Like brain cells, Noggin volunteers love reaching out, and synapsing with people and organizations in our vibrant Northwest community. LEARN MORE: NW Noggin Collaborators Excitatory Connections At Portland State University, OHSU graduate students are integrated into advanced undergraduate neuroscience courses, while our accomplished PSU Neuroscience Club members not only present…
WHAT: Noggin visit to labs at Legacy Research Institute (LRI) We did it! Huge thanks to LRI scientists and staff for an exciting and informative tour! WHERE: Legacy Research Institute, 1225 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232 WHEN: Thursday, June 8, 2023, 10:00am – noon EVENT FULL Our undergraduate volunteers from Psychology/Neuroscience at Portland State…
Post by Frederick Schemel, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Frederick is currently a research assistant in the Developmental Brain Imaging Lab (DBIL) run by Dr. Bonnie Nagel in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). March of the Multitudes Neuroscience is not an easy…
Post by Asha Powell-Stormberg, undergraduate in Science pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Asha is a regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin, and is currently interning in Dr. Adie Rae Wilson-Poe’s cannabinoid research lab at Legacy Research Institute. I am a senior at Portland State University about to graduate in June. For the last few…
Post written by Kerry Barahona, undergraduate in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Kerry has interned in Dr. Laura Villasana‘s lab at Legacy Research Institute. If you asked me fifteen, ten, or even five years ago, I never would have said that I saw myself in research or…
Post by Tiarra Jacoby, undergraduate at Portland State University Volunteering at Legacy Research Institute (LRI) for Dr. Haiying Shen in the R.S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratories for the past few months has been an unforgettable experience. From day one, the research associates I’ve worked with have made me feel right at…
Our undergraduate and graduate outreach volunteers are both enthusiastic and informed, and regularly contribute to scientific investigation by interning and volunteering in area research labs! We’ve helped place students, many pursuing a minor in interdisciplinary neuroscience at Portland State University, at OHSU and Legacy Research. LEARN MORE: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor…
GROWING IN NETWORKS… The Northwest Neuroscience Outreach Group: Growing in Networks (nwnoggin.org) is a collaborative all volunteer educational effort to enthuse and engage academic priority students and the general public in the study and practice of neuroscience and art. And we’re a nonprofit! Northwest Noggin received federal 501(c)(3) status on November…
GROWING IN NETWORKS… The Northwest Neuroscience Outreach Group: Growing in Networks (nwnoggin.org) is a collaborative all volunteer educational effort to enthuse and engage academic priority students and the general public in the study and practice of neuroscience and art. And we’re a nonprofit! Northwest Noggin received federal 501(c)(3) status on November…
Post by Natalie Robison (she/her), undergraduate in Biology at Portland State University pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor. Did you know that, by some measures, a brain has just as many glial cells as it does neurons? LEARN MORE: The search for true numbers of neurons and glial cells in the…