NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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!

Noggin @ Portland Mini Maker Faire!
2019-09-07 08:00 - 13:00 | Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ the Portland Mini Maker Faire!

We did it! Learn more at the LINK…
How to 3D Print a Brain

WHERE: Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Saturday, September 7, 2019, 8:00am – 1:00pm

Black bear brain encased in resin for Noggin outreach after multiple experiments and refinements of technique by recent PSU Psychology graduate, artist – and maker – Darrin Lane. “I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.” – Nikola Tesla

“Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker Movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning. Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.”
LEARN MORE: Maker Faire A Bit of History

This Saturday, our Noggin volunteers will show visitors to OMSI the brains behind the making, along with some 3D printed cerebrums..!

HOW TO 3D PRINT A BRAIN: Make + Think + Code @ NW Noggin

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Michael Deveney, PSU
2. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
3. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
4. Travis Christian, PSU
5. Sydney Duran, PSU
6. Elliott Heaton, PSU
7. Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
8. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
9. Anita Randolph, OHSU
10. Julia Schmidt, PSU
11. Cam Howard, PSU
12. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin

PRESS PLAY: Enjoy a brief tour through an actual Northwest Noggin (we may have another new 3D version this week at OMSI, too..!)

Our sincere thanks to Miguel Higgins-Moy, co-organizer of the Portland 3D Printing Lab and Lab/Tech Maker at Uncorked Studios, and Shashi Jain, an entrepreneur, technologist, instructor and IoT Innovation Manager at Intel and a fellow co-organizer of the Portland 3D Printing Lab for inviting us to the Faire..!

Three Lines: Jeff Leake in Beijing
2019-08-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Ying Gallery Beijing, No.258-2-1 Cao Chang Di Village, Cui Ge Zhuang, Chao Yang District, Beijing, 100015, China
WHAT: “Three Lines” exhibit opening showcasing three artists: Jeff Leake, Jamie M. Lee, and Jiang Peiyuan
WHERE: Ying Gallery, No.258-2-1 Cao Chang Di Village, Cui Ge Zhuang, Chao Yang District, Beijing, China 100015
WHEN: Saturday, August 24, 2019

NW Noggin Art Coordinator Jeff Leake is currently on a three month arts residency in Shanghai, China, the recipient of the 2019 Arte Laguna Prize.

LEARN MORE: Jeff Leake wins Arte Laguna Prize!
He will be showing some of his recent work at the Ying Gallery in Beijing, along with artists Jamie M. Lee and Jiang Peiyuan, at the opening for the “Three Lines” exhibit at the Ying Gallery in Beijing on August 24.

Red Crowned Crane 56X36cm oil on wood, 2019, by Jeff Leake

From Jeff: “One theme that runs through much of my work is the difference between the intended message of the stories and symbols we we use to convey cultural ideals, and how we really interact with our environment and each other. This group of paintings is, to varying degrees influenced by my experience here in China, and in a general sense can be seen as a reflection on the complexity of cultural interactions.”

Easel painters 50×29 cm oil on wood, 2019, by Jeff Leake
“While I have particular things I am thinking while making these, I am always interested to hear the stories that viewers come up with, as such these panels are cut into stylized cloud shapes conveying the notion that what we see in the clouds often reveals something true about ourselves.”

If your brain is in Beijing this summer, you are hugely welcome to drop by the Ying Gallery, see art and speak with Jeff, Jamie and Jiang..! Learn more about Jamie and Jiang’s work below. The exhibition runs through September 30…

Jamie M. Lee received her BA in printmaking and painting from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate University in USA. Last year, she obtained a PhD in Painting, Fine Art from Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea.

From Jamie: “My intent is to create an emotional language of abstract painting and mixed media installation, using a rich vocabulary of imagery that emerges from personal memories and dreams. My work evolves without sketches or preconceived designs, which results in a spontaneous and forceful effect. The images are then transferred on canvas as a story between reality and the subconscious.”

Jiang Peiyuan Graduated from Chelsea college of art in UAL with MA in Fine Art. Jiang Peiyuan has been widely selected of numerous awards and artist residencies including Swatch Art Peace Hotel residency in Shanghai (2019), Chris Wainwright Award in Beijing Today Art Museum(2012), JohnMoores Painting Prize 2012 (China), Bloomberg New contemporaries (2009), Jerwood Drawing Prize (2009), Whisper Residency in Chinese Art Cerntre Manchester (2009), BP young artist award in National Portrait gallery (2008), He has been widely exhibitied in many museums including AMNUA, Nanjing. Today art museum, Beijing. shanghai oil painting & sculpture institute. National Portrait Gallery, London. Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton. Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland. Aberystwyth Arts Centre,Welsh.

Jiang Peiyuan’s latest works use acrylic paint and acrylic medium to explore painting both as materials and themes. His practice emphasizes the materiality of paint and the process of image making, which integrates the concepts of painting, printmaking and sculpture.

