NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-26 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear (last Tuesday in fall)
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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 genuine, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people who experience anxiety, depression, drug addiction, bias, chronic stress – and for many the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, and lack of affordable housing that can impact the development of us all.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
See what we’ve done this month already with p:ear…
Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

Nicotine is a gateway drug

Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin, National University of Natural Medicine
Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
Johanna Hostick, OHSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Jessica Squires, PSU
Isidro Chan, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Cameran Nicholas, PSU
Kyle Stinson, PSU
Jason Blume, PSU
Natalie DeWitt, PSU
Patricia Fraker, PSU
Sara Moreno. PSU

PSU Neuro Club Research in Review
2019-11-21 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club Research in Review – Beth Habecker on Cardiac Nerve Regeneration
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, October 31, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Noggin @ Sunnyside PPS!
2019-11-21 12:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sunnyside Environmental School, 3421 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School, Portland Public Schools
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…

What about the glia?

WHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School, 3421 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Thursday, November 21, 2019, 12:30 – 3:00pm
Contact: Asa Gervich, 4th Grade Teacher, Sunnyside Environmental School

12:30 – 1:00pm: Arrival at school office and set up
1:00 – 2:00pm: First group of 27 4th graders, Room 205 (Asa Gervich)
2:00 – 3:00pm: Second group of 28 4th graders, Room 203 (Jeremy Thomas)
From Asa: “Our 4th graders have background knowledge about how the Prefrontal Cortex, Amygdala, and Hippocampus play roles in cultivating self-regulation (see Dr. Dan Siegel hand model, “flipping one’s lid”, etc), and have also learned a bit about how this idea of “Growth Mindset” is actually supported by brain science, and what we know about how new neural pathways get formed…”

“Anything that supports these concepts would be awesome – a lot of what we talk about around brains and neuroscience is related to self-regulation (something we’re all working on!) and how new learning happens in the brain. In our brainstorm, my students were super curious and fascinated by how new learning, new information, actually gets wired/stored in their brains! I’m thinking that the pipe-cleaner neuron modeling looks very interesting!”

Sunnyside encourages a place-based approach to education. “Place-based education differs from traditional classroom-based education in that it is founded on the belief that students’ local community as one of the most important resources for learning. Place-based education at Sunnyside Environmental school means that part of the student learning experience is spent beyond the walls of the actual school building. Natural spaces, local neighborhoods, museums, our own school yard and university campuses are just a few places where our students learn in place. These locations provide a canvas upon which elements of history, environmental education, scientific and biological relationships, culture, mathematics, economy, literature, and art are used to help children authentically make meaning of the world around them.”

We thoroughly agree! We don’t expect K-12 students to come to us; we volunteer and go where people study, work, live – and listen, learn, discover, make art, share stories (and brains!) – and genuinely connect…
LEARN MORE: Honest selves @ Hosford

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU/Gallery 114
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM
Paul Delahanty, PSU
Michael Deveney, PSU
Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
Jacob Schoen, OHSU

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-19 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear
We did it!

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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, bias, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
Cam Howard, PSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Zachary Hesson, PSU

PSU Neuro Club MOVIE NIGHT!
2019-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club MOVIE “Awakenings“
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, October 31, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

LEARN MORE: Awakenings: In Real Life

Reception for “MEMORY: Cerebral Entanglement”
2019-11-14 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Dengerink Gallery at WSU (Vancouver), 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave,, Vancouver, WA, United States
In this exhibition you will find yourself beneath an imagined landscape of the brain. Dendritic arms made of fabric-wrapped wire reach out to create an experience of neuroplasticity.

WHAT: Reception for “MEMORY: Cerebral Entanglement” an art installation by Kindra Crick
WHERE: Dengerink Gallery at WSU (Vancouver) 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA
WHEN: Thursday, November 14th from 5:30 – 8:30pm

One of the greatest mysteries of the mind is our memory, the ability to time-travel and use recollections, whether conscious or not, to shape our future choices. At our core, when we think about who we are, we rely on a confluence of evolving narratives we remember.
For an exploration of memory, join NW Noggin Brain Board members artist Kindra Crick and Legacy Research Institute (LRI) neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness this Thursday.
Memory: Cerebral Entanglement started in late 2015 as a NW Noggin collaboration between Kindra Crick and LRI neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness who was researching memory in Dr. Barbara Sorg’s Legacy Research Institute Lab. Included in this exhibit are three microscopic images taken from the lab’s latest research.
Dr. Harkness investigates net-like structures called perineuronal nets which surround neurons in our brain and are associated with memory retention and the close of developmental learning windows. Although these net-like structures were documented over a hundred years ago by Italian neuroscientist Camillo Golgi, their role in our memories is only beginning to be understood. Golgi described this scaffolding outside the neuron as a “kind of corset.” That description was the inspiration for sculptural materials. To echo Golgi, each neuron is ensnared in netted fabric that shimmers in its delicate embrace of scraps of memory held within each synaptic connection.
On hand dyed kozo paper, ink portraits of untangled, overlapping individual neurons dance around the gallery walls. This is a small sample of the 86 billion neurons which, when networked and active, help generate our every sensation and thought.

