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SUMMARY:Noggins in Hawaii!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin outreach in Hawaii! \nWe did it!\n\nLEARN MORE AT THE LINK\n\nHo brah\, he lolo maoli kēlā!\n \nWHERE: Waikiki School\, via ZOOM (links to come)\n \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 11\, 10:15am – 12:30am (First session 10:15am – 11:15am; Second session 11:30 – 12:30) \nNoggin volunteers will visit 5th grade students at Waikiki Elementary two mornings (Tuesday and Thursday) this week. “Faculty at Waikiki Elementary School are leaders in the community who share a passion for teaching and creating a supportive learning environment that is challenging\, collaborative and engaging.” \n \nStudents will have identified parts of a neuron & parts of the brain in class. Students will also have questions prepared to ask volunteers. We’ll also build our own brain cells (both neurons and glia) out of found objects! \n \nJOIN US!\nPlease email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, Portland State University\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, Portland State University\n3. Aaron Eisen\, NW Noggin\, National University of Natural Medicine\, OHSU\n4. Angela Hendrix\, NW Noggin\n5. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n6. Annabelle Winking\, PSU\n7. Karsen Coelho\, PSU\n8. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n9. Hannah Fulenwider\, OHSU\n10. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n11. Paul Delahanty\, PSU\n12. Sheila Stern\, American Brain Coalition\n13. Kit Carlson\, artist\n14. Chrysania Monroe\, PSU\n15. Greyson Moore\, PSU\n16. Mikah Brandes\, OHSU/PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO \n \nQuestions from 5th grade!\n● How does the brain dream at nighttime?\n● How does the brain develop memories?\n● What if our body didn’t have sensory nerves\, but had nerves?\n● What if our body didn’t have nerves but had sensory nerves?\n● Why do younger people remember more memories than older people?\n● Does the brain control our emotions\, thoughts and behaviors?\n● What is the brain made of?\n● When the brain is dead\, does it change color?\n● Does the brain grow larger as you keep on growing?\n● What colors can brains become?\n● My first question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to loud noises.\n● My second question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to moving objects.\n● How does your brain store important information?\n● Could you switch your brain with something similar?\n● Would the word color reading experiment be easier or harder for preschoolers?\n● If one of my senses didn’t work would I panic if I did the hole in the hand experiment?\n● Why do we have dreams?\n● Why do we get excited?\n● What does the brain feel like\, is it mushy\, is it soft?\n● Is the brain really pink like in the movies?\n● Why does the brain panic?\n● What does the brain do when it becomes overloaded?\n● If two people switched brains what would happen?\n● Could you replace the brain with something the same shape and texture?\n● How does the brain control our body?\n● If we get a new brain would we forget our memories?\n● I wonder what would happen if you swapped your brain with someone else. Would you have his memories? Why or why not?\n● Why does my brain tell my body what to do? \n\n● How does my brain have room for my memories?\n● Are nerves hard like thin bones or are they soft and stringy like yarn?\n● When we get headaches\, are they happening in our brain and if so why and how?\n● Why do we dream?\n● What sports require really good reaction time and how does our brain learn how to react?\n● How does our brain know that our body is in distress?\n● How do signals travel through sensory nerves to the brain?\n● What does a brain feel like?\n● What makes a brain function your body?\n● Is it true that bigger brains are smarter than smaller brains?\n● How does the brain not have any moving parts?\n● Why do we have blood in our brain?\n● Which is the most important part in the human\, brain or heart?\n● How fast does the brain make decisions\, give information and control your muscles to other parts of the body?\n● How come the brain is in our head?\n● What’s the difference between a smart brain vs. a not smart brain?\n● How many parts of the brain are there and what are they called?\n● How does the brain send commands to the other parts of your body?\n● I wonder why we don’t just run out of storage in our brain?\n● Why are we able to work with one muscle?\n● Why is the brain slimy?\n● Where do brains come from?\n● How does our brain control us?\n● Is our brain the only body part that controls our body?\n● When you sleep\, does your brain sleep?\n● When you dream does your brain memorize stuff and put it together in the dream?\n● What would happen if we couldn’t feel pain from our nervous system?\n● What if we didn’t have our nervous system?\n● How many cells does the brain have?\n● How does the brain work? Does it have anything like a motor?\n● How does our brain decide what goes in our dreams?\n● Why does the brain not remember things that happened a long time ago?\n● The brain controls our body\, is there a way to alter the brain to become some sort of godly figure?\n● What if there was some sort of zombie apocalypse\, would we be mindless?\n● Have you ever touched a brain? \n\n● What is inside the brain?\n● Where does the brain keep memories?\n● Why does the body parts get weaker when we get older?\n● How do blue light glasses actually work when playing video games?\n● Why do we get happy or mad when you win or lose in video games? It does feel like I accomplish something\, but it’s just a game.\n● When we’re scared\, why do we scream?\n● How can someone get over dyslexia?\n● How does your brain flip the pictures that you see?\n● Why do brains look like they have those tubes?\n● How can our brain contain all these memories?\n● Why does our brain use up so much energy?\n● What if our body didn’t have sensory nerves\, but had nerves?\n● What if our body didn’t have nerves but had sensory nerves?\n● Can a person survive without a brain?\n● Are there different types of brains?\n● Who named the brain?\n● Do we have infinite memory?\n● How does the brain store memories?\n● How does the brain control your body? \n\n● What would happen if our brains were shaped differently than they are right now? Would we still act the same?\n● Are animal brains similar to human brains?\n● Does the brain grow larger as you keep on growing?\n● What colors can brains become?\n● What if the brain was 2x smaller?\n● What if the brain was 2x bigger?\n● Is our brain the hardest worker of our body part?\n● How does it store so many memories when it’s so small?\n● What would happen if your brain could not make decisions?\n● What if humans’ reaction time was a second?\n● What would it be like if you switched\, you’re brain with a dog’s brain?\n● Why do we think certain things are beautiful and some things are not?\n● How do we store all of our memories in our brains?\n● Why do we dream?\n● Does the brain have a limit to storing and learning new things?\n● Why do people lose their memory?\n● How will you figure out how the brain works?\n● Where do you get brains to dissect?\n● Why does the brain have memory (how does it remember things)?\n● Why do some brain think differently?\n● What is the brain made of?\n● When the brain is dead\, does it change color?\n● My first question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to loud noises?\n● My second question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to moving objects?\n● Do we need our brain to help us walk and talk?\n● Every one of our memories in our brain do they disappear or just stay in our head?\n● How do brains work?\n● Why are brains the shape it is?\n● Can the Brain learn anything?\n● How many parts are in the Brain?\n● How does the brain dream at night time?\n● How does the brain develop memories?\n● What can I do to have a super healthy brain?\n● What are brain waves?\n● How do we make decisions?\n● What is intelligence?\n● Why do younger people remember more memories than older people?\n● Does the brain control our emotions\, thoughts and behaviors?
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SUMMARY:Virtual Science Pub with Denesa Lockwood: Can You Smell Me Now?
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Virtual Science Pub: Can You Smell Me Now? How COVID-19 Affects Our Sense of Smell and Taste with OHSU Behavioral Neuroscientist and Northwest Noggin Board member Dr. Denesa Lockwood! \nWHERE: Virtual OMSI Science Pub – Facebook Live & YouTube; REGISTER HERE \nWHEN: FEB 16\, 2021 | Virtual Edition | 6:30-8:30PM \n \nCurrently touted as one of the more noticeable symptoms of COVID-19 infection\, lack of smell has also been associated with many other conditions and can severely impact the sufferer. How does this condition arise\, especially with a virus that seems to mostly impact the respiratory system? In this talk\, neuroscientist Denesa Lockwood will explore how the senses of smell and taste are intertwined with the brain and review current scientific findings on how and why the coronaviruses affect olfactory neurons. \n \nDenesa Lockwood\, Ph.D. is a behavioral neuroscientist\, studying behavior and the underlying neural mechanisms by which behavior arises. She graduated from Western Oregon University and then completed her graduate work at Florida State University\, with a dissertation focused on conditioned taste aversion. She currently studies the genetic underpinnings of alcohol addiction\, but remains interested in learning and memory\, including sensory memories. \nWhen she’s not getting mice drunk in the lab\, Denesa stays busy wrangling three children\, two dogs\, and a constantly varying number of fish. She has been an active volunteer and voice for broader science dissemination into the community\, heading up the March for Science efforts here in Portland for several years running. She also is a board member of the non-profit educational outreach group NW NOGGIN\, where she has volunteered across the country teaching students of all ages about the basics of neuroscience\, and she recently (2019) received the Sigma Xi Outstanding Supporter of Research award.
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SUMMARY:** CANCELED  -  PSU Neuro Club: NEUROSURGERY!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Neurosurgery with Dr. Kokkino \nCANCELED (so sorry!)  –  regular club meeting tonight  \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 25th at 6:30pm \nWHERE: Zoom ID- 862 6140 2069 \n \nDr. Kokkino\, a neurosurgeon with a specialization in neurooncology and minimally invasive surgical techniques\, will join the PSU Neuroscience Club for a fun event! Dr. Kokkino will present interesting neurosurgery cases\, and will answer student questions! \nLEARN MORE: What is brain surgery like?
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-neurosurgery/
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SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Considering med school?
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: OHSU Medical School Panel \nWHEN: Wednesday\, March 3rd at 6:30pm \nWHERE: Zoom ID- 862 6140 2069 \n \nMedical students from OHSU will be joining the PSU Neuroscience Club for a panel event where they discuss their paths in medicine! This will be a very interactive event\, where students will have a chance to ask OHSU medical students any questions they have.
