NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (3)
2021-04-29 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School
WHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers!

WHEN:
1. Thursday, April 22, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
2. Friday, April 23, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
3. Thursday, April 29, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
4. Friday, April 30, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
We’re going back to school!

Portland 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.

LEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain
We’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home!

LEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells!
More details coming soon!
SEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠
What about the glia?

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Yuri Sugano, University of Chicago
4. Andrea Rano, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan, PSU
6. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
7. Alex Heinrich, PSU
8. Joanna DeMeyer, Oregon State University
9. Anna Traylor, PSU
10. William Leverette, PSU

Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (2)
2021-04-23 12:30 - 14:00
WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School
WHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers!

WHEN:
1. Thursday, April 22, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
2. Friday, April 23, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
We did it!

A crayon in Homer’s brain

3. Thursday, April 29, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
4. Friday, April 30, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
We’re going back to school!

Portland 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.

We’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home!

LEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells!

SEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠
What about the glia?

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Jasmin Mabry, PSU
4. Melissa DeMoura, PSU
5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan, PSU
6. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
7. Alex Heinrich, PSU
8. Melissa Sek, PSU
9. Roman Cimkovich, PSU

CHECK OUT THESE STUDENT QUESTIONS!
Stanley: I want to know about all the nerves in the brain
How does the brain affect activities like running?
How does the brain know your likes, interests, etc.?
Rome: I want to know about memories and dreams
Emma: How do dreams work? What does it have to do with memories?
Arlo: I want to know about the thinking part of the brain
Julian: How big or small the laughter part of your brain is
Bea: How does the brain process what it wants to do, and how does it know whether it is a good thing to do
Nadia: What are the different parts of the brain?
Eva: 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?
Zander: How do brains sense when the body gets hurt?
Kellen: How do the body and the brain communicate? How do the brain and our muscles, bones, etc.?
Eva: I am wondering about guilt – the feeling of feeling bad about something you’ve done; how is the brain involved in that?
Ames: Why is our limbic system so “fast-acting”? How many nerves are in our brains?
Archie: 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?
Arlo: 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?
Bea: Why do we dream?
Dexter: 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.
Dylan: How many emotions can the brain help you make? How many neurons do you have?
Elsie: I just want to learn more about HOW the brain does its work.
Emma: 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?
Ericka: Why are brains pink? Why do they have so many grooves in them?
Julian: If you’re asleep, do both halves of the brain go asleep? In the middle of the night, do the halves switch?
Kiernan: How big, exactly, is my brain?
Marina: What happens to your brain, when it gets bruised? How does your brain decide if something tastes good?
Nadia: Are all of our ideas a bunch of existing things, put together?
Rome: When we have dreams – what makes us dream about certain things in particular? Is it all memory-based?
Seb: How big is the prefrontal cortex?
Sophie: I still don’t understand HOW a memory gets stored. Also, what decides if you like a certain taste or smell, or not?
Stanley: 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?
Zander: How much smarter is a human from a dinosaur? How does a brain develop intelligence?

PSU Neuro Club: Gut-brain axis Review w/Dr. Robert Martindale!
2021-04-22 18:30 - 20:00
WHAT: Gut-brain axis Review with Dr. Robert Martindale
WHEN: Thursday, April 22nd at 6:30pm Pacific time
WHERE: Zoom Meeting ID (872 5609 7777); LINK
Dr. 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!

Come join us – free!

Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (1)
2021-04-22 12:30 - 14:00
WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School

WHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers!
WHEN:
1. Thursday, April 22, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
2. Friday, April 23, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
3. Thursday, April 29, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
4. Friday, April 30, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)
We did it!

A crayon in Homer’s brain

We’re going back to school!

Portland 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.

We’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home!

LEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells!
Just dropped off two new 3D printed brains for 4th grade teachers Asa Gervich and Jeremy Thomas!

SEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠
What about the glia?

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Yuri Sugano, University of Chicago
4. Andrea Rano, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan, PSU
6. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
7. Alex Heinrich, PSU
8. Joanna DeMeyer, Oregon State University
9. Anna Traylor, PSU

CHECK OUT THESE STUDENT QUESTIONS!
Stanley: I want to know about all the nerves in the brain
How does the brain affect activities like running?
How does the brain know your likes, interests, etc.?
Rome: I want to know about memories and dreams
Emma: How do dreams work? What does it have to do with memories?
Arlo: I want to know about the thinking part of the brain
Julian: How big or small the laughter part of your brain is
Bea: How does the brain process what it wants to do, and how does it know whether it is a good thing to do
Nadia: What are the different parts of the brain?
Eva: 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?
Zander: How do brains sense when the body gets hurt?
Kellen: How do the body and the brain communicate? How do the brain and our muscles, bones, etc.?
Eva: I am wondering about guilt – the feeling of feeling bad about something you’ve done; how is the brain involved in that?
Ames: Why is our limbic system so “fast-acting”? How many nerves are in our brains?
Archie: 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?
Arlo: 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?
Bea: Why do we dream?

Dexter: 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.
Dylan: How many emotions can the brain help you make? How many neurons do you have?
Elsie: I just want to learn more about HOW the brain does its work.
Emma: 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?
Ericka: Why are brains pink? Why do they have so many grooves in them?
Julian: If you’re asleep, do both halves of the brain go asleep? In the middle of the night, do the halves switch?
Kiernan: How big, exactly, is my brain?
Marina: What happens to your brain, when it gets bruised? How does your brain decide if something tastes good?
Nadia: Are all of our ideas a bunch of existing things, put together?
Rome: When we have dreams – what makes us dream about certain things in particular? Is it all memory-based?
Seb: How big is the prefrontal cortex?
Sophie: I still don’t understand HOW a memory gets stored. Also, what decides if you like a certain taste or smell, or not?
Stanley: 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?
Zander: How much smarter is a human from a dinosaur? How does a brain develop intelligence?

Society for Neuroscience Oregon / SWWA Annual Meeting
2021-04-15 08:50 - 19:30
WHAT: Society for Neuroscience Oregon / SW Washington Annual Meeting
A fantastic celebration of regional scientific research!

