NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Noggin @ Siletz Valley!
2018-10-09 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Siletz Valley Early College Academy, 245 NW James Franks Ave, Siletz, 97380, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Siletz Valley School
WHERE: Siletz Valley Early College Academy, 245 NW James Franks Ave, Siletz, OR 97380
WHEN: Tuesday, October 9, 8:00am – 3:00pm
The first day of our Spirit Mountain Community Fund supported outreach project!

8:15am – 8:45am
Siletz Valley Gymnasium
Storytelling/Dancing/Group introductions

8:50am – 11:30am
Brains room
Pipe cleaner neuron building/Gel neuron making
Puppets
Music

11:30am – 12:40pm Lunch

12:40pm – 3:00pm
Brains room
Pipe cleaner neuron building/Gel neuron making
Puppets
Music

LEARN MORE: Noggin + Storytelling + Song @ Siletz Valley
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song!
More details coming soon!
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jordan Ray, PSU
2. Denessa Oberbeck, OHSU, Noggin Brain Board
3. Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
4. Sami Friedrich, OHSU
5. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
6. Ana Mello (Siletz)
7. Sara Moreno, PSU
8. Jacob Schoen, OHSU National Primate Research Center
9. Ashley Keates, PSU
10. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
11. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
12. Aaron Eisen, PSU

Synapses, Stories & Song!
2018-10-08 - 2018-10-11
WHAT: Spirit Mountain Community Fund supported art and neuroscience outreach to tribal schools

We did it!!
Until the story takes shape

In the Spirit of Learning

Joanne Trzcinski on Synapses, Stories & Song!

Watch this space: More posts, pictures and research links coming soon!!

WHERE: Siletz Valley, Amity & Willamina schools
WHEN: October 8 – 11, 2018

NW Noggin is thrilled and honored to receive a grant from the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, a sovereign Native American nation in north-central Oregon, for our art and neuroscience outreach proposal “Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly and their Brains!”

With support from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, and in collaboration with the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC)…

And through a partnership with the Native American Network at Intel (iNAN), which is developing 3D printed brain sets, bound books of stories, research, art projects and songs, and “Noggin classroom brain kits” (complete with pipe cleaners, recycled plastic brains, electrophysiology recording devices and laminated art project instructions)…

…we are bringing twelve undergraduate and graduate student volunteers studying neuroscience and art to the Lincoln County and Willamina School District October 8 – 11 for three, day long visits aimed at making connections between figures in Grande Ronde and Siletz tribal stories (including Coyote, Crow and Grizzly) and their relevant neuroanatomy…

Fish Martinez, aka 28 Tha Native, is joining us all three days to tell stories, answer questions, hold brains, make music and create art with students at Siletz Valley, Amity and Willamina schools…

And puppeteer Ana Lucia Mello is making puppets with K-12 students and presenting on her collaboration with the Nez Perce throughout Tuesday at Siletz Valley…

LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
Schedule
Monday, October 8: Travel to Siletz, OR
STAY: Elizabeth Oceanfront Suites, 232 SW Elizabeth St, Newport, OR 97365

ROOMS1. Jordan Ray & Aaron Eisen2. Joey Seuferling3. Leota Wolford & Sami Friedrich4. Ana Lucia Mello5. Jacob Schoen & Ashley Keates6. Sara Moreno & Sulema Rodriguez7. Denesa Lockwood8. Bill Griesar & Jeff Leake9. Anthony “Fish” Martinez (28 Tha Native)
Tuesday, October 9
OUTREACH: Noggin @ Siletz Valley!
Siletz Valley Early College Academy (8:00am – 3:15pm)
We did it!

STAY: Spirit Mountain Casino, 27100 SW Salmon River Hwy, Grand Ronde, OR 97347

ROOMS1. Jordan Ray & Aaron Eisen2. Joey Seuferling3. Leota Wolford & Sami Friedrich4. Jacob Schoen & Ashley Keates5. Sara Moreno6. Denesa Lockwood7. Bill Griesar & Jeff Leake8. Theresa Smith9. Anthony “Fish” Martinez (28 Tha Native)

Wednesday, October 10
OUTREACH: Noggin @ Amity K-12
Amity K-12 School (7:45am – 3:00pm)

STAY: Spirit Mountain Casino, 27100 SW Salmon River Hwy, Grand Ronde, OR 97347

ROOMS
1. Jordan Ray & Aaron Eisen2. Joey Seuferling & Veronika Lobova3. Leota Wolford 4. Jacob Schoen & Ashley Keates5. Sami Friedrich6. Denesa Lockwood7. Bill Griesar8. Jeff Leake9. Anthony “Fish” Martinez (28 Tha Native)
Thursday, October 11
OUTREACH: Noggin @ Willamina K-12
Willamina Middle & High School (7:45am – noon)