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SUMMARY:Daylight Saving Time harms brains
DESCRIPTION:Finding it difficult to wake up after we ‘spring’ forward to Daylight Saving Time? Oregon has plans to end this biannual ritual. But if we lock the clock to Daylight Saving Time as Oregon hopes to\, our problems will be far worse than just recovering from the jarring consequences of losing one hour of sleep. Instead\, we’ll be doomed to losing sleep year-round and gaining weight in the process. \nScience and history tell us this is a recipe for disaster. \n \nLEARN MORE\nOregon wants to increase sleep deprivation and winter misery
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/daylight-savings-time-harms-brains/
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SUMMARY:Brain Awareness Week!
DESCRIPTION:  \nLEARN MORE: Brain Awareness Week! \nNW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation\, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research through grants\, publications\, and educational programs. We share their enthusiasm for genuine community outreach\, and their commitment to educating everyone about the potential of research… \n \n \nListening\, learning and making connections beyond the college green… \nLEARN MORE:  The Dana Foundation \nLEARN MORE:  Brain Awareness Week \nTHIS YEAR ENJOY NOGGINFEST!!!\n \nLEARN MORE: JOIN US @ NOGGINFEST 2021 \n\nSAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY\, MARCH 20\, 6-8:30pm \nREGISTER HERE\nGet Your Glial Gift/Raffle ticket!\nEXPLORE THE NOGGINFEST ART AUCTION!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/brain-awareness-week-3/
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SUMMARY:NOGGINFEST 2021!!!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NOGGINFEST 2021! \nWE DID IT!!\nCHECK IT OUT AT THE LINK!! \nNogginFest 2021: Threshold Potential!\n \n \nWHEN: SATURDAY\, MARCH 20\, 6:00 – 8:30pm! \n \nThis is the largest student-run\, accessible\, public celebration of music\, art and interdisciplinary neuroscience in the Pacific Northwest! \nAnd it’s FREE!!\n \n\n“I LOVE THIS!! It’s like old #WeirdPortland: there’s #music\, #brains\, #beer\, everybody’s making #art & talking about #neuroscience!”\n\n\n\n  \nDiscover research on psychedelics\, the gut/brain axis and more! Hear amazing bands! Get blown away by incredible\, innovative sciart! \nREGISTER HERE\nJOIN US: Noggin Fest 2021!\nEXPLORE THE NOGGINFEST ART AUCTION!\n \n \n \nImage by Danny Leister-Gray \nNogginFest began in 2017 to showcase exciting research\, awesome musicians and compelling\, brain-related art. The legendary Fort George Brewery in Astoria donates the drinks\, and we’ve held\, intrigued and gained insight into brains with anyone curious about learning more! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nENHANCE YOUR NOGGIN: \n \n*** SOLD OUT!\nCheck out sciart\, raffle tickets and “glial gifts” to make your NogginFest experience even more extraordinary!\n \nRaffle items include 3D printed brains! Pipe cleaner glia! Pipe cleaner neurons!  \n \n \n \nThrough art sales\, beer sales and generous donations\, we’ve managed to send our informed and enthusiastic outreach volunteers from Portland State University and other area institutions to multiple Society for Neuroscience conferences to present on innovative\, interdisciplinary community outreach… \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ the Society for Neuroscience \n\n\n\nLEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins!
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SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Exploring the Brain w/Susannah Cahalan!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Exploring the Brain with award-winning author Susannah Cahalan \nWonderful event!\n \n \n \n \nWHEN: Tuesday\, April 13th at 5:00pm \nWHERE: Zoom Meeting ID (872 5609 7777) \nSusannah Cahalan is an award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author\, journalist\, and public speaker. Her 2012 memoir\, Brain on Fire has sold over a million copies and was made into a Netflix original movie. Her second book\, The Great Pretender\,  made an array of “Best-Of” lists and was shortlisted for the 2020 Royal Society’s Science Book Award. \n \nThis term\, the PSU Neuroscience Club has the special privilege of hosting Susannah for our very own event! Susannah will be discussing both of her books\, as well as answering student questions about the brain\, the fields of Neurology/Psychiatry\, and what it was like for her during her own journey with a disease that was like having her “brain on fire.” \nCome join us  –  free!
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SUMMARY:Society for Neuroscience Oregon / SWWA Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Society for Neuroscience Oregon / SW Washington Annual Meeting \nA fantastic celebration of regional scientific research!\n \nCHECK OUT THE PROGRAM: SFN OR-WA 2021 program \nWHERE: Register for the *ONLINE* Chapter Meeting HERE \nWHEN: Thursday\, April 15\, 8:50am – 7:30pm \n \nThe Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter is the local group affiliated with the Society for Neuroscience. Our annual meeting in the spring brings together neuroscience students\, postdoctoral scholars and faculty from across the state and region to share projects and network with colleagues. \n \nNoggin poster\n \nNW Noggin:  Axons & Arpilleras – Addressing trauma and supporting community across disciplines and national boundaries \nGRIESAR\, W.S.* ** *** ****\, LEAKE\, J.* ** *** ARANEDA\, C. ** ***** \n“No happiness or pain\, no more forgetting” \n― Gabriela Mistral \n \nScience needs investment and diverse perspectives. Integrating arts in STEM (STEAM) encourages more people to get involved. \nNonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes undergraduates and graduates to collaborate\, build community networks and inspire people about neuroscience and art. Volunteers benefit from work across disciplines and institutions\, serve as “near peer” role models\, gain skill explaining research\, and think creatively about careers. We’ve met over 45\,000 academic priority K-12 students\, homeless youth\, incarcerated youth and members of the public since 2012! \n \nExtreme inequality defines the United States\, with devastating brain\, health and social consequences\, as more people struggle to access food\, water\, education\, public transit\, healthcare and housing. \nConcentrated wealth isolates those with extravagant resources from the broader community. Isolation is worsened by degrading rhetoric from political leaders and pundits who protect privileges\, often by dehumanizing others. \nInequality can also lead to the violation of human rights\, and violence. \nValparaíso\, Chile\, home to both a long history of neuroscience research and astonishing art traditions\, is currently targeted by a repressive and authoritarian government\, whose leader\, billionaire Sebastian Piñera\, has declared “war” (guerra) on those protesting injustice. \n \nNoggin partnered with Chilean artist/educator Cecilia Araneda to teach how the art of “arpilleras\,” the sewing of embroidery and patchwork to depict aspects of life\, has helped many express traumatic experiences and contribute to the memory of significant national violations of human rights. \nWe participated in a public radio interview and displayed arpilleras and human brains at Street 14 Café during an “Art Walk” in Astoria\, Oregon\, and discussed neuroscience research on stress\, trauma\, memory\, dehumanized perception\, resilience and recovery. \nWe then presented and crafted our own arpilleras at p:ear\, a critical community center for support of Portland Oregon youth who lack access to safe\, stable housing\, while answering questions about behavior and the brain. NW Noggin was p:ear’s Community Partner awardee in 2020. \nBuilding excitement and awareness of discoveries\, educational options and careers through arts-integrated outreach across institutional\, international and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate\, engages more communities\, and increases awareness and support for investment in brain research and the arts. \n* Department of Psychology\, Portland State University;  ** NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org);  *** Department of University Studies\, Portland State University; **** Department of Behavioral Neuroscience\, Oregon Health & Science University; ***** Colectivo Memoarte \nSewing Memories\, & Brains\n \nPSU Neuroscience Club poster\n \nWATCH HERE: Navigating neuroscience education and outreach during COVID-19 \nSee what our outreach participants have done with SfN in the past!\n \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ Society for Neuroscience \n2021 Chapter Program\n8:50 AM Welcome \nMini-symposium of the Gut Microbiome-Nervous System Axis \n9:00     Insights into the enteric nervous system: perspectives from a gut stem cell biologist\nAnnie Zemper\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor of Biology\, University of Oregon \n \n9:30    Environmental challenges\, the gut microbiome\, and behavioral and cognitive measures in mouse models\nJacob Raber\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience\, OHSU \n10:00    Microbial modulation of zebrafish behavior and brain development\nJudith Eisen\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Biology\, University of Oregon \n10:30    Emerging roles of gut microbiome in autism\nMaude David\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor of Microbiology\, Oregon State University \n11:00     Role of the Gut Microbiome in Effects of Dominant Human Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Mutations on Behavioral and Cognitive Performance in Mice\nPayel Kundu\, Ph.D.\, OHSU \n \n11:15    Lunch break and poster viewing \n12:30    An eye on neurogenesis: Exploring how retinal progenitors transition from proliferation to differentiation in the developing zebrafish visual system\nKara Cerveny\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Biology\, Reed College \n1:00    Comparing Response Times Between HSAN2 and Typical Participants\nChris Koch\, Ph.D.\, George Fox University \n1:15     A Non-Human Primate Model of Neonatal Encephalopathy to Evaluate Novel Translational Therapeutics\nMeredith Kelleher\, Ph.D.\, Oregon National Primate Research Center \n1:30     Brain Volumetrics Across the Lifespan of the Rhesus Macaque\nSteven Dash\, Oregon National Primate Research Center \n \n1:45     Centella asiatica and Withania somnifera improve resilience in a Drosophila melanogaster model of aging\nChristine McClure\, N.D.\, M.S.\, OHSU \n \n2:00     Cannabidiol Vapor Inhalation Effects in Memory\, Social Interaction\, and Instrumental Behavior of Female Rats\nMaria Rivera-Garcia\, Ph.D.\, Dow Neurobiology Labs – Legacy Research Institute \n \n \n2:15     Break and poster-viewing \n2:45    Understanding functional architecture and neuromodulation of brain circuits using connectomic and novel imaging approaches\nTianyi Mao\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, Vollum Institute\, OHSU \n \n3:15     Investigating the Role of Cell Migration Inducing and Hyaluronan Binding Protein (CEMIP) in Central Nervous System Disease\nAlec Peters\, Oregon National Primate Research Center \n \n3:30    Expression and Distribution of Aquaporin-1 in Extremely Aged Rhesus Brain\nOpal Stayer-Wilburn\, Oregon National Primate Research Center \n \n3:45     Ibuprofen induces differences in NMDA and AMPA receptor functions between males and females\nEmily Sackinger\, Oregon State University \n \n4:00     Amyloidosis in the Prefrontal Cortex of Old Rhesus Macaques Resembles that of Humans\, Showing Extracelluar Plaques and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy\nGail Stonebarger\, Oregon National Primate Research Center \n \nPOSTER SESSION Q&A\n4:20    John Cook\n4:25    Raey Gesese\n4:30    Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake (video above)\n4:35    Alex Speers\n4:40    Abby H. Gligor\n4:45    Forrest Fearington\n4:50    Angela Gonzalez\n4:55    Jonathan Anguiano\n5:00    Mikah Brandes\n5:05    Mae Rose\n5:10    AJ Mitchell\n5:15    Sarah Holden\n5:20    Tua’au Laolagi\n5:25    Alisha Steigerwald\, PSU Neuro Club (video above) \n\n5:30    Matthew R. Blake\n5:35    Geoffrey A. Dunn\n5:40    Karli Corey\n5:45    Sree Yeturu\n5:50    Teagan James\n5:55    Noa Rayzman \n6:15 KEYNOTE: How genes and bacteria shape the risk of neuroinflammatory disease: The example of Multiple Sclerosis\nSergio Baranzini\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Neurology\, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences \n7:15    Awards and closing
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/society-for-neuroscience-oregon-swwa-annual-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (1)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \n \nWHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers! \nWHEN:\n1. Thursday\, April 22\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n2. Friday\, April 23\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n3. Thursday\, April 29\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n4. Friday\, April 30\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe did it!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n \nWe’re going back to school! \n \nPortland Public Schools is on a “hybrid” schedule\, and we’ll meet virtually with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School for four days in April! \n \nThe first week (4/22 & 4/23) we’ll learn what kids already know and want to know about their brains\, introduce ourselves\, talk neuroscience research and discover how to make our own neurons and glia. \n \nWe’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home! \n \nLEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells! \nJust dropped off two new 3D printed brains for 4th grade teachers Asa Gervich and Jeremy Thomas! \n \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠 \nWhat about the glia?\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n8. Joanna DeMeyer\, Oregon State University\n9. Anna Traylor\, PSU \n \nCHECK OUT THESE STUDENT QUESTIONS!\nStanley: I want to know about all the nerves in the brain\nHow does the brain affect activities like running?\nHow does the brain know your likes\, interests\, etc.? \nRome: I want to know about memories and dreams \nEmma: How do dreams work? What does it have to do with memories? \nArlo: I want to know about the thinking part of the brain \nJulian: How big or small the laughter part of your brain is \nBea: How does the brain process what it wants to do\, and how does it know whether it is a good thing to do \nNadia: What are the different parts of the brain? \nEva: I am curious about memories and thoughts. How do we remember things? When you are learning something new\, how exactly is your brain involved in the learning? HOW DO WE LEARN? \nZander: How do brains sense when the body gets hurt? \nKellen: How do the body and the brain communicate? How do the brain and our muscles\, bones\, etc.? \nEva: I am wondering about guilt – the feeling of feeling bad about something you’ve done; how is the brain involved in that? \nAmes: Why is our limbic system so “fast-acting”? How many nerves are in our brains? \nArchie: How come sometimes you have control over your dreams\, and other times you don’t? Why do our brains look like mush\, yet they are so complicated? \nArlo: What part of your brain is used the most? Why do humans have nightmares vs dreams sometimes? Is it because of something we’ve seen\, or do they just happen? \nBea: Why do we dream? \n \nDexter: Do people with epilepsy (like me) have more dreams than people who don’t? How fast do you think it takes for people to process their dreams? What do you know about helping kids with epilepsy and reading? Why did you start studying the brain in the first place? What is the strangest thing you’ve learned in your careers? I feel most of my seizures near my mouth and I wonder if different kinds of seizures happen in different parts of the brain. \nDylan: How many emotions can the brain help you make? How many neurons do you have? \nElsie: I just want to learn more about HOW the brain does its work. \nEmma: What would my emotion be if I had two bad things happening at once? What is the first thing you ever learned about the brain? \nEricka: Why are brains pink? Why do they have so many grooves in them? \nJulian: If you’re asleep\, do both halves of the brain go asleep? In the middle of the night\, do the halves switch? \nKiernan: How big\, exactly\, is my brain? \nMarina: What happens to your brain\, when it gets bruised? How does your brain decide if something tastes good? \nNadia: Are all of our ideas a bunch of existing things\, put together? \nRome: When we have dreams – what makes us dream about certain things in particular? Is it all memory-based? \nSeb: How big is the prefrontal cortex? \nSophie: I still don’t understand HOW a memory gets stored. Also\, what decides if you like a certain taste or smell\, or not? \nStanley: How much can your whole brain process in a day? When or why does our brain go on “autopilot”? What is the most helpful part of the brain? \nZander: How much smarter is a human from a dinosaur? How does a brain develop intelligence?
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SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Gut-brain axis Review w/Dr. Robert Martindale!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Gut-brain axis Review with Dr. Robert Martindale \nWHEN: Thursday\, April 22nd at 6:30pm Pacific time \nWHERE: Zoom Meeting ID (872 5609 7777); LINK \nDr. Robert Martindale is a Professor of Surgery and former Chief of General Surgery at OHSU. He specializes in surgical nutrition and surgical critical care\, and will be joining the PSU Neuroscience Club for a second time. Dr. Martindale will discuss the gut-brain axis and how digestive health and brain health are interrelated! \n \nCome join us  –  free!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-gut-brain-axis-review-w-dr-robert-martindale/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210423T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (2)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers! \n \nWHEN:\n1. Thursday\, April 22\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n2. Friday\, April 23\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe did it!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n\n3. Thursday\, April 29\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n4. Friday\, April 30\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe’re going back to school! \n \nPortland Public Schools is on a “hybrid” schedule\, and we’ll meet virtually with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School for four days in April! The first week (4/22 & 4/23) we’ll learn what kids already know and want to know about their brains\, introduce ourselves\, talk neuroscience research and discover how to make our own neurons and glia. \n \nWe’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home! \n \nLEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells! \n \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠 \nWhat about the glia?\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU\n4. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n8. Melissa Sek\, PSU\n9. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU \n \nCHECK OUT THESE STUDENT QUESTIONS!\nStanley: I want to know about all the nerves in the brain\nHow does the brain affect activities like running?\nHow does the brain know your likes\, interests\, etc.? \nRome: I want to know about memories and dreams \nEmma: How do dreams work? What does it have to do with memories? \nArlo: I want to know about the thinking part of the brain \nJulian: How big or small the laughter part of your brain is \nBea: How does the brain process what it wants to do\, and how does it know whether it is a good thing to do \nNadia: What are the different parts of the brain? \nEva: I am curious about memories and thoughts. How do we remember things? When you are learning something new\, how exactly is your brain involved in the learning? HOW DO WE LEARN? \nZander: How do brains sense when the body gets hurt? \nKellen: How do the body and the brain communicate? How do the brain and our muscles\, bones\, etc.? \nEva: I am wondering about guilt – the feeling of feeling bad about something you’ve done; how is the brain involved in that? \nAmes: Why is our limbic system so “fast-acting”? How many nerves are in our brains? \nArchie: How come sometimes you have control over your dreams\, and other times you don’t? Why do our brains look like mush\, yet they are so complicated? \nArlo: What part of your brain is used the most? Why do humans have nightmares vs dreams sometimes? Is it because of something we’ve seen\, or do they just happen? \nBea: Why do we dream? \nDexter: Do people with epilepsy (like me) have more dreams than people who don’t? How fast do you think it takes for people to process their dreams? What do you know about helping kids with epilepsy and reading? Why did you start studying the brain in the first place? What is the strangest thing you’ve learned in your careers? I feel most of my seizures near my mouth and I wonder if different kinds of seizures happen in different parts of the brain. \nDylan: How many emotions can the brain help you make? How many neurons do you have? \nElsie: I just want to learn more about HOW the brain does its work. \nEmma: What would my emotion be if I had two bad things happening at once? What is the first thing you ever learned about the brain? \nEricka: Why are brains pink? Why do they have so many grooves in them? \nJulian: If you’re asleep\, do both halves of the brain go asleep? In the middle of the night\, do the halves switch? \nKiernan: How big\, exactly\, is my brain? \nMarina: What happens to your brain\, when it gets bruised? How does your brain decide if something tastes good? \nNadia: Are all of our ideas a bunch of existing things\, put together? \nRome: When we have dreams – what makes us dream about certain things in particular? Is it all memory-based? \nSeb: How big is the prefrontal cortex? \nSophie: I still don’t understand HOW a memory gets stored. Also\, what decides if you like a certain taste or smell\, or not? \nStanley: How much can your whole brain process in a day? When or why does our brain go on “autopilot”? What is the most helpful part of the brain? \nZander: How much smarter is a human from a dinosaur? How does a brain develop intelligence?