CHECK OUT THE PROGRAM: SFN OR-WA 2021 program
WHERE: Register for the *ONLINE* Chapter Meeting HERE
WHEN: Thursday, April 15, 8:50am – 7:30pm

The 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.

Noggin poster

NW Noggin: Axons & Arpilleras – Addressing trauma and supporting community across disciplines and national boundaries
GRIESAR, W.S.* ** *** ****, LEAKE, J.* ** *** ARANEDA, C. ** *****
“No happiness or pain, no more forgetting”
― Gabriela Mistral

Science needs investment and diverse perspectives. Integrating arts in STEM (STEAM) encourages more people to get involved.
Nonprofit 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!

Extreme 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.
Concentrated 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.
Inequality can also lead to the violation of human rights, and violence.
Valparaíso, 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.

Noggin 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.
We 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.
We 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.
Building 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.
* 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
Sewing Memories, & Brains

PSU Neuroscience Club poster

WATCH HERE: Navigating neuroscience education and outreach during COVID-19
See what our outreach participants have done with SfN in the past!

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ Society for Neuroscience
2021 Chapter Program
8:50 AM Welcome
Mini-symposium of the Gut Microbiome-Nervous System Axis
9:00 Insights into the enteric nervous system: perspectives from a gut stem cell biologist
Annie Zemper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Oregon

9:30 Environmental challenges, the gut microbiome, and behavioral and cognitive measures in mouse models
Jacob Raber, Ph.D., Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
10:00 Microbial modulation of zebrafish behavior and brain development
Judith Eisen, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of Oregon
10:30 Emerging roles of gut microbiome in autism
Maude David, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Oregon State University
11:00 Role of the Gut Microbiome in Effects of Dominant Human Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Mutations on Behavioral and Cognitive Performance in Mice
Payel Kundu, Ph.D., OHSU

11:15 Lunch break and poster viewing
12:30 An eye on neurogenesis: Exploring how retinal progenitors transition from proliferation to differentiation in the developing zebrafish visual system
Kara Cerveny, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Reed College
1:00 Comparing Response Times Between HSAN2 and Typical Participants
Chris Koch, Ph.D., George Fox University
1:15 A Non-Human Primate Model of Neonatal Encephalopathy to Evaluate Novel Translational Therapeutics
Meredith Kelleher, Ph.D., Oregon National Primate Research Center
1:30 Brain Volumetrics Across the Lifespan of the Rhesus Macaque
Steven Dash, Oregon National Primate Research Center

1:45 Centella asiatica and Withania somnifera improve resilience in a Drosophila melanogaster model of aging
Christine McClure, N.D., M.S., OHSU

2:00 Cannabidiol Vapor Inhalation Effects in Memory, Social Interaction, and Instrumental Behavior of Female Rats
Maria Rivera-Garcia, Ph.D., Dow Neurobiology Labs – Legacy Research Institute

2:15 Break and poster-viewing
2:45 Understanding functional architecture and neuromodulation of brain circuits using connectomic and novel imaging approaches
Tianyi Mao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vollum Institute, OHSU

3:15 Investigating the Role of Cell Migration Inducing and Hyaluronan Binding Protein (CEMIP) in Central Nervous System Disease
Alec Peters, Oregon National Primate Research Center

3:30 Expression and Distribution of Aquaporin-1 in Extremely Aged Rhesus Brain
Opal Stayer-Wilburn, Oregon National Primate Research Center

3:45 Ibuprofen induces differences in NMDA and AMPA receptor functions between males and females
Emily Sackinger, Oregon State University

4:00 Amyloidosis in the Prefrontal Cortex of Old Rhesus Macaques Resembles that of Humans, Showing Extracelluar Plaques and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Gail Stonebarger, Oregon National Primate Research Center

POSTER SESSION Q&A
4:20 John Cook
4:25 Raey Gesese
4:30 Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake (video above)
4:35 Alex Speers
4:40 Abby H. Gligor
4:45 Forrest Fearington
4:50 Angela Gonzalez
4:55 Jonathan Anguiano
5:00 Mikah Brandes
5:05 Mae Rose
5:10 AJ Mitchell
5:15 Sarah Holden
5:20 Tua’au Laolagi
5:25 Alisha Steigerwald, PSU Neuro Club (video above)

5:30 Matthew R. Blake
5:35 Geoffrey A. Dunn
5:40 Karli Corey
5:45 Sree Yeturu
5:50 Teagan James
5:55 Noa Rayzman
6:15 KEYNOTE: How genes and bacteria shape the risk of neuroinflammatory disease: The example of Multiple Sclerosis
Sergio Baranzini, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
7:15 Awards and closing

PSU Neuro Club: Exploring the Brain w/Susannah Cahalan!
2021-04-13 17:00 - 18:30
WHAT: Exploring the Brain with award-winning author Susannah Cahalan
Wonderful event!

WHEN: Tuesday, April 13th at 5:00pm
WHERE: Zoom Meeting ID (872 5609 7777)
Susannah 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.

This 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.”
Come join us – free!

NOGGINFEST 2021!!!
2021-03-20 18:00 - 20:30
WHAT: NOGGINFEST 2021!
WE DID IT!!
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LINK!!
NogginFest 2021: Threshold Potential!

WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 6:00 – 8:30pm!

This is the largest student-run, accessible, public celebration of music, art and interdisciplinary neuroscience in the Pacific Northwest!
And it’s FREE!!

“I LOVE THIS!! It’s like old #WeirdPortland: there’s #music, #brains, #beer, everybody’s making #art & talking about #neuroscience!”

Discover research on psychedelics, the gut/brain axis and more! Hear amazing bands! Get blown away by incredible, innovative sciart!
REGISTER HERE
JOIN US: Noggin Fest 2021!
EXPLORE THE NOGGINFEST ART AUCTION!

Image by Danny Leister-Gray
NogginFest 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!

ENHANCE YOUR NOGGIN:

*** SOLD OUT!
Check out sciart, raffle tickets and “glial gifts” to make your NogginFest experience even more extraordinary!