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jordan Ray, PSU
2. Denessa Oberbeck, OHSU, Noggin Brain Board
3. Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
4. Sami Friedrich, OHSU
5. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
6. Ana Mello (Siletz)
7. Sara Moreno, PSU (Siletz, Amity)
8. Jacob Schoen, OHSU National Primate Research Center
9. Ashley Keates, PSU
10. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
11. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
12. Aaron Eisen, PSU
13. Veronika Lobova, WSUV (Willamina)
14. Catherine Caine, Waikiki Elementary School
15. Anthony “Fish” Martinez (28 Tha Native)
16. Theresa Smith, Siletz Valley Early College Academy
Synapses & Stories:
More on our Noggin project
Many K-12 students struggle with academic achievement, and become disenchanted with school. The dropout rate for Native Americans is particularly high.
LEARN MORE: American Indian/Alaska Native Students in Oregon: A Review of Key Indicators
LEARN MORE: Oregon’s Native American students face obstacles to stay in, complete school
There is tremendous regional and national need to develop academic programs and approaches that successfully engage “academic priority” students, and offer access to the social and economic benefits of further education. Our efforts to bring together “near peers,” including undergraduates in science and art, to collaborate with graduate students on creating novel, innovative, multidisciplinary methods of explaining complex ideas in neuroscience, exposes these students to scientists and artists at various stages of their careers…

Our volunteers come from multiple Portland area institutions. Several, including Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science University, actively support innovative community engagement and outreach…

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin collaborators
In October (8 – 11), Noggin participants will bring real brains, both animal and human, into the classroom, and ask students what they already know. We’ll hear from them as experts on tribal stories, and consider how various skills and characteristics of important figures in Grande Ronde and Siletz tales relate to specific networks of neurons. We’ll enjoy multiple art projects, including neuron building and brain maps, to allow students to explore these ideas further…
LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song!
LEARN MORE: Grande Ronde Lesson Plan on Stories & Myths

We have done this before, successfully – see Noggin Bloggin for details. Students will learn structure/function relationships, discover educational and career options in neuroscience and art, and get engaged in big questions about how our brains work and make us who we are.

Thank you Spirit Mountain Community Fund for supporting this work!
Noggin @ Siletz Valley!

Tres Escuelas en un Día!

Brains are xumxum @ Willamina

Noggin + Storytelling + Song @ Siletz Valley

And we’ve been acquiring materials and skills for compelling outreach this fall…
Adventure A-Head

Siletz Stories, Singing, Dancing & Brains!

"The Effect of Small Things" @ Gallery 114
2018-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: “The Effect of Small Things” @ Gallery 114, Jeff Leake & Kanani Miyamoto
Come see the show! Exhibit open through OCTOBER 27!!

WHERE: Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN” Opening Thursday, October 4, 2018, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

“Ichigan Yokai” (“Lump” + “Demon”), by Kanani Miyamoto

Jeff Leake’s surrealistic landscape paintings and Kanani Miyamoto’s large scale wood block prints explore ways in which we express cultural ideals and our relationship to the environment.

“Fox Hunt,” by Jeff Leake

NW Noggin @ Ondine Hall
2018-10-02 17:30 - 19:00 | Ondine Residence Hall, PSU, 1912 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin @ Ondine Residence Hall
We did it! Over 80 residents of PSU’s residential Ondine Hall held brains, asked questions, and had a good time… 🙂

WHERE: First Floor, Ondine Residence Hall, Portland State University, 1912 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Tuesday, October 2, 5:30 – 7:00pm

Come join us for a NW Noggin/PSU Housing and Residence Life presentation on brains! Hold a brain, ask questions, and learn more about the importance of healthy eating, sleeping, exercise and social engagement for wellness and mental health…
Volunteers please RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/BUILD EXITO
Aaron Eisen, PSU/Neuroscience Club
Tyler Clegg, PSU
McKell Ann Barrett, PSU
Meredith Krages, PSU

PSU Neuro Club FREE MOVIE!
2018-09-27 18:30 - 21:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club presents “My Beautiful Broken Brain”
WHERE: Smith Center Memorial Union, Room 333, Portland State University
WHEN: Thursday, September 27, 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Come join the Neuroscience Club at PSU for “My Beautiful Broken Brain,” a powerful film about a young woman re-discovering life after experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke…
LEARN MORE: Hemorrhagic stroke
LEARN MORE: Living brain, successful surgery

OPAHEC/Noggin @ OHSU YES! Tour
2018-09-27 10:30 - 13:00 | OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, United States
WHAT: OHSU Imaging Tour from Youth Engaged in Science (YES!) for K-12 students from Siletz, Amity and Willamina schools
We did it! Many thanks to Binyam Nardos in Damien Fair’s lab, and Alex Stevens at the High-Field MRI Laboratory at OHSU for a #magnetic tour!

