Feedback: The Good

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The following is a list of positive comments received during the cutting of Patient H.M.'s Brain during December, 2009.

"I just wanted to say this is truly incredible! Currently I am finishing my enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard and I have my sights set on going into Neurosurgery. Watching the online video has been a treat and I want to thank all those involved in putting it on the web. Keep up the good work!"

"Thanks for keeping me company/distracting me/causing me to fail as I study for my finals. (Same goes for many of the other grad students here.) Will sponsor a slide (at least enough for a slice of glass) after finals are over."

"I am developing an educational website with a creative approach to facilitating faster learning of new brain science facts and ideas."

"Wonderful initiative. As a caregiver to my daughter who has schizoaffective disorder I hope there will be studies on the impact of severe mental disorders on the brain. best wishes"

"I am highly qualifiied in 4 subjects and have an mphyl and ma in different subjects and work with regular and special ed. students with a variety of memory and recall problems which can be neurologically based,emotionally based etc. - pddnos, communication disorders etc. I am very fascinated by the work you are doing ..."

"I like to recibe iformation in neuroscienca, I am epidemiologys. in this institucion, in merida, yucatan, mexico and"

"It looks an extraordinary project. Very interesting and unique. Good luck with your brain research."

"I can't believe I missed the live streaming."

"I've always been fascinated by the brain and am so excited i found your website. I would love to receive updates about your current projects and more. Thank you"

"I would like to see the placement of the brain on the slides. I think that would add to the historical experience of the H.M. Project"

"I'm sure you are being flooded with email today. I just wanted to send a brief note to say that I enjoyed watching your webcast. It brought back fond memories of the good old days at LONI. Your website is very impressive -- I sent the link to several of my friends, who also found it very interesting."

"I'm a faculty member in the Department of Anatomy here at DMU teaching neuroanatomy to first-year medical, podiatry and physical therapy students. I'm impressed by your website (The Brain Observatory) and would like to know if I can gain members access and to what extent I can use your work for teaching purposes."

"I wanted a little more information about what you hope to find. Pardon my ignorance, but he became an amnesiac because his hippocampus was removed, mystery solved, right? Obviously I'm not right, but I thought that was a common side effect of losing your hippocampus. Wish I was a neurosurgeon. ;)"

"This is a very exciting project that will move the knowledge of the brain forward while creating a final chapter in the extrodinary life of HM. Thanks!"

"Thank you so much for the live feed of the sectioning. After talking about H.M. to my students over the years, it is fascinating to see the brain that changed the way we think about memory. I look forward to the results of your continuing research."

"Phenomenal! I have told my students to observe from time to time and have actually accessed the live feed during classes. They (and I) are very excited to be able to participate even from afar. What a great experience! Thank you so much. Please keep adding updated comments letting us know where you are relative to the reference image."

"I have followed this case for a while, and read about this in today's NY Times. As a 60-something who occasionally forgets where the car keys were placed, I am interested in your findings!"

"You have a very advanced lab over there. I hope i can work in that sort of environment working in the same field as your guys! I am only in gr 11. So I got a long ways to go." Bronson P., California.

"Hi, I'm a biology studient. This year finish the college. I'm so excited for this proyect, I'm waching the web cam all time. I thing that it's a great proyect for cience in all word. Congratulation. I'm so sad because when you work in the brain I'm sleeping... I hope I'll see the end. Sorry for my bad english." Noa L.,University of Vigo, Spain.

"I have really enjoyed following the project today while I work on E-Rate projects. It takes 1.5 hours to get home and I don't want to leave because I'll miss the progress! Thanks to all of you for the effort involved in sharing this incredible experience with the world. This little corner in Alabama sure appreciates it!" Andrea G., K-12 Teacher, Tuscaloosa City School District.

"Just wanted to thank you for the live video stream of the HM slicing. It is fascinating to watch the project in action. Also, I have learned a great deal about patient HM, various brain conditions, seizures, and other topics as a direct result of this project. It has been very educational! Thank you again for sharing this experience with the community." Chrissy K., Google Inc.

"Watching your feed from Christchurch NZ keep up the good work! We have some dry ice but if we posted it now it would probably be all sublimated before arrival. Best Wishes," Tony H., University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

"Good afternoon. I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you. My students were amazed and it sparked wonderful conversations. We will be checking in often. " Sandra C., Albion High School

"I just wanted to say this is truly incredible! Currently I am finishing my enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard and I have my sights set on going into Neurosurgery. Watching the online video has been a treat and I want to thank all those involved in putting it on the web. Keep up the good work!" Robert M.

"Dear Dr. Jannese, I'm a faculty member in the Department of Anatomy here at DMU teaching neuroanatomy to first-year medical, podiatry and physical therapy students. I'm impressed by your website (The Brain Observatory) and would like to know if I can gain members access and to what extent I can use your work for teaching purposes. Many Thanks," Kenneth H. Ph.D., Department of Anatomy, Des Moines University

"What a phenomenal event and as it continues it will bring more information about the brain to the general public along with the professional fields. Great opportunity for the general public to see science at work!!!!" Wendy W.

"What an historic moment! There isn't a psychology student trained in the last 40 years who doesn't know H.M.'s story. It is an honor to have the UCSD team share this with us all. Thank you!"

"Phenomenal! I have told my students to observe from time to time and have actually accessed the live feed during classes. They (and I) are very excited to be able to participate even from afar. What a great experience! Thank you so much. Please keep adding updated comments letting us know where you are relative to the reference image." Lee

"This has been the most amazing thing. It is great that the world has been able to witness it" Davi

"Thank you so much for the live feed of the sectioning. After talking about H.M. to my students over the years, it is fascinating to see the brain that changed the way we think about memory. I look forward to the results of your continuing research." Gayle Y.

"After a long and arduous journey of 50+ hours, Dr. Annese and his team of researchers completed the slicing of Pt. HM brain under the excited vigilance of hundreds of spectators that watched online as Dr. A sliced the last piece of HM's brain. These slides will aid on the digital mapping of HM brain for future generations' research and field work. Congratulations Dr. Annese and thank you for kindly sharing this wonderful moments with all of us. Truly admirable. Hope this inspired many others as it has inspired me." Aleks