Raffle items include 3D printed brains! Pipe cleaner glia! Pipe cleaner neurons!

Through 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…

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ the Society for Neuroscience

LEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins!

Brain Awareness Week!
2021-03-15 - 2021-03-21
LEARN MORE: Brain Awareness Week!
NW 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…

Listening, learning and making connections beyond the college green…
LEARN MORE: The Dana Foundation
LEARN MORE: Brain Awareness Week
THIS YEAR ENJOY NOGGINFEST!!!

LEARN MORE: JOIN US @ NOGGINFEST 2021

SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 6-8:30pm
REGISTER HERE
Get Your Glial Gift/Raffle ticket!
EXPLORE THE NOGGINFEST ART AUCTION!

Daylight Saving Time harms brains
2021-03-14
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.
Science and history tell us this is a recipe for disaster.

LEARN MORE
Oregon wants to increase sleep deprivation and winter misery

PSU Neuro Club: Considering med school?
2021-03-03 18:30 - 20:00
WHAT: OHSU Medical School Panel
WHEN: Wednesday, March 3rd at 6:30pm
WHERE: Zoom ID- 862 6140 2069

Medical 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.

** CANCELED - PSU Neuro Club: NEUROSURGERY!
2021-02-25 18:30 - 20:00
WHAT: Neurosurgery with Dr. Kokkino
CANCELED (so sorry!) – regular club meeting tonight
WHEN: Thursday, February 25th at 6:30pm
WHERE: Zoom ID- 862 6140 2069

Dr. 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!
LEARN MORE: What is brain surgery like?

Virtual Science Pub with Denesa Lockwood: Can You Smell Me Now?
2021-02-16 18:30 - 20:30
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!
WHERE: Virtual OMSI Science Pub – Facebook Live & YouTube; REGISTER HERE
WHEN: FEB 16, 2021 | Virtual Edition | 6:30-8:30PM

Currently 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.

Denesa 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.
When 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.

Noggins in Hawaii!
2021-02-11 10:15 - 12:30
WHAT: Noggin outreach in Hawaii!
We did it!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK

Ho brah, he lolo maoli kēlā!

WHERE: Waikiki School, via ZOOM (links to come)

WHEN: Thursday, February 11, 10:15am – 12:30am (First session 10:15am – 11:15am; Second session 11:30 – 12:30)
Noggin 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.”

Students 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!

JOIN US!
Please email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved.
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, Portland State University, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, Portland State University
3. Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin, National University of Natural Medicine, OHSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Roman Cimkovich, PSU
6. Annabelle Winking, PSU
7. Karsen Coelho, PSU
8. Michael Deveney, PSU
9. Hannah Fulenwider, OHSU
10. Tiara Freeman, PSU
11. Paul Delahanty, PSU
12. Sheila Stern, American Brain Coalition
13. Kit Carlson, artist
14. Chrysania Monroe, PSU
15. Greyson Moore, PSU
16. Mikah Brandes, OHSU/PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO

Questions from 5th grade!
● How does the brain dream at nighttime?
● How does the brain develop memories?
● What if our body didn’t have sensory nerves, but had nerves?
● What if our body didn’t have nerves but had sensory nerves?
● Why do younger people remember more memories than older people?
● Does the brain control our emotions, thoughts and behaviors?
● What is the brain made of?
● When the brain is dead, does it change color?
● Does the brain grow larger as you keep on growing?
● What colors can brains become?
● My first question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to loud noises.
● My second question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to moving objects.
● How does your brain store important information?
● Could you switch your brain with something similar?
● Would the word color reading experiment be easier or harder for preschoolers?
● If one of my senses didn’t work would I panic if I did the hole in the hand experiment?
● Why do we have dreams?
● Why do we get excited?
● What does the brain feel like, is it mushy, is it soft?
● Is the brain really pink like in the movies?
● Why does the brain panic?
● What does the brain do when it becomes overloaded?
● If two people switched brains what would happen?
● Could you replace the brain with something the same shape and texture?
● How does the brain control our body?
● If we get a new brain would we forget our memories?
● I wonder what would happen if you swapped your brain with someone else. Would you have his memories? Why or why not?
● Why does my brain tell my body what to do?

● How does my brain have room for my memories?
● Are nerves hard like thin bones or are they soft and stringy like yarn?
● When we get headaches, are they happening in our brain and if so why and how?
● Why do we dream?
● What sports require really good reaction time and how does our brain learn how to react?
● How does our brain know that our body is in distress?
● How do signals travel through sensory nerves to the brain?
● What does a brain feel like?
● What makes a brain function your body?
● Is it true that bigger brains are smarter than smaller brains?
● How does the brain not have any moving parts?
● Why do we have blood in our brain?
● Which is the most important part in the human, brain or heart?
● How fast does the brain make decisions, give information and control your muscles to other parts of the body?
● How come the brain is in our head?
● What’s the difference between a smart brain vs. a not smart brain?
● How many parts of the brain are there and what are they called?
● How does the brain send commands to the other parts of your body?
● I wonder why we don’t just run out of storage in our brain?
● Why are we able to work with one muscle?
● Why is the brain slimy?
● Where do brains come from?
● How does our brain control us?
● Is our brain the only body part that controls our body?
● When you sleep, does your brain sleep?
● When you dream does your brain memorize stuff and put it together in the dream?
● What would happen if we couldn’t feel pain from our nervous system?
● What if we didn’t have our nervous system?
● How many cells does the brain have?
● How does the brain work? Does it have anything like a motor?
● How does our brain decide what goes in our dreams?
● Why does the brain not remember things that happened a long time ago?
● The brain controls our body, is there a way to alter the brain to become some sort of godly figure?
● What if there was some sort of zombie apocalypse, would we be mindless?
● Have you ever touched a brain?