WHERE: OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239; Meet at Mackenzie Hall Room 2198
WHEN: Thursday, September 27, 10:30am – 1:00pm

As part of our ongoing NW Noggin/Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC) “Synapses, Stories & Song” Spirit Mountain Community Fund supported outreach effort, we’ll bring ~30 K-12 students from Siletz Valley, Amity and Willamina schools to OHSU for a YES! Program tour of MRI imaging facilities, and an opportunity to discuss research and clinical careers with OHSU graduate and postdoctoral students, faculty and staff!

LEARN MORE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
LEARN MORE: Overview of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
OPAHEC is recruiting student participants from their Health Professions clubs and providing significant transportation (the drive from Siletz is nearly three hours!). This will help connect some of the K-12 students with OHSU and PSU outreach participants before we spend time in Lincoln and Yamhill county schools with more brains, stories and art…
LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song!
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
Many thanks to Binyam Nardos and Damien Fair’s Lab at OHSU for organizing this tour!
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Melanie Alvarado, OPAHEC
Joanne Trzcinski, OPAHEC
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin

Noggin @ PSU Viking Days!
2018-09-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: NEUROSANITY! Viking Days @ Portland State!

WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 333, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Sunday, September 23, 2018, 4:00 – 6:00pm

Welcome back to campus! Bring your brains to view more brains in Smith!
Event organized by the Neuroscience Club at Portland State University…

SLIDES (ppt): Anxiety Neuroscience Club Viking Days 2018
SLIDES (pdf): Anxiety Neuroscience Club Viking Days 2018

List of references
Sienna Art Studios
Neural circuits in anxiety and stress disorders: a focused review
Circuits regulating pleasure and happiness: the evolution of reward-seeking and misery-fleeing behavioral mechanisms in vertebrates
Typical and atypical development of functional human brain networks: insights from rsfMRI
What is the meaning of The Scream?
Child Poverty in the United States: A Tale of Devastation and the Promise of Hope
Physiological correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation in early adolescents
Bathing your brain @ Velo

Noggin @ MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility
2018-09-19 13:00 - 18:00 | MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, 97071, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility
We did it!
Some incredible young people, with challenging questions, motivated and fascinated by neuroscience research…
Learn more here…
Corrections, Bias & Brains

WHERE: MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, OR 97071
WHEN: Wednesday, September 19, 1:00 – 6:00pm
*********Please arrive around 12:15am
CONTACT: Kathleen Fullerton, Project Coordinator, Hope Partnership, Janus Youth Programs
MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility is administered by the Oregon Youth Authority in Woodburn, Oregon. The agency’s stated mission is “to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.”

Janus is the Roman god of new beginnings, doorways, gates, transitions. He famously has two faces, one looking towards the past, and one oriented to the future…

Roman coin showing the two-headed Janus (Wikimedia Commons)
LEARN MORE: Who was Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings?
LEARN MORE: Janus (Ancient History Encyclopedia)
LEARN MORE: Janus, Roman god of doorways
We are returning to MacLaren, along with Kathleen Fullerton from Janus Youth Programs, to discuss neuroscience, answer questions, and consider research on bias in judicial and law enforcement systems, pathways in psychology for counseling and research, and what role neuroscientists play, or might play, in judicial and legislative reform.
Learn more about our recent visit to MacLaren at the LINK…
Correctional Connections

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jordan Ray, Portland State University
2. Eileen Torres, Oregon Health & Science University
3. Binyam Nardos, Oregon Health & Science University
4. Jessica Patching-Bunch, NW Noggin Resource Council
5. Brittany Alperin, Oregon Health & Science University
6. Jade Osilla, Portland State University
7. Tyler Braly, Portland State University
8. Kayla Townsley, Oregon Health & Science University
9. Emma Schifsky, Oregon Health & Science University
10. Elsa Gomez, WSU Vancouver
11. Taylor Stewart, University of Portland
12. Ruth Marigomen, WSU Vancouver
13. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
14. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU

Fort Vancouver Outreach Planning!
2018-09-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Chapel Pub
WHAT: Outreach planning with biology teachers from Fort Vancouver High School
WHERE: Chapel Pub, 430 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97217
WHEN: Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 5:30 – 6:30pm

We’ll meet with Biology teachers from Fort Vancouver High School (including Coreyanne Russell, Anna Ricks, James Cederstrom and Jason Galvas) to discuss a series of visits to classrooms during the academic year…
See what we’ve done previously at Fort!
Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!

