 'other attributes'?

Or a sensible answer, be yourself?

hora, I'm sure I can manage that thanks. I don't actually 'need' help, just interested in the responses and it was worth it for IanMunros chart alone. I'm sure I'll be fine discussing the weather and x-factor....

I'm sure I can manage that thanks. I don't actually 'need' help

This is STW. Land of the single male...

Oh yeah, I forgot.....

So, what do I do if she tries to talk to me?

X-Factor? You're doomed!

I'm seeing someone at the weekend who works in developmental neuroscience. Please supply up to date snippets and little nuggets of current research type wisdom to enhance her perception of my breadth of knowledge etc

You not heard of Google?

I wouldn't pretend to know anything about this subject if I were you.

Talking "shop" is very dull.

Ask her about her family, her interests and whether she'll want to s.... no forget that. 😆

Ask her about her family, her interests

Gee, thanks, I had no idea......

If you feel the need to do some research to bring yourself up to par on a date then you're starting out on the wrong foot IMHO...

...if you're dating someone with very specialized knowledge of a complex subject, then it's best to let them do the talking and ask 101 level questions. If she's a decent lass, she will be cool with this and may surprise you by asking "just what tyres should I use for Cannock Chase"?

If the latter happens, marry her quickly.

Dave

This book will be your friend and will give you material for hours and hours of conversation.

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I found the second half of the book hard work, as the author goes way beyond the evidence in furthering his thesis, the first half is everything you need to know about neuroscience in an easy to read format.

It's not exactly rocket science is it

It seems that she clones fruit flies and studies their brain development

I want that job 😯

Simon, funny enough I started reading that last week....

Look up G protein receptors - function/modification and drug/addiction.

Look up basics - Parkinsons and Dementia -cell and patient effects -(how bad it is and how great people are working in this area etc).

Tell her about ticks and lyme disease - and how cyclists need to be aware to avoid mental side effects which are not seen.

Also read this article: Up2date.

A team of University of Oklahoma researchers studying neurobiology in fruit flies (Drosophila) has developed a new method for understanding brain function with potential applications in studies of human neurological diseases.

The work is carried out in the laboratory of Bing Zhang, a professor in the OU Department of Zoology, using fruit flies as a model for understanding what happens in the human brain because they share thousands of the same genes with a human.

Zhang and his students use a ‘reverse engineering’ approach to understand how the brain works. “If we know how cells behave in fruit flies, we may better understand how they work in humans,” says Zhang. “A key experimental step to achieving this goal is to manipulate brain cells and observe their effects on animal behavior. This is usually done by targeting one or two cells at a time or a small group of cells.”

How to target brain cells depends largely on advances in genetic techniques or tools. In the past 20 years, Drosophila researchers have developed sophisticated tools for cell and gene manipulation. However, one current and widely used method, called the GAL4/UAS system, is limited in its applicability to target small subsets of cells.

The method developed by Zhang’s group takes advantage of two additional genetic tools that when used in combination with the GAL4/UAS system, greatly expands its utility. The new method represents a significant advance, enabling researchers to now more precisely manipulate a small subset of brain cells.

Zhang stressed that Rudolf Bohm, a talented postdoctoral fellow in his laboratory, was instrumental in developing the initial ideas for this method. Furthermore, a group of highly driven and capable undergraduate students made significant contributions to the project, including Will Welch, Lindsey Goodnight, Logan Cox, Leah Henry and Tyler Gunter.

According to Zhang, “There is no limit to the types of studies that can be done using fruit flies.” For example, fly neurobiologists can learn a lot about the brain in stroke patients by studying similar cell behavior in fruit flies. The same method can be applied with studies of human diseases, such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Zhang and his colleagues even study drug and alcohol addiction in fruit flies to understand human substance addiction and abuse.

Be yourself and listen and also make her laugh by some research on jokes -try with your lady pals and if they look disgusted then throw that in the bin...

Tell her you knew someone working on drosophila in Bristol Uni many yrs ago finding the genes that encode posterior and anterior ends... 😀

Good luck and also remember its probably better you have different interests not just her. What is so special about idave? is it his influence of diet on fat stw'ers or his wit/charm/compassion and don't come across as too perfect - leave a flaw for her to correct - women always like that.

OP are you likely to be asking us for tips in the sack in 3 weeks?

Mind you plenty of experts on here, what a frikkin joke.

Cynical, I always recommend treating the lady in question like an old Medieval fort that requires storming. Show no mercy, ravish, pillage and burn(!)

Don't be shy Al, if there's things you need to know about women, just ask - no need to hide behind someone else's post.

In the meantime, I now have some developmental neuroscience behind me, which is all I needed. I can drop drosophila into the chat about the weather. Sorted. Thanks frank.

That's OK iDave, I know even more than Hora about women.

I thought Hora was a woman?

My point exactly.

Now get on and fill your boots. After a thread like this we deserve to hear all about your exploits.

Take a camera with you, photographic evidence of her existence is needed should you require more help in the future.

So Al, if she tries to hold my hand, what is the appropriate protocol? Do I remove my latex gloves or does the nurse do that?

I thought Hora was a woman

How randy are you?

Blimey he's arranged a 3-way already?

How randy are you?

Not quite randy enough for hairy hands.