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (3)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers! \n \nWHEN:\n1. Thursday\, April 22\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n2. Friday\, April 23\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n3. Thursday\, April 29\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n4. Friday\, April 30\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe’re going back to school! \n \nPortland Public Schools is on a “hybrid” schedule\, and we’ll meet virtually with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School for four days in April! The first week (4/22 & 4/23) we learned what kids already know and wanted to know about their brains\, introduced ourselves\, talked neuroscience research and discovered how to make our own neurons and glia. \n \nLEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain \nWe’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home! \n \nLEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells! \nMore details coming soon!  \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠 \nWhat about the glia?\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n8. Joanna DeMeyer\, Oregon State University\n9. Anna Traylor\, PSU\n10. William Leverette\, PSU
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210430T123000
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (4)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers! \nWHEN:\n1. Thursday\, April 22\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n2. Friday\, April 23\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n3. Thursday\, April 29\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n4. Friday\, April 30\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe’re going back to school! \n \nPortland Public Schools is on a “hybrid” schedule\, and we’ll meet virtually with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School for four days in April! The first week (4/22 & 4/23) we learned what kids already know and wanted to know about their brains\, introduced ourselves\, talked neuroscience research and discovered how to make our own neurons and glia. \n \nLEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain \nWe’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home! \n \nCHECK OUT STUDENT BRAIN CELLS!! \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nLEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells! \nTHIS FRIDAY we’ll also welcome celebrated neuroscientist and children’s book author Dr. Theanne Griffith\, who recently headlined NOGGINFEST! \n \nShe’s excited to see the brain cells kids create\, and afterwards will read from her Magnificent Makers series about exploring the brain! \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠 \nWhat about the glia?\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU\n4. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n8. Carli Cox\, PSU/Rosenbaum scholar\n9. Dr. Theanne Griffith\, UC Davis\n10. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n11. Anna Traylor\, PSU\n12. William Leverette\, PSU\n13. Wilson Lubeck\, PSU\n14. Danny Leister-Gray\, PSU
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210507T163000
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SUMMARY:NW Noggin @ MacLaren POSTPONED!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin visit @ Maclaren Youth Correctional Facility \nWHERE: Via ZOOM link (we’ll email to volunteers!) \nWHEN: POSTPONED (unit in quarantine; new date/time TBD) \n“Because the brain is undergoing such rapid\, fundamental changes at this stage of life\, adolescents have a heightened capacity to learn and to [grow] out of risky behavior.” \n— The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience \nWe are excited to return to MacLaren\, and meet with more young people curious about the brain\, and the policy implications of ongoing neuroscience research on adolescent development\, bias\, trauma\, drugs\, and mental health in terms of education\, healthcare\, criminal justice and the law. \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jaboa Lake\, PSU\n4. Joanna DeMeyer\, Oregon State University\n5. Joey Seuferling\, UW Medical School\n6. Annika Hokanson\, PSU\n7. William Leverette\, PSU\n8. Alisha Steigerwald\, PSU/PSU Neuro Club\n9. Kit Carlton\, artist\n10. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU \nLearn more about NW Noggin at MacLaren at these links: \nMyelinating @ MacLaren!\n \nAll is in motion\, is growing\, is you\n \nLEARN MORE: Youth get visual\, hands-on experience with the brain \nCorrections\, Bias & Brains
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/nw-noggin-maclaren/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T120000
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SUMMARY:Black in Biophysics Week PANEL!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Black in Biophysics PANEL \nWHERE: ZOOM (REGISTER HERE) \nWHEN: Tuesday\, May 11th\, 2021\, 1-2pm EST/12-1pm CST/11am – 12pm Pacific \n\nWelcome to Black In Biophysics Week! \n\nFROM BLACK IN BIOPHYSICS: Black In Biophysics is an organization/movement that aims to recognize and celebrate Black biophysicists. We hope to use our platform to create a more inclusive environment in science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics (STEM) fields by supporting underrepresented students in our own field of biophysics and beyond. \n \n#BIBPSNextGenerations on Tuesday\, May 11th\, 2021\n\nJoin our panel discussion with scientists of diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. Students at middle schools and high schools will have the opportunity to see the exciting experiments of Black scientists and speak to and have their questions answered by the panelists. To ensure maximum student participation\, we encourage that teachers share the panel in their classrooms. Q&A session to follow. \nJoin us on Zoom from 1-2pm EST/12-1pm CST/11am – 12pm Pacific \nPanelists:\nBobbie Brown\nPhD Student in Neuroscience\nWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis \n \nJuliet Obi\nPhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences\nUniversity of Maryland\, Baltimore \n \nChase Webb\nPhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences\nUniversity of California San Francisco \n \nJohn Del Rosario\, Ph.D.\nPostdoctoral Researcher\nWashington University in St. Louis \n \nTaviare Hawkins\, Ph.D.\nChair and Professor of Physics\nUniver­sity of Wisconsin – La Crosse \n \nModerator:\nJamaine Davis\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nMeharry Medical College \n \nRegistration is required to receive an email with the Zoom link.
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/black-in-biophysics-week-panel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T161500
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Astoria! (1)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Astoria High School\, Astoria\, OR\n \nWHERE: Both virtual (link coming to volunteers) and LIVE visits! \nWHEN:\n1. Tuesday\, May 11\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual) \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE:\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \n2. Thursday\, May 20\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Friday\, May 21\, 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific (LIVE; outdoor location TBD) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to school in this remarkable river city\, and hear what high school juniors and seniors are learning about brains! We’ll gather virtually on Tuesday (5/11) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. We’ll be back online Thursday (5/20)  –  and LIVE Friday (5/21)  –  to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \n \n(This time we’ll be outdoors\, physically distanced and masked!) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n5. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n7. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n8. Melissa Sek\, PSU\n9. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n10. Annika Hokanson\, PSU \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Neuron Project \nStudent Questions!\n\n\n\n\n\nCould you modify the brain to forget how to die\, therefore living forever? \n\n\n\n\nWhat are alters actually in DID? \n“There is not a clear understanding of DID etiopathology\, there is no standardized method of diagnosis\, and as such\, the disorder has been plagued by a history of fabrication case studies (North\, 2015). For these reasons\, the disorder is opposed by many psychiatrists. To address this controversy\, researchers have begun to examine the neurological basis of DID in an effort to provide stronger physical evidence for the disorder.” \nLEARN MORE: A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder \n\n\n\n\nWhat was one interesting thing learned from Henry M.’s brain? (Patient H.M.) \n \n\n\n\n\nHow do we know if most humans really perceive colors the same? \n\n\n\n\nCould you use electrodes in the brain to simulate certain emotions or trigger certain memories or reactions? \n\n\n\n\nHow efficient is your brain at running\, like how much energy does it make \n \nWhile making up only a small fraction of our total body mass\, the brain represents the largest source of energy consumption—accounting for over 20% of total oxygen metabolism. Of this\, it is estimated that neurons consume 75%–80% of energy produced in the brain. This energy is primarily utilized at the synapse with a large proportion spent in restoration of neuronal membrane potentials following depolarization. Other neuronal functions such as vesicle recycling\, neurotransmitter synthesis and axoplasmic transport also contribute to synaptic energy depletion and the requirement for an elevated metabolic rate in neurons. Energy requirements are therefore not uniform throughout the brain but instead increased in localized regions dependent on neuronal activity. \nLEARN MORE: Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease \nIn a group of healthy volunteers\, the researchers showed that different brain regions that serve distinct functions have notably different power and different cost. They then investigated the effects of alcohol on these new measures by assessing a group of people that included light drinkers and heavy drinkers and found that both acute and chronic exposure to alcohol affected power and cost of brain regions. Brain imaging used by NIH scientists to improve our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain. \n“In heavy drinkers\, we saw less regional power for example in the thalamus\, the sensory gateway\, and frontal cortex of the brain\, which is important for decision making\,” said Dr. Shokri-Kojori. “These decreases in power were interpreted to reflect toxic effects of long-term exposure to alcohol on the brain cells.” \nLEARN MORE: NIH study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects \n\n\n\n\nHow fast can the brain process information? \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens to the brain when you are dehydrated? \n\n\n\n\nHow does caffeine affect the brain? \n \nCaffeine\, a chemical\, acts to block (or “antagonize”) receptors for adenosine\, a chemical that binds to the adenosine receptors. This reduces the release of some important neurotransmitters\, among them dopamine\, norepinephrine\, serotonin and acetylcholine that are essential for staying alert and awake. Adenosine is a nucleotide (found in DNA\, mRNA)\, and is also part of an important energy substrate known as ATP\, or adenosine tri-phosphate. \nAs your day progresses\, and you express your genes and use up ATP\, your bloodstream levels of adenosine rise\, and bind to adenosine receptors in several cerebral regions\, including an area beneath the frontal cortex called the basal forebrain. This decreases brain activity and you feel sleepy\, and cognitively a little slow  –  appropriately ready\, of course\, for a restorative nap. \nBut then Kat\, Olivia or Micha serve you a glorious and rewarding cup of Stumptown at Street 14\, and the caffeine finds your brain’s adenosine receptors\, displacing that downer adenosine and transiently attaching itself to the receptors instead. Caffeine blocks the normal response of these receptors\, so again\, it is considered an adenosine receptor antagonist. \nThere remain copious swarms of adenosine molecules circulating in your blood\, and your body still needs that rest\, but your brain is no longer listening to this chemical signal with caffeine antagonizing the receptors in the basal forebrain and elsewhere where adenosine would normally act. You’re up! \nLEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14 \nLEARN MORE: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong? \nIf someone experiences