Participants
Coreyanne Russell, Fort Vancouver High School
Anna Ricks, Fort Vancouver High School
James Cederstrom, Fort Vancouver High School
Jason Galvas, Fort Vancouver High School
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
Denesa Lockwood, NW Noggin Board member/OHSU
Ruth Marigomen, NW Noggin Resource Council/WSUV

NOGGIN Volunteers at OMSI!!!
2018-09-15 09:00 - 2018-09-16 17:00
The Portland Mini Maker Faire @ OMSI
“a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness.”
When: Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16 from 9am – 5:30pm
Where: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Volunteers:

Danesa Lockwood
Jennifer Teachworth
Brittany Alperin
Jeehoon Jung
Natalia Stoner

Noggin @ Amity High
2018-09-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Amity High School, 503 Oak Ave, Amity, OR, 97101, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Amity High School
WHERE: Amity High School, 503 Oak Ave, Amity, OR 97101
WHEN: Thursday, September 6, noon – 1pm

Along with Joanne Trzcinski and Melanie Alvarado from the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center, we’ll meet with principal Chris Daniels to finalize plans for Synapses, Stories & Song on Wednesday, October 10!

We did it!

On Wednesday, October 10, we’ll meet with two classes of freshman in the morning (all ~60 students in Amity’s freshman class) in two 50-minute sessions, and then with two classes of sophomores (all ~70 sophomores) in the afternoon. More details coming soon – updates at the link below…

LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song!

Noggin/PSU Neuro Club @ OMSI!
2018-09-01 11:00 - 15:00 | Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club/Noggin “Brains & Art” outreach at OMSI!
We did it!

NEW POST..!
PSU, Noggin, OMSI & Brains!

WHERE: Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Saturday, September 1, 11:00am – 3:00pm

A brainy art and science day at the museum! Meet members of Portland State’s popular neuroscience club, hold real human brains, make art, and learn cool brain facts. ASK ANY QUESTION about sleep, drugs, perception, cognition, anxiety, ADHD, adolescent brain development, spina bifida, mindfulness/meditation – and any other topic that comes to mind!
LEARN MORE: PSU Neuroscience Club
Noggin Brain Board member Denesa Lockwood will be dropping by with our new coyote skull!

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Jesse Benefiel, PSU
Louis Sumrall, PSU
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
Leota Wolford, PSU
Hannah Olivia, PSU
Julia Schmidt, PSU
Thomas Madison, PSU
Jeehoon Jung, WSUV
Michael Deveney, PSU
Shawna Erickson, PSU
Roberto Garduno, PSU
Alice Rear, OHSU

Return to BioGift!
2018-08-28 13:00 - 16:00 | BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97230, United States
WHAT: Visit to BioGift for head dissection/discussion
We did it! We cleaned off specimens for better classroom display…

WHERE: BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR 97230
WHEN: Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 1:00pm – 4:00pm

BioGift is offering further assistance with the preparation of animal head specimens for our Synapses & Stories project..! We’ll be visiting schools in Lincoln and Yamhill Counties to discuss characters from Native tales and comparative neuroanatomy this fall…
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
Adventure A-Head

All the animals heads, including cougar, badger, fox and squirrel, were generously donated by Wayne’s Taxidermy in Yoncolla, Oregon…

LEARN MORE: Wayne Sherrard of Wayne’s Taxidermy
See what we did previously with BioGift!
BioGifting brains

A BioGift of Brains

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Denesa Lockwood, NW Noggin Board/Oregon Health & Science University
Andrea Anaya, Portland State University
Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin Resource Council
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuroscience Club
Heather Hamilton, PSU/OHSU/NIH BUILD EXITO

Noggin @ Willamina
2018-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Willamina High School, 1100 N.E. Oaken Hills Dr., Willamina, OR, 97396, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Willamina High School
We did it! We’re getting organized to bring brains, storytellers, music and art on Thursday, October 11…

WHERE: Willamina High School, 1100 N.E. Oaken Hills Dr., Willamina, OR 97396
WHEN: Monday, August 27, noon
Along with Joanne Trzcinski and Melanie Alvarado from OPAHEC, and Theresa Smith from Siletz Valley Early College Academy, we’ll meet with teacher Michelle Anderson and principal Tim France to discuss plans for Synapses, Stories & Song this fall.

Beautiful drive through Yamhill County…
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song!
See what we did last time at Willamina at the link!
Brains are xumxum @ Willamina

Teachers, Noggin, OPAHEC & Intel!
2018-08-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Intel Jones Farm 3, Jones Farm 3 (JF3), 2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
WHAT: Meeting with Intel Native American Network (iNAN)
We did it!