Noggin @ APA/OSU Psychology Teacher Workshop!
2019-08-01 16:00 - 19:00 | Oregon State University, Reed Lodge 226, 2950 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ APA/APF/Oregon State University Psychological Science Workshop for High School Psychology Teachers
We did it!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Brains, Beavers & STEAM

Waterdance, by Miles Pepper (inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings of water)
WHERE: Reed Lodge, Oregon State University, 1500 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331
WHEN: Thursday, August 1, 2019, 4:00 – 7:00pm
Contact: Kathy Becker-Blease, Psychology, Oregon State University

LEARN MORE: Workshop for High School Psychology Teachers
“APA, the American Psychological Foundation and Oregon State University are pleased to announce an extended summer workshop for high school psychology teachers. The workshop will give attendees an opportunity to share peer-to-peer creative ideas and learn new concepts to further enhance teaching skills. This workshop will bring together 25 high school psychology teachers to learn from master teachers, listen to faculty research presentations and keynote addresses, and network with one another…”

Dinner presentation and art project
Kanani Miyamoto and Bill Griesar, NW Noggin

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin STEAM Projects

PRESENTATION SLIDES (ppt): OSU APA SLIDES 2019
PRESENTATION SLIDES (pdf): OSU APA SLIDES 2019

BRAIN AND ART WRANGLERS
Michael Deveney, PSU
Madi-Cho Richmond, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Paul Delahanty, PSU

Noggin + Camp ELSO @ OHSU!
2019-07-31 14:00 - 15:30 | School of Nursing, OHSU, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin joins Camp ELSO at OHSU
We did it!

Great questions, great organization, great connections, great fun!

WHERE: School of Nursing Building (SON), Room 364, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098
WHEN: Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 2:00 – 3:30pm

“Camp ELSO (Experience-Life-Science-Outdoors) is a community based environmental education focused nonprofit that uses the natural world to connect children from underrepresented communities to STEM.”

“Wofuro dua pa a:” (“When you climb a good tree” – you will get support)
LEARN MORE: About Camp ELSO
We’ll learn from ~25 4th – 6th graders from Camp ELSO during their visit to OHSU, take questions, talk brains and make art!
COME JOIN US! Email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu… 🙂
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Isidro Chan, PSU
Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Liliana Prychyna, PSU
Thomas Rounds, PSU
Alyona Kurelenkova, PSU
Matthew Marcel, PSU
Michael Deveney, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU

Noggin in St. Johns!
2019-06-27 09:30 - 11:30 | St Johns Racquet Center, 7519 N Burlington Ave, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
WHAT: Noggins @ Portland Tennis & Education program!
We did it! Learn more at the LINK…
Tennis Balls & Brains

WHERE: St Johns Racquet Center, 7519 N Burlington Ave, Portland, OR 97203
WHEN: Thursday, June 27, 2019, 9:30 – 11:30am

Contact: Stephanie Haas, Associate Director, Portland Tennis & Education

“PORTLAND TENNIS & EDUCATION is a non-profit organization that offers one-on-one tutoring, group tennis instruction, life skills instruction, and parent advocacy and training to K-12th grade participants in our year around program. We are dedicated to the academic success and lifelong health of Portland’s underserved youth, supporting them in becoming well-rounded learners, exceptional athletes, and global citizens.”

We made great connections with another Portland nonprofit dedicated to providing free outreach to currently underserved communities…

“Let knowledge serve the City…”
LEARN MORE: Noggin @ Portland Tennis & Education
We’re returning this June to meet with more K-3rd grade kids who are exploring anatomy this summer, and will focus on how different parts of our brains do different things…
9:30 – 10:00am: Brain map set up on the floor
10:00 – 10:20am: Introductions, questions, parts of the brain – we’ll ask what they already know about brains!
10:15 – 10:40am: Brain handling, more questions, a time to have fun examining 3D printed brains, animal skulls, and other compelling items…
10:40 – 11:15-30am: Drawing directly on the brain how you might describe what different parts do to someone else…

LEARN MORE: STEAM Art Projects
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Nathali May, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Mitch Tolander, PSU/University Studies FRINQ course
James Shasteen, PSU/University Studies FRINQ course
Thomas Rounds, PSU
Luis Carillo, PSU
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Jacob Schoen, OHSU

Noggin in La Grande!
2019-06-20 - 2019-06-22 | Eastern Oregonn University, One University Blvd, La Grande, OR, 97850, United States
We’re collaborating with the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center (NEOAHEC) and with Greater Oregon STEM (GO-STEM) to discuss neuroscience research, make art and examine real human brains with students at the FREE MedQuest Camp in La Grande, Oregon!

We did it! Click the link to learn more…
LTP in La Grande

WHAT: NW Noggin arts & brains @ NEOAHEC MedQuest Camp
WHERE: Eastern Oregon University, One University Blvd, La Grande, OR 97850
WHEN: Thursday, June 20 – Saturday, June 22
CONTACT: Brittany Hargrove, Administrative and Outreach Coordinator, Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center
We’ll drive to La Grande on Thursday, June 20, and work with ~75 students on Friday, June 21, and another 75 more on Saturday morning (6/22)…
Thursday, June 20th
Drive to La Grande, Oregon
We arrived!

261 miles from Portland; 4.5 hour drive
STAY: Alikut Hall, Eastern Oregon University

This is the EOU dorm you will be staying in. If you are coming up the 6th Street hill, continue to drive past the main part of campus and then turn left on G Avenue. Drive past the Fitness Center and turn left once you see a building with a red roof.

5 P.M. – Arrive at Alikut Hall. (MEREDITH LAIR will meet you to provide dorm keys). Please only park vehicles that you need immediate access to in the Alikut parking lot. Other vehicles can be parked in the gravel lot at Community Stadium.
6 P.M. – Dinner at EOU’s Hoke Cafeteria

Friday, June 21st
Eastern Oregon University, One University Blvd, La Grande, OR 97850
Brains, art and questions! 8:00am – 3:00pm
STAY: Alikut Hall, Eastern Oregon University

We did it!

***7 A.M. – Breakfast in Hoke Cafeteria
7:30 A.M. – Set up in Ackerman Hall 210, Eastern Oregon University
8 A.M. – NW Noggin brain activities
12 P.M. – Lunch for volunteers catered in Huber Auditorium (BH 102)
1 P.M. – Camp wrap-up in EOU Huber Auditorium (Badgley Hall 102). NW Noggin volunteers welcome to attend!

5 P.M. – Dinner courtesy of GO-STEM!! (thank you!)

Friday afternoon at Morgan Lake…
Saturday, June 22nd
Additional outreach with GO-STEM; 9:00am – 11:30am

DOWNLOAD POSTER: NW Noggin Camp (1)
LEARN MORE: BRAIN CAMP!
We’re on our way!

7 A.M. – Breakfast and set up at La Grande Middle School, 1108 Fourth Street, La Grande, OR..! Please gather all dorm keys and return to Bill Griesar this morning.
9 A.M. – Community outreach in the morning with Greater Oregon STEM (GO-STEM).
Both breakfast and lunch provided by GO-STEM.

We did it!!

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Aaron Eisen, PSU/PSU Neuro Club
3. Jacob Schoen, OHSU
4. Ashley Keates, PSU
5. Gail Stonebarger, OHSU
6. Julia Schmidt, PSU Neuro Club
7. Julia Gullikson, PSU Neuro Club
8. Gwen Starck, PSU
9. Cam Howard, PSU
See what we did in La Grande in 2017!
Blue Mountain Brains!

Sheep brain dissection @ Fort Vancouver!
2019-06-04 07:25 - 14:05 | Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Fort Vancouver High
WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA 98661; Meet at Main School Office
WHEN: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019, 7:25am – 2:05pm
Join us at Fort Vancouver High School to talk (and DISSECT) brains!
We’re bringing Coco Donuts 🙂 And Biology teachers Coreyanne Russell and James Cederstrom are offering coffee!

The neuroscience research is clear:
Fort Vancouver starts TOO EARLY in the morning for healthy adolescent brain development and should move their classes at least one hour ahead.

LEARN MORE: Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption
Seattle did it! See what they discovered at the link…
LEARN MORE: Sleepmore in Seattle: Later school start times are associated with more sleep and better performance in high school students

1st Period: Cederstrom (PAP – Rm 523 – 24 students – 6 BRAINS)
Ricks (BIO – Rm 215 – 28 students – 7 BRAINS)
2nd Period: Russell (PAP – Rm 525 – 24 students – 6 BRAINS)
Ricks (BIO – Rm 215 – 29 students – 7 BRAINS)
3rd Period: Russell (BIO – Rm 525 – 28 students – 7 BRAINS)
4th Period: Russell (BIO – Rm 525 – 28 students – 7 BRAINS)
5th Period: Cederstrom (BIO – Rm 523 – 30 students – 7 BRAINS)
6th Period: Russell (PAP BIO – Rm 525 – 31 students – 8 BRAINS)

LEARN MORE: Directional terms handout
LEARN MORE: Sheep brain dissection

Can you find the superior colliculi?
See what we’ve done previously at the home of the Trappers!
What will your students remember in five years?

Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!

A Brain Bonanza @ Fort Vancouver High!

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club
Andrew Stanley, PSU
Ariana Gonzalez, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU
Filip Fullerton, PSU FRINQ Neuroscience of Creativity
McKiethan Wilson, PSU
Nathali May, PSU/NIH BUILD Exito
Christian Studebaker, PSU (7:25am – 9:30am)
Jose Perez Quinchuela, PSU/NIH BUILD Exito (8:15am – 2:05pm)
Chandelle Bates, PSU
Julia Gullikson, PSU Neuro Club
Ruth Marigomen, WSUV

Noggin @ Legacy Labs!
2019-05-30 09:00 - 11:00 | Legacy Research Institute, 1225 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to labs at Legacy Research Institute (LRI)
We did it!

THANK YOU Danielle Osborne and Cheri Stowell at Legacy for an extraordinary, “eye-opening” tour!

WHERE: Legacy Research Institute, 1225 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232
WHEN: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 9:00am – 11:00am

Our undergraduate volunteers from Psychology/Neuroscience at Portland State University are invited to tour the research labs at the Legacy Research Institute in Portland, including labs at the Devers Eye Institute.

For those curious to learn more about research and clinical care, and explore opportunities for internships, this is a chance to hear directly from those involved.
“The Legacy Research Institute (LRI) is a…state-of-the art research facility where a wide range of research including preclinical, basic, clinical and clinical trials, medical outcomes, and surgical advances and training are conducted. LRI fosters a culture of innovation and creative collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and other scientists both within Legacy Health and beyond.“

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuroscience Club
2. Louis Sumrall, PSU Neuroscience Club
3. Sai Kiersarsky, PSU Neuroscience Club
4. Jesse Benefiel, PSU Neuroscience Club
5. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
6. Emily Burgess, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
7. Brockton Dowling, PSU
8. Jeehoon Jung, WSUV
9. Michael Deveney, PSU
10. Brenda Yan, PSU
11. Andrew Stanley, PSU

Draw Brains @ PDX Art & Learning!
2019-05-28 10:30 - 12:30 | The Portland Art & Learning Studios, 4852 NE Martin Luther King Jr BLVD, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin @ The Portland Art & Learning Studios, a program of Albertina Kerr
We did it! We LOVE THIS PLACE!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Empowerment through Art & Brains

Ricky David’s awesome picture of a brain!

We are very excited to continue collaborating with these talented and enthusiastic artists.

The accomplished ceramicist Matthew Spencer!
From Daniel…

“THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! TODAY WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ARTISTS LOVED IT! THE STAFF LOVED IT!!!!!! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!! Let me know how I can help you guys out with anything and when you can come back to the studio!!! BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

LEARN MORE: NW NOGGIN ON MAY 28TH
WHERE: The Portland Art & Learning Studios, 4852 NE Martin Luther King Jr BLVD, Portland, OR 97211
WHEN: Tuesday, May 28, 10:30am – 12:30pm
Contact: Daniel Rolnik, Gallery Director, Portland Art & Learning Studio

“The Portland Art & Learning Studios is a 10,000 square foot art studio and gallery for adults experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities.”

“For over 111 years, Albertina Kerr has strengthened Oregon families and communities. Albertina Kerr empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health challenges and other social barriers to lead self-determined lives and reach their full potential.”

From Daniel: “We would love to have NW Noggin come to our studio with brains, so our artists can draw them! It would be incredible!!!”
We agree! We’ll bring real (extra!) brains, brain slices, 3D printed brains, and an assortment of brain cells in pipe cleaners. Come join us to learn from artists and talk about brains, and neurons – and draw them!!

Please RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@pdx.edu
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
Alyona Kurelenkova, PSU
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Allie Clark, OHSU
Kierra Wing, PSU/FRINQ Neuroscience of Creativity course
Zachary Fedinec, PSU/FRINQ Neuroscience of Creativity course
Jonathan Cuello, PSU/FRINQ Neuroscience of Creativity course

Noggin @ Astoria High School!
2019-05-22 - 2019-05-23 | Astoria High School, 1001 W Marine Dr #5829, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Astoria High School
We did it! Learn more at the link…
Accumbens in Astoria

WHERE: Astoria High School Library, 1001 W Marine Dr #5829, Astoria, OR 97103
WHEN: Thursday, May 23, 2019; 9:30am – 2:00pm
Housing for all volunteers in Astoria Wednesday night (5/22)

Contact: Meredith Payton, MSW, Talent Search Advisor, Clatsop Community College

Arrived Wednesday!

“For over a hundred years, Astoria High School has been an integral part of the Astoria community. With an enrollment of 600, our school offers a full curriculum of classes that prepare students for successful opportunities following high school.”

We’ll meet in the Main Office at 9:30am, and set up brains in the school library. From 10:07 – 10:29am, we’ll talk neuroscience and answer questions from any interested students during “flex time…” We’ll then meet with 42 students from the Human Performance and Painting classes from 10:30am until noon. We’ll join the Basic Design class after that from 12:36-2:00pm…

Lunch provided by the incomparable Street 14 Cafe!!

LEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
4. Michael Deveney, PSU/PSU Neuro Club
5. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
6. Aaron Eisen, PSU/PSU Neuro Club
7. Jordan Ray, PSU

Learn about past Noggin Synaptic Community Connections at the links!
Gray Matter in Grants Pass!

Synaptic Community Connections

Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Anthony Bossis
2019-05-20 17:30 - 21:00 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Magic mushrooms: Easing depression and anxiety at end of life

MAY 20, 2019
Anthony P. Bossis, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology, NYU Langone Health
NEW POST! Discover more at the link…

A less self-centered and more creative life

All Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:
The Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
and begin at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm!

Could the ancient practice of using psychedelic compounds for insight and healing have a legitimate and safe role in today’s health care? For many people, receiving a fatal diagnosis leads to psychological suffering, including anxiety and depression. Discover the intriguing implications of psilocybin-facilitated experiences in offering a sense of connection, meaning and transcendence at the end of life.
Anthony P. Bossis, Ph.D., conducts FDA-approved clinical trials in the reemerging field of psychedelic research. He is a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine investigating the effects of psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in specific species of mushrooms. Dr. Bossis was director of palliative care research, co-principal investigator, and session guide on the 2016 landmark clinical trial showing a significant reduction in psychological distress along with enhanced existential well-being from a single psilocybin-generated mystical experience in persons with cancer. He is also lead investigator on a trial evaluating psilocybin-generated mystical experience upon religious leaders. Subjective features of a mystical experience include unity, sacredness, transcendence, and a greater awareness of deeply felt positive emotions including that of love.
Dr. Bossis is a supervisor of psychotherapy at NYU-Bellevue Hospital Center and co-founder and former co-director of the Bellevue Hospital Palliative Care Service. He has a long-standing interest in comparative religion, consciousness research, and the interface of psychology and spirituality. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in NYC.

Mushrooms On The Mind, cut paper assemblage by Kim Hamblin
We’re bringing another 27 NW Noggin volunteers!!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Jacob Babb, PSU FRINQ course participant
4. Sage Bailey, PSU FRINQ course participant
5. Dante Mendoza , PSU FRINQ course participant
6. Ava Valenzuela, PSU FRINQ course participant
7. Dash Welch, PSU FRINQ course participant
8. Emily Carl, PSU FRINQ course participant
9. Kelsey Payne, PSU
10. Julia Gullikson, PSU
11. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
12. Veronika Lobova, WSU
13. Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club
14. Hannah Grazian, PSU
15. Cam Howard, PSU
16. Isidro Chan, PSU
17. Thomas Rounds, PSU
18. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU
19. Giovanny Vargas-Sanchez, PSU
20. Paul Delahanty, PSU
21. Ariana Gonzalez, PSU, PSU
22. Moxxy Rogers, PSU
23. Mary Lerner, PSU Neuro Club
24. Louis Sumrall, PSU Neuro Club President
25. Greyson Moore, PSU
26. Amanda Saideepane, PSU
27. Madison Cho-Richmond, PSU
Learn more about Noggin @ OBI Brain Awareness lectures here…
OBI Brain Awareness Lectures

STEAM Night @ Sarah J. Anderson Elementary
2019-05-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Sarah J. Anderson Elementary, 2215 NE 104th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98686, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Sarah J. Anderson Elementary STEAM Night!

We did it!

And WOW – we went through a LOT of brain wrangling gloves!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Seeing & STEAM in Vancouver

WHERE: Sarah J. Anderson Elementary, 2215 NE 104th Street, Vancouver, WA 98686
WHEN: Thursday, May 16, 5:00 – 7:00pm
Contact: Paul Gouveia, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Vancouver Public Schools

“Our purpose is to develop in every student a respect for diversity and a desire to attain his or her highest potential for academic, emotional, social and physical growth. Our school community will provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating educational environment that honors each unique individual.”

FROM PAUL: “We are a Spanish Dual Language Title I school with a school population that included 52% of students receiving Free and Reduced lunches. Thanks so much for all you do.”

Come join us at this arts-focused public elementary school. Please RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org…

Come join us!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Brockton Dowling, PSU
Genevieve Warner, PSU FRINQ
Veronika Lobova, WSUV
Emily Carl, PSU
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
José Perez Quinchuela, PSU

We LOVE STEAM Nights! See what we’ve done in other area schools…
Brains to Buckman!

The World Inside Their Heads

Sciencepalooza!

Applied neuroscience – & STEAM

STEAM Ahead @ Ionotropic Irvington

Health Fair @ Jefferson High School!
2019-05-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Jefferson High School
WHAT: High School Health Fair
We did it!

We love visiting Jeff!

WHERE: Jefferson High School, 5210 N Kerby St., Portland, OR 97217
WHEN: Thursday, May 16th from 11:30am – 1:00pm

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!

From Lynn: “Thank you so much for participating at the Health Fair at Jefferson on May 16th. Your NOGGIN group always does such an amazing job with everything you bring and the information you share!!”

“The students love your presentation and information. It is so fun to see them get so excited with science and the brain!!! Thanks again for making the Health Fair a success!!”

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
Michael Deveney, PSU
Filip Fullerton, PSU FRINQ
Kierra Wing, PSU/FRINQ class
Israel Larios-Grave, PSU/FRINQ class
Justin D. Caouette, OHSU
Gwen Starck, PSU
August Fox, PSU
Phillip Bouleh, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club

OHSU Research Week: Alternative Careers in Science Panel
2019-05-14 14:30 - 15:30 | OHSU Auditorium, OHSU, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, United States
WHAT: OHSU Research Week: Alternative Careers in Science Panel
WHERE: OHSU Auditorium, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239
WHEN: Tuesday, May 14, 2:30 – 3:30pm

“For a Ph.D. holder, the idea that any career can be classified as ‘alternative’ is obsolete.” –Ashrifia Adomako-Ankomah
Ask questions and hear panelists (including Bill Griesar of NW Noggin) discuss a range of career paths for Ph.D. science graduates…

Speakers in this Research Week panel will discuss how to make career transitions from academic research into areas of software engineering, product development, science communication, and other professions. Panelists will answer questions about how they transitioned from academia into outside careers and the skills to focus on to best make this transition.

Research Week, the annual celebration of OHSU research, showcases the work performed by faculty, students, research staff, postdocs and others across the entire university. Everyone at OHSU is welcome — it’s a great time to find out more about our Research Mission and meet the investigators.
Check out more Research Week events
LEARN MORE ABOUT ALTERNATIVE CAREER OPTIONS AT THE LINK…
Honest selves @ Hosford

“Oh the places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss
So-called “alternative careers in science,” including positions in science-related policy, regulatory oversight, private industry, K-12 education, the arts and community outreach have tremendous value, and have become the norm.
LEARN MORE: NIH Program Trains Scientists for Nontraditional Careers
LEARN MORE: Creating opportunities for science PhDs to pursue careers in high school education
LEARN MORE: Rethinking the Way We Do Research: The Benefits of Community-Engaged, Citizen Science Approaches and Nontraditional Collaborators
LEARN MORE: Psychology’s growth careers
LEARN MORE: Careers in Science Journalism and Writing
EXPLORE: Top 10 List Of Alternative Careers For PhD Science Graduates
EXPLORE: Alternative science careers: Beyond academia and industry
And learn how YOU can powerfully inspire others through science outreach, even with limited resources and support! Check out this link…
Thankful for brains

Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Lynne Shinto
2019-05-13 17:30 - 21:00 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Lifestyle tweaks for teen psychosis

MAY 13, 2019
Lynne Shinto, N.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University
She did it! New post here..!
Treating the whole person

All Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:
The Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
and begin at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm!

For teens with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, the medication they need can also lead to an inactive lifestyle, with potentially negative long-term health effects. Can simple activities like yoga, meditation and cooking meals offset medication side effects and reduce psychotic symptoms?
Lynne Shinto, N.D., M.P.H, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, Oregon. Her research focuses on evaluating the safety and effectiveness of complementary and integrative therapies in health conditions that include Alzheimer’s disease, dementia prevention, multiple sclerosis, and first episode psychosis in youth. Her expertise in research methodology include the design of single-agent studies to complex lifestyle interventions.
Dr. Shinto is the Principal Investigator on a number of NIH-funded studies that include a Career Development award (NCCIH formerly known as NCCAM) and NIA-funded R01s. In addition, she has received funding from the National MS Society (NMSS) and the OHSU Foundation.
Dr. Shinto received her ND from Bastyr University in 2000 and her MPH from OHSU in 2006. She is a member of the National MS Society’s Wellness in MS Research Committee whose task is to inform and outline guidelines for research on diet, physical activity, and emotional wellness in people with MS. She is the naturopathic provider at OHSU’s Center for Women’s Health Integrative Medicine Clinic, and has served as a reviewer for NCCIH, NIA, NMSS, and the Department of Defense.

We brought along 37 outreach volunteers!!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Zachary Fedinec, PSU FRINQ course participant
4. Kierra Wing, PSU FRINQ course participant
5. Nikkie Craid, PSU FRINQ course participant
6. Jasmine Higgins, PSU FRINQ course participant
7. Alisha J Steigerwald, PSU
8. Andrew Stanley, PSU
9. Dulce Maresco, PSU
10. Christina Rubio, PSU
11. Madeline Butts, PSU
12. Chandelle Bates, PSU
13. McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
14. Erin Hall, PSU
15. Jose Perez Quinchuela, PSU
16. Kindra Crick, NW Noggin
17. Anthony Almonte, WSUV
18. Jasmin Mabry, PSU
19. Amanda Saideepane, PSU
20. Luis Carrillo, PSU
21. Sivani Prakki, PSU
22. Thomas Rounds, PSU
23. Hannah Grazian, PSU
24. Angela Hendrix , NW Noggin
25. Violet Hendrix, NW Noggin
26. Ariana Gonzalez, PSU
27. Katie Werth, PSU
28. Jason Blume, PSU
29. Anna Kelly, PSU
30. Christina Moinot, PSU
31. Andrei Agapi, PSU
32. Julia Gullikson, PSU
33. Masha Mikhaylova, PSU
34. Leviticus Price, PSU
35. Brockton Dowling, PSU
36. Jana Sillay, PSU
37. Cora Krick, NW Noggin

MARCH FOR SCIENCE 2019!
2019-05-11 13:00 - 16:00 | University of Oregon Portland, 70 Northwest Couch Street, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
“Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is…delving in.” –Sally Ride
WHAT: March for Science PDX 2019
We did it!
SEE MORE AT THE LINK!!
Brains to the Streets!

So many people asking questions, inspired by young scientists, holding brains!

Hmmm…this is no longer a free, accessible, exuberant outdoor March, but an indoor “Science Fest,” with admission charges (!). We won’t formally attend, as there is limited access, and less focus on important policy implications of publicly funded research…

But we think a little “guerrilla neuroscience” might be fun..!
So today we’ll take to the streets with the Noggin Cart…

…and answer any questions people have about brains..!

“I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.” –Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
A March for Science should not be a paywalled, privileged-access event.

So much to explore, learn, make and apply!
Let’s connect with our community, and openly explore policy implications of neuroscience research on (for example) 1. sleep and school start times, 2. homelessness, mental health, policing, youth incarceration, immigration and government-sanctioned family separation, bias, dehumanized perception, child development and brains, 3. drugs and federal drug scheduling, 4. vaccines and preventable diseases – and a host of other critical topics where science can have a positive impact on us all!

Photo above by Jordan Ray: No tuition, no admission – your tax dollars already pay for research…
WHERE: Meet at University of Oregon Portland, 70 Northwest Couch Street, Portland OR 97209
WHEN: Saturday, May 11, 2019, 1-1:30pm (we’ll gather then) – 4pm
It’s going to be HOT, so we’ll bring plenty of water! Bring extra, too!

Whats the matter
Whats the matter
All I ask is why be afraid of this world
–Catie Curtis

LEARN MORE: MARCH FOR SCIENCE GLOBAL

We’re bringing our new 3D printed WOOD brain!

LEARN MORE: Make + Think + Code
TAKE ACTION

Check out MORE photos from past, FREE public science marches…

Marches aimed at supporting scientific research, education and outreach, asking questions, holding brains, making art – & calling unabashedly for evidence-based research to inform public policy! (We ❤️ this mission)

And happily this month, there are genuine, paywall-free Marches for Science taking place in New York City, and a host of other cities around the world..!

See what we’ve done at March for Science in past years…
Gray Matter Marching

Synapsing for Science!

PARTICIPANTS
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Chanel Carlascio, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Michael Deveney, PSU
Nathali May, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Dylan Smith, PSU
Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
Violet Hendrix, NW Noggin
Jason Blume, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU Neuro Club
Katie Werth, PSU Psi Chi
Gwen Starck, PSU
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
PLEASE NOTE: We understand that “Science Fest” used images of Noggin outreach to promote their paywalled event. We do not support, sanction or condone the use of our images for ventures that charge admission or tuition to the public – for a “March for Science.”

