Our intrepid Noggin volunteers visited Shahala Middle School in Vancouver’s Evergreen Public School District this morning, to meet with six classes of 6th graders eager to learn about their brains! We had some seasoned outreach volunteers, including Gaile Parker and Noggin Resource Council member Jessica Patching-Bunch, both recent graduates of the Department of…
Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives… We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate…
A huge crowd of curious people streamed into Velo Cult eager to learn about local, federally funded research on how chemicals in marijuana might help in the treatment of chronic pain, and also hear from creative Portland musicians Bob Desaulniers and Tony Remple… This is becoming a season of public cannabis research presentations…
Noggin was honored to bring 30 high school students, teachers and our own volunteers to Providence St. Vincent hospital this morning, to participate in the Providence School Outreach Brain Watch program, and view an actual surgery on a living patient’s brain..! We arrived EARLY, around 6:15am, and major props to all…
This year Noggin is honored to bring thirty curious high school students, outreach volunteers from Portland State University and WSU Vancouver, and school chaperones to Providence St. Vincent hospital for their extraordinary Brain Watch program – to view an actual brain surgery from start to finish! SOURCE: Robert Ludlow, University College London Institute of…
Ram Kandasamy from WSU Vancouver presents research on cannabinoids and chronic pain along with Portland musicians Bob Desaulniers and Tony Remple at the incomparable Velo Cult Bicycle Repair Shop and Pub! UPDATE: Click here for pics, description and music links from this Noggin Velo event! VELO CULT FLYER (pdf): Chronic Pain & Mary Jane WHAT: Chronic Pain &…
NW Noggin organized outreach visits to two public elementary schools in sunny California earlier this fall… 🌴🌴 We were in San Diego to present our posters and discuss brain awareness with 30,000 brain researchers at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference… LEARN MORE: Art & Science @ SfN 2016 LEARN MORE: Cortical Connections in San…
Noggin is partnering with the WSU Vancouver library this week to offer pipe cleaners and instructions on building your own neurons! Relieve stress by twisting colorful wires into the brain cells you’re exercising while preparing for final exams… 🙂 “Christmas neuron” by Lilian Nguyen (WSU Vancouver) You’re welcome to hold on to…
“It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” -Hans Selye “Inspired by the HPA axis,” by Kanani Miyamoto Final exams, politics, holidays, implicit and explicit bias – it’s no wonder people feel stressed these days. Yet stress can also be beneficial, and there are steps we can…
Stressed out, burned out: Strategies to stay balanced from the studio and lab. Tamasen Hayward, a Neuroscience graduate researcher in the Coffin Lab at WSU Vancouver, gives you the inside scoop on stress, discusses when stress is good and when it’s too much, and suggests ways to manage stress based on proven…