Terrific discussion on how we’ll collaborate in outreach this fall. New 3D printed brain sets for schools, bound books of stories, research, art projects, songs, and “Noggin classroom brain kits,” complete with pipe cleaners, recycled plastic brains, electrophysiology recording devices and laminated art project instructions…

WHERE: Intel, Jones Farm 3 (JF3), 2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124
WHEN: Wednesday, August 15, noon – 1pm

At the invitation of Shashi Jain, a Portland-based entrepreneur, technologist, instructor and IoT Innovation Manager at Intel…Jacob Schoen, Jeff Leake and Bill Griesar of NW Noggin are joining Joanne Trzcinski and Melanie Alvarado from the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC), Theresa Smith, a Siletz tribal member and second grade teacher at Siletz Valley Early College Academy, and Michelle Chuaprasert, Raea Garcia, Amanda Sharp, Cory Cornelius and David Shaw from the Intel Native American Network…

(We may also bring along a few extra brains… 🙂 )
We’ll discuss outreach plans this fall in Lincoln and Yamhill County tribal majority public schools. Intel employees are interested in offering support through 3D printing human and animal brains (and perhaps other significant objects), other forms of printing (e.g., book or booklet binding), and potential opportunities for direct volunteer school and classroom engagement.
Learn more about these plans at the links below…
Synapses, Stories & Song!

WHAT: Spirit Mountain Community Fund supported outreach to tribal schools
WHERE: Amity, Sheridan, Willamina and Siletz Valley schools
WHEN: October 8 – 11, 2018

Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!

Noggin @ MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility
2018-08-03 17:00 - 18:30 | MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, 97071, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS VISIT AT THE LINK…
Correctional Connections

WHERE: MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, OR 97071
WHEN: Friday, August 3, 5:00 – 6:30pm
CONTACT: Kathleen Fullerton, Project Coordinator, Hope Partnership, Janus Youth Programs

MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility is administered by the Oregon Youth Authority in Woodburn, Oregon. The agency’s stated mission is “to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.”

At MacLaren, there are a number of vocational opportunities offered, including the training of shelter dogs (Project POOCH). The Hope Partnership, a collaboration between the Oregon Youth Authority and Janus Youth Services, also provides a variety of classes and community networking opportunities for youth to help build their self-confidence and skill set to transform their lives.

LEARN MORE: Hope Partnership Celebrates its Fifth Year Anniversary
LEARN MORE: HOPE Partnership – Janus Youth Programs
LEARN MORE: Janus Youth Programs – Residential & Re-Entry Services
Thank you for inviting us to spend an afternoon! We enjoyed a spirited discussion with youth leaders around bias, brain development, drugs, educational opportunities, and the implications of neuroscience research for policy and law.

We’ll return to MacLaren in September – dates to be scheduled soon…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Jordan Ray, PSU
Jacob Schoen, OHSU

First Thursday: Jeff Leake + p:ear!
2018-08-02 17:00 - 20:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Inner Landscapes, work by Portland artist Jeff Leake
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Avenue, Portland, or 97209
WHEN: Thursday, August 2, 2018, 5:00 – 8:00pm

The p:ear gallery is thrilled to present Jeff Leake’s Inner Landscapes.
A Bay Area native, Jeff Leake holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. Fascinated with the origin and nature of our inner landscapes, he works alongside neuroscience faculty at Portland State University to teach art and neuroscience there and around the Portland area.

Also the co-founder and art coordinator of NW Noggin, an art and neuroscience outreach group, Jeff has travelled around the country to give lectures on neuroscience and art, and has lectured on art and drugs for Science On Tap, the Portland Art Museum, and the Washington State Psychological Association.
Along the way, Jeff has shown his artwork nationally and internationally. He currently lives and works in sunny Portland, Oregon with his wife, kids, and three dogs.
In addition to showing his work in the p:ear gallery, Jeff will be facilitating art workshops for p:ear youth, and youth artwork will be shown alongside Jeff’s at the the Inner Landscapes shows.

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin @ p:ear

Velo Cult Farewell Party
2018-07-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
WHAT: Velo Cult Farewell party
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42ND AVE PORTLAND, OR 97213
WHEN: Saturday, July 28, 2018, 6pm on…

From Velo: “We’re closing our doors after 12 years. Please help us celebrate all our successes and toast to whatever the future brings…”
LEARN MORE: Velo Cult will close retail shop to focus solely on e-commerce
LEARN MORE: NW Noggin @ Velo Cult

NW Noggin @ Camp Monkey!
2018-07-17 10:00 - 14:00
WHAT: Noggin at Camp Monkey!
WHERE: OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center
WHEN: Tuesday, July 17, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Jacob Schoen of NW Noggin will present a lesson on the brain to 18 students in Grades 9 – 12.
10:00 Meet and escort students to Montagna Auditorium
10:10 – 10:45 Presentation/overview of biomedical research/ONPRC (Lynda)
10:45 – 11:30 Tour of outdoor breeding colony (Lynda)
11:30 – 12:15 Presentation/activities (Jacob)
12:15 – 12:45 Lunch (Lynda will chaperone)
12:45 – 2:00 Presentation/activities (Jacob
See what we did last year at Camp Monkey!

LEARN MORE: Midbrains and Monkeys (Camp Monkey 2017!)
Contact Jacob Schoen (schoen@ohsu.edu) to get involved..!

Noggin @ Siletz Tribal Camp!
2018-07-12 - 2018-07-14
WHAT: Brains and art and storytelling at Siletz Camp
We did it! See how to do the Crow Dance at the link!
Stories, Singing, Dancing & Brains!

WHERE: Mservey Meadows, Oregon (near Agness)
WHEN: Thursday & Friday, July 12th & 13th

LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories
We’ll drive towards Agness early on Thursday, aiming to arrive by the afternoon. Storytelling, dances, brains and art on Thursday afternoon through Friday evening!

Esther Stutzman organizes this annual gathering, and tells traditional Coos and Kalapuya stories. She recently won a 2017 Governor’s Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement!
From the Siletz News (10/17)…
“Esther Stutzman is a native Oregonian and traditional American Indian storyteller of Kalapuya/Coos heritage. She learned the stories from her grandmoth- ers and she has been telling stories of the ancient ways for more than 50 years. She is a descendant of the Headman Camafeema (Halo) of the Komemma/ Kalapuya and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

Stutzman works with Title VII Indian Education and Arts in Education programs throughout Oregon as a cultural resource specialist with children as well as with teacher in-service programs.
She is the primary storyteller for Mother Earth’s Children, an American Indian theatre group that has performed for school assemblies and a variety of events and conferences for the past 42 years. She has been a long-time presenter for the Oregon Chautauqua History Series and is a recipient of several Oregon Historical Society Folk Life awards.”

LEARN MORE: Turtle Island Storyteller Esther Stutzman
LEARN MORE: Governor Kate Brown announces 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards
LEARN MORE: Governor’s Arts Awards, revived
We’re bringing some extra brains – and pipe cleaners! Sincere thanks to Eileen Torres of the Raber Lab at OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience for freshening up the brain juice!

Volunteers please bring tents, sleeping bags, lights. Campsites and camp food provided 🙂

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Kanani Miyamoto, Noggin Resource Council
Ashley Keates, PSU
Jacob Schoen, OHSU
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
Contact griesar@pdx.edu for more details…

PSU Brain Ball!
2018-06-07 18:30 - 21:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club BRAIN BALL!
WHERE: SMSU 101 (near the Smith cafeteria) at Portland State University
WHEN: Thursday, June 7, 6:30 to 9:30 PM

New Club officers!

President: Louis Sumrall
Vice President: Jesse Benefiel
Club Liaison: Michael Chapek
Events Outreach Coordinator: Aaron Eisen
Science Officer: Mary Lerner
Communications Officer: Julia Schmidt
Treasurer: Dee Ishwar
General Officer 1: Roberto Garduno
General Officer 2: Jonathan Uriarte
General Officer 3: Heather Hamilton
General Officer 4: Sai Kiersarsky
General Officer 5: Ali Javaheri
General Officer 6: Olivia Helback

Some exciting outreach opportunities to look forward to this fall..!
Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!

Society for Neuroscience conference!

Noggin + Storytelling + Song @ Siletz Valley
2018-06-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Siletz Valley Early College Academy, 245 NW James Franks Ave, Siletz, 97380, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Siletz Valley School
WHERE: Siletz Valley Early College Academy, 245 NW James Franks Ave, Siletz, OR 97380
WHEN: Thursday, June 7, 10:00am – 12:00pm

How to say “brain” in Dee-Ni (“day-nee”)…
http://siletz.swarthmore.edu/media/siletz/aud/2b-325.mp3

LEARN MORE: Language and oral traditions of the Siletz
LEARN MORE: Phonology of Smith River Athapaskan (Tolowa)
LEARN MORE: SILETZ DEE-NI
We are returning to Siletz Valley to meet with Theresa Smith, a Siletz tribal member and second grade teacher, and Cassondra McDonnell, a school counselor at Siletz Valley Early College Academy, and Bud Lane III, Vice Chairman of the Tribal Council for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Joanne Trzcinski, Education Coordinator for the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC) will join us too!

