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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (3)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers! \n \nWHEN:\n1. Thursday\, April 22\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n2. Friday\, April 23\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n3. Thursday\, April 29\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n4. Friday\, April 30\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe’re going back to school! \n \nPortland Public Schools is on a “hybrid” schedule\, and we’ll meet virtually with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School for four days in April! The first week (4/22 & 4/23) we learned what kids already know and wanted to know about their brains\, introduced ourselves\, talked neuroscience research and discovered how to make our own neurons and glia. \n \nLEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain \nWe’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home! \n \nLEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells! \nMore details coming soon!  \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠 \nWhat about the glia?\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n8. Joanna DeMeyer\, Oregon State University\n9. Anna Traylor\, PSU\n10. William Leverette\, PSU
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside PPS! (4)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWHERE: Google Meet link coming soon for Noggin volunteers! \nWHEN:\n1. Thursday\, April 22\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n2. Friday\, April 23\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n3. Thursday\, April 29\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific)\n4. Friday\, April 30\, 12:30 – 2:00pm (Pacific) \nWe’re going back to school! \n \nPortland Public Schools is on a “hybrid” schedule\, and we’ll meet virtually with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School for four days in April! The first week (4/22 & 4/23) we learned what kids already know and wanted to know about their brains\, introduced ourselves\, talked neuroscience research and discovered how to make our own neurons and glia. \n \nLEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain \nWe’ll follow up week two (4/29 & 4/30) by sharing “found object” brain cells we make at home! \n \nCHECK OUT STUDENT BRAIN CELLS!! \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nLEARN MORE: Pipe Cleaner and FOUND OBJECT Brain Cells! \nTHIS FRIDAY we’ll also welcome celebrated neuroscientist and children’s book author Dr. Theanne Griffith\, who recently headlined NOGGINFEST! \n \nShe’s excited to see the brain cells kids create\, and afterwards will read from her Magnificent Makers series about exploring the brain! \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE COVID 🦠 \nWhat about the glia?\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU\n4. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n8. Carli Cox\, PSU/Rosenbaum scholar\n9. Dr. Theanne Griffith\, UC Davis\n10. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n11. Anna Traylor\, PSU\n12. William Leverette\, PSU\n13. Wilson Lubeck\, PSU\n14. Danny Leister-Gray\, PSU
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SUMMARY:NW Noggin @ MacLaren POSTPONED!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin visit @ Maclaren Youth Correctional Facility \nWHERE: Via ZOOM link (we’ll email to volunteers!) \nWHEN: POSTPONED (unit in quarantine; new date/time TBD) \n“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.” \n— The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience \nWe 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. \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jaboa Lake\, PSU\n4. Joanna DeMeyer\, Oregon State University\n5. Joey Seuferling\, UW Medical School\n6. Annika Hokanson\, PSU\n7. William Leverette\, PSU\n8. Alisha Steigerwald\, PSU/PSU Neuro Club\n9. Kit Carlton\, artist\n10. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU \nLearn more about NW Noggin at MacLaren at these links: \nMyelinating @ MacLaren!\n \nAll is in motion\, is growing\, is you\n \nLEARN MORE: Youth get visual\, hands-on experience with the brain \nCorrections\, Bias & Brains
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SUMMARY:Black in Biophysics Week PANEL!