a certain emotion a lot does that make it more likely for them to experience that emotion more often? \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nWould it be possible to keep a brain alive/working without it being attached to a real body? \n\n\n\n\nCould you make a brain process more information faster and basically improve everybody’s brainpower. Maybe in the future curing brain illnesses. \n\n\n\n\nDoes long-term alcohol use affect the brain and how it functions? \nAlcohol is a fascinating molecule\, easily capable of crossing membranes and gaining access to the brain\, with a water soluble hydroxyl (-OH) “head\,” and a fat soluble\, two carbon “body” – making it appear\, suggests Dr. Grant\, a bit like a friendly dog. \nLEARN MORE: What’s a “drink..?” At the Newmark for beer & brains \n\n\n\n\nHow is the brain able to store and find memories \n\n\n\n\nCan all drugs modify the chemical makeup of the brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhat is happening in the brain when someone gets a headache \n  \nA headache may feel like a pain inside your brain\, but it’s not. Most headaches begin in the many nerves of the muscles and blood vessels that surround your head\, neck\, and face. These pain-sensing nerves can be set off by stress\, muscle tension\, enlarged blood vessels\, and other triggers. Once activated\, the nerves send messages to the brain\, and it can feel like the pain is coming from deep within your head. \nLEARN MORE: What To Do When Your Head Hurts \nLEARN MORE: NIH Headache Information Page \n\n\n\n\nWould sending electrical signals to certain parts of the brain move certain parts of the body? \n\n\n\n\nHow much do we truly know about the human brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhen you take a hallucinogenic drug what’s going on in your brain? Some say they see things when they take HD. Is the brain causing that? \n \nA defining quality of any psychedelic is its ability to bind to and “activate” (i.e.\, act as an “agonist” at) the 5HT-2A receptor (one of fifteen different receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin). \nLEARN MORE: Psychedelic Portland \n\n\n\n\nCould we change the way our bodies combat sickness? To aim towards drugs being the main defender\, and to lower the number of symptoms you will have with a sickness\, like not having a runny nose if you catch a cold. \n\n\n\n\nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE IN CLATSOP COUNTY BEFORE\nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Astoria! (2)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Astoria High School\, Astoria\, OR \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE:\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \nWHERE: Both virtual (link coming to volunteers) and LIVE visits! \nWHEN:\n1. Tuesday\, May 11\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Thursday\, May 20\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Friday\, May 21\, 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific (LIVE; outdoor location TBD) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to school in this remarkable river city\, and hear what high school juniors and seniors are learning about brains! \n \nWe gathered virtually on Tuesday (5/11) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. We returned Thursday (5/20)  –  to see all the neurons and glial cells and consider more questions about brains! \n \n \nWe have one visit left this spring  –  a LIVE brain wrangling experience for high school students and Clatsop Community College students in Astoria! \n \n(This time we’ll be outdoors\, physically distanced and masked!) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n5. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n7. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n8. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n9. Annika Hokanson\, PSU\n10. Cassidy Wilson\, University of Chicago Neuroscience Club\n11. Alisha Steigerwald\, PSU Neuroscience Club\n12. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Neuron Project \nStudent Questions!\n \n\n\n\n\nCould you modify the brain to forget how to die\, therefore living forever? \n\n\n\n\nWhat are alters actually in DID? \n“There is not a clear understanding of DID etiopathology\, there is no standardized method of diagnosis\, and as such\, the disorder has been plagued by a history of fabrication case studies (North\, 2015). For these reasons\, the disorder is opposed by many psychiatrists. To address this controversy\, researchers have begun to examine the neurological basis of DID in an effort to provide stronger physical evidence for the disorder.” \nLEARN MORE: A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder \n\n\n\n\nWhat was one interesting thing learned from Henry M.’s brain? (Patient H.M.) \n \n\n\n\n\nHow do we know if most humans really perceive colors the same? \n\n\n\n\nCould you use electrodes in the brain to simulate certain emotions or trigger certain memories or reactions? \n\n\n\n\nHow efficient is your brain at running\, like how much energy does it make \n \nWhile making up only a small fraction of our total body mass\, the brain represents the largest source of energy consumption—accounting for over 20% of total oxygen metabolism. Of this\, it is estimated that neurons consume 75%–80% of energy produced in the brain. This energy is primarily utilized at the synapse with a large proportion spent in restoration of neuronal membrane potentials following depolarization. Other neuronal functions such as vesicle recycling\, neurotransmitter synthesis and axoplasmic transport also contribute to synaptic energy depletion and the requirement for an elevated metabolic rate in neurons. Energy requirements are therefore not uniform throughout the brain but instead increased in localized regions dependent on neuronal activity. \nLEARN MORE: Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease \nIn a group of healthy volunteers\, the researchers showed that different brain regions that serve distinct functions have notably different power and different cost. They then investigated the effects of alcohol on these new measures by assessing a group of people that included light drinkers and heavy drinkers and found that both acute and chronic exposure to alcohol affected power and cost of brain regions. Brain imaging used by NIH scientists to improve our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain. \n“In heavy drinkers\, we saw less regional power for example in the thalamus\, the sensory gateway\, and frontal cortex of the brain\, which is important for decision making\,” said Dr. Shokri-Kojori. “These decreases in power were interpreted to reflect toxic effects of long-term exposure to alcohol on the brain cells.” \nLEARN MORE: NIH study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects \n\n\n\n\nHow fast can the brain process information? \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens to the brain when you are dehydrated? \n\n\n\n\nHow does caffeine affect the brain? \n \nCaffeine\, a chemical\, acts to block (or “antagonize”) receptors for adenosine\, a chemical that binds to the adenosine receptors. This reduces the release of some important neurotransmitters\, among them dopamine\, norepinephrine\, serotonin and acetylcholine that are essential for staying alert and awake. Adenosine is a nucleotide (found in DNA\, mRNA)\, and is also part of an important energy substrate known as ATP\, or adenosine tri-phosphate. \nAs your day progresses\, and you express your genes and use up ATP\, your bloodstream levels of adenosine rise\, and bind to adenosine receptors in several cerebral regions\, including an area beneath the frontal cortex called the basal forebrain. This decreases brain activity and you feel sleepy\, and cognitively a little slow  –  appropriately ready\, of course\, for a restorative nap. \nBut then Kat\, Olivia or Micha serve you a glorious and rewarding cup of Stumptown at Street 14\, and the caffeine finds your brain’s adenosine receptors\, displacing that downer adenosine and transiently attaching itself to the receptors instead. Caffeine blocks the normal response of these receptors\, so again\, it is considered an adenosine receptor antagonist. \nThere remain copious swarms of adenosine molecules circulating in your blood\, and your body still needs that rest\, but your brain is no longer listening to this chemical signal with caffeine antagonizing the receptors in the basal forebrain and elsewhere where adenosine would normally act. You’re up! \nLEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14 \nLEARN MORE: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong? \nIf someone experiences a certain emotion a lot does that make it more likely for them to experience that emotion more often? \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nWould it be possible to keep a brain alive/working without it being attached to a real body? \n\n\n\n\nCould you make a brain process more information faster and basically improve everybody’s brainpower. Maybe in the future curing brain illnesses. \n \n\n\n\n\nDoes long-term alcohol use affect the brain and how it functions? \nAlcohol is a fascinating molecule\, easily capable of crossing membranes and gaining access to the brain\, with a water soluble hydroxyl (-OH) “head\,” and a fat soluble\, two carbon “body” – making it appear\, suggests Dr. Grant\, a bit like a friendly dog. \nLEARN MORE: What’s a “drink..?” At the Newmark for beer & brains \n\n\n\n\nHow is the brain able to store and find memories \n\n\n\n\nCan all drugs modify the chemical makeup of the brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhat is happening in the brain when someone gets a headache \n\n \n\n\nA headache may feel like a pain inside your brain\, but it’s not. Most headaches begin in the many nerves of the muscles and blood vessels that surround your head\, neck\, and face. These pain-sensing nerves can be set off by stress\, muscle tension\, enlarged blood vessels\, and other triggers. Once activated\, the nerves send messages to the brain\, and it can feel like the pain is coming from deep within your head. \nLEARN MORE: What To Do When Your Head Hurts \nLEARN MORE: NIH Headache Information Page \n\n\n\n\nWould sending electrical signals to certain parts of the brain move certain parts of the body? \n\n\n\n\nHow much do we truly know about the human brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhen you take a hallucinogenic drug what’s going on in your brain? Some say they see things when they take HD. Is the brain causing that? \n \nA defining quality of any psychedelic is its ability to bind to and “activate” (i.e.\, act as an “agonist” at) the 5HT-2A receptor (one of fifteen different receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin). \nLEARN MORE: Psychedelic Portland \n\n\n\n\nCould we change the way our bodies combat sickness? To aim towards drugs being the main defender\, and to lower the number of symptoms you will have with a sickness\, like not having a runny nose if you catch a cold. \n\n\n\n\n\nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE IN CLATSOP COUNTY BEFORE \nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Astoria LIVE! (3)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Astoria High School\, Astoria\, OR\n \nWe did it!\nAnd omg we LOVE live community outreach!! \nLEARN MORE:\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Both virtual (link coming to volunteers) and LIVE visits! \nWHEN:\n1. Tuesday\, May 11\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Thursday\, May 20\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Friday\, May 21\, 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific (LIVE; outdoor at Clatsop Community College\, courtyard outside Columbia Hall; 1651 Lexington Ave\, Astoria\, OR 97103) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to school in this remarkable river city\, and hear what high school juniors and seniors are learning about brains! We gathered virtually on Tuesday (5/11) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. \nNoggins in Astoria! (1)\n \nWe’re returning online Thursday (5/20)… \nNoggins in Astoria! (2)\n \n…and then LIVE Friday (5/21)  –  to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \n \n(We’ll be outdoors\, physically distanced and masked!) \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n5. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n6. Annika Hokanson\, PSU\n7. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Neuron Project \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE IN CLATSOP COUNTY BEFORE \nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria\n \nStudent Questions!\n \n\n\n\n\nCould you modify the brain to forget how to die\, therefore living forever? \n\n\n\n\nWhat are alters actually in DID? \n“There is not a clear understanding of DID etiopathology\, there is no standardized method of diagnosis\, and as such\, the disorder has been plagued by a history of fabrication case studies (North\, 2015). For these reasons\, the disorder is opposed by many psychiatrists. To address this controversy\, researchers have begun to examine the neurological basis of DID in an effort to provide stronger physical evidence for the disorder.” \nLEARN MORE: A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder \n\n\n\n\nWhat was one interesting thing learned from Henry M.’s brain? (Patient H.M.) \n \n\n\n\n\nHow do we know if most humans really perceive colors the same? \n\n\n\n\nCould you use electrodes in the brain to simulate certain emotions or trigger certain memories or reactions? \n\n\n\n\nHow efficient is your brain at running\, like how much energy does it make \n \nWhile making up only a small fraction of our total body mass\, the brain represents the largest source of energy consumption—accounting for over 20% of total oxygen metabolism. Of this\, it is estimated that neurons consume 75%–80% of energy produced in the brain. This energy is primarily utilized at the synapse with a large proportion spent in restoration of neuronal membrane potentials following depolarization. Other neuronal functions such as vesicle recycling\, neurotransmitter synthesis and axoplasmic transport also contribute to synaptic energy depletion and the requirement for an elevated metabolic rate in neurons. Energy requirements are therefore not uniform throughout the brain but instead increased in localized regions dependent on neuronal activity. \nLEARN MORE: Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease \nIn a group of healthy volunteers\, the researchers showed that different brain regions that serve distinct functions have notably different power and different cost. They then investigated the effects of alcohol on these new measures by assessing a group of people that included light drinkers and heavy drinkers and found that both acute and chronic exposure to alcohol affected power and cost of brain regions. Brain imaging used by NIH scientists to improve our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain. \n“In heavy drinkers\, we saw less regional power for example in the thalamus\, the sensory gateway\, and frontal cortex of the brain\, which is important for decision making\,” said Dr. Shokri-Kojori. “These decreases in power were interpreted to reflect toxic effects of long-term exposure to alcohol on the brain cells.” \nLEARN MORE: NIH study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects \n\n\n\n\nHow fast can the brain process information? \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens to the brain when you are dehydrated? \n\n\n\n\nHow does caffeine affect the brain? \n \nCaffeine\, a chemical\, acts to block (or “antagonize”) receptors for adenosine\, a chemical that binds to the adenosine receptors. This reduces the release of some important neurotransmitters\, among them dopamine\, norepinephrine\, serotonin and acetylcholine that are essential for staying alert and awake. Adenosine is a nucleotide (found in DNA\, mRNA)\, and is also part of an important energy substrate known as ATP\, or adenosine tri-phosphate. \nAs your day progresses\, and you express your genes and use up ATP\, your bloodstream levels of adenosine rise\, and bind to adenosine receptors in several cerebral regions\, including an area beneath the frontal cortex called the basal forebrain. This decreases brain activity and you feel sleepy\, and cognitively a little slow  –  appropriately ready\, of course\, for a restorative nap. \nBut then Kat\, Olivia or Micha serve you a glorious and rewarding cup of Stumptown at Street 14\, and the caffeine finds your brain’s adenosine receptors\, displacing that downer adenosine and transiently attaching itself to the receptors instead. Caffeine blocks the normal response of these receptors\, so again\, it is considered an adenosine receptor antagonist. \nThere remain copious swarms of adenosine molecules circulating in your blood\, and your body still needs that rest\, but your brain is no longer listening to this chemical signal with caffeine antagonizing the receptors in the basal forebrain and elsewhere where adenosine would normally act. You’re up! \nLEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14 \nLEARN MORE: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong? \nIf someone experiences a certain emotion a lot does that make it more likely for them to experience that emotion more often? \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nWould it be possible to keep a brain alive/working without it being attached to a real body? \n\n\n\n\nCould you make a brain process more information faster and basically improve everybody’s brainpower. Maybe in the future curing brain illnesses. \n \n\n\n\n\nDoes long-term alcohol use affect the brain and how it functions? \nAlcohol is a fascinating molecule\, easily capable of crossing membranes and gaining access to the brain\, with a water soluble hydroxyl (-OH) “head\,” and a fat soluble\, two carbon “body” – making it appear\, suggests Dr. Grant\, a bit like a friendly dog. \nLEARN MORE: What’s a “drink..?” At the Newmark for beer & brains \n\n\n\n\nHow is the brain able to store and find memories \n\n\n\n\nCan all drugs modify the chemical makeup of the brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhat is happening in the brain when someone gets a headache \n\n \n\n\nA headache may feel like a pain inside your brain\, but it’s not. Most headaches begin in the many nerves of the muscles and blood vessels that surround your head\, neck\, and face. These pain-sensing nerves can be set off by stress\, muscle tension\, enlarged blood vessels\, and other triggers. Once activated\, the nerves send messages to the brain\, and it can feel like the pain is coming from deep within your head. \nLEARN MORE: What To Do When Your Head Hurts \nLEARN MORE: NIH Headache Information Page \n\n\n\n\nWould sending electrical signals to certain parts of the brain move certain parts of the body? \n\n\n\n\nHow much do we truly know about the human brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhen you take a hallucinogenic drug what’s going on in your brain? Some say they see things when they take HD. Is the brain causing that? \n \nA defining quality of any psychedelic is its ability to bind to and “activate” (i.e.\, act as an “agonist” at) the 5HT-2A receptor (one of fifteen different receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin). \nLEARN MORE: Psychedelic Portland \n\n\n\n\nCould we change the way our bodies combat sickness? To aim towards drugs being the main defender\, and to lower the number of symptoms you will have with a sickness\, like not having a runny nose if you catch a cold.
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS! (1)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n  \n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214)\n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \nWe’ll gather virtually on Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. We’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n4. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n5. Alex Heinrich\, PSU \n \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts? \nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain? \n \n“While primarily a respiratory disease\, COVID-19 can also lead to neurological problems. The first of these symptoms might be the loss of smell and taste\, while some people also may later battle headaches\, debilitating fatigue\, and trouble thinking clearly\, sometimes referred to as “brain fog.” All of these symptoms have researchers wondering how exactly the coronavirus that causes COVID-19\, SARS-CoV-2\, affects the human brain. In search of clues\, researchers at NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have now conducted the first in-depth examinations of human brain tissue samples from people who died after contracting COVID-19. Their findings…suggest that COVID-19’s many neurological symptoms are likely explained by the body’s widespread inflammatory response to infection and associated blood vessel injury—not by infection of the brain tissue itself.” \nLEARN MORE: Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19’s Effects on the Brain \nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep? \nHow did they get the brains \n \nLEARN MORE: A BioGift of Brains \nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something? \nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain? \n  \n“…we can see from an MRI of a dog brain that even though it is smaller than a human brain\, all of the same basic structures are present. This is true for large regions like the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum\, as well as for smaller\, subcortical structures like the brainstem\, hippocampus\, amygdala\, and basal ganglia\, which have important roles in movement\, memory\, and emotion. \n \n“Dogs also have large olfactory systems\, comprising about two percent of the total brain weight (compared to 0.03 percent in humans). Where dogs fall short is in the cortex. Apart from being smaller\, there are fewer folds\, which means less surface area and fewer neurons. The frontal lobe\, which in humans occupies the front third of the brain\, is relegated to a paltry ten percent in dogs…” \nLEARN MORE: Decoding the Canine Mind \n“While ferret\, mongoose and cat have increasingly larger cortices (3.1 g\, 9.3 g\, and 24.2 g) with increasingly more neurons (39 million\, 116 million\, and 250 million neurons\, respectively)\, we find that the lion has approximately as many neurons in the cerebral cortex as the average found in dogs\, ca. 500 million neurons\, despite a twice larger cortex in the lion than in the dogs…Remarkably\, of all the individuals we analyzed\, the one with the most neurons in the cerebral cortex was a golden retriever dog (627 million neurons)\, followed by the lion (545 million neurons)\, one of the raccoons (512 million neurons)\, the striped hyena (495 million neurons)\, a smaller dog of unspecified breed (429 million neurons) and a second raccoon individual (395 million neurons).“ \nLEARN MORE: Dogs Have the Most Neurons\, Though Not the Largest Brain \nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you \nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked? \n \nLEARN MORE: Why Study the History of Neuroscience? \nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon. \nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use? \nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things \nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making. \nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like \ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles? \n \nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold?\nHow does the brain work when you are in a coma?\nHow does the brain change as we grow up?\ndoes/how does our brain stay awake while we sleep?\nWhy do you control the right side of your body with the left side of your brain and the other way around.\nHow do external factors reach the processing center of the brain\, and can you simulate external things?\nis there a limit to how much knowledge we can hold\nwhy do we dream? i also would just like to learn more about the brain in general\nHow do different parts of our brain know where to control things and how to do it\, because different parts of the brain are used for different things\, so how does the brain itself know the difference?\nAlso\, maybe\, what is the physical brain like.\nWhy and how do we dream?\nis the brain one part or is it two parts that are connected?\nhow much of your energy does the brain use up\nHow much oxygen does the brain need to stay conscious?\nWhy and how do we dream? How/why do we have different types of dreams?\n \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-hosford-pps-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T093000