LEARN MORE: Alfred “Bud” Lane III: Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
We listen to elders and storytellers, and invite them to our fall Synapses & Stories project. Stories are seasonal, and those who closely observe the natural world tell instructive tales about the richness of animal behavior. Brain scientists are only now discovering how neuroanatomy relates to this complexity – how the underlying structure and function of cerebral networks contributes to what each of us perceives, thinks and does…

Cougar brain dissection at BioGift
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
We did it! We confirmed TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th for our all day visit with K-12 students at Siletz Valley. And the project is now “Synapses, Stories & Songs!“

According to a science teacher at Siletz, our earlier visit had impact – students are advocating for opportunities to hear and play more music, they are more aware of their changing circadian cycles in adolescence, and more understanding of diverse developmental experiences and how they are not alone in facing challenges…

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ Siletz Valley!
Also struck today by depictions of Siletz students formally greeting crows, watching crows use pennies as tools, and performing the Crow Dance, reflecting their distinctive movements. Great meeting; more details coming soon…

“When we see a landscape, mountains, valleys, ridges, we see the skeletal structure underneath; when we look at the stars, we see bodies, stories.” -Bud Lane

This resonates – neuroscience researchers and artists explore landscapes too, and study the fascinating structure and function of cellular and biochemical networks that act beneath the surface and determine who we are.

Talking brains at the Little Chief diner in Siletz, Oregon
Tremendously honored to be presented with a copy of The People are Dancing Again: The Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon by Charles Wilkinson…

Very excited to return to Siletz in October…
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jordan Ray, PSU
2. Denessa Oberbeck, OHSU, Noggin Brain Board
3. Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
4. Sami Friedrich, OHSU

BioGift Dissection..?
2018-06-05 12:00 - 16:00 | BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97230, United States
WHAT: Visit to BioGift for head dissection/discussion
We did it! Learn more at the link…
Adventure A-Head

WHERE: BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR 97230
WHEN: Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 12:00pm – 4:00pm
BioGift is offering assistance with the preparation of animal head specimens for our Synapses & Stories project..! We’ll be visiting schools in Lincoln and Yamhill Counties to discuss characters from Native tales and comparative neuroanatomy this fall…

LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
All the animals heads, including cougar, badger, fox and squirrel, were generously donated by Wayne’s Taxidermy in Yoncolla, Oregon…

LEARN MORE: Wayne Sherrard of Wayne’s Taxidermy
See what we did previously with BioGift!
BioGifting brains

A BioGift of Brains

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU
Matt Marcell, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Jeehoon Jung, WSUV
Jade Osilla, PSU
Robert Martin, University of San Diego

Spinning Wheels at Velo Cult: Anorexia Research & Art
2018-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
WHAT: Spinning Wheels: What we can learn about anorexia nervosa from rodents on running wheels with Tara Chowdhury (Behavioral Neuroscience @ OHSU) & Kayla Townsley (PSU, OHSU, NIH BUILD EXITO scholar)…
We did it! More details at the link…
Spinning Wheels: Anorexia in Research & Art

WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213
WHEN: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Anorexia nervosa is characterized by restricted food-intake, excessive exercise, and distorted body image. While research in rodent models aims to uncover the neurobiological basis of the disease, art helps to uncover the complex emotional and physical relationship between the human figure and our perception of self.

“Throne of Bones,” by Sonja Jacobsen, The Dalles High School
NW Noggin Velo Cult events are always free, open to the public, child friendly, and feature access to amazing beer (scroll here for current tap list), wine, coffee, tea, sodas and sandwiches…

Noggin @ PSU Sleep & Dreams!
2018-05-29 17:30 - 18:30 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
WHAT: Noggin visits the PSU Sleep & Dreams class (PSY 410)
WHERE: Academic & Student Rec Center 240, Portland State University, 1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Tuesday, May 29, 5:30 – 6:30pm

Noggin volunteers Ashley Keates and Jade Osilla from PSU Psychology will discuss sleep, dreams and brains with some extra human and animal brains in the undergraduate classroom…
LEARN MORE: Noggins in Nod, The Science of Sleep

Noggin @ Helen Gordon
2018-05-24 10:00 - 11:50 | Helen Gordon Childhood Development Center, 1609 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: Noggin at Helen Gordon (and Vikings kids included)
We did it! Amazing 3, 4 and 5 year old scientists and artists!
Meet your brain cells!

“I like having conversations with kids. Grownups never ask me what my third favorite reptile is.” – Simon Holland
WHERE: Helen Gordon Child Development Center, Portland State University, 1609 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, May 24th, 10am – 11:50pm in the Butterfly room

The classroom teacher is teaching about the brain this week, and the children are especially interested in the brain processes of smell (what happens when you smell a flower?) and springtime (pollen, allergies,…)
LEARN MORE about Noggin pre-K/Kindergarten outreach: I am thankful…for my brain!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Ashley Keates, PSU
Justin Navarro, PSU
Jeremiah Hansen, PSU

Noggin @ Lakeshore Elementary!
2018-05-24 09:00 - 11:30 | Lakeshore Elementary School, 9300 NW 21st Ave., Vancouver, WA, 98665, United States
WHAT: Noggin at Lakeshore Elementary School (Vancouver School District)
We did it!
WATCH THIS SPACE: Post by Denesa Oberbeck coming soon