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Black in Biophysics PANEL \nWHERE: ZOOM (REGISTER HERE) \nWHEN: Tuesday\, May 11th\, 2021\, 1-2pm EST/12-1pm CST/11am – 12pm Pacific \n\nWelcome to Black In Biophysics Week! \n\nFROM BLACK IN BIOPHYSICS: Black In Biophysics is an organization/movement that aims to recognize and celebrate Black biophysicists. We hope to use our platform to create a more inclusive environment in science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics (STEM) fields by supporting underrepresented students in our own field of biophysics and beyond. \n \n#BIBPSNextGenerations on Tuesday\, May 11th\, 2021\n\nJoin our panel discussion with scientists of diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. Students at middle schools and high schools will have the opportunity to see the exciting experiments of Black scientists and speak to and have their questions answered by the panelists. To ensure maximum student participation\, we encourage that teachers share the panel in their classrooms. Q&A session to follow. \nJoin us on Zoom from 1-2pm EST/12-1pm CST/11am – 12pm Pacific \nPanelists:\nBobbie Brown\nPhD Student in Neuroscience\nWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis \n \nJuliet Obi\nPhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences\nUniversity of Maryland\, Baltimore \n \nChase Webb\nPhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences\nUniversity of California San Francisco \n \nJohn Del Rosario\, Ph.D.\nPostdoctoral Researcher\nWashington University in St. Louis \n \nTaviare Hawkins\, Ph.D.\nChair and Professor of Physics\nUniver­sity of Wisconsin – La Crosse \n \nModerator:\nJamaine Davis\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nMeharry Medical College \n \nRegistration is required to receive an email with the Zoom link.
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Astoria! (1)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Astoria High School\, Astoria\, OR\n \nWHERE: Both virtual (link coming to volunteers) and LIVE visits! \nWHEN:\n1. Tuesday\, May 11\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual) \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE:\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \n2. Thursday\, May 20\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Friday\, May 21\, 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific (LIVE; outdoor location TBD) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to school in this remarkable river city\, and hear what high school juniors and seniors are learning about brains! We’ll gather virtually on Tuesday (5/11) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. We’ll be back online Thursday (5/20)  –  and LIVE Friday (5/21)  –  to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \n \n(This time we’ll be outdoors\, physically distanced and masked!) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n5. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n7. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n8. Melissa Sek\, PSU\n9. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n10. Annika Hokanson\, PSU \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Neuron Project \nStudent Questions!\n\n\n\n\n\nCould you modify the brain to forget how to die\, therefore living forever? \n\n\n\n\nWhat are alters actually in DID? \n“There is not a clear understanding of DID etiopathology\, there is no standardized method of diagnosis\, and as such\, the disorder has been plagued by a history of fabrication case studies (North\, 2015). For these reasons\, the disorder is opposed by many psychiatrists. To address this controversy\, researchers have begun to examine the neurological basis of DID in an effort to provide stronger physical evidence for the disorder.” \nLEARN MORE: A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder \n\n\n\n\nWhat was one interesting thing learned from Henry M.’s brain? (Patient H.M.) \n \n\n\n\n\nHow do we know if most humans really perceive colors the same? \n\n\n\n\nCould you use electrodes in the brain to simulate certain emotions or trigger certain memories or reactions? \n\n\n\n\nHow efficient is your brain at running\, like how much energy does it make \n \nWhile making up only a small fraction of our total body mass\, the brain represents the largest source of energy consumption—accounting for over 20% of total oxygen metabolism. Of this\, it is estimated that neurons consume 75%–80% of energy produced in the brain. This energy is primarily utilized at the synapse with a large proportion spent in restoration of neuronal membrane potentials following depolarization. Other neuronal functions such as vesicle recycling\, neurotransmitter synthesis and axoplasmic transport also contribute to synaptic energy depletion and the requirement for an elevated metabolic rate in neurons. Energy requirements are therefore not uniform throughout the brain but instead increased in localized regions dependent on neuronal activity. \nLEARN MORE: Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease \nIn a group of healthy volunteers\, the researchers showed that different brain regions that serve distinct functions have notably different power and different cost. They then investigated the effects of alcohol on these new measures by assessing a group of people that included light drinkers and heavy drinkers and found that both acute and chronic exposure to alcohol affected power and cost of brain regions. Brain imaging used by NIH scientists to improve our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain. \n“In heavy drinkers\, we saw less regional power for example in the thalamus\, the sensory gateway\, and frontal cortex of the brain\, which is important for decision making\,” said Dr. Shokri-Kojori. “These decreases in power were interpreted to reflect toxic effects of long-term exposure to alcohol on the brain cells.” \nLEARN MORE: NIH study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects \n\n\n\n\nHow fast can the brain process information? \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens to the brain when you are dehydrated? \n\n\n\n\nHow does caffeine affect the brain? \n \nCaffeine\, a chemical\, acts to block (or “antagonize”) receptors for adenosine\, a chemical that binds to the adenosine receptors. This reduces the release of some important neurotransmitters\, among them dopamine\, norepinephrine\, serotonin and acetylcholine that are essential for staying alert and awake. Adenosine is a nucleotide (found in DNA\, mRNA)\, and is also part of an important energy substrate known as ATP\, or adenosine tri-phosphate. \nAs your day progresses\, and you express your genes and use up ATP\, your bloodstream levels of adenosine rise\, and bind to adenosine receptors in several cerebral regions\, including an area beneath the frontal cortex called the basal forebrain. This decreases brain activity and you feel sleepy\, and cognitively a little slow  –  appropriately ready\, of course\, for a restorative nap. \nBut then Kat\, Olivia or Micha serve you a glorious and rewarding cup of Stumptown at Street 14\, and the caffeine finds your brain’s adenosine receptors\, displacing that downer adenosine and transiently attaching itself to the receptors instead. Caffeine blocks the normal response of these receptors\, so again\, it is considered an adenosine receptor antagonist. \nThere remain copious swarms of adenosine molecules circulating in your blood\, and your body still needs that rest\, but your brain is no longer listening to this chemical signal with caffeine antagonizing the receptors in the basal forebrain and elsewhere where adenosine would normally act. You’re up! \nLEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14 \nLEARN MORE: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong? \nIf someone experiences a certain emotion a lot does that make it more likely for them to experience that emotion more often? \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nWould it be possible to keep a brain alive/working without it being attached to a real body? \n\n\n\n\nCould you make a brain process more information faster and basically improve everybody’s brainpower. Maybe in the future curing brain illnesses. \n\n\n\n\nDoes long-term alcohol use affect the brain and how it functions? \nAlcohol is a fascinating molecule\, easily capable of crossing membranes and gaining access to the brain\, with a water soluble hydroxyl (-OH) “head\,” and a fat soluble\, two carbon “body” – making it appear\, suggests Dr. Grant\, a bit like a friendly dog. \nLEARN MORE: What’s a “drink..?” At the Newmark for beer & brains \n\n\n\n\nHow is the brain able to store and find memories \n\n\n\n\nCan all drugs modify the chemical makeup of the brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhat is happening in the brain when someone gets a headache \n \nA headache may feel like a pain inside your brain\, but it’s not. Most headaches begin in the many nerves of the muscles and blood vessels that surround your head\, neck\, and face. These pain-sensing nerves can be set off by stress\, muscle tension\, enlarged blood vessels\, and other triggers. Once activated\, the nerves send messages to the brain\, and it can feel like the pain is coming from deep within your head. \nLEARN MORE: What To Do When Your Head Hurts \nLEARN MORE: NIH Headache Information Page \n\n\n\n\nWould sending electrical signals to certain parts of the brain move certain parts of the body? \n\n\n\n\nHow much do we truly know about the human brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhen you take a hallucinogenic drug what’s going on in your brain? Some say they see things when they take HD. Is the brain causing that? \n \nA defining quality of any psychedelic is its ability to bind to and “activate” (i.e.\, act as an “agonist” at) the 5HT-2A receptor (one of fifteen different receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin). \nLEARN MORE: Psychedelic Portland \n\n\n\n\nCould we change the way our bodies combat sickness? To aim towards drugs being the main defender\, and to lower the number of symptoms you will have with a sickness\, like not having a runny nose if you catch a cold. \n\n\n\n\nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE IN CLATSOP COUNTY BEFORE\nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Astoria! (2)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Astoria High School\, Astoria\, OR \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE:\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \nWHERE: Both virtual (link coming to volunteers) and LIVE visits! \nWHEN:\n1. Tuesday\, May 11\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Thursday\, May 20\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Friday\, May 21\, 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific (LIVE; outdoor location TBD) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to school in this remarkable river city\, and hear what high school juniors and seniors are learning about brains! \n \nWe gathered virtually on Tuesday (5/11) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. We returned Thursday (5/20)  –  to see all the neurons and glial cells and consider more questions about brains! \n \n \nWe have one visit left this spring  –  a LIVE brain wrangling experience for high school students and Clatsop Community College students in Astoria! \n \n(This time we’ll be outdoors\, physically distanced and masked!) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Yuri Sugano\, University of Chicago\n5. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n7. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n8. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n9. Annika Hokanson\, PSU\n10. Cassidy Wilson\, University of Chicago Neuroscience Club\n11. Alisha Steigerwald\, PSU Neuroscience Club\n12. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Neuron Project \nStudent Questions!\n \n\n\n\n\nCould you modify the brain to forget how to die\, therefore living forever? \n\n\n\n\nWhat are alters actually in DID? \n“There is not a clear understanding of DID etiopathology\, there is no standardized method of diagnosis\, and as such\, the disorder has been plagued by a history of fabrication case studies (North\, 2015). For these reasons\, the disorder is opposed by many psychiatrists. To address this controversy\, researchers have begun to examine the neurological basis of DID in an effort to provide stronger physical evidence for the disorder.” \nLEARN MORE: A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder \n\n\n\n\nWhat was one interesting thing learned from Henry M.’s brain? (Patient H.M.) \n \n\n\n\n\nHow do we know if most humans really perceive colors the same? \n\n\n\n\nCould you use electrodes in the brain to simulate certain emotions or trigger certain memories or reactions? \n\n\n\n\nHow efficient is your brain at running\, like how much energy does it make \n \nWhile making up only a small fraction of our total body mass\, the brain represents the largest source of energy consumption—accounting for over 20% of total oxygen metabolism. Of this\, it is estimated that neurons consume 75%–80% of energy produced in the brain. This energy is primarily utilized at the synapse with a large proportion spent in restoration of neuronal membrane potentials following depolarization. Other neuronal functions such as vesicle recycling\, neurotransmitter synthesis and axoplasmic transport also contribute to synaptic energy depletion and the requirement for an elevated metabolic rate in neurons. Energy requirements are therefore not uniform throughout the brain but instead increased in localized regions dependent on neuronal activity. \nLEARN MORE: Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease \nIn a group of healthy volunteers\, the researchers showed that different brain regions that serve distinct functions have notably different power and different cost. They then investigated the effects of alcohol on these new measures by assessing a group of people that included light drinkers and heavy drinkers and found that both acute and chronic exposure to alcohol affected power and cost of brain regions. Brain imaging used by NIH scientists to improve our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain. \n“In heavy drinkers\, we saw less regional power for example in the thalamus\, the sensory gateway\, and frontal cortex of the brain\, which is important for decision making\,” said Dr. Shokri-Kojori. “These decreases in power were interpreted to reflect toxic effects of long-term exposure to alcohol on the brain cells.” \nLEARN MORE: NIH study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects \n\n\n\n\nHow fast can the brain process information? \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens to the brain when you are dehydrated? \n\n\n\n\nHow does caffeine affect the brain? \n \nCaffeine\, a chemical\, acts to block (or “antagonize”) receptors for adenosine\, a chemical that binds to the adenosine receptors. This reduces the release of some important neurotransmitters\, among them dopamine\, norepinephrine\, serotonin and acetylcholine that are essential for staying alert and awake. Adenosine is a nucleotide (found in DNA\, mRNA)\, and is also part of an important energy substrate known as ATP\, or adenosine tri-phosphate. \nAs your day progresses\, and you express your genes and use up ATP\, your bloodstream levels of adenosine rise\, and bind to adenosine receptors in several cerebral regions\, including an area beneath the frontal cortex called the basal forebrain. This decreases brain activity and you feel sleepy\, and cognitively a little slow  –  appropriately ready\, of course\, for a restorative nap. \nBut then Kat\, Olivia or Micha serve you a glorious and rewarding cup of Stumptown at Street 14\, and the caffeine finds your brain’s adenosine receptors\, displacing that downer adenosine and transiently attaching itself to the receptors instead. Caffeine blocks the normal response of these receptors\, so again\, it is considered an adenosine receptor antagonist. \nThere remain copious swarms of adenosine molecules circulating in your blood\, and your body still needs that rest\, but your brain is no longer listening to this chemical signal with caffeine antagonizing the receptors in the basal forebrain and elsewhere where adenosine would normally act. You’re up! \nLEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14 \nLEARN MORE: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong? \nIf someone experiences a certain emotion a lot does that make it more likely for them to experience that emotion more often? \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nWould it be possible to keep a brain alive/working without it being attached to a real body? \n\n\n\n\nCould you make a brain process more information faster and basically improve everybody’s brainpower. Maybe in the future curing brain illnesses. \n \n\n\n\n\nDoes long-term alcohol use affect the brain and how it functions? \nAlcohol is a fascinating molecule\, easily capable of crossing membranes and gaining access to the brain\, with a water soluble hydroxyl (-OH) “head\,” and a fat soluble\, two carbon “body” – making it appear\, suggests Dr. Grant\, a bit like a friendly dog. \nLEARN MORE: What’s a “drink..?” At the Newmark for beer & brains \n\n\n\n\nHow is the brain able to store and find memories \n\n\n\n\nCan all drugs modify the chemical makeup of the brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhat is happening in the brain when someone gets a headache \n\n \n\n\nA headache may feel like a pain inside your brain\, but it’s not. Most headaches begin in the many nerves of the muscles and blood vessels that surround your head\, neck\, and face. These pain-sensing nerves can be set off by stress\, muscle tension\, enlarged blood vessels\, and other triggers. Once activated\, the nerves send messages to the brain\, and it can feel like the pain is coming from deep within your head. \nLEARN MORE: What To Do When Your Head Hurts \nLEARN MORE: NIH Headache Information Page \n\n\n\n\nWould sending electrical signals to certain parts of the brain move certain parts of the body? \n\n\n\n\nHow much do we truly know about the human brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhen you take a hallucinogenic drug what’s going on in your brain? Some say they see things when they take HD. Is the brain causing that? \n \nA defining quality of any psychedelic is its ability to bind to and “activate” (i.e.\, act as an “agonist” at) the 5HT-2A receptor (one of fifteen different receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin). \nLEARN MORE: Psychedelic Portland \n\n\n\n\nCould we change the way our bodies combat sickness? To aim towards drugs being the main defender\, and to lower the number of symptoms you will have with a sickness\, like not having a runny nose if you catch a cold. \n\n\n\n\n\nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE IN CLATSOP COUNTY BEFORE \nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Astoria LIVE! (3)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Astoria High School\, Astoria\, OR\n \nWe did it!\nAnd omg we LOVE live community outreach!! \nLEARN MORE:\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Both virtual (link coming to volunteers) and LIVE visits! \nWHEN:\n1. Tuesday\, May 11\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Thursday\, May 20\, 2:45 – 4:15pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Friday\, May 21\, 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific (LIVE; outdoor at Clatsop Community College\, courtyard outside Columbia Hall; 1651 Lexington Ave\, Astoria\, OR 97103) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to school in this remarkable river city\, and hear what high school juniors and seniors are learning about brains! We gathered virtually on Tuesday (5/11) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. \nNoggins in Astoria! (1)\n \nWe’re returning online Thursday (5/20)… \nNoggins in Astoria! (2)\n \n…and then LIVE Friday (5/21)  –  to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \n \n(We’ll be outdoors\, physically distanced and masked!) \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n3. Jasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n5. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n6. Annika Hokanson\, PSU\n7. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Neuron Project \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE IN CLATSOP COUNTY BEFORE \nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria\n \nStudent Questions!\n \n\n\n\n\nCould you modify the brain to forget how to die\, therefore living forever? \n\n\n\n\nWhat are alters actually in DID? \n“There is not a clear understanding of DID etiopathology\, there is no standardized method of diagnosis\, and as such\, the disorder has been plagued by a history of fabrication case studies (North\, 2015). For these reasons\, the disorder is opposed by many psychiatrists. To address this controversy\, researchers have begun to examine the neurological basis of DID in an effort to provide stronger physical evidence for the disorder.” \nLEARN MORE: A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder \n\n\n\n\nWhat was one interesting thing learned from Henry M.’s brain? (Patient H.M.) \n \n\n\n\n\nHow do we know if most humans really perceive colors the same? \n\n\n\n\nCould you use electrodes in the brain to simulate certain emotions or trigger certain memories or reactions? \n\n\n\n\nHow efficient is your brain at running\, like how much energy does it make \n \nWhile making up only a small fraction of our total body mass\, the brain represents the largest source of energy consumption—accounting for over 20% of total oxygen metabolism. Of this\, it is estimated that neurons consume 75%–80% of energy produced in the brain. This energy is primarily utilized at the synapse with a large proportion spent in restoration of neuronal membrane potentials following depolarization. Other neuronal functions such as vesicle recycling\, neurotransmitter synthesis and axoplasmic transport also contribute to synaptic energy depletion and the requirement for an elevated metabolic rate in neurons. Energy requirements are therefore not uniform throughout the brain but instead increased in localized regions dependent on neuronal activity. \nLEARN MORE: Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease \nIn a group of healthy volunteers\, the researchers showed that different brain regions that serve distinct functions have notably different power and different cost. They then investigated the effects of alcohol on these new measures by assessing a group of people that included light drinkers and heavy drinkers and found that both acute and chronic exposure to alcohol affected power and cost of brain regions. Brain imaging used by NIH scientists to improve our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain. \n“In heavy drinkers\, we saw less regional power for example in the thalamus\, the sensory gateway\, and frontal cortex of the brain\, which is important for decision making\,” said Dr. Shokri-Kojori. “These decreases in power were interpreted to reflect toxic effects of long-term exposure to alcohol on the brain cells.” \nLEARN MORE: NIH study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects \n\n\n\n\nHow fast can the brain process information? \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens to the brain when you are dehydrated? \n\n\n\n\nHow does caffeine affect the brain? \n \nCaffeine\, a chemical\, acts to block (or “antagonize”) receptors for adenosine\, a chemical that binds to the adenosine receptors. This reduces the release of some important neurotransmitters\, among them dopamine\, norepinephrine\, serotonin and acetylcholine that are essential for staying alert and awake. Adenosine is a nucleotide (found in DNA\, mRNA)\, and is also part of an important energy substrate known as ATP\, or adenosine tri-phosphate. \nAs your day progresses\, and you express your genes and use up ATP\, your bloodstream levels of adenosine rise\, and bind to adenosine receptors in several cerebral regions\, including an area beneath the frontal cortex called the basal forebrain. This decreases brain activity and you feel sleepy\, and cognitively a little slow  –  appropriately ready\, of course\, for a restorative nap. \nBut then Kat\, Olivia or Micha serve you a glorious and rewarding cup of Stumptown at Street 14\, and the caffeine finds your brain’s adenosine receptors\, displacing that downer adenosine and transiently attaching itself to the receptors instead. Caffeine blocks the normal response of these receptors\, so again\, it is considered an adenosine receptor antagonist. \nThere remain copious swarms of adenosine molecules circulating in your blood\, and your body still needs that rest\, but your brain is no longer listening to this chemical signal with caffeine antagonizing the receptors in the basal forebrain and elsewhere where adenosine would normally act. You’re up! \nLEARN MORE: Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14 \nLEARN MORE: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong? \nIf someone experiences a certain emotion a lot does that make it more likely for them to experience that emotion more often? \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nWould it be possible to keep a brain alive/working without it being attached to a real body? \n\n\n\n\nCould you make a brain process more information faster and basically improve everybody’s brainpower. Maybe in the future curing brain illnesses. \n \n\n\n\n\nDoes long-term alcohol use affect the brain and how it functions? \nAlcohol is a fascinating molecule\, easily capable of crossing membranes and gaining access to the brain\, with a water soluble hydroxyl (-OH) “head\,” and a fat soluble\, two carbon “body” – making it appear\, suggests Dr. Grant\, a bit like a friendly dog. \nLEARN MORE: What’s a “drink..?” At the Newmark for beer & brains \n\n\n\n\nHow is the brain able to store and find memories \n\n\n\n\nCan all drugs modify the chemical makeup of the brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhat is happening in the brain when someone gets a headache \n\n \n\n\nA headache may feel like a pain inside your brain\, but it’s not. Most headaches begin in the many nerves of the muscles and blood vessels that surround your head\, neck\, and face. These pain-sensing nerves can be set off by stress\, muscle tension\, enlarged blood vessels\, and other triggers. Once activated\, the nerves send messages to the brain\, and it can feel like the pain is coming from deep within your head. \nLEARN MORE: What To Do When Your Head Hurts \nLEARN MORE: NIH Headache Information Page \n\n\n\n\nWould sending electrical signals to certain parts of the brain move certain parts of the body? \n\n\n\n\nHow much do we truly know about the human brain? \n\n\n\n\nWhen you take a hallucinogenic drug what’s going on in your brain? Some say they see things when they take HD. Is the brain causing that? \n \nA defining quality of any psychedelic is its ability to bind to and “activate” (i.e.\, act as an “agonist” at) the 5HT-2A receptor (one of fifteen different receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin). \nLEARN MORE: Psychedelic Portland \n\n\n\n\nCould we change the way our bodies combat sickness? To aim towards drugs being the main defender\, and to lower the number of symptoms you will have with a sickness\, like not having a runny nose if you catch a cold.
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS! (1)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214)\n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \nWe’ll gather virtually on Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. We’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n4. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n5. Alex Heinrich\, PSU \n \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts? \nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain? \n \n“While primarily a respiratory disease\, COVID-19 can also lead to neurological problems. The first of these symptoms might be the loss of smell and taste\, while some people also may later battle headaches\, debilitating fatigue\, and trouble thinking clearly\, sometimes referred to as “brain fog.” All of these symptoms have researchers wondering how exactly the coronavirus that causes COVID-19\, SARS-CoV-2\, affects the human brain. In search of clues\, researchers at NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have now conducted the first in-depth examinations of human brain tissue samples from people who died after contracting COVID-19. Their findings…suggest that COVID-19’s many neurological symptoms are likely explained by the body’s widespread inflammatory response to infection and associated blood vessel injury—not by infection of the brain tissue itself.” \nLEARN MORE: Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19’s Effects on the Brain \nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep? \nHow did they get the brains \n \nLEARN MORE: A BioGift of Brains \nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something? \nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain? \n \n“…we can see from an MRI of a dog brain that even though it is smaller than a human brain\, all of the same basic structures are present. This is true for large regions like the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum\, as well as for smaller\, subcortical structures like the brainstem\, hippocampus\, amygdala\, and basal ganglia\, which have important roles in movement\, memory\, and emotion. \n \n“Dogs also have large olfactory systems\, comprising about two percent of the total brain weight (compared to 0.03 percent in humans). Where dogs fall short is in the cortex. Apart from being smaller\, there are fewer folds\, which means less surface area and fewer neurons. The frontal lobe\, which in humans occupies the front third of the brain\, is relegated to a paltry ten percent in dogs…” \nLEARN MORE: Decoding the Canine Mind \n“While ferret\, mongoose and cat have increasingly larger cortices (3.1 g\, 9.3 g\, and 24.2 g) with increasingly more neurons (39 million\, 116 million\, and 250 million neurons\, respectively)\, we find that the lion has approximately as many neurons in the cerebral cortex as the average found in dogs\, ca. 500 million neurons\, despite a twice larger cortex in the lion than in the dogs…Remarkably\, of all the individuals we analyzed\, the one with the most neurons in the cerebral cortex was a golden retriever dog (627 million neurons)\, followed by the lion (545 million neurons)\, one of the raccoons (512 million neurons)\, the striped hyena (495 million neurons)\, a smaller dog of unspecified breed (429 million neurons) and a second raccoon individual (395 million neurons).