● What is inside the brain?
● Where does the brain keep memories?
● Why does the body parts get weaker when we get older?
● How do blue light glasses actually work when playing video games?
● 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.
● When we’re scared, why do we scream?
● How can someone get over dyslexia?
● How does your brain flip the pictures that you see?
● Why do brains look like they have those tubes?
● How can our brain contain all these memories?
● Why does our brain use up so much energy?
● What if our body didn’t have sensory nerves, but had nerves?
● What if our body didn’t have nerves but had sensory nerves?
● Can a person survive without a brain?
● Are there different types of brains?
● Who named the brain?
● Do we have infinite memory?
● How does the brain store memories?
● How does the brain control your body?

● What would happen if our brains were shaped differently than they are right now? Would we still act the same?
● Are animal brains similar to human brains?
● Does the brain grow larger as you keep on growing?
● What colors can brains become?
● What if the brain was 2x smaller?
● What if the brain was 2x bigger?
● Is our brain the hardest worker of our body part?
● How does it store so many memories when it’s so small?
● What would happen if your brain could not make decisions?
● What if humans’ reaction time was a second?
● What would it be like if you switched, you’re brain with a dog’s brain?
● Why do we think certain things are beautiful and some things are not?
● How do we store all of our memories in our brains?
● Why do we dream?
● Does the brain have a limit to storing and learning new things?
● Why do people lose their memory?
● How will you figure out how the brain works?
● Where do you get brains to dissect?
● Why does the brain have memory (how does it remember things)?
● Why do some brain think differently?
● What is the brain made of?
● When the brain is dead, does it change color?
● My first question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to loud noises?
● My second question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to moving objects?
● Do we need our brain to help us walk and talk?
● Every one of our memories in our brain do they disappear or just stay in our head?
● How do brains work?
● Why are brains the shape it is?
● Can the Brain learn anything?
● How many parts are in the Brain?
● How does the brain dream at night time?
● How does the brain develop memories?
● What can I do to have a super healthy brain?
● What are brain waves?
● How do we make decisions?
● What is intelligence?
● Why do younger people remember more memories than older people?
● Does the brain control our emotions, thoughts and behaviors?

Noggins in Hawaii!
2021-02-09 10:15 - 12:30
WHAT: Noggin outreach in Hawaii!
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK
Ho brah, he lolo maoli kēlā!

WHERE: Waikiki School, via ZOOM (links to come)

WHEN: Tuesday, February 9, 10:15am – 12:30am (First session 10:15am – 11:15am; Second session 11:30 – 12:30)

We’re going island style brah!
Noggin 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.”

Students 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!

JOIN US!
Please email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved.
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, Portland State University, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, Portland State University
3. Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin, National University of Natural Medicine, OHSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Melissa Sek, PSU
6. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
7. Annabelle Winking, PSU
8. Connie Tran, PSU
9. Amelia Lichtenberg, PSU
10. Jasmin Mabry, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
11. Michael Deveney, PSU
12. Melissa DeMoura, PSU
13. Tiara Freeman, PSU
14. Paul Delahanty, PSU
15. Sheila Stern, American Brain Coalition
16. Kit Carlson, artist
17. Nancy MacKenzie, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO

Questions from 5th grade!
● How does the brain dream at nighttime?
● How does the brain develop memories?
● What if our body didn’t have sensory nerves, but had nerves?
● What if our body didn’t have nerves but had sensory nerves?
● Why do younger people remember more memories than older people?
● Does the brain control our emotions, thoughts and behaviors?
● What is the brain made of?
● When the brain is dead, does it change color?
● Does the brain grow larger as you keep on growing?
● What colors can brains become?
● My first question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to loud noises.
● My second question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to moving objects.
● How does your brain store important information?
● Could you switch your brain with something similar?
● Would the word color reading experiment be easier or harder for preschoolers?
● If one of my senses didn’t work would I panic if I did the hole in the hand experiment?
● Why do we have dreams?
● Why do we get excited?
● What does the brain feel like, is it mushy, is it soft?
● Is the brain really pink like in the movies?
● Why does the brain panic?
● What does the brain do when it becomes overloaded?
● If two people switched brains what would happen?
● Could you replace the brain with something the same shape and texture?
● How does the brain control our body?
● If we get a new brain would we forget our memories?
● I wonder what would happen if you swapped your brain with someone else. Would you have his memories? Why or why not?
● Why does my brain tell my body what to do?
● How does my brain have room for my memories?
● Are nerves hard like thin bones or are they soft and stringy like yarn?
● When we get headaches, are they happening in our brain and if so why and how?
● Why do we dream?
● What sports require really good reaction time and how does our brain learn how to react?
● How does our brain know that our body is in distress?
● How do signals travel through sensory nerves to the brain?
● What does a brain feel like?
● What makes a brain function your body?
● Is it true that bigger brains are smarter than smaller brains?
● How does the brain not have any moving parts?
● Why do we have blood in our brain?
● Which is the most important part in the human, brain or heart?
● How fast does the brain make decisions, give information and control your muscles to other parts of the body?
● How come the brain is in our head?
● What’s the difference between a smart brain vs. a not smart brain?
● How many parts of the brain are there and what are they called?
● How does the brain send commands to the other parts of your body?
● I wonder why we don’t just run out of storage in our brain?
● Why are we able to work with one muscle?
● Why is the brain slimy?
● Where do brains come from?
● How does our brain control us?
● Is our brain the only body part that controls our body?
● When you sleep, does your brain sleep?
● When you dream does your brain memorize stuff and put it together in the dream?
● What would happen if we couldn’t feel pain from our nervous system?
● What if we didn’t have our nervous system?
● How many cells does the brain have?
● How does the brain work? Does it have anything like a motor?
● How does our brain decide what goes in our dreams?
● Why does the brain not remember things that happened a long time ago?
● The brain controls our body, is there a way to alter the brain to become some sort of godly figure?
● What if there was some sort of zombie apocalypse, would we be mindless?
● Have you ever touched a brain?
● What is inside the brain?
● Where does the brain keep memories?
● Why does the body parts get weaker when we get older?
● How do blue light glasses actually work when playing video games?
● 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.
● When we’re scared, why do we scream?
● How can someone get over dyslexia?
● How does your brain flip the pictures that you see?
● Why do brains look like they have those tubes?
● How can our brain contain all these memories?
● Why does our brain use up so much energy?
● What if our body didn’t have sensory nerves, but had nerves?
● What if our body didn’t have nerves but had sensory nerves?
● Can a person survive without a brain?
● Are there different types of brains?
● Who named the brain?
● Do we have infinite memory?
● How does the brain store memories?
● How does the brain control your body?
● What would happen if our brains were shaped differently than they are right now? Would we still act the same?
● Are animal brains similar to human brains?
● Does the brain grow larger as you keep on growing?
● What colors can brains become?
● What if the brain was 2x smaller?
● What if the brain was 2x bigger?
● Is our brain the hardest worker of our body part?
● How does it store so many memories when it’s so small?
● What would happen if your brain could not make decisions?
● What if humans’ reaction time was a second?
● What would it be like if you switched, you’re brain with a dog’s brain?
● Why do we think certain things are beautiful and some things are not?
● How do we store all of our memories in our brains?
● Why do we dream?
● Does the brain have a limit to storing and learning new things?
● Why do people lose their memory?
● How will you figure out how the brain works?
● Where do you get brains to dissect?
● Why does the brain have memory (how does it remember things)?
● Why do some brain think differently?
● What is the brain made of?
● When the brain is dead, does it change color?
● My first question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to loud noises?
● My second question for the neuroscientist is how does your brain react to moving objects?
● Do we need our brain to help us walk and talk?
● Every one of our memories in our brain do they disappear or just stay in our head?
● How do brains work?
● Why are brains the shape it is?
● Can the Brain learn anything?
● How many parts are in the Brain?
● How does the brain dream at night time?
● How does the brain develop memories?
● What can I do to have a super healthy brain?
● What are brain waves?
● How do we make decisions?
● What is intelligence?
● Why do younger people remember more memories than older people?
● Does the brain control our emotions, thoughts and behaviors?

