BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks) - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks) X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://nwnoggin.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T140000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210401T222010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T220941Z UID:35455-1619699400-1619704800@nwnoggin.org 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 URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-sunnyside-pps-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_3123.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210423T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210423T140000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210401T212839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210423T234752Z UID:35452-1619181000-1619186400@nwnoggin.org 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? URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-sunnyside-pps-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/12986CF9-1FD6-48A7-884C-EDC69AA433D6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210409T181942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210409T182009Z UID:35561-1619116200-1619121600@nwnoggin.org 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gut-brain-axis-with-Dr.-Martindale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T140000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210401T195516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210423T234547Z UID:35449-1619094600-1619100000@nwnoggin.org 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? URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/nw-noggin-sunnyside-pps/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_3027.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T085000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T193000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210121T215156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210614T200407Z UID:34532-1618476600-1618515000@nwnoggin.org 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_5702.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210413T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210413T183000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210409T180451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T015930Z UID:35557-1618333200-1618338600@nwnoggin.org 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! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-exploring-the-brain-w-susannah-cahalan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Exploring-the-brain-with-Susannah-Cahalan.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T203000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210115T175733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T190053Z UID:34487-1616263200-1616272200@nwnoggin.org 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! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/nogginfest-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Slide5.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210322 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210316T005058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210316T005059Z UID:35274-1615766400-1616371199@nwnoggin.org 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Sticker.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210304T161920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T163322Z UID:35105-1615680000-1615766399@nwnoggin.org 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_3087-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210303T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210303T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210219T171725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210219T171807Z UID:34928-1614796200-1614801600@nwnoggin.org 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. URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/34928/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MedPanel-W21.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210219T171117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T180625Z UID:34925-1614277800-1614283200@nwnoggin.org 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Neurosurgery.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210216T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210216T203000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210128T005058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T175244Z UID:34607-1613500200-1613507400@nwnoggin.org 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. URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/virtual-science-pub-with-denesa-lockwood-can-you-smell-me-now/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0122-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T123000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210111T002031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T020408Z UID:34399-1613038500-1613046600@nwnoggin.org 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? URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-hawaii-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_2346-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T123000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210111T001816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T020327Z UID:34395-1612865700-1612873800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins in Hawaii! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin outreach in Hawaii! \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE AT THE LINK\nHo brah\, he lolo maoli kēlā!\n \nWHERE: Waikiki School\, via ZOOM (links to come)\n \nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 9\, 10:15am – 12:30am (First session 10:15am – 11:15am; Second session 11:30 – 12:30) \n \nWe’re going island style brah! \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. Melissa Sek\, PSU\n6. Arielle Isakharov\, OHSU\n7. Annabelle Winking\, PSU\n8. Connie Tran\, PSU\n9. Amelia Lichtenberg\, PSU\n10. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n11. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n12. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n13. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n14. Paul Delahanty\, PSU\n15. Sheila Stern\, American Brain Coalition\n16. Kit Carlson\, artist\n17. Nancy MacKenzie\, 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● 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● 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● 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? URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-hawaii/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/985D62EC-7276-45AC-808D-E134F8647B78.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T140500 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210108T201026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T224612Z UID:34391-1612427400-1612447500@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins @ Fort Vancouver! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin outreach at Fort Vancouver! \nWe did it!\n \nWHERE: Fort Vancouver High School\, via ZOOM (links to come)\n \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 4\, 8:35am – 2:05pm \n \nTHURSDAY’S SCHEDULE\n8:35am – 10:00am\nBiology (Coreyanne Russell) \n10:15am – 11:40am\nBiology (Coreyanne Russell) \n12:40am – 2:05pm\nHonors Biology (Coreyanne Russell) \n \nSee what we did on Tuesday (2/2)!\nUploading your brain from Vancouver\n \nWe’ll kick off second semester at Fort Vancouver High School with two full days of Zoom visits!\n \nStudents 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! \n \n \nJOIN US!\nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, Portland State University\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, Portland State University\n3. Annabelle Winking\, PSU (all day)\n4. Lucille Thornhill\, PSU (10:30am – 12:30pm)\n5. Lidia Escheverria-Garcia\, PSU (11:30am – 2:00pm)\n6. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n7. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n8. Jade Osilla\, PSU/Lines for Life\n9. Cecilia Araneda\, Arpillera & the Brain\n10. Darrin Lane\, PSU\n11. Aaron Eisen\, NUNM\, OHSU\n12. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU\n13. McKenzie Figuración\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO/OHSU \nSee what we’ve done previously at the sleep-deprived Home of the Trappers 🙂 \nWhy do you study the brain?\n \nTrap Squad!\n \nBrains\, biofeedback & SLEEP\n \nVentricles in Vancouver! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-fort-vancouver-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_4349-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210202T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210202T140500 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210108T200644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T030704Z UID:34387-1612254600-1612274700@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins @ Fort Vancouver! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin outreach at Fort Vancouver! \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE AT THE LINK \nUploading your brain from Vancouver\n \n  \nWHERE: Fort Vancouver High School\, via ZOOM (links to come)\n \nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 2\, 8:35am – 2:05pm \n \nTUESDAY’S SCHEDULE\n8:35am – 10:00am\nHonors Biology (James Cederstrom) \n10:15am – 11:40am\nAP Biology (Coreyanne Russell) & Honors Biology (James Cederstrom) \n12:40am – 2:05pm\nHonors Biology (Coreyanne Russell & James Cederstrom) \nWe’ll kick off second semester at Fort Vancouver High School with two full days of Zoom visits!\n \nStudents 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! \n \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. Melissa Sek\, PSU (8:30 – 10:00pm)\n4. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU (8:30am – noon)\n5. Annabelle Winking\, PSU (all day)\n6. Connie Tran\, PSU (8:30 – 10:30am)\n7. Kit Carlton\, artist\n8. Karsen Coelho\, PSU (8:30 – noon)\n9. Amy Lin\, PSU (8:30 – 10:30am)\n10. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n11. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n12. Jade Osilla\, PSU/Lines for Life\n13. Angela Hendrix\, NW Noggin\n14. Paul Delahanty\, PSU\n15. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU\n16. Nancy MacKenzie\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO (11:00am – 2:00pm)\n17. Brittany Alperin\, University of Richmond\n18. Jeya Anandakumar\, PSU (10:30am – 2:00pm)\n19. Rose Maucolin\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done previously at the sleep-deprived Home of the Trappers 🙂 \nWhy do you study the brain?\n \nTrap Squad!\n \nBrains\, biofeedback & SLEEP\n \nVentricles in Vancouver! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-fort-vancouver/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_4756-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210121T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210121T183000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20210119T231137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T012806Z UID:34522-1611248400-1611253800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Neurogenesis w/Dr. Hongjun Song DESCRIPTION:WHAT: The PSU Neuroscience Club hosts guest speaker Dr. Hongjun Song to share his research\, experiences and answer your questions.  \nWHERE: Please use the Zoom meeting ID: 850-5289-9532 (update!) \nWHEN: Thursday\, January 21st from 5:00-6:30pm \n \nDr. 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. \n \nIf you’re interested in neuroscience\, or brain development\, this is a great opportunity to learn from an expert and ask your own questions\, too! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-talk-neural-development-w-dr-hongjun-song/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_1592-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T170000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20201023T205704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T193403Z UID:34016-1605801600-1605805200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Developmental Neuroscience w/Dr. Kathryn Mills! DESCRIPTION: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. \nWHEN: Thursday\, November 19th from 4:00-5:00pm \nWHERE: The Zoom meeting ID is 950 1060 9698 \n \n  URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-developmental-neuroscience-w-dr-kathryn-mills/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_8283.