Ideas Spreading: untangled ink portraits of neurons on hand dyed kozo paper

In magnifying and re-imagining these hidden molecular structures, Kindra’s aim is to evoke the wonder of discovery and offer an imagined vision of the spectacular biological machinery which may comprise the very core of our memories and our essential sense of self.
Exhibition runs: September 9, 2019 – January 6, 2020
Gallery hours weekdays (M – Th) from 7am – 10pm and Friday from 7am – 5pm and is free and open to the public.

Undergraduates enjoying the MEMORY art installation

Noggin @ Shahala!
2019-11-14 07:45 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Shahala Middle School, 601 SE 192nd Avenue, Vancouver, WA, 98683, United States
WHAT: We’ll visit Shahala Middle School in Vancouver (Evergreen Public Schools) to talk about (and look at) brains, and make pipe cleaner neurons with ~360 students!
We did it!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
Freedom @ Shahala

WHERE: Shahala Middle School, 601 SE 192nd Ave., Vancouver, WA; meet at school office at 7:45am, sessions will take place in the school media center
WHEN: Thursday, November 14, 2019, 7:45am – noon

Shahala Middle School is in Vancouver’s Evergreen Public School District, and is named after the Katlagakya people, called “Shahala” by Lewis & Clark, which translates to “above.” Visiting is so much fun, with terrific kids who ask us fascinating questions (for example: are brains edible?)!

Make brain lobe hats, brain cells, and hold real brains! Ask questions and learn..!
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Denesa Lockwood, NW Noggin/OHSU
Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
Cam Howard, NW Noggin/PSU
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM

See what we’ve done at Shahala in the past…
Trickster Brains @ Shahala

Are brains edible?

See what we did last year!
Synapses @ Shahala!

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-12 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear
We did it!

LEARN MORE @ the LINK…
Nicotine is a gateway drug

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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…

See what we did last Tuesday!
Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

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, bias, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
Johanna Hostick, OHSU
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Danny Gray, PSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Cameran Nicholas, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU

Armies in the Clouds: Jeff Leake & Will Kendall @ G114
2019-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Jeff Leake & Will Kendall @ Gallery 114
WHERE: Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00pm
“There is a universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good-will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.” –David Hume

Prayers for fish, by Jeff Leake; LEARN MORE: Jeff Leake
LEARN MORE: Jeff Leake & Will Kendall @ G114

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-05 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear
We did it!
Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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, bias, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
4. Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
5. Johanna Hostick, OHSU
6. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
7. Sydney Duran, PSU
8. August Fox, PSU
9. Danny Gray, PSU
10. Carli Cox, PSU
11. Cameran Nicholas, PSU

PSU Neuro Club Research in Review
2019-10-31 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fariborz Maseeh Hall, Portland State University, 1855 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201-3295, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club Research in Review – Marissa Kellogg on Clinical Neurology
WHERE: Fariborz Maseeh Hall Room 234, Portland State University, 1855 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97201-3295
WHEN: Thursday, October 31, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Research In Review Flyer

A Noggin Halloween @ Intel!
2019-10-29 14:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Intel Hawthorn Farm campus 3, Hawthorn Farm campus 3 (HF3), Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin + Intel Halloween Brain Event
We did it!

Neuron pumpkin carving by Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
WHERE: Intel, Hawthorn Farm campus 3 (HF3), 5200 NE Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124
WHEN: Tuesday, October 29, 2:00pm – 5:30pm

We celebrated the season with Intel employees and their families, and learned more about neural network inspired research at this sprawling Oregon campus. Intel also presented NW Noggin with a donation to help us engage in more arts-integrated neuroscience outreach throughout the Northwest (and beyond!).

Thank you Shashi Jain and Aimee Hyde at Intel!!!
Nonprofit Noggins!

We’re also bringing our new BioGifted outreach brain!

LEARN MORE about collaboration between Intel and NW Noggin…
The Tracks We Leave

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Thomas Rounds, PSU
3. Brenda Yan, PSU
4. Cam Howard, PSU
5. Jessica Cary, PSU
6. Mayu Tomioka, PSU
7. Danny Gray, PSU
8. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
9. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
10. Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
11. Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
12. Sara Moreno, PSU

Noggin @ Portland Psychedelic Conference!
2019-10-26 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark Street #203, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: Noggin art & brains @ Portland Psychedelic conference 2019
We did it!

NW Noggin volunteers Aaron Eisen (a Portland State University graduate now at NUNM), Cam Howard, Sai Kiersarsky (fresh off two conferences in Chicago!), and fellow PSU undergraduate Philip Bouleh, and NW Noggin Brain Board member Denesa Lockwood from OHSU, were invited guests at the 2019 Portland Psychedelic conference at Revolution Hall!
WHERE: Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark Street, #203, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2019, 9:00am – 6:00pm

“The mystical experience is doubly valuable; it is valuable because it gives the experiencer a better understanding of (themselves) and the world and because it may help (them) to lead a less self-centered and more creative life.” — Aldous Huxley
2019 Conference: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Healing (October 26, 2019)
James Fadiman is the keynote speaker at the 2019 Portland Psychedelic Conference. Dr. Fadiman is a leading psychologist, psychedelic researcher, writer and co-founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University).

James Fadiman with Aaron Eisen, the NW Noggin Resource Council member for Communications – and a pipe cleaner neuron! From Aaron: “He asked about the neurons/NW Noggin and thought it was absolutely wonderful! He said a lot of PhD students stuck in labs could benefit from building pipe cleaner neurons and helping to educate youth!”