Noggins @ Fort Vancouver!
2021-02-04 08:30 - 14:05
WHAT: Noggin outreach at Fort Vancouver!
We did it!

WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, via ZOOM (links to come)

WHEN: Thursday, February 4, 8:35am – 2:05pm

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
8:35am – 10:00am
Biology (Coreyanne Russell)
10:15am – 11:40am
Biology (Coreyanne Russell)
12:40am – 2:05pm
Honors Biology (Coreyanne Russell)

See what we did on Tuesday (2/2)!
Uploading your brain from Vancouver

We’ll kick off second semester at Fort Vancouver High School with two full days of Zoom visits!

Students will have identified parts of a neuron & parts of the brain in class through either readings/diagrams or Virtual Reality Activity. 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!

JOIN US!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, Portland State University, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, Portland State University
3. Annabelle Winking, PSU (all day)
4. Lucille Thornhill, PSU (10:30am – 12:30pm)
5. Lidia Escheverria-Garcia, PSU (11:30am – 2:00pm)
6. Michael Deveney, PSU
7. Tiara Freeman, PSU
8. Jade Osilla, PSU/Lines for Life
9. Cecilia Araneda, Arpillera & the Brain
10. Darrin Lane, PSU
11. Aaron Eisen, NUNM, OHSU
12. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
13. McKenzie Figuración, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO/OHSU
See what we’ve done previously at the sleep-deprived Home of the Trappers 🙂
Why do you study the brain?

Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!

Noggins @ Fort Vancouver!
2021-02-02 08:30 - 14:05
WHAT: Noggin outreach at Fort Vancouver!
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK
Uploading your brain from Vancouver

WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, via ZOOM (links to come)

WHEN: Tuesday, February 2, 8:35am – 2:05pm

TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
8:35am – 10:00am
Honors Biology (James Cederstrom)
10:15am – 11:40am
AP Biology (Coreyanne Russell) & Honors Biology (James Cederstrom)
12:40am – 2:05pm
Honors Biology (Coreyanne Russell & James Cederstrom)
We’ll kick off second semester at Fort Vancouver High School with two full days of Zoom visits!

Students will have identified parts of a neuron & parts of the brain in class through either readings/diagrams or Virtual Reality Activity. 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!

JOIN US!
Please email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved.
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, Portland State University, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, Portland State University
3. Melissa Sek, PSU (8:30 – 10:00pm)
4. Roman Cimkovich, PSU (8:30am – noon)
5. Annabelle Winking, PSU (all day)
6. Connie Tran, PSU (8:30 – 10:30am)
7. Kit Carlton, artist
8. Karsen Coelho, PSU (8:30 – noon)
9. Amy Lin, PSU (8:30 – 10:30am)
10. Michael Deveney, PSU
11. Tiara Freeman, PSU
12. Jade Osilla, PSU/Lines for Life
13. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
14. Paul Delahanty, PSU
15. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
16. Nancy MacKenzie, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO (11:00am – 2:00pm)
17. Brittany Alperin, University of Richmond
18. Jeya Anandakumar, PSU (10:30am – 2:00pm)
19. Rose Maucolin, PSU
See what we’ve done previously at the sleep-deprived Home of the Trappers 🙂
Why do you study the brain?

Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!

PSU Neuro Club: Neurogenesis w/Dr. Hongjun Song
2021-01-21 17:00 - 18:30
WHAT: The PSU Neuroscience Club hosts guest speaker Dr. Hongjun Song to share his research, experiences and answer your questions.
WHERE: Please use the Zoom meeting ID: 850-5289-9532 (update!)
WHEN: Thursday, January 21st from 5:00-6:30pm

Dr. Song runs a lab at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania which focuses on neural growth and development, and epigenetics/epitranscriptomics in the nervous system. He’s also a new member of the National Academy of Medicine. He’ll discuss his research as well as the implications of these systems in brain disorders.

If you’re interested in neuroscience, or brain development, this is a great opportunity to learn from an expert and ask your own questions, too!