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201112T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201112T203000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20201023T205200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201023T205233Z UID:34011-1605205800-1605213000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Neuro-oncology Panel! DESCRIPTION: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! \nWHERE: The Zoom meeting ID is 950 1060 9698 \nWHEN: Thursday\, November 12th from 6:30-8:30pm \n \nFLYER: Neuro-oncology Panel URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-neuro-oncology-panel/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_8282.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201029T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201029T130000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20201019T202826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T144253Z UID:33962-1603965600-1603976400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Vote Brains @ p:ear! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: #VoteBrains – Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!\n \nLEARN MORE AT THE LINK\nReturning to find a voice\n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 29\, 2020\, 10:00am – 1:00pm \n \n“The only way to practice democracy\, is to practice democracy.”\n— Hu Shih \nNW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Awardee! \n \nPizza party and ballots!\nP: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. \n \nLEARN MORE: Your brain on preparedness \nLEARN MORE: As few as 1 in 10 homeless people vote in elections – here’s why \nLEARN MORE: Legal and Practical Barriers to Voting for Homeless People \nLEARN MORE: The Homeless Have Voting Rights but Face Many Hurdles \nLEARN MORE: Republican voter suppression efforts were banned for decades. Here’s what changed. \n \nNoggin Vesicles\nWe’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! \n \nBrain masks sewn by Ashley Keates! \nAnd if we receive more action potentials (i.e.\, donations :)\, we’ll release more vesicles! \n \n \nLEARN MORE ABOUT VESICLES: Synaptic Vesicle Pools and Dynamics \nWe’ve raised some money for supplies\, and if you’d like to contribute\, please click below! \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \nLEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins! \n \nJOIN US:  Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.edu) to learn more\, and get involved.  \n \nWe’ll ALL be masked\, and maintain physical distance 🙂 \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n2. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/BUILD EXITO\n4. Jacob Schoen\, NUNM/OHSU\n5. Zoie Harpole\, PSU\n6. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia\, University of Oregon\n7. Aaron Eisen\, NUNM/OHSU\n8. Cam Howard\, NUNM\n9. Alex Phanphackdy\, PSU\n10. Ashley Keates\, PSU \n \n“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”\n— George Jean Nathan \nSee what else we’ve done at p:ear this month\nThe world\, filtered\n \nA brain garden grows @ p:ear\n \nNoggin @ P:ear 🧠🍐❤️ URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/vote-your-brain-pear/ LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Slide10.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201015T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201015T130000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200925T173610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T203423Z UID:33623-1602756000-1602766800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ P:ear! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!!\nThe world\, filtered\n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 (NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Awardee!) \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 15\, 2020\, 10:00am – 1:00pm \n \n \n \nWe’re planting a BRAIN GARDEN! \n \nNoggin 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!  \n \nJOIN US:  Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.edu) to learn more\, and get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n2. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Kathleen Balan-Celino\, PSU\n4. Jasmine Mabry\, PSU/BUILD EXITO\n5. Sylvie Bindas\, OHSU\n6. Kassidy Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia\, PSU\n8. Jacob Schoen\, NUNM/OHSU\n9. Michael Fleming\, OHSU \n \nFrom LAST Thursday 😃\nA brain garden grows @ p:ear\n \nLEARN MORE\nNoggin @ P:ear 🧠🍐❤️ URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-pear-10/ LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_2292.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T130000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200925T173331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T194219Z UID:33620-1602151200-1602162000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ P:ear! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it! LINK HERE 🙂\nA brain garden grows @ p:ear\n \n \n \n \n \nAnd we are returning to p:ear again next week! \nNoggin @ P:ear!\n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \n(NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:ear 2020 Community Partner!) \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 8\, 2020\, 10:00am – 1:00pm \n \nWe’re planting a BRAIN GARDEN!\n \n \nNoggin 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! \n \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n2. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Aaron Eisen\, NW Noggin/NUNM/OHSU\n4. Sorrel Johnson\, PSU\n5. Luis Carrillo\, PSU\n6. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/BUILD EXITO\n7. Quinn Westlynd\, PSU\n8. Kassidy Fitzgerald\, PSU\n9. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia\, PSU\n10. Jacob Schoen\, NUNM/OHSU \n \nLEARN MORE: \nNoggin @ P:ear 🧠🍐❤️ URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-pear-9/ LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_2306.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200924T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200924T110000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200820T201707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T145414Z UID:33522-1600941600-1600945200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Society for Neuroscience Outreach Webinar! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Action & Potential in Outreach\, Education & Research \nWe did it!\n \n \nWATCH THE WEBINAR 🙂 \n \n \nWHERE: EVERYWHERE! 🧠🎨🤝❤️ CLICK ME: Webinar LINK \nWHEN: Thursday\, September 24\, 2020\, 10:0am Pacific time; 1:00pm Eastern \n \nA 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* 🙂 \n \nJoin 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: \n“What does outreach mean to you?”\nBill Griesar and Jeff Leake of NW Noggin will moderate the event! \n \nBrandan McClain\, middle school teacher in Portland Public Schools \nhttps://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Joey-Seuferling.mp4 \nJoey Seuferling\, University of Washington Medical School\, NW Noggin volunteer \nLEARN MORE: Pandemic Connections \n \n \nSee what we learned during our FIRST webinar on pandemic outreach HERE. \nReconnecting Our Brains\, One Cell at a Time\n \n \nRichard Wingate\nEditor-in-Chief for BrainFacts.org and Reader in the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London. \nRichard 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. \nLeigh Wilson\nLeigh 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. \nJeff Leake\nJeff 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. \nBill Griesar\nBill 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. \n \n \n \n* LEARN MORE: Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN! \n \nLIVE: Bill & Jeff introduction (5 minutes)\n“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.” \n \nWhat does outreach mean to you?\nDoing outreach: examples with kids! \n \nLIVE: Bill/Jeff reflection and sum-up and then leads into questions (8 minutes)\nBill: “Leigh\, given where we are at with the pandemic now\, what is the future of outreach?”\nLeigh: “Jeff\, how can outreach bring out the creativity of science?”\nJeff: “Bill\, inclusivity and diversity is a big part of what we do – how do we stay mindful of this?”\nBill: “Richard\, you run a website – how can you ensure that you build diversity and inclusion into the neuroscience that you represent at BrainFacts?” URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/society-for-neuroscience-outreach-webinar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2_Sept_WEBINAR-POSTER.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200727T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200727T210000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200305T205432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200315T142442Z UID:32457-1595871000-1595883600@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Larry Sherman\, Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:The Neuroscience of Pleasure: How your brain responds to music\, love and chocolate\nLarry Sherman\, Ph.D. (OHSU) \nLarry Sherman\, Ph.D.\nProfessor\, Oregon National Primate Research Center\nOHSU \nPOSTPONED TO Monday\, July 27\, 2020 \nAll Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:\nThe Newmark Theatre\, 1111 SW Broadway\, Portland\nand begin at 7:00 p.m. \n \nPLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm! \nListening 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. \nThis unique lecture and performance will have a 15 minute intermission\, and end at 9 p.m. \nThanks 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.  \n \nPlease RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu\, jleake@pdx.edu and aaeisen@pdx.edu \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n4.\n5.\n6.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n10.\n11.\n12. URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-ohsu-brain-awareness-lecture-larry-sherman-ph-d/ LOCATION:Newmark Theater\, Portland\, OR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1004.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200624T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200624T113000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200605T154142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200820T195150Z UID:33109-1592994600-1592998200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:FREE: Reconnecting our Brains\, One Cell at a Time DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Reconnecting our Brains\, One Cell at a Time. A FREE Society for Neuroscience global webinar with NW Noggin & BrainFacts.org \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE AT THE LINK! \nReconnecting Our Brains\, One Cell at a Time\n \nWHERE: EVERYWHERE! 🧠🎨🤝❤️ Register for the FREE webinar \nWHEN: Thursday\, June 24\, 2020\, 10:30am Pacific time; 1:30pm Eastern \n \nLEARN MORE: Reconnecting Our Brains\, One Cell at a Time \nOur 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. \n\nA 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. \n\nIn 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. \n \n \n \n \n\nLEARN MORE: Pandemic Connections \nJoin 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. \nRegister for the FREE webinar URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/free-reconnecting-our-brains-one-cell-at-a-time/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Slide21-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200624 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200122T224743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T232255Z UID:31297-1592784000-1592956799@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:** CANCELED: Noggins in Bend! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC) Camp MedStars \n** CANCELED (at least POSTPONED) due to coronavirus concerns \nWHERE: Oregon State University Cascades Campus\, 1500 SW Chandler Ave\, Bend\, OR 97702 \nWHEN: Monday\, June 22 (noon) through Tuesday\, June 23 (noon)\nNOTE: You are welcome to arrive at OSU Cascades on Sunday night in Bend; dormitory housing is available both Sunday and Monday \n \nContact: Debbie Cole\, Cascades East Area Health Education Center \nMedStars 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. \n \nFrom collaborative outreach last year with the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center \nLEARN MORE: LTP in La Grande \nWe 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! \nCome join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu & aaeisen@pdx.edu \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Leota Wolford\, PSU\n4. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n5.\n6.\n7. URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-bend/ LOCATION:Oregon State University Cascades Campus\, 1500 SW Chandler Ave\, Bend\, OR\, 97702\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image3.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200619T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200619T183000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200208T221440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200625T154616Z UID:31743-1592587800-1592591400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:p:ear Blossoms! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: p:ear Blossoms \nWHERE: Virtual Gala: p:ear blossoms 2020 “My Sheltering Sky – in place” \nWHEN: Friday\, June 19\, 2020\, 5:30 – 6:30pm \n \n“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 \n \nNW 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!  \n \nLEARN MORE: Seeing us all through research & art \nLEARN MORE: Listening to testimony @ p:ear \nLEARN MORE: Being there means something \nWe 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!!! \n \n \nThis year\, p:ear turns 18!\nOn 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. \np: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. \n \nJoin us for this momentous occasion! pearblossoms “My Sheltering Sky”\n \nLEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN + P:EAR AT THE LINK \nNoggin + P:ear\n \nJOINING US…\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Angela Hendrix\, NW Noggin\n4. Jordan Ray\, PSU\nLIMITED/ROSTER FULL URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/pear-blossoms/ LOCATION:Portland Art Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Slide2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200528T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200528T104500 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200429T171656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200529T140840Z UID:32824-1590658200-1590662700@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin ONLINE @ PPS Creative Science! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin Online with 6th – 8th graders in Portland Public Schools! \nWe did it!! GREAT conversations!!\n \n“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\n \n \nReconnecting our brains in a pandemic: one cell at a time! \n \nFOUND OBJECT NEURONS: #showusyourbraincell \n \nWHERE: Google Hangout for Creative Science\, Portland Public Schools \nWHEN: Thursday\, May 28 (& 14\, 21)\, 9:30am – 10:45am (9:30am for set-up) \nCONTACT: Brandan McClain\, 6-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies; Leslie Skybak\, Mid-Level Humanities Teacher\, Creative Science School \n \nCheck out these questions!!\n \n \n \n \nWe’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! \n \nNeuron by Danny Gray\, PSU \nThe 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! \n \nLEARN MORE: How to 3D Print a Brain \nSee what we’ve been doing!\nPandemic connections\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, PSU\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n3. Danny Gray\, PSU\n4. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia\, PSU\n5. Kassidy Fitzgerald\, PSU\n6. Sydney Duran\, PSU\n7. Isabella Maranghi\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n8. Joey Seuferling\, NW Noggin\n9. Annabelle Winking\, PSU\n10. Mikah Brandes\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n11. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n12. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n13. Aaron Eisen\, NUNM\n14. Harper Thomas\, PSU\n15. Arielle Isakharov\, OHSU\n16. Sam Carpenter\, University of Michigan \nMake a found object brain cell! \n \n \nWe’ve visited Creative Science LIVE in the past. Learn more at the links… \n“You get me!” @ Creative Science\n\nCreativity and Science URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-online-pps-creative-science-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_1928-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200531 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20191221T155434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200409T191113Z UID:30692-1590624000-1590883199@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins in North Kitsap! **POSTPONED! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Poulsbo\, WA (“The Viking City“) \n**POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19:  More details to come \nWHERE: North Kitsap High School\, 1780 NE Hostmark St\, Poulsbo\, WA 98370 AND Poulsbo Elementary School\, 18531 Noll Rd NE\, Poulsbo\, WA 98370 \n \nWHEN: Thursday\, May 28 – Saturday\, May 30 \nContact: Nick Elmquist\, Social Studies Teacher\, North Kitsap High School \n \nWe’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! \n \nThank you Nick & North Kitsap!! \nTHURSDAY\, MAY 28\nTravel to Poulsbo\, WA (a.k.a. “Little Norway”)\nTrain/bus/ferry an option (contact for details)\nDinner with teachers! \nFRIDAY\, MAY 29\n8:00am – 3:00pm: Outreach visits to North Kitsap High School and Poulsbo Elementary School\nDetails TBD \nSATURDAY\, MAY 30\nTravel home to Portland area \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n4. Joey Seuferling\, NW Noggin (just got into UW med school!!!)\n5. Kassidy Fitzgerald\, PSU\n6. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia\, PSU\n7. Angela Hendrix\, NW Noggin\n8. Aaron Eisen\, NUNM/NW Noggin\n9. Cam Howard\, PSU\n10. Kanani Miyamoto\, NW Noggin/PCC\n11. Aliese Poole\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-north-kitsap/ LOCATION:North Kitsap High School\, 1780 NE Hostmark Street\, Poulsbo\, WA\, 98370\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_3065.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T150358 CREATED:20200424T222601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200424T222601Z UID:32807-1590604200-1590609600@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Virtual TED Talks! DESCRIPTION: URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-virtual-ted-talks/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0451.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR