Scrape your face for SCIENCE
#Scio13 participants respond with ENTHUSIASM to our new #citizenscience project studying the evolution and biodiversity of Demodex face mites. More coming soon on our website http://yourwildlife.org but in the mean time, you can re-live the event in all of its glory below!
- We've actually been thinking about face mites for awhile - Our pal Ed Yong wrote a nice piece a few months back:
Everything you never wanted to know about the mites that eat, crawl, and have sex on your face : Not Exactly Rocket ScienceNew Scientist published a story yesterday stating that rosacea - a common skin disease characterised by red blotches on one's face - may ...- We started practicing our collecting techniques:
We're practicing our face mite collecting techniques - have yr face scraped for science @naturalsciences tmo #scio13 http://pic.twitter.com/N1vQKe3L- Some people, naturally, can be a little squeamish about the process.
- I didn't want to sleep ever again anyway RT @YourWild_Life We're practicing our face mite collecting techniques #scio13 http://pic.twitter.com/wWA03tMi
- We figured if anyone would be game for a little #citizenscience involving face mites, it would be the #scio13 crowd - After all, they let us swab their belly buttons in 2011, their armpits in 2012, why NOT face mites in 2013?!
Hey Kids, don't forget to stop by Genomics Lab on 3rd for @naturalsciences to participate in our face mite #citizenscience project #scio13- Stop by 2nd floor Biodiversity Lab to learn abt home arthropods, camel crickets, microbes, MORE from @YourWild_Life! #citizenscience #scio13
We found one! Come visit 3rd fl Genomics lab to get yr face mites sampled! @yourwild_life #scio13 http://pic.twitter.com/Q0e9BLn9- And the crowds came:
- At first, a handful of enthusiastic entomologists....
Had my pores scraped at #scio13 tonight for the new @yourwild_life facial mite project. Anyone else hoping they'll have mites?
Forehead mite sampling! Yes, there's a line. #scio13 http://pic.twitter.com/OfWQweSc- 2+ hours later, we had lines out the door - 48 people volunteered their pores (and the mites within) for science!
Wow! We've been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to our face mite project! Yay #citizenscience #scio13 http://pic.twitter.com/mOkBHpCy