PSU Neuro Club: Developmental Neuroscience w/Dr. Kathryn Mills!
2020-11-19 16:00 - 17:00
WHAT: The PSU Neuroscience Club is hosting guest speaker Dr. Kathryn Mills for an event on developmental neuroscience! Dr. Mills received her PhD in neuroscience from University College London in 2015. She is currently the PI of the Developing Brains in Context Lab at University of Oregon. Her research uses brain imaging methods to investigate typical developmental trajectories between childhood and adulthood, as well as behavioral experiments to investigate how we navigate the social environment in adolescence and adulthood. Dr. Mills has worked with young people to bring their voices into the scientific discussion about their brains and behavior.
WHEN: Thursday, November 19th from 4:00-5:00pm
WHERE: The Zoom meeting ID is 950 1060 9698

PSU Neuro Club: Neuro-oncology Panel!
2020-11-12 18:30 - 20:30
WHAT: The PSU Neuroscience Club is hosting a virtual Neuro-oncology panel in partnership with the Neuroscience Club at the University of Washington. At this event, we will have guest speaker Dr. Tresa McGranaham, MD PhD, who is a neuro-oncologist at the Alvord Brain Tumor Center at UW School of Medicine. We will also have Cymon Kersch, a current MD-PhD student at OHSU who’s research has focused on Neuro-oncology. If you are interested in neuroscience, cancer, or medicine, this is a great opportunity to learn from experts and get to ask your own questions!
WHERE: The Zoom meeting ID is 950 1060 9698
WHEN: Thursday, November 12th from 6:30-8:30pm

FLYER: Neuro-oncology Panel

Vote Brains @ p:ear!
2020-10-29 10:00 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: #VoteBrains – Noggin @ p:ear!
We did it!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK
Returning to find a voice

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Thursday, October 29, 2020, 10:00am – 1:00pm

“The only way to practice democracy, is to practice democracy.”
— Hu Shih
NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Awardee!

Pizza party and ballots!
P:ear is helping youth participate in local and national elections, and we’ll explore the critical importance for brain health of access to evidence-based information, collective community investment and support – and agency over our own environments, including the opportunity to vote for elected representatives.

LEARN MORE: Your brain on preparedness
LEARN MORE: As few as 1 in 10 homeless people vote in elections – here’s why
LEARN MORE: Legal and Practical Barriers to Voting for Homeless People
LEARN MORE: The Homeless Have Voting Rights but Face Many Hurdles
LEARN MORE: Republican voter suppression efforts were banned for decades. Here’s what changed.

Noggin Vesicles
We’re also making NOGGIN VESICLES – easily transported, screen-printed shoulder sacks filled with brain masks, KN95 masks, art supplies, 3D printed brains, clean “brain” socks, first aid kits, hand sanitizer, toothpaste/toothbrushes, and emergency blankets!

Brain masks sewn by Ashley Keates!
And if we receive more action potentials (i.e., donations :), we’ll release more vesicles!

LEARN MORE ABOUT VESICLES: Synaptic Vesicle Pools and Dynamics
We’ve raised some money for supplies, and if you’d like to contribute, please click below!

LEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins!

JOIN US: Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.edu) to learn more, and get involved.

We’ll ALL be masked, and maintain physical distance 🙂
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
2. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
3. Jasmin Mabry, PSU/BUILD EXITO
4. Jacob Schoen, NUNM/OHSU
5. Zoie Harpole, PSU
6. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, University of Oregon
7. Aaron Eisen, NUNM/OHSU
8. Cam Howard, NUNM
9. Alex Phanphackdy, PSU
10. Ashley Keates, PSU

“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
— George Jean Nathan
See what else we’ve done at p:ear this month
The world, filtered

A brain garden grows @ p:ear

Noggin @ P:ear 🧠🍐❤️

Noggin @ P:ear!
2020-10-15 10:00 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear!
We did it!!
The world, filtered

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 (NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Awardee!)
WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2020, 10:00am – 1:00pm

We’re planting a BRAIN GARDEN!

Noggin volunteers, properly masked and physically distanced, will present brains at p:ear, enjoy painting plywood brains for planting in curbside planters, and answer ANY questions about neuroscience!

JOIN US: Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.edu) to learn more, and get involved.
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
2. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
3. Kathleen Balan-Celino, PSU
4. Jasmine Mabry, PSU/BUILD EXITO
5. Sylvie Bindas, OHSU
6. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
7. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
8. Jacob Schoen, NUNM/OHSU
9. Michael Fleming, OHSU

From LAST Thursday 😃
A brain garden grows @ p:ear

LEARN MORE
Noggin @ P:ear 🧠🍐❤️

Noggin @ P:ear!
2020-10-08 10:00 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear!
We did it! LINK HERE 🙂
A brain garden grows @ p:ear

And we are returning to p:ear again next week!
Noggin @ P:ear!

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
(NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:ear 2020 Community Partner!)
WHEN: Thursday, October 8, 2020, 10:00am – 1:00pm

We’re planting a BRAIN GARDEN!

Noggin volunteers, properly masked and physically distanced, will present brains, paint plywood brains with young Portlanders for planting in p:ear’s new curbside planters – and answer ANY questions about neuroscience!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
2. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
3. Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM/OHSU
4. Sorrel Johnson, PSU
5. Luis Carrillo, PSU
6. Jasmin Mabry, PSU/BUILD EXITO
7. Quinn Westlynd, PSU
8. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
9. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
10. Jacob Schoen, NUNM/OHSU

LEARN MORE:
Noggin @ P:ear 🧠🍐❤️

Society for Neuroscience Outreach Webinar!
2020-09-24 10:00 - 11:00
WHAT: Action & Potential in Outreach, Education & Research
We did it!

WATCH THE WEBINAR 🙂

WHERE: EVERYWHERE! 🧠🎨🤝❤️ CLICK ME: Webinar LINK
WHEN: Thursday, September 24, 2020, 10:0am Pacific time; 1:00pm Eastern

A second FREE Society for Neuroscience global webinar with BrainFacts.org & Northwest Noggin! Co-sponsored by the American Brain Coalition. Title based on our keynote address at SfN 2018* 🙂

Join Richard Wingate, the Head of Anatomy at Kings College London and Editor in Chief of BrainFacts.org, and Leigh Wilson, the Public Engagement manager at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Kings and an avid outreach practitioner, as they explore the question:
“What does outreach mean to you?”
Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake of NW Noggin will moderate the event!