Anxiety, Baking & Brain
2019-05-08 15:30 - 16:30 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
WHAT: Neuroscience of Self-Care (“Cookies and the Brain”), a demonstration/presentation for Psi Chi
WHERE: Karl Miller Center (Room 390), Portland State University, 631 SW Harrison St, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 3:30 – 4:30pm

This May, the Psi Chi Club at PSU is throwing a series of events for mental health awareness month. This will be an “class” where attendees learn to bake sugar cookies and decorate them (thanks to instruction by Psi Chi President and former pastry chef Katie Werth).We’ll discuss research on anxiety and the brain, and strategies (including baking!) that might help…

DOWNLOAD SLIDES: Anxiety Psi Chi 2019 (ppt)
DOWNLOAD SLIDES: Anxiety Psi Chi 2019 (pdf)

Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Katie Witkiewitz
2019-05-06 17:30 - 21:00 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Good vibes only: Treating addiction with mindfulness

MAY 6, 2019
Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico
She did it! New post here..!
Power to Choose: Mindfulness & Addiction

All Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:
The Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
and begin at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm!

Can using mindfulness and meditation techniques help people reduce the intake of harmful substances and prevent relapse? Come hear about intriguing new scientific data on mindfulness and brain stimulation in addiction recovery.

Dr. Katie Witkiewitz is a Regents’ Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico with a joint appointment at the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions. The underlying theme of her research is the development of empirically-based models of addiction, with an emphasis on applying advanced quantitative research methods to better understand changes in addictive behavior over time. Dr. Witkiewitz is also a licensed clinical psychologist and has worked extensively on the development of a theoretical model of biopsychosocial influences on alcohol and drug relapse. This research has led to her collaborative work on the development and evaluation of mindfulness-based relapse prevention for addiction. She has conducted numerous empirical studies on the prediction of alcohol and drug relapse following treatment for substance use disorders, mechanisms of successful alcohol treatment outcomes, as well as the development of interventions to treat addiction. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Institute on Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Cancer Institute, totaling over $20 million in research funding since 2004.
Dr. Witkiewitz was born in Rochester, New York, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the State University of New York at Potsdam in 1999. She completed a Masters of Arts degree at the University of Montana in 2000 and her doctoral degree at the University of Washington in 2005 under the direction of Dr. G. Alan Marlatt. Todate, she has authored five books, over 175 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and she has given over 75 presentations and invited talks.

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Genevieve Warner, PSU FRINQ
4. Zach Langer, PSU FRINQ
5. Dominique Chen, PSU FRINQ
6. Jonathan Cuello, PSU FRINQ
7. Thomas Rounds, PSU
8. Damian Thomas, PSU
9. Chandelle Bates, PSU
10. Philip Bouleh, PSU
11. Emily Burgess, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
12. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
MORE BRAIN AWARENESS TALKS COMING UP!
Lynne Shinto: Lifestyle tweaks for teen psychosis
Anthony Bossis: Magic mushrooms: Easing depression and anxiety at end of life

PSU Neuro: Extreme Craft Night!
2019-05-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club Extreme Craft Party!
We did it! THANK YOU Kanani Miyamoto for relief print stamps 🙂

WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 323, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, May 2nd, 6:30 – 8:30pm

PRINT FLYER: Extreme Craft Night

Bipolar cell
Cone Cell
Synapse
horizontal cell
Multipolar cell 2
Multipolar cell
p ganglion cell
FOOD WILL BE SERVED!!

SfN 2019 Abstract SUBMITTED!
2019-05-02 | OR
We did it!

We’ve submitted another Theme J abstract for the annual Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago this fall..!

More details are at the links below. We’re also immersed in planning outreach in local public schools and perhaps other public venues during the conference itself..!

All is in motion, is growing, is you

Corrections, Bias & Brains

Learn more about some past Noggin experiences at the largest professional organization for neuroscientists from around the globe…
Noggins & Noodles @ SfN!

Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

Serving 700 students at SfN!

Art & Science @ SfN 2016

Community Neuroscience

Noggin @ Portland Tennis & Education
2019-04-25 14:30 - 16:00 | St Johns Racquet Center, 7519 N Burlington Ave, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Portland Tennis & Education program
We did it! Great visit today, and plans for a June return!

“He’s the one who always says ‘This is boring.’ There was none of that today!”
WHERE: St Johns Racquet Center, 7519 N Burlington Ave, Portland, OR 97203
WHEN: Thursday, April 25, 2019, 2:30 – 4:00pm
Contact: Jorge Fuenmayor, Executive Director, Portland Tennis & Education

“PORTLAND TENNIS & EDUCATION is a non-profit organization that offers one-on-one tutoring, group tennis instruction, life skills instruction, and parent advocacy and training to K-12th grade participants in our year around program. We are dedicated to the academic success and lifelong health of Portland’s underserved youth, supporting them in becoming well-rounded learners, exceptional athletes, and global citizens.”

We made connections with another Portland nonprofit dedicated to providing free outreach to underserved communities…

“Let knowledge serve the City…”
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Nathali May, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Mitch Tolander, PSU/University Studies FRINQ course
Olivia McBride, PSU/University Studies FRINQ course
James Shasteen, PSU/University Studies FRINQ course

Noggin @ Girls Rock Coos Bay!
2019-04-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
WHAT: Noggin “Neuroscience for Everyone” @ Girls Rock
WHERE: Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420
WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 2019, 5:00pm – 7:00pm

DOWNLOAD FLYER: Girls Rock 2019

Noggin @ Ardenwald Elementary
2019-04-18 07:45 - 13:55 | Ardenwald Elementary, 8950 SE 36th Street, Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Ardenwald Elementary School
We did it!
Thankful for brains

LEARN MORE: Thankful for brains

WHERE: Ardenwald Elementary School, 8950 SE 36th Street, Milwaukie, OR 97222
WHEN: Thursday, April 18, 7:45am – 1:55pm
NOTE: The school is reachable by the Orange Line MAX: It’s ~20 minute walk from the SE Tacoma/Johnson Creek MAX Station

NW Noggin has been invited back to school by teacher Terri Saunders to meet with students at Ardenwald Elementary in the North Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Oregon.