LEARN MORE: Might Microdosing Psychedelics Be Safe and Beneficial? An Initial Exploration

“Thus began a third phase of psychedelic research…Whereas, in the first phase the participant’s experiences tended to be controlled and delimited, even if inadvertently, by the experimenter’s and the subject’s preconceptions, and in the second phase to be more uncontrolled and wide-ranging in scope, the emphasis now was on the selection of specific kinds of psychedelic experience and of specific ways to produce and maintain them.” — James Fadiman

Aaron, Cam, Sai, Philip and Denesa made pipe cleaner neurons, heard from leading researchers in the field, examined real human brains, and discussed the actions and effects of psychedelics with conference attendees…

Author, psychologist, researcher, and university co-founder James Fadiman with a rainbow noggin: Can’t think of a more appropriate 3D printed brain!

LEARN MORE about psychedelics from Anthony Bossis…
A less self-centered and more creative life

Oregon Neuroscience Reception!
2019-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Cactus Bar & Grill, 404 S. Wells St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
WHAT: Oregon Neuroscience Reception @ SfN
WHERE: Cactus Bar & Grill, 404 S. Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607
WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2019, 8:00pm – 10:00pm

OHSU is hosting the second annual Oregon Neuroscience reception at SfN in collaboration with the University of Oregon and The Vollum Institute!

Noggin @ W. Brown Elementary!
2019-10-21 09:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | William Brown STEM School, 54 N Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to W. Brown Elementary
NOTE: On hold due to strike at Chicago Public Schools. Hoping for an equitable contract!
WHERE: William Brown Elementary School, 54 N Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2019, 9:30am – 2:30pm
Contact: Jessica Mahon, Executive Director of STEM, Teaching & Learning, Chicago Public Schools

We’re working out more details, but our volunteers will visit with students at William Brown Elementary School to talk brains and make art during the annual Society for Social Neuroscience & Society for Neuroscience conferences in Chicago!

“The vision of William H. Brown STEM School is to equip our students with the tools they need to succeed technologically, economically, and culturally for a global community. Through the use of 4Cs: creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking Brown students will achieve personal success and become a responsible and productive citizen. Brown’s facilities include a new STEM lab, a broadcast studio, a digital library, two lead STEM instructors, and 1-to-1 ratio of iPads for all classrooms.”

VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
3. Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU/NW Noggin
4. Aaron Manakai Eisen, PSU/NUNM/NW Noggin
5. Cam Howard, PSU/NW Noggin
6. Albert (Sai) Kiersarsky, PSU
7. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Madison Cho-Richmond, PSU
9. Anita Randolph, OHSU/BEADS
10. Rachel Lukowicz, University of Oregon
11. Leigh-Jane Wilson, Kings College London
12. Richard Wingate, Kings College London
13. Jade Osilla, PSU/YouthLine

Noggin @ SfN: Theme J Poster (026.10SU / DD42)
2019-10-20 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | McCormick Place Chicago, 2301 S King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
WHAT: Noggin Poster Presentation @ SfN, Theme J (History and Education)

WHERE: McCormick Place, 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616; 026.10SU / DD42 – NW Noggin: Corrections, bias and brains; Session 026 – Outreach Activities
WHEN: Sunday, October 20, 9:00 – 10:00am

Our Theme J poster is available for viewing at SfN from Saturday, October 19 at noon through Sunday, October 20 at 5:00pm.

Jeff Leake, Bill Griesar, and additional NW Noggin outreach participants will be at the poster (with some extra pipe cleaner neurons!) Sunday (10/20) from 9:00am – 10:00am. Come join us!
We did it!

NW Noggin: Corrections, bias and brains
Authors *W. S. GRIESAR1,3,4, J. J. LEAKE4,2;
1Psychology/Neuroscience, 2Univ. Studies, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR; 3Behavioral Neurosci., Oregon Hlth. & Sci. Univ., Portland, OR; 4Art & Neurosci., NW Noggin, Portland, OR
“All is in motion, is growing, is you” – Joy Harjo
Science needs investment and diverse perspectives, and integrating arts in STEM (STEAM) encourages people to get involved. The public pays for research, yet many lack access to useful findings.
Nonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes undergraduates and graduates to collaborate, build community networks and inspire people about neuroscience and the arts. 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 30,000 people since 2012!
Teenagers undergo dramatic, consequential change in brain anatomy and function, responding to environments and making mistakes. How others react impacts development, benefiting or undermining the trajectory of young lives.
The social rules we learn in adolescence are complex. They depend on who you are, including race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, class, neighborhood, national origin and a host of other factors. Research also highlights the significant ethnic and income differences in youth and lifetime experiences of trauma.
Yet in 1994, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 11, which established mandatory minimum sentences for “serious crimes against persons” and required defendants aged 15 and older to be tried as adults. Oregon now has one of the highest youth incarceration rates in the country. Native American, Hispanic and Black Oregonians are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates relative to white people.
Teenagers are not adults. This year we worked with the Hope Partnership and the Oregon Youth Authority to bring NW Noggin volunteers to the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, where over 200 boys and young men (ages 12 – 25) are confined. We enjoyed powerful discussions about the brain basis of trauma, anxiety, and emotional regulation, 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. MacLaren youth are studying the law and neuroscience in order to bolster a case for changes to Measure 11.
Building excitement and awareness of discoveries, educational options and careers through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, state, federal and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate, brings useful, actionable knowledge to underserved communities, and increases awareness and support for investment in brain research and the arts.

LEARN MORE: Myelinating at MacLaren
LEARN MORE: All is in motion, is growing, is you
LEARN MORE: Corrections, Bias & Brains

Noggin @ SfN: Brain Awareness Campaign Event (N226)
2019-10-19 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | McCormick Place Chicago, 2301 S King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
WHAT: Noggin Poster Presentation @ SfN, Brain Awareness Campaign Event

WHERE: McCormick Place, 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616; Room N226
We did it!

WHEN: Saturday, October 19, 2:30 – 4:00pm
WE BROUGHT REAL (EXTRA!) HUMAN BRAINS, thanks to the exceptional Yuri Sugano of the University of Chicago. This was the first time in the 50 year history of SfN that actual brain specimens were presented at the annual conference!

So many questions at the Brain Awareness Event!

“You ask the world, and the world says no
It’s the world’s refrain, mine says go…”
―John Gorka
Once again, it is incredible to GO BEYOND “#scitalk” marketing efforts and canned “elevator pitches” of many large institutions – and try genuine #scicomm plus action: going places, listening, sharing stories, making art and challenging and examining all our brains…

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” ―Maya Angelou
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR APPROACH: Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!
LEARN MORE: Thankful for brains
LEARN MORE: BioGifting Brains
NW Noggin: Corrections, bias and brains

GRIESAR, W.S.* **, LEAKE, J.* ** ***
“All is in motion, is growing, is you” – Joy Harjo
Teenagers undergo consequential brain changes, responding to environments and making mistakes. They are not adults. How others react impacts development, benefiting or undermining the trajectory of young lives. This year NW Noggin visited Oregon’s MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, and discussed trauma, anxiety, emotional regulation, bias in judicial and law enforcement, and what role neuroscientists might play in reform.
* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; ** NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org); *** Department of University Studies, Portland State University

LEARN MORE: All is in motion, is growing, is you
LEARN MORE: Corrections, Bias & Brains
NW Noggin offered the keynote address at the 2018 SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event in San Diego! Learn more at the links below…
Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

LEARN MORE: SfN18 Celebrates Brain Awareness
LEARN MORE: Noggin Keynote @ SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event
The Portland State University Neuroscience Club is also presenting their own poster on outreach efforts at the Brain Awareness Campaign Event! Here’s the poster they will present…

2019SFNFinalPoster PSU Neuroscience Club

Noggin @ International Museum of Surgical Science!
2019-10-18 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
WHAT: Noggin brains & art at the International Museum of Surgical Science
WHERE: International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
WHEN: Friday, October 18, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Contact: Miranda Pettengill, Assistant Manager of Education and Events

From the collection at IMSS…
The International Museum of Surgical Science is an extraordinary repository of great art and history covering the origins and continued development of the practice of surgical medicine.

NW Noggin volunteers are honored to present brains and art projects in the museum from 1 – 3pm, followed by a tour of the collections! Our great thanks to staff at IMSS for welcoming us to Chicago…

“The idea that my sucker is moving through thought itself, through emotion and reason, that memories, dreams and reflections should consist of jelly, is simply too strange to understand.”― Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
3. Aaron Manakai Eisen, PSU/NUNM/NW Noggin
4. Cam Howard, PSU/NW Noggin
5. Albert (Sai) Kiersarsky, PSU
6. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
7. Madison Cho-Richmond, PSU
8. Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
9. Anita Randolph, OHSU/BEADS
10. Rachel Lukowicz, University of Oregon
11. Leigh-Jane Wilson, Kings College London
12. Richard Wingate, Kings College London

Society for Neuroscience conference 2019
2019-10-18 - 2019-10-22 | McCormick Place Chicago, 2301 S King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
WHAT: Society for Neuroscience conference
We did it! LEARN MORE at the links below…
Noggins in CHICAGO!

Reflections on Chicago

WHERE: McCormick Place, 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
WHEN: October 18 – 23, 2019

After meeting with 500+ K-12 students from Chicago Public Schools at the Social Neuroscience Fair on Thursday, October 17, we arrive at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference!

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ Chicago S4SN Social Neuroscience Fair!
SfN 2019 Abstract SUBMITTED!

LEARN MORE: All is in motion, is growing, is you

MAKING CONNECTIONS: Meeting students from Chicago Public Schools to examine brains, talk research and make art!
The Society for Neuroscience has graciously awarded free conference registration to our undergraduate Noggin volunteers! Here are some of our outreach participants, now funded by the Portland Alcohol Research Center at OHSU, Portland State University (SET funding), and NW Noggin…

Aaron Manakai Eisen, PSU
Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Madison Elizabeth Cho-Richmond, PSU
Maria D Galvan-Bravo, PSU
Camden Mikaela Grant-Howard, PSU
Albert Kiersarsky, PSU
Anita Randolph, OHSU
Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU

Thursday, October 17
8:30am – 10:00am: Breakfast with University of Chicago Neuroscience
11:00am – 1:30pm: Set up at Chicago Museum of Science & Industry
1:30pm – 4:00pm: Social Neuroscience Fair!
5:30pm – 6:45pm: Fireside Chat w/Dr. Vivek Murthy
Friday, October 18
1:00pm – 4:00pm: Outreach at the International Museum of Surgical Science
Society for Neuroscience opening night
Saturday, October 19
ALL DAY: SfN Conference attendance
12:00pm: SfN Theme J poster goes up
2:00pm – 2:30pm: SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event poster set up
2:30pm – 4:00pm: SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event!

Sunday, October 20
ALL DAY: SfN Conference attendance
9:00am – 10:00am: SfN Poster presentation: Theme J
Monday, October 21
9:30am – 3:00pm: Outreach to William Brown STEM Elementary School!
8:00pm – 10:00pm: Oregon Neuroscience Reception
Tuesday, October 22
Conference attendance; Travel home to Portland, Oregon

See what we’ve done at past SfN conferences…
Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

From classrooms to Congress!

Serving 700 students at SfN!

Art & Science @ SfN 2016

Fireside Chat w/Dr. Vivek Murthy
2019-10-17 17:30 - 18:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, 5700 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
WHAT: Fireside Chat with Dr. Vivek Murthy following the Social Neuroscience Fair at the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) conference!
WHERE: West Pavilion Auditorium, Museum of Science & Industry Chicago, 5700 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60637
WHEN: Thursday, October 17, 2019, 5:30pm – 6:45pm

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States appointed by President Barack Obama. As the Vice Admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,600 public health officers globally. During his tenure, Dr. Murthy launched the TurnTheTide campaign, catalyzing a movement among health professionals to address the nation’s opioid crisis. He also issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, calling for expanded access to prevention and treatment and for recognizing addiction as a chronic illness, not a character flaw. An internal medicine physician and entrepreneur. In 2017, Dr. Murthy focused his attention on chronic stress and isolation as prevalent problems that have profound implications for health, productivity, and happiness. He has co-founded a number of organizations: VISIONS, an HIV/AIDS education program in India; Swasthya, a community health partnership in rural India training women as health providers and educators; software company TrialNetworks; and Doctors for America.

Dr. Murthy received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard and his M.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Yale. He completed his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and later joined Harvard Medical School as faculty in internal medicine. His research focused on vaccine development and later on the participation of women and minorities in clinical trials. Dr. Murthy resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife Dr. Alice Chen and their two young children.

Noggin @ Chicago S4SN Social Neuroscience Fair!
2019-10-17 13:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, 5700 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
WHAT: Social Neuroscience Fair at the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) conference!
WHERE: Museum of Science & Industry Chicago, 5700 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60637
WHEN: Thursday, October 17, 2019, 1:30 – 4:00pm (we’ll arrive at ~11:00am!)
MEET EARLIER FOR BREAKFAST @ 8:30am HERE: Plein Air Cafe & Eatery

This fall we’ll join the Society for Social Neuroscience to celebrate their ten year anniversary..!

“The Society for Social Neuroscience integrates human and animal research to explore the neural basis of social cognition; how individuals of these many species interact, form bonds or complex groups; how our brains work, and why, sometimes, they don’t…”

On Thursday, October 17 from 1:30 – 4:00pm, NW Noggin will participate in the first Social Neuroscience Fair along with the University of Chicago, and discuss STEAM outreach, examine brains, make cerebral art, consider neuroscience questions and introduce informed graduate and undergraduate volunteers to 500+ Chicago Public School students at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry..!

From 1:30 – 4:30pm we’ll join graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Chicago at multiple STEAM stations in the museum, including…

Pipe cleaner neurons
You have billions of brain cells (neurons) in your head, growing and changing and connecting with each other. Create your own neurons out of pipe cleaners!
Materials: pipe cleaners (12″ minimum length, multiple colors, both standard and sparkly, at least 20 pipe cleaners/brain cell)
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS: MAKE Pipe Cleaner Neurons
Noggin Lead: Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
Gel and collagraph neuron prints
These networks of linked brain cells resemble forms found elsewhere in nature. Craft your own neurons using leaves, grasses and other natural materials…
Materials: gelatin slabs (or Gelli plates, at least 10), Block printing ink (multiple colors, water soluble is best), printing paper (printmaking paper works best, but drawing paper will do), plant material (gathered from the city is perfect – smaller plants like weeds work best), old file folders (lots of them!), brayers (10 of these), scissors (blunt)
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS: MAKE Neuron Gelatin Prints
Noggin Lead: Madi-Cho Richmond, PSU
Brain map!
Did you know that different parts of your brain do different things? Discover and draw how your various brain lobes and structures let you see, hear, feel, move and think!
Materials: Big rolls of craft paper, in multiple colors (at least 6 – most schools have these, and maybe the museum does too), masking tape, lots of colorful pens, crayons and markers
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS: MAKE Brain Map
Noggin Lead: Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
Clay brains
What does your brain look like? What are some of its parts? Craft your own noggin out of clay!
Materials: Air dry clay (lots)
Noggin Lead: Cam Howard, PSU
Real brain examination
Hold a real human brain! Examine brain structure up close, and ask questions!
Materials: BRAINS (human, if possible; plus additional animal brains), GLOVES (nitrile, many boxes), dissection trays (for brain display), lined garbage can (for glove disposal)
Noggin Lead: Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Brain hacking is electric!
Brain cells carry information – using electricity! Want to make someone move their arm by recording and sharing (electrically) the movement of your own?
Materials: Human to Human Interface (ideally two), large muscle electrodes (two 100-packs from Backyard Brains), muscle electrode cables (three extra, as they will break with that many kids!), 9V batteries (lots!)
Noggin Lead: Aaron Eisen, NUNM
Ask a neuroscientist!
We LOVE questions! What are you curious about? What do you already know about brains? What would you like to know..?
Noggin Lead: Anita Randolph, OHSU

LEARN MORE: STEAM Art Project resources
COMPLETE OUTREACH SCHEDULE: Noggins in Chicago!
Thursday, October 17
8:30am – 10:00am: Breakfast with University of Chicago Neuroscience
11:00am – 1:30pm: Set up at Chicago Museum of Science & Industry
1:30pm – 4:00pm: Social Neuroscience Fair!
5:30pm – 6:45pm: Fireside Chat w/Dr. Vivek Murthy
Friday, October 18
1:00pm – 4:00pm: Outreach at the International Museum of Surgical Science
Society for Neuroscience opening night
Saturday, October 19
ALL DAY: SfN Conference attendance
12:00pm: SfN Theme J poster goes up
2:00pm – 2:30pm: SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event poster set up
2:30pm – 4:00pm: SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event!

Sunday, October 20
ALL DAY: SfN Conference attendance
9:00am – 10:00am: SfN Poster presentation: Theme J
Monday, October 21
9:30am – 3:00pm: Outreach to William Brown STEM Elementary School!
8:00pm – 10:00pm: Oregon Neuroscience Reception
Tuesday, October 22
Conference attendance; Travel home to Portland, Oregon
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Tennis Balls & Brains

Here are some of our outreach participants, funded by the Portland Alcohol Research Center at OHSU, Portland State University, and NW Noggin…

Noggin Participants
1. Bill Griesar, Ph.D., NW Noggin, Portland State University, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, M.F.A., NW Noggin, Portland State University
3. Aaron Manakai Eisen, PSU/NUNM
4. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
5. Anita Randolph, OHSU
6. Madison Elizabeth Cho-Richmond, PSU
7. Maria D Galvan-Bravo, PSU
8. Camden Mikaela Grant-Howard, PSU
9. Albert Kiersarsky, PSU
10. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU

Breakfast w/University of Chicago Neuroscience!
2019-10-17 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Plein Air Cafe & Eatery, 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
WHAT: Breakfast with University of Chicago Neuroscience
WHERE: Plein Air Cafe & Eatery, 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
WHEN: Thursday, October 17, 8:30am – 10:00am

Menu for Plein Air Cafe & Eatery
Take public transport and/or Uber/Lyft to the Plein Air Cafe & Eatery for breakfast! From there we’ll head on to the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry to set up and participate in the Social Neuroscience Fair!
More details…
Noggin @ Chicago S4SN Social Neuroscience Fair!

OLD TOWN TALKS: Breaking it down - the abstraction of encoding memories
2019-10-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Floyd’s Old Town Coffee, 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: OLD TOWN TALKS – Sydney Boutros from Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU & New/Mixed Media artist Kit Carlton on genetics and memory
We did it! LEARN MORE at the link…
Memory, Poetry, Brains

WHERE: Floyd’s Old Town Coffee (& Brews!), 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209
We did it! Wonderful talk, art making, audience and space!

WATCH THIS SPACE: Post coming soon!
WHEN: Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Remember Velo Cult?
LEARN MORE: Free Art & Science Talks
Well, thanks to Nicole Tignor, we now have a fantastic new venue for FREE art and science collaborative events – in Old Town Portland!

Brains and art both welcome at Floyd’s Old Town Coffee!
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This is Our Story, by Kit Carlton
What is a memory? Memories make us who we are, connect us with other people and shape everything about “us.” But how does an event, an interaction, an idea stick in our head (presumably forever)..?

The mechanisms in the brain that lead to actual memory formation – and our ability to recall these memories – are messy, complex, and unclear. A recent hypothesis that has taken everyone by surprise is the possibility that in order for a memory to be formed, our DNA has to break into two pieces, and fix itself, essentially “writing” memories with our genes.
LEARN MORE: Physiological Roles of DNA Double-Strand Breaks
LEARN MORE: Activity-Induced DNA Breaks Govern the Expression of Neuronal Early-Response Genes

Kit Carlton
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.”
― Eudora Welty
Humans have long employed various modes of pictography and visual speech to encode and record our personal/cultural histories and memories. Traditionally, poetry is considered one of the most effective vehicles for conveying and remembering these messages…

Kit Carlton (incorporating research images from Sydney Boutros)
If a poem is elementally a verbal painting, can a painting be a pictorial poem? What about an abstract painting? Can a photograph be all three? Come find out as we explore our memories through poetry, photography, abstraction – and broken DNA.

“Stoked and geeking-out to announce my partnership with @nwnoggin on a collaborative project/talk” – Kit Carlton

Kit Carlton
Play games, test your memory, and explore art and neuroscience at Floyds this fall!

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Getting really stoked and hyped over this event ya’ll! Bet you can’t tell, huh? @dysney11 and I will be Breaking it Down—talking about the abstraction of encoding memories on 10/15. The event lasts from 6-8 and you can even hold a real human brain in your hands thanks to the swell folks over @nwnoggin ! I cannot wait! How freaking cool is that? If you can’t make the event please know that the work is up now and on view at Floyd’s Old Town Coffee @oldtowncoffeepdx until the end of October. But if you attend our talk you’ll get the real 411 on the work and how memories are made. Seriously come make some memories with us! Hope to see you then… . . . . . . . . . #nwnoggin #brainsandart #artbrains #sciart #neuroscience #scienceart #oldtowntalks #brainsarecool #allthingsbrain #allthingsart
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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PORTLAND ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER AT OHSU for providing all the art supplies for this exciting free event!

