Post by Austin Schubert, graduate student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at OHSU. Austin is interested in the genetic and molecular basis of how the cerebral cortex develops in the context of health, disease, and evolution, and presented on brain organoids at NogginFest 2023. We all began as a single-celled…
NOGGINFEST 2023 
Brain Awareness! Music! Noggins! Art! “…the great events of the world take place in the brain…” — Oscar Wilde This was the SIXTH annual NogginFest – the largest student-run, accessible, all ages, public celebration of music, art, brain research, noggins and interdisciplinary neuroscience in the Pacific Northwest! Noggin’s…
This month we joined sophomore, junior and senior classrooms at David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon, at the invitation of Psychology teachers Heather Murdock and Tracy Lind. We’d visited David Douglas in the past, before the pandemic, and both teachers reached out to arrange for our return! LEARN MORE:…
From Night Owls and Morning Birds to Motivating Those with ADHD Post by Sami Wagner, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. When I arrived at Hazelbrook Middle School for community outreach, I was a bit nervous because I was running a few minutes late. I have a bad habit…
Post by Nathalie Rios Carreon, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. I am a senior at Portland State University (PSU). I transferred to PSU from Chemeketa Community College (CCC). I went to CCC right after graduating from Woodburn High School. I was there on a soccer scholarship which covered…
Post by Becky Hunt, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. My outing with the fantastic NW Noggin team was my first extended in person social experience since before the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who worked alone and attended online school for the past few years, witnessing the bright, curious…
Post by Veronika Carranza, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Why is music so timeless? Why do people still listen to music thought up by a child more than 200 years ago? Why do we learn the letters of the alphabet through song? Why are some parents so adamant…
Post by Cameron McGrew, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor and a Chemistry minor at Portland State University. The sun shone brightly on a warm spring morning as I opened my eyes, and contemplated the day ahead. I thought about the breakfast I’d fix, the coffee I’d pour, and the class I’d join…
Post and artwork by Jasmine Loeung, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Jasmine is a research technician in the Sleep and Health Applied Research Program (SHARP) Lab at the Portland Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University. “Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as…
Post by Natalie Partipilo, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Natalie is a Northwest Noggin outreach volunteer, BUILD EXITO scholar and a clinical researcher at Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). When I arrived at Oregon City…