This is the second of two visits to Ardenwald this week (we also visited – for seven hours! – on Tuesday, April 16). If you’re ever spending a day at Ardenwald, get lunch at the Luang Prabang food cart on SE 13th in Sellwood… (yum!).

We’ll arrive at 7:45am to set up our classroom, we’ll have three stations that students will rotate through: (1) a brain station, (2) a pipe cleaner neuron station, and (3) a brain map station.

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin STEAM Art Projects

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Emily Carl, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Greyson Moore, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU (until 1:00pm)
Darrin Lane, PSU
Nathali May, PSU
Isidro Chan, PSU
Phillip Bouleh, PSU
Michael Deveney, PSU
Anastasia Kovgan, PSU
Alisha J Steigerwald, PSU
Nita Sridharan, PSU
August Fox, PSU
Jose Perez Quinchuela, PSU
Amanda Saideepane, PSU
Hayley Nelson, PSU

See what we’ve done at Ardenwald in the past!
Axons @ Ardenwald!

Noggin @ Brown: Cannabis, Pain, Bias & Brain
2019-04-16 18:00 - 20:30 | Andina Restaurant, 1314 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: “Cannabis, Pain, Bias & Brain” at Brown University dinner
WHERE: Andina Restaurant, 1314 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 – 8:30pm

Artist Frida Kahlo survived a bus accident in 1925, which broke her spinal column, collarbone, ribs, pelvis and right leg, crushed and dislocated her right foot, dislocated her shoulder – and left her with terrible, psychologically debilitating bouts of chronic pain.
A provocative and entertaining evening at Andina restaurant featuring Bill Griesar ’87, Ph.D, Senior Instructor in Psychology at Portland State University and Co-Founder and Neuroscience Coordinator of NW Noggin and Jeff Leake, M.F.A., artist, PSU instructor and Co-Founder and Art Coordinator of NW Noggin. We’ll be joined by Andy Shaindlin ’86, Vice President for Alumni Relations at Brown University.

We will explore neuroscience, cannabis, addiction, pain relief, bias in enforcement, and public policy.

SLIDES (ppt): Cannabis, Pain, Bias & Brain
SLIDES (pdf): Cannabis, Pain, Bias & Brain

Marijuana remains a Schedule I “illicit” drug at the federal level, and the University of Mississippi samples used for research do not reflect what Americans actually consume.

Cannabis and Cannabinoids for Chronic Pain

“We found that inhaled (smoked or vaporized) cannabis is consistently effective in reducing chronic non-cancer pain. Oral cannabinoids seem to improve some aspects of chronic pain (sleep and general quality of life), or cancer chronic pain, but they do not seem effective in acute postoperative pain, abdominal chronic pain, or rheumatoid pain. The available literature shows that inhaled cannabis seems to be more tolerable and predictable than oral cannabinoids…”

Cannabis for Chronic Pain: Challenges and Considerations
“The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has found substantial evidence that cannabis (plant) is effective for the treatment of chronic pain in adults, and moderate evidence that oromucosal cannabinoids (extracts, especially nabiximols) improve short-term sleep disturbances in chronic pain. The paradoxical superiority of the cannabis plant over cannabinoid molecules represents a challenge for the medical community and the established processes that define modern pharmacy…”
Cannabinoids and Pain: New Insights From Old Molecules
“Recent meta-analyses of clinical trials that have examined the use of medical cannabis in chronic pain present a moderate amount of evidence that cannabis/cannabinoids exhibit analgesic activity, especially in neuropathic pain…”

LEARN MORE: Marijuana legalization means fewer opioid deaths
LEARN MORE: Listening to testimony at p:ear

Noggin @ Ardenwald Elementary
2019-04-16 07:45 - 13:55 | Ardenwald Elementary, 8950 SE 36th Street, Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Ardenwald Elementary School
We did it!
Thankful for brains

LEARN MORE: Thankful for brains

WHERE: Ardenwald Elementary School, 8950 SE 36th Street, Milwaukie, OR 97222
WHEN: Tuesday, April 16, 7:45am – 1:55pm
NOTE: The school is reachable by the Orange Line MAX: It’s ~20 minute walk from the SE Tacoma/Johnson Creek MAX Station

NW Noggin has been invited by teacher Terri Saunders to meet with students at Ardenwald Elementary in the North Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Oregon. The Milwaukie area is part of the homeland of the Clackamas Indians, members of the Upper Chinook language group who occupied all of present day Clackamas County, from the Willamette River to the Cascades.

LEARN MORE: Portland Basin Chinookan Villages in the early 1800s
This is the first of TWO visits to Ardenwald this week (the second is scheduled for Thursday, April 18)…
LEARN MORE: Noggin @ Ardenwald Elementary THURSDAY (4/18)
We’ll arrive at 7:45am to set up our classroom, we’ll have three stations that students will rotate through: (1) a brain station, (2) a pipe cleaner neuron station, and (3) a brain map station.

Please RSVP if you can join us: griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Gwen Starck, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Kailey Wood, PSU
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
Cam Howard, PSU (until 1:00pm)
Darrin Lane, PSU
Nathali May, PSU
Anastasia Kovgan, PSU
Michael Deveney, PSU (from 11:00am)
Emily Carl, PSU (until 9:15am)
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU

See what we’ve done at Ardenwald in the past!
Axons @ Ardenwald!