Brandan McClain, middle school teacher in Portland Public Schools
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Joey-Seuferling.mp4
Joey Seuferling, University of Washington Medical School, NW Noggin volunteer
LEARN MORE: Pandemic Connections

See what we learned during our FIRST webinar on pandemic outreach HERE.
Reconnecting Our Brains, One Cell at a Time

Richard Wingate
Editor-in-Chief for BrainFacts.org and Reader in the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London.
Richard Wingate is a Reader in the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London. He completed his DPhil in Neurophysiology at Oxford University in 1992 with Professor Ian Thompson. He completed his Masters degree in Academic Practice in 2013 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was appointed Head of Anatomy at King’s College London in 2014. Richard has collaborated on a variety of public engagement projects. He was scientific advisor for the Wellcome Collection’s “Brain: the Mind as Matter” exhibition (2012) and has served on Wellcome Trust panels for Science and Art, Society (Pulse), Arts, Arts Production and the Hub selection. He is a member of the Public Education and Communication Committee of the Society for Neuroscience and sits on the advisory boards of the Old Operating Theatre Museum, London and the Science Gallery UK.
Leigh Wilson
Leigh Wilson is the Public Engagement manager at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King’s College London. She has a long-standing passion for outreach lead into the public engagement and education field. Exciting current projects include partnering with artists to build creative and arts-lead approaches to undergraduate bioscience education as well as developing several school outreach programs, which aim to build national and international partnerships and science capital in communities ranging from France to India.
Jeff Leake
Jeff Leake holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. As an educator, he has dedicated himself to exploring the intersection between art and science. He currently teaches in the Psychology and University Studies departments at Portland State University where he works with his colleague (and fellow NW Noggin founder) Bill Griesar to teach art and neuroscience. He is also the president and arts coordinator of NW Noggin. As part of this organization, he has traveled around the country, lecturing and teaching neuroscience through art, working with more than 40,000 K-12 students (and a few adults) and was recognized as an innovator by the Obama White House.
Bill Griesar
Bill Griesar, Ph.D. is Senior Instructor in Psychology at Portland State University, founder and Neuroscience Coordinator of NW Noggin, Adjunct Instructor in University Studies at Portland State, and Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU. He has developed and taught neuroscience courses at Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, Clark College, amongst others since 2001, and co-founded (with Jeff Leake) the art + neuroscience outreach nonprofit nwnoggin.org. Through NW Noggin (which is entirely volunteer) he’s met with more than 40,000 K-12 students over real brains and art. He’s been recognized as an innovator by the Obama White House, and has won numerous teaching awards.

* LEARN MORE: Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

LIVE: Bill & Jeff introduction (5 minutes)
“But ultimately outreach is different things to different people. We asked outreach practitioners, collaborators, teachers what is their definition of outreach. Then we asked Richard and Leigh to talk about their responses to the clips.”

What does outreach mean to you?
Doing outreach: examples with kids!

LIVE: Bill/Jeff reflection and sum-up and then leads into questions (8 minutes)
Bill: “Leigh, given where we are at with the pandemic now, what is the future of outreach?”
Leigh: “Jeff, how can outreach bring out the creativity of science?”
Jeff: “Bill, inclusivity and diversity is a big part of what we do – how do we stay mindful of this?”
Bill: “Richard, you run a website – how can you ensure that you build diversity and inclusion into the neuroscience that you represent at BrainFacts?”

Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Larry Sherman, Ph.D.
2020-07-27 17:30 - 21:00 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
The Neuroscience of Pleasure: How your brain responds to music, love and chocolate
Larry Sherman, Ph.D. (OHSU)
Larry Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor, Oregon National Primate Research Center
OHSU
POSTPONED TO Monday, July 27, 2020
All Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:
The Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
and begin at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm!
Listening to beautiful music, falling in love and eating really good chocolate create intense feelings of pleasure – but why? OHSU neuroscientist Larry Sherman, Ph.D., joined by the Portland Chamber Orchestra and singer Naomi LaViolette, presents a fascinating multi-media discussion and concert on how the brain experiences pleasure. Diving into exciting new research – including what happens to the brain when love goes awry – and what we can learn from the monogamous prairie vole, Dr. Sherman mixes music, humor and neuroscience for an unforgettable, educational evening.
This unique lecture and performance will have a 15 minute intermission, and end at 9 p.m.
Thanks to the OHSU Brain Institute, NW Noggin has 12 complimentary tickets to this event! We’ll staff a table loaded with brains and art before and after the show.

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu and aaeisen@pdx.edu
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
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FREE: Reconnecting our Brains, One Cell at a Time
2020-06-24 10:30 - 11:30
WHAT: Reconnecting our Brains, One Cell at a Time. A FREE Society for Neuroscience global webinar with NW Noggin & BrainFacts.org
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
Reconnecting Our Brains, One Cell at a Time

WHERE: EVERYWHERE! 🧠🎨🤝❤️ Register for the FREE webinar
WHEN: Thursday, June 24, 2020, 10:30am Pacific time; 1:30pm Eastern

LEARN MORE: Reconnecting Our Brains, One Cell at a Time
Our brains are home to billions of cells that love to reach out and connect. These networks of linked neurons and glia make us who we are, and let us perceive, think, and do. When separated by trauma, or injury, they are remarkably plastic, capable of establishing new synapses, developing creative approaches to navigating a complex world.

A pandemic is traumatic, separates networks, and makes it hard to connect with communities. But just like our brain cells, we can adapt and create new approaches to our ever-changing world.

In this webinar, discover how Northwest Noggin, a nonprofit organization, is reaching communities with neuroscience research and brain cell art, using found materials and sharing online.