WHERE: Lakeshore Elementary, 9300 NW 21st Ave. Vancouver, WA 98665
WHEN: Thursday May 24th, 9:00 am-11:25 am

Brains and art at the Home of the Seagulls!
We’re visiting with Mrs. Moody’s 3rd grade class… 🙂

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Iris Guttierez, WSUV
Ruth Marigomen, WSUV
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Denesa Oberbeck, Noggin Brain Board
Anthony Almonte, WSUV

Health Fair @ Jefferson High School!
2018-05-23 11:00 - 12:30 | Jefferson High School
WHAT: High School Health Fair
WHERE: Jefferson High School, 5210 N Kerby St., Portland, OR 97217
WHEN: Wednesday, May 23rd from 11:15-12:30

Lynn Zimmerman always organizes a terrific mid-day outreach opportunity that draws crowds of curious high schoolers at the Home of the Democrats in North Portland! Learn more about this event from past year’s visits:
Lunchtime learning @ Jeff!

Healthy Gyri @ Jeff!

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu – thank you for sharing your knowledge of the brain and behavior & cheers!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Ruth Marigomen, Noggin Resource Council/WSUV
Iris Gutierrez, WSUV

Noggin Tuesdays @ p:ear!
2018-05-22 09:30 - 11:30 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin Tuesdays @ p:ear!
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 9:30 – 11:30am
We did it! Music, art, brains, storytelling, science!
Music & Brain: Rewarding Rhythms for Houseless Youth

THIS WEEK: MUSIC AND THE BRAIN!

Jesse Hamlin from Shannon Entropy & Internet Beef (& Noggin Fest!) explores some new music + neuroscience outreach ideas this week at our favorite community resource for young people who need access to safe, secure places to call home…

LEARN MORE: Music Brain Pilot Curriculum Jesse Hamlin
LEARN MORE: Community Music for Human Development _ A Brain-Centered Approach
See what we’ve been up to at p:ear earlier this month…
Giant brains @ p:ear!

Tagging the temporal lobe

P:ear: “He LOVES this”

Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives…

We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and other collaborators.!

Learning about the brain, and behavior, and the evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people struggling, like many, with anxiety, depression, drugs, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.
LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Jesse Hamlin, PSU/Noggin Resource Council
Maverick Johnson, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Jade Osilla, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Jade Osilla, PSU
Ashley Keates, PSU

OHSU Lecture: Bita Moghaddam
2018-05-21 17:30 - 20:30 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Anxiety and Learning Problems: Could it be the Fats you Eat?
Monday, May 21, 2018
5:30pm (for Noggin volunteers!)–8:30 p.m.
Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205
“I’m here to talk about two of my favorite things,” began Dr. Moghaddam. “Brains – and eating fat!” More details at the link!
Diet vs. Brain

Noggin volunteers should arrive by 5:30pm for set up…

As essential nutrient our brains need for developing and maintaining our mental muscle and moods has been systematically removed from the modern diet – for convenience and “health food.” Without it, we can’t think, focus or control ourselves as well. Find out how brain food matters in youth and in age.

Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D.
Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)
Bita Moghaddam is the Chair of the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU. She received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Kansas and postdoctoral training in pharmacology at Yale University. She joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University in 1990 where she quickly rose to the rank of full professor. In 2003 she moved to the University of Pittsburgh as professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry. She joined OHSU in 2017. Her research focuses on understanding the neuronal basis of complex behaviors that are critical to mental health, and is distinguished by the substantial impact on the field (H-index 68, overall citations ~ 14,000).
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Lola Latham, Neuroscience of Creativity FRINQ (PSU)
2. Melissa Purdy, Neuroscience of Creativity FRINQ (PSU)
3. Abeer Alabbad, Neuroscience of Creativity FRINQ (PSU)
4. Jade Osilla, PSU
5. Alex Kunz, PSU
6. Sara Moreno, PSU
7. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Madeline Ogle, PSU
9. Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
10. Angel Nichols, PSU
11. Kate Gilworth, Neuroscience of Creativity FRINQ (PSU)
12. Ashley Keates, PSU
13. Veronika Lobova, WSUV

LEARN ABOUT THE FIRST LECTURE WITH SUZANA HERCULANO-HOUZEL…
Soup for Brains!

How much energy does a brain require? How many brain cells do we have? Are humans unique in terms of brain size, number of neurons – or social skills, tool use, deception, or play..? How do you make “brain soup?” And what’s the best way to bring fresh cerebrums on an international flight?!

LEARN ABOUT THE SECOND LECTURE WITH ADELE DIAMOND…
Diamond advice: brains, art, stories & play

What’s the best way to educate a child? How do we help them grow, and develop self-control, focused attention, working memory, social skills, discipline and the motivation to meet life’s challenges and persevere? What have we learned from brain research about the role of schools and families, academics, assessments – and play?