NW Noggin @ YouthLine!
2019-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | OR, United States
WHAT: YouthLine brain training (& party) with NW Noggin!
We did it! Learn more at the LINK…
Let’s Talk at YouthLine

WHERE: Youthline, Portland, OR 97239
WHEN: Sunday, October 13, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

YouthLine is a peer-to-peer youth crisis and support service provided by Lines for Life—a non-profit dedicated to preventing substance abuse and suicide. YouthLine operates a national helpline that provides crisis support and referrals via phone, text, chat, and email. The helpline is answered by youth daily from 4pm-10pm and by adults at all other times.

YouthLine also operates a peer-supported outreach program to destigmatize mental health challenges, increase awareness for mental health and wellness, and encourage youth to reach out for help.

Noggin volunteers will meet with teenage teen crisis line volunteers, introduce some real brains and answer questions about adolescent development and mental health.

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
2. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
3. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
4. Danny Gray, PSU
5. Jade Osilla, PSU
6. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
7. Marissa Swadener, PSU
8. Louis Sumrall, PSU

NOGGIN FEST 2019!!!
2019-10-05 13:00 - 2019-10-06 02:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Watershed PDX, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
WHAT: The **THIRD** ANNUAL NOGGIN FEST!!!

Poster by Rachel Rusenko
WE DID IT!!!

People held brains, heard music, made art, danced, enjoyed craft beer, asked questions and discovered new research on our microbiomes, memories and the actions and effects of psychedelic drugs!

“I LOVE THIS!! It’s like old #WeirdPortland – there’s #music, #brains, #beer, everybody’s making #art & talking about #neuroscience!”
WHERE: Watershed PDX, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202
WHEN: Saturday, October 5, 1pm – 2:30am!!
COME JOIN US!!!
The largest Art & Neuroscience festival in the Pacific Northwest! Entirely student organized and run, thanks to the Neuroscience Club at Portland State University, and our enthusiastic multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional Noggin volunteers!

There will be more bands and art, research talks and activities for all ages.

Beer from Fort George Brewery in Astoria Oregon and Funhouse Brews in Portland!

SCHEDULE!

1 – 3:30pm brain time and interactive art
3:30pm Aaron Eisen talk on psychedelics
4:30pm Dr. Martindale talk on the gut-brain axis
5:30pm Kindra Crick on ‘Cerebral Entanglement: MEMORY’
6:15pm Johnny Franco
7pm Spoon Benders
8pm MSHR
9pm Internet Beef/Shannon Entropy Supergroup
10pm Sea Moss
11pm – 2:30 All night dance party with DJ Glittery Ghoul and DJ Sharkmode!!

Hear Music!
SEA MOSS

JOHNNY FRANCO

“When I first looked at the brain, I felt as if I were getting lost in the endless, beautiful, winding streets of Sao Paolo…” – Johnny Franco @ Noggin Fest 2019
JESSE HAMLIN SUPER GROUP

BOTH INTERNET BEEF…

AND SHANNON ENTROPY (Boeuf de Shannon Flambé!)

MSHR
(Mind Synthesized Hallway Reflector)

MSHR make their own creative instruments, including sci-fi soundtrack style #theremin and others played with light!
SPOON BENDERS

Awesome #Portland band fascinated & inspired by #brain #research & #art & #neuroscience courses @portlandstate 🙂
Make art!

Neuron T-Shirt Printing
Electrophysiology
Brains!
Pipe cleaner neurons

Buy Art!
Izzy Loney

Depth Perception, by Izzy Loney
Zak Stone
Katie Hulschizer
Prithvi Sunny Chauhan
Alyson Godbey
Travis Wellendorf
Alexander James Haack
Julia Mueller
Claire Uicker
Charlotte King

Coffee iv drip, 2018, by Charlotte King
Rachel Rusenko
Kanani Miyamoto

Learn about the brain!

Hold and examine real brains – and hear from accomplished speakers…

Robert G. Martindale, M.D., Ph.D —- Gut brain axis and the microbiome

Aaron Eisen, B.S. —- Psychedelic Neuroscience

Kindra Crick —- Cerebral Entanglement: MEMORY

Win prizes!
LAUGHING PLANET
NEW SEASONS
HOT LIPS PIZZA
OREGON ZOO
NOSSA COFFEE
TOPGOLF
STAY TUNED: MORE DETAILS COMING SOON
LEARN MORE FROM LAST YEAR: Noggin Fest 2018: The Beauty of the Brain

Support FREE Outreach!
For EVERYONE…

See where our informed and enthusiastic outreach volunteers are heading this fall!
Noggin @ Chicago S4SN Social Neuroscience Fair!

Society for Neuroscience conference 2019

Northwest Noggin (Northwest Neuroscience Outreach Group: Growing in Networks, www.nwnoggin.org) is a robust, creative, volunteer driven non-profit organization (EIN: 81-3885713) that brings scientists and artists and students of all ages together to contribute their expertise, listen and learn from others, enthuse young people about science and art, share area educational resources, and inform and excite the public about ongoing, taxpayer supported neuroscience research…

Thank you for supporting free, arts-integrated, research-based neuroscience education for K-12 and the public in the Pacific Northwest – and beyond..!