LEARN MORE: Pandemic Connections
Join us for a FREE GLOBAL webinar on Wednesday, June 24th at 1:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (10:30am Pacific). This webinar is a collaboration between NW Noggin and BrainFacts.org.
Register for the FREE webinar

** CANCELED: Noggins in Bend!
2020-06-22 - 2020-06-23 | Oregon State University Cascades Campus, 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC) Camp MedStars
** CANCELED (at least POSTPONED) due to coronavirus concerns
WHERE: Oregon State University Cascades Campus, 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR 97702
WHEN: Monday, June 22 (noon) through Tuesday, June 23 (noon)
NOTE: You are welcome to arrive at OSU Cascades on Sunday night in Bend; dormitory housing is available both Sunday and Monday

Contact: Debbie Cole, Cascades East Area Health Education Center
MedStars is a week-long residence camp for diverse and underserved high school students in the Cascades East region. MedStars will take place in Bend with students and Noggin volunteers residing in the college dormitory on the OSU-Cascades Campus.

From collaborative outreach last year with the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center
LEARN MORE: LTP in La Grande
We have room for FIVE (5) Noggin volunteers to join us in Bend, to learn from high school participants, make art and discuss brain research relevant to shared interests. CEAHEC will cover transportation costs (mileage reimbursement), housing and meals!
Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu & aaeisen@pdx.edu
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Leota Wolford, PSU
4. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
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p:ear Blossoms!
2020-06-19 17:30 - 18:30 | Portland Art Museum
WHAT: p:ear Blossoms
WHERE: Virtual Gala: p:ear blossoms 2020 “My Sheltering Sky – in place”
WHEN: Friday, June 19, 2020, 5:30 – 6:30pm

“How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we’re just so small.” –Paul Bowles

NW Noggin is deeply honored to receive the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Award! The award belongs to all our extraordinary, engaged outreach volunteers (every one of us is a volunteer) for sharing neuroscience research on sleep, bias, adolescent brain development, drugs, stress, anxiety, mental health – and for listening, learning, advocating and making art!

LEARN MORE: Seeing us all through research & art
LEARN MORE: Listening to testimony @ p:ear
LEARN MORE: Being there means something
We had SO MUCH FUN presenting brains and art and all volunteer community outreach in our Portland community this June with the incomparable p:ear gala emcee POISON WATERS!!!

This year, p:ear turns 18!
On June 19th, we will celebrate p:ear’s 18 years of working with Portland’s homeless youth with a content-rich Virtual Gala featuring local celebrities (Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Liz Gilbert of Eat Pray Love, Portugal. The Man, host Poison Waters, and auctioneer Johnna Wells) and the vibrant voices of our community.
p:ear believes every young person deserves a place where they are nurtured and encouraged to grow: a sheltering sky that inspires curiosity and is fueled by hope and grounded in love. During the Covid-19 Crisis, our work with youth continues. We are their sheltering sky.

Join us for this momentous occasion! pearblossoms “My Sheltering Sky”

LEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN + P:EAR AT THE LINK
Noggin + P:ear

JOINING US…
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
4. Jordan Ray, PSU
LIMITED/ROSTER FULL

Noggin ONLINE @ PPS Creative Science!
2020-05-28 09:30 - 10:45
WHAT: Noggin Online with 6th – 8th graders in Portland Public Schools!
We did it!! GREAT conversations!!

“That was an amazing experience! Thank you so much for all of the time that has gone into facilitating these sessions. Please pass on my gratitude to everyone that participated.” -Leslie Skyback, teacher @ Portland Public Schools

Reconnecting our brains in a pandemic: one cell at a time!

FOUND OBJECT NEURONS: #showusyourbraincell

WHERE: Google Hangout for Creative Science, Portland Public Schools
WHEN: Thursday, May 28 (& 14, 21), 9:30am – 10:45am (9:30am for set-up)
CONTACT: Brandan McClain, 6-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies; Leslie Skybak, Mid-Level Humanities Teacher, Creative Science School

Check out these questions!!

We’ll meet again with curious 6th, 7th and 8th graders at Creative Science, in Portland Public Schools. We’ll have more real brains (onscreen), art project ideas for home, and undergraduates and graduate students studying neuroscience!

Neuron by Danny Gray, PSU
The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) @ OHSU is providing art supplies, and the PDX 3D printing Lab printed full-size human brains to offer teachers in Portland Public Schools!

LEARN MORE: How to 3D Print a Brain
See what we’ve been doing!
Pandemic connections

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Danny Gray, PSU
4. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
5. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
6. Sydney Duran, PSU
7. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
9. Annabelle Winking, PSU
10. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
11. Michael Deveney, PSU
12. Andrea Rano, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
13. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
14. Harper Thomas, PSU
15. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
16. Sam Carpenter, University of Michigan
Make a found object brain cell!

We’ve visited Creative Science LIVE in the past. Learn more at the links…
“You get me!” @ Creative Science

Creativity and Science

Noggins in North Kitsap! **POSTPONED!
2020-05-28 - 2020-05-30 | North Kitsap High School, 1780 NE Hostmark Street, Poulsbo, WA, 98370, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Poulsbo, WA (“The Viking City“)
**POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19: More details to come
WHERE: North Kitsap High School, 1780 NE Hostmark St, Poulsbo, WA 98370 AND Poulsbo Elementary School, 18531 Noll Rd NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370

WHEN: Thursday, May 28 – Saturday, May 30
Contact: Nick Elmquist, Social Studies Teacher, North Kitsap High School

We’re excited to meet high school and elementary school students on Washington State’s Kitsap Peninsula, “the natural side of Puget Sound.” Nick Elmquist at North Kitsap High School secured a grant to bring ELEVEN Noggin volunteers – along with extra brains and art projects – north to Poulsbo!

Thank you Nick & North Kitsap!!
THURSDAY, MAY 28
Travel to Poulsbo, WA (a.k.a. “Little Norway”)
Train/bus/ferry an option (contact for details)
Dinner with teachers!
FRIDAY, MAY 29
8:00am – 3:00pm: Outreach visits to North Kitsap High School and Poulsbo Elementary School
Details TBD
SATURDAY, MAY 30
Travel home to Portland area
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Michael Deveney, PSU
4. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin (just got into UW med school!!!)
5. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
6. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
7. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
8. Aaron Eisen, NUNM/NW Noggin
9. Cam Howard, PSU
10. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin/PCC
11. Aliese Poole, PSU

PSU Neuro Club: Virtual TED Talks!
2020-05-27 18:30 - 20:00
