Post by Olivia Monestime, undergraduate in Biology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Olivia is a BUILD EXITO scholar working in Dr. Nora Gray‘s research lab at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center. Am I a scientist? I wasn’t obsessed with science as a kid. The only…
Our Oregon/Southwest Washington Society for Neuroscience Chapter Meeting is BACK! We happily returned to the McMenamin’s Edgefield for two days of in person research discussions, poster presentations, and a deep dive into the need for more accessible community engagement, participation and outreach. LEARN MORE: Northwest Noggin @ Society for Neuroscience…
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…
Our all-volunteer Northwest Noggineers hit the road this spring, leaving busy labs and lecture halls for the wet and stormy mouth of the Columbia River, to learn from bar pilots, cardiologists, graduate students in neuroscience, curious pre-K kids and hundreds of engaged 9th – 12th graders with challenging questions from…
LEARN MORE: NW Noggin Brings Neuroscience Fun to Sisters Students “Forged out of electricity, born ready to run, drunk on the promise of new grass, young evening sun, never quite solving the mystery of where the ropes come from.” — Beth Wood, excerpt from The Ropes We left the drenched Willamette…
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla We are immersed in waves! The world is full of energy, and much of it can be described and measured as waves. In Astoria this week, at the turbulent mouth…
Post by Hosanna Broderick, undergraduate in Speech & Hearing Sciences pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. I was born in San Francisco and though I grew up north of the bay, I spent a lot of time in the city during my adolescent and young adult years. I experience profound nostalgia…
Post by Jadyn Harris, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Jadyn is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. “Perhaps the most important problem in neuroscience is understanding what it means to be human, and music is an essential part of this.” — Robert Zatorre…
Post by Mina Sattari, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Mina is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. This winter I’ve had the pleasure of participating in outreach at Sacajawea Elementary School in Vancouver, Washington and at Leodis V. McDaniel High School, Hosford Middle School…
We started Northwest Noggin as parents in 2012, exploring summer educational opportunities offered by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), “Saturday Academy” and other nonprofits. These programs were prohibitively expensive, and with two kids each and limited income they were not accessible options for either Noggin co-founder at…