Donations are tax-deductible. The EIN number for Northwest Noggin is 81-3885713.
LEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins!

PSU Neuro Club Ice Cream Social!
2019-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States

Return to BioGift!
2019-10-03 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97230, United States
WHAT: Visit to BioGift
We did it! Thank you Andrew, Michael & Miguel for your continued support of genuine community outreach!

LEARN MORE from PSU undergraduate Danny Leister-Gray, at the LINK…
Securing Brains @ BioGift

WHERE: BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR 97230
WHEN: Thursday, October 3, 2019, 10:00am – 1:00pm
See what we did previously with BioGift!
Living like bears

Adventure A-Head

BioGifting brains

A BioGift of Brains

LIMITED OPPORTUNITY: COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Darrin Lane, PSU
4. Andrew Stanley, PSU
5. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
6. Greyson Moore, PSU
7. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
8. Cam Howard, PSU
9. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
10. Sara Moreno, PSU
11. Tracy Gomez, PSU
12. Evan Segura, Portland Community College
13. Madi Cho-Richmond, PSU
14. Danny Gray, PSU

PSU Neuro Club @ VIKING DAYS!
2019-09-28 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States

Noggin @ MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility
2019-09-25 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, 97071, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility
We did it! LEARN MORE at the link…
Myelinating @ MacLaren!

WHERE: MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, OR 97071; go first to the Gatehouse to check in.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 25, **1:00pm – 5:00pm**

“Because the brain is undergoing such rapid, fundamental changes at this stage of life, adolescents have a heightened capacity to learn and to [grow] out of risky behavior. Given an environment and supports appropriate to their developmental stage, most young offenders have the potentialto become law-abiding adults.” — The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience
We are excited to return to MacLaren, and meet with more young people curious about the brain, and the policy implications of ongoing neuroscience research on adolescent development, bias, trauma, drugs, and mental health in terms of education, healthcare, criminal justice and the law…

Our plan for the afternoon is as follows…
1:00pm Arrive @ MacLaren
1:30 – 3:00pm: Group One (10 – 15)
3:00 – 3:30pm: Coffee break 🙂
3:30 – 5:00pm: Group Two (20 – 25)
We’ll start with introductions, informally ask what youth already know, and would like to know, examine specimens – and make art. We’re thinking about drawing brains – the brains we’ll bring, our own brains as we see them, what we might like them to be, and/or how we think others see them.

Later in the year we hope to share some of these works with public high school students, get their impressions, and offer them an opportunity to draw their own brains too – and then return both the art and student responses to youth at MacLaren.

The HOPE Partnership is providing pens, markers and paper for drawing, and we’ll bring along pipe cleaners, nitrile gloves, extra noggins and plenty of grads, post-docs and undergrads who study the brain…

Learn more about NW Noggin at MacLaren at these links…
All is in motion, is growing, is you

LEARN MORE: Youth get visual, hands-on experience with the brain
Corrections, Bias & Brains

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Gail Stonebarger, OHSU
Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
Michael Deveney, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU
Taylor Stewart, University of Portland
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
Ali Mirzazadeh Javaheri, PSU
Heather Hamilton, OHSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
Evan Segura, Portland Community College
Sara Moreno, PSU
Tracy Gomez, PSU
Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Mar Borrego, OHSU

OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience Retreat
2019-09-20 12:45 - 13:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cooper Spur Mountain Resort, 10755 Cooper Spur Rd, Mt Hood, OR, 97041, United States
WHAT: Teaching & outreach opportunities @ OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience Retreat

WHERE: Cooper Spur Mountain Resort, 10755 Cooper Spur Rd, Mt Hood, OR 97041
WHEN: Friday, September 20, 12:45 – 1:45pm

“For a Ph.D. holder, the idea that any career can be classified as ‘alternative’ is obsolete.” –Ashrifia Adomako-Ankomah
Action & Potential in Outreach, Teaching & Research
Come learn about teaching and outreach opportunities during the annual Behavioral Neuroscience retreat! Join undergraduates in the college classroom, and inspire academic priority K-12 students and the public in schools, homeless youth centers, youth correctional facilities, breweries, coffee shops, Congress (!) and pubs with real brains and art projects.

Go places, contribute and learn – and discover how your neuroscience research relates to public policy and community interests and concerns.
SLIDES: OHSU Retreat 2019 (ppt)
SLIDES: OHSU Retreat 2019 (pdf)
GET INVOLVED: OHSU

BEHN 650: Teaching practicum opportunities (THREE spots now available) for winter 2020 at PSU!

Are you curious about teaching? Would you like to work with undergraduates at Portland State, the most diverse public university in Oregon? Want to improve your speaking and presentation skills, and make your research accessible to neuroscience and psychology undergraduates? Excited about engaging, inspiring and genuinely connecting with students as a role model and mentor? Are you interested in gaining experience that might help you land a job after your defense..?

The DRAFT BEHN 650 syllabus for 2020 can be found here…
SYLLABUS Advanced Neuro PSU 2020
The DRAFT undergraduate syllabus for Portland State University (for winter term 2020) is available here:
SYLLABUS Advanced Neuro PSU 2020
LEARN MORE ABOUT POTENTIAL CAREER OPTIONS AT THE LINK…
Honest selves @ Hosford

“Oh the places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss

Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) for more information!