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS! (2)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214)\n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \nWe’re gathering virtually on Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. On Thursday we met with over 150 6th graders to consider their compelling questions! \n  \nThis Friday we’ll be joined by celebrated neuroscientist and author Dr. Theanne Griffith from 9:45am until 10:30am! Dr. Griffith will share stories from some of her awesome books on the brain\, and perhaps run an experiment to explore the nature of sound and hearing 🙂 \n  \nWe’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Dr. Theanne Griffith\, UC Davis\n8. Kindra Crick\, NW Noggin \n  \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts? \nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain? \n \n“While primarily a respiratory disease\, COVID-19 can also lead to neurological problems. The first of these symptoms might be the loss of smell and taste\, while some people also may later battle headaches\, debilitating fatigue\, and trouble thinking clearly\, sometimes referred to as “brain fog.” All of these symptoms have researchers wondering how exactly the coronavirus that causes COVID-19\, SARS-CoV-2\, affects the human brain. In search of clues\, researchers at NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have now conducted the first in-depth examinations of human brain tissue samples from people who died after contracting COVID-19. Their findings…suggest that COVID-19’s many neurological symptoms are likely explained by the body’s widespread inflammatory response to infection and associated blood vessel injury—not by infection of the brain tissue itself.” \nLEARN MORE: Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19’s Effects on the Brain \nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep? \nHow did they get the brains \n \nLEARN MORE: A BioGift of Brains \nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something? \nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain? \n\n \n\n\n“…we can see from an MRI of a dog brain that even though it is smaller than a human brain\, all of the same basic structures are present. This is true for large regions like the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum\, as well as for smaller\, subcortical structures like the brainstem\, hippocampus\, amygdala\, and basal ganglia\, which have important roles in movement\, memory\, and emotion. \n \n“Dogs also have large olfactory systems\, comprising about two percent of the total brain weight (compared to 0.03 percent in humans). Where dogs fall short is in the cortex. Apart from being smaller\, there are fewer folds\, which means less surface area and fewer neurons. The frontal lobe\, which in humans occupies the front third of the brain\, is relegated to a paltry ten percent in dogs…” \nLEARN MORE: Decoding the Canine Mind \n“While ferret\, mongoose and cat have increasingly larger cortices (3.1 g\, 9.3 g\, and 24.2 g) with increasingly more neurons (39 million\, 116 million\, and 250 million neurons\, respectively)\, we find that the lion has approximately as many neurons in the cerebral cortex as the average found in dogs\, ca. 500 million neurons\, despite a twice larger cortex in the lion than in the dogs…Remarkably\, of all the individuals we analyzed\, the one with the most neurons in the cerebral cortex was a golden retriever dog (627 million neurons)\, followed by the lion (545 million neurons)\, one of the raccoons (512 million neurons)\, the striped hyena (495 million neurons)\, a smaller dog of unspecified breed (429 million neurons) and a second raccoon individual (395 million neurons).“ \nLEARN MORE: Dogs Have the Most Neurons\, Though Not the Largest Brain \nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you \nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked? \n \nLEARN MORE: Why Study the History of Neuroscience? \nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon.\nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use?\nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things\nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making.\nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like\ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles? \n \nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold?\nHow does the brain work when you are in a coma?\nHow does the brain change as we grow up?\ndoes/how does our brain stay awake while we sleep?\nWhy do you control the right side of your body with the left side of your brain and the other way around.\nHow do external factors reach the processing center of the brain\, and can you simulate external things?\nis there a limit to how much knowledge we can hold\nwhy do we dream? i also would just like to learn more about the brain in general\nHow do different parts of our brain know where to control things and how to do it\, because different parts of the brain are used for different things\, so how does the brain itself know the difference?\nAlso\, maybe\, what is the physical brain like.\nWhy and how do we dream?\nis the brain one part or is it two parts that are connected?\nhow much of your energy does the brain use up\nHow much oxygen does the brain need to stay conscious?\nWhy and how do we dream? How/why do we have different types of dreams?\n \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-hosford-pps-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210603T140000
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS LIVE! (3)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n \n \n \n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \nWe’ll gather virtually on Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. \n \nWe’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Wilson Lubeck\, PSU\n6. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n7. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n8. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n9. Allister Williams\, PSU\n10\, Ellie Phelps\, PSU \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts?\nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain?\nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep?\nHow did they get the brains\nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something?\nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain?\nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you\nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked?\nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon. \nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use? \nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things \nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making. \nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like \ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles?\nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold? \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-hosford-pps-live-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210604T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210604T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210615T132636Z
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS LIVE! (4)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214)\n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \n \nWe’ll gather virtually on Tuesday (5/25)\, Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. \n \nWe’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \n \n \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n4. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n5. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n6. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n7. Wilson Lubeck\, PSU \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts?\nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain?\nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep?\nHow did they get the brains\nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something?\nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain?\nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you\nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked?\nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon. \nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use? \nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things \nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making. \nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like \ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles?\nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold? \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-hosford-pps-live-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T130000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20210719T150533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210814T181916Z
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SUMMARY:Noggins LIVE in Hillsboro!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Minter Bridge Elementary with 1st-5th graders \nWe did it!!\nLEARN MORE: Hillsboro Heat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Minter Bridge Elementary\, 1750 SE Jacquelin Dr\, Hillsboro\, OR 97123 \n**OUTDOORS\, and all participants must be MASKED\, VACCINATED \nWHEN: Wednesday\, August 11\, 2021\, 10:15am – 1:00pm \n \nFrom teacher Jessica-Patching Bunch (former Communications Director for NW Noggin!):  \n“We will be at Minter Bridge Elementary in Hillsboro on August 11th from 10:15am – 1:00pm with 3 groups of kiddos from 1st to 5th grade. The group size should be no more than 40 at a time. \nIn the days leading up to the Noggin Grand Finale visit I will be taking the kids through learning about brain\, body\, and breath and how they all relate to self-regulation and stress management using the tools we have available in our nervous system. Because the time slots are short I think that a brain facts Q&A and time with the brains will fill the time for each group.” \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share in Hillsboro too! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Kiara Hunt\, PSU\n4. Kari Baher\, PSU\n5. Yangmiao Zhang\, OHSU\n6. Sarah Holden\, OHSU\n7. Mikah Brandes\, OSHU/BUILD EXITO\n8. Kanani Miyamoto\, NW Noggin/PCC\n9. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n10. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n11. Kevanna Doolittle\, PSU\n12. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n13. Jessie Sheeran\, PSU\n14. Dave Beaty & son :)\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done before in Hillsboro! \nMeninges over Minter Bridge!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-live-in-hillsboro/
LOCATION:Minter Bridge Elementary\, 1750 SE Jacquelin Dr\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97123\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210818T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210818T123000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20210805T163110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210821T173226Z
UID:36508-1629280800-1629289800@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins @ JumpStart in Gresham/Barlow Schools!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ JumpStart U program in Gresham Barlow Public Schools! \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE: Gresham Cool\n \n \n \n \n“That was wonderful! Kids were saying ‘it’s so cool\, it’s so creepy!’ and ‘I want a job where I get to research brains!’\nReally inspiring – please come back!”\nWHERE: Center for Advanced Learning\, 1484 NW Civic Dr\, Gresham\, OR 97030 \nWHEN: Wednesday\, August 18\, 10:00am – 12:30pm LIVE \n**OUTDOORS\, and all participants must be MASKED\, VACCINATED \n \nFrom Liz Maki\, Director of Career Pathways\n“JumpStart U 9th grade camp is a part of the 9th Grade Counts work across the county. The goal of this camp is the give students a jump start into high school by awarding the students .5 credits for completion of the camp. Camp recruitment targets students who are at risk of not completing high school for a variety of reasons. Students who participate in this camp not only benefit from the credit but also the connections to high school staff and other students that they will see next year. Career exploration is the tool the camp uses to create engagement and to apply skills the students will need in high school.” \nWhat I hope students get from NW Noggin:\n“I believe students will be highly engaged and motivated to learn about their most valuable asset\, their brains. To me\, this is one of the greatest pieces of this partnership. My other hope is that the volunteers can speak with the students about their own particular career path; why they chose it\, what it looks like\, how to get into that career\, etc.” \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share in Gresham too! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \nPlease RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Mack Carlisle\, PNCA/Pacific/UMass-Amherst graduate\n4. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n5. Sarah Holden\, OHSU\n6. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n7. Andrea Rano\, NIH BUILD EXITO/PSU\n8. Jessie Sheeran\, PSU\n9. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n10. Robert Cummings\, Colby College \nShould be a LOT cooler than our outreach visit to Hillsboro last week! \nLEARN MORE at the link below 🙂 \nHillsboro Heat
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-jump-start/
LOCATION:Center for Advanced Learning\, 1484 NW Civic Dr\, Gresham\, OR\, 97030\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T113000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20210726T200528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T180609Z
UID:36461-1632821400-1632828600@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggin + p:ear!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!\nFaces at p:ear!\n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, September 28\, 2021\, 9:30am – 11:30am \n \nNOTE: All volunteers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 & wear a mask. \nNoggin is returning to P:ear\, a remarkable Portland nonprofit 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. \n \nWe’ll be there BOTH Tuesday (9/28) and Thursday (9/30)! \n \nWe are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University\, Oregon Health & Science University\, the Pacific Northwest College of Art\, and other collaborators.! \n \nLearning about brains and behavior\, and genuine\, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone\, including those who are experiencing anxiety\, depression\, drug use disorders\, bias\, chronic stress\, insomnia  –  as well as poverty\, isolation\, racism\, homophobia and our region’s extreme lack of affordable housing. \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \n \nWe’ll also consider faces\, and facial expressions\, and how we recognize and respond to each other in art and IRL. \n \nPlease RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, PSU\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n3. Greyson Moore\, PSU\n4. Quinn Westlynd\, PSU\n5. Ronan Peck\, PSU\n6. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n7. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU\n8. Krystal Khanh Nguyen\, PSU\n \nSeeing us all through research & art\n \n“Not only are people on the streets affected\, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness\, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-pear-11/
LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T113000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20210726T201053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T180423Z
UID:36463-1632994200-1633001400@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggin + p:ear!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!\nFaces at p:ear!\n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Thursday\, September 30\, 2021\, 9:30am – 11:30am \n \nNOTE: All volunteers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 & wear a mask. \nNoggin is returning to P:ear\, a remarkable Portland nonprofit 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. \n \nWe are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University\, Oregon Health & Science University\, the Pacific Northwest College of Art\, and other collaborators.! \n \nLearning about brains and behavior\, and genuine\, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone\, including those who are experiencing anxiety\, depression\, drug use disorders\, bias\, chronic stress\, insomnia  –  as well as poverty\, isolation\, racism\, homophobia and our region’s extreme lack of affordable housing. \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \n \nWe’ll also consider faces\, and facial expressions\, and how we recognize and respond to each other in art and IRL. \n \n \nPlease RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, PSU\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n3. Quinn Westlynd\, PSU\n4. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n5. Becky Martinez\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Krystal Khanh Nguyen\, PSU\n7. Sara Moreno\, PSU\n8. James Reynolds\, PSU\n9. Maria Coyner\, PSU \nSeeing us all through research & art\n \n“Not only are people on the streets affected\, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness\, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/36463/
LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211008
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20210916T213704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211015T223014Z
UID:36785-1633305600-1633651199@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins on the Coast!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Astoria & Seaside Public Schools! \nWe did it!\nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n\nWHERE: Astoria and Seaside\, Oregon; housing provided for 5 outreach volunteers! \nWHEN: Monday – Thursday\, October 4 – 7\, 2021 \nWe are thrilled to return to the Oregon coast\, to make art and learn what middle and high school students already know  –  and are discovering about their brains! \n \nThis is a community-sponsored outreach event in both Seaside and Astoria\, Oregon\, organized by NW Noggin and Meredith Payton\, the College and Career Advisor for the TRIO Pre-College Program at Clatsop Community College! \n \nThanks to all our generous community collaborators!!\n \nWe are indebted and thankful to so many in the North Coast community for making this outreach possible! Meals provided by Peter Pan Market\, The Stand\, Astoria Coop and Fort George Brewery! Individual housing for six volunteers from the stunning Rosebriar Mansion! \n \nTENTATIVE SCHEDULE\n \nMONDAY\, Oct 4th\nAstoria Middle School\, 9:20am – 2:24pm\, 1st – 7th period \nWe did it! \n \n \n \nTUESDAY\, Oct 5th\nSeaside Middle School\, 8:30am – 3:00pm\, 1st – 4th & 6th period \nWe did it! \n \n \n \n“Thank you so much for coming and teaching us today! The brain is so incredible\, I learned so much!” – 8th grade student at Seaside Middle School 🙂 \nWEDNESDAY\, Oct 6th\nWest Exchange outdoor preschool\, 9:30am – 11:30am\nAstoria High School\, 11:40am – 3:15pm \nWe did it! \n \n \n \n \n \nTHURSDAY\, Oct 7th\nAstoria High School\, 10:40am – 2:15pm \nWe did it! \n \n \n \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \nAll volunteers fully vaccinated (***BRING VACCINATION CARD) and masked.  \n \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nJeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\nJasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\nMichael Deveney\, PSU\nGreyson Moore\, PSU\nWilliam Leverette\, PSU\nEllie Phelps\, PSU\nLidia Echeverria-Garcia\, University of Oregon\n\n \nSee what else we’ve done in Clatsop County!\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-on-the-coast/
LOCATION:OR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T113000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20211012T202752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T194450Z
UID:36996-1634551200-1634556600@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggin @ NAEOP Conference
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin presents: Forward thinking about STEAM  –  with (actual) BRAINS @ Northwest Association of Educational Opportunity Programs (NAEOP) conference! \nWe did it!\n\nThreshold through TRIO\n\n \n \n \nWHERE: Hilton Bellevue Hotel\, 300 112th Ave SE\, Bellevue\, WA 98004; Kirkland \nWHEN: Monday\, October 18\, 10:15 – 11:30am \n \n \n \nNW Noggin is honored to present LIVE at the NAEOP conference this year on our extensive volunteer STEM + Arts collaborations with TRIO and other community programs! \n \nForward Thinking about STEAM\nHow do we inspire students? Brains let us perceive\, think and behave\, and discoveries in neuroscience offer actionable\, compelling information about who we are and how we function. Going where you are surprised and challenged by new circumstances and perspectives drives motivating engagement\, as does making art. During these moments our brains are changeable and open to new ideas. Nonprofit Northwest Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes undergraduates and graduates to collaborate\, build community networks and inspire people about neuroscience and art. We bring volunteers excited by research into urban and rural K-12 public schools\, correctional facilities\, Congress\, houseless youth centers\, coffee shops\, and pubs to hear what people already know and what they’d like to know\, and see where our stories and discoveries from labs and classrooms intersect. We’ve met 50\,000 people since 2012! Discover what we’ve learned\, craft your own cells\, and examine real brain specimens up close. \n \nCheck out our most recent collaboration with TRIO on the North Oregon coast! \nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n \nOver four days in October\, we took questions\, discussed neuroscience research\, poked brains and made original neurons and glia at public schools in Astoria and Seaside! \n \nSLIDES: NAEOP Slides FINAL (pdf) \nSLIDES: NAEOP Slides FINAL (ppt)
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-naeop-conference/
LOCATION:Hillton Bellevue WA\, 300 112th Ave SE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T120000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112706
CREATED:20210918T190051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T195007Z
UID:36807-1635241500-1635249600@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside LIVE!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWe did it!\nHow to visit public schools\n \n \nWHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, October 26\, 9:45am – noon (arrival and set up @ 9:45am; first class 10 – 10:50am; second class 11 – 11:50am) and again on Thursday (10/28) \nEveryone outdoors\, fully vaccinated and properly masked. \nContacts: Asa Gervich and Jeremy Thomas\, 4th grade teachers \n \nWe are thrilled to return LIVE to Jeremy and Asa’s lively classrooms this fall! We’ll make two visits\, on Tuesday (10/26) and Thursday (10/28) to consider faces and the brain. We’ll examine faces\, make faces\, draw faces\, consider faces in art and explore how we share our own unique brains through expression. \n \nBut we’ll also make brain cells and consider AMAZING questions from 4th graders!\nFrom 4th Grade Teacher Asa Gervich: \nOver the past weeks\, students have learned about the interplay between their prefrontal cortex\, hippocampus\, and amygdala – and how mindfulness practices can help us self-regulate. Last week\, we learned about the Reticular Activating System – and how it can help us sift through myriad sensory inputs to focus on something important – like\, how does an NBA player tune out all the zany free-throw distractions happening in the stands? Or\, what role did the RAS play in about half of our class not spotting the gorilla in this video? What’s going on with our RAS when we listen to music and can isolate one particular instrument? Can everyone do that? We were thinking that visit #2 would be an awesome time to bring out the brain specimens (give them something to look forward to after visit #1). And\, Jeremy put in a vote for that super cool electrical-impulse station if you guys are still doing that… \n \nSome current kid wonderings: \nIf parts of the brain are damaged or lose function\, how does that impact how the body works?\nIs the brain actually pink? Why?\nWhich is more important\, the brain or the heart?\nHow was Albert Einstein’s brain different from other people’s?\nIf two people were born at the exact time\, and they liked the exact same stuff\, and thought the same things at the same time – how would their brains be different? Would their brains be different?\nHow many neural pathways are there in your brain? \n \nCan neural pathways be rebuilt or repaired? \nIs your brain like your immune system? \nYou know how your fingerprints are unique to you – I wonder if your brain is the same way – is everyone’s completely unique\nWhen someone experiences a failure of either brain or heart (or both) and they survive it – how does that happen?\nPerhaps the number of pathways is infinite – because you can always learn new things…\nIf you have learned how to do a thing through mistake-making\, and then you had some brain damage\, would you be starting from step one to be learning that thing? Would you need to make all those mistakes all over again?\nWhat’s going on with people who have amnesia? Do people ever get amnesia so bad that they don’t know who they are anymore? \nLook forward to seeing you all soon! \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nJeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\nElana Kananykhina\, PSU\nBritta Harbury\, PSU\nArielle Isakharov\, OHSU\nTheresa Vu\, PSU\nAaron Eisen\, OHSU\nLevi Banks\, PSU\n\n \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE AND DURING COVID 🦠 \nThank You Northwest Noggin!\n \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n \nWhat about the glia?
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-sunnyside-live/
LOCATION:Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States
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