“ \nLEARN MORE: Dogs Have the Most Neurons\, Though Not the Largest Brain \nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you \nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked? \n \nLEARN MORE: Why Study the History of Neuroscience? \nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon. \nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use? \nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things \nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making. \nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like \ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles? \n \nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold?\nHow does the brain work when you are in a coma?\nHow does the brain change as we grow up?\ndoes/how does our brain stay awake while we sleep?\nWhy do you control the right side of your body with the left side of your brain and the other way around.\nHow do external factors reach the processing center of the brain\, and can you simulate external things?\nis there a limit to how much knowledge we can hold\nwhy do we dream? i also would just like to learn more about the brain in general\nHow do different parts of our brain know where to control things and how to do it\, because different parts of the brain are used for different things\, so how does the brain itself know the difference?\nAlso\, maybe\, what is the physical brain like.\nWhy and how do we dream?\nis the brain one part or is it two parts that are connected?\nhow much of your energy does the brain use up\nHow much oxygen does the brain need to stay conscious?\nWhy and how do we dream? How/why do we have different types of dreams?\n \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS! (2)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214)\n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \nWe’re gathering virtually on Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. On Thursday we met with over 150 6th graders to consider their compelling questions! \n \nThis Friday we’ll be joined by celebrated neuroscientist and author Dr. Theanne Griffith from 9:45am until 10:30am! Dr. Griffith will share stories from some of her awesome books on the brain\, and perhaps run an experiment to explore the nature of sound and hearing 🙂 \n \nWe’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n6. Kass Fitzgerald\, PSU\n7. Dr. Theanne Griffith\, UC Davis\n8. Kindra Crick\, NW Noggin \n  \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts? \nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain? \n \n“While primarily a respiratory disease\, COVID-19 can also lead to neurological problems. The first of these symptoms might be the loss of smell and taste\, while some people also may later battle headaches\, debilitating fatigue\, and trouble thinking clearly\, sometimes referred to as “brain fog.” All of these symptoms have researchers wondering how exactly the coronavirus that causes COVID-19\, SARS-CoV-2\, affects the human brain. In search of clues\, researchers at NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have now conducted the first in-depth examinations of human brain tissue samples from people who died after contracting COVID-19. Their findings…suggest that COVID-19’s many neurological symptoms are likely explained by the body’s widespread inflammatory response to infection and associated blood vessel injury—not by infection of the brain tissue itself.” \nLEARN MORE: Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19’s Effects on the Brain \nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep? \nHow did they get the brains \n \nLEARN MORE: A BioGift of Brains \nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something? \nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain? \n\n \n\n\n“…we can see from an MRI of a dog brain that even though it is smaller than a human brain\, all of the same basic structures are present. This is true for large regions like the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum\, as well as for smaller\, subcortical structures like the brainstem\, hippocampus\, amygdala\, and basal ganglia\, which have important roles in movement\, memory\, and emotion. \n \n“Dogs also have large olfactory systems\, comprising about two percent of the total brain weight (compared to 0.03 percent in humans). Where dogs fall short is in the cortex. Apart from being smaller\, there are fewer folds\, which means less surface area and fewer neurons. The frontal lobe\, which in humans occupies the front third of the brain\, is relegated to a paltry ten percent in dogs…” \nLEARN MORE: Decoding the Canine Mind \n“While ferret\, mongoose and cat have increasingly larger cortices (3.1 g\, 9.3 g\, and 24.2 g) with increasingly more neurons (39 million\, 116 million\, and 250 million neurons\, respectively)\, we find that the lion has approximately as many neurons in the cerebral cortex as the average found in dogs\, ca. 500 million neurons\, despite a twice larger cortex in the lion than in the dogs…Remarkably\, of all the individuals we analyzed\, the one with the most neurons in the cerebral cortex was a golden retriever dog (627 million neurons)\, followed by the lion (545 million neurons)\, one of the raccoons (512 million neurons)\, the striped hyena (495 million neurons)\, a smaller dog of unspecified breed (429 million neurons) and a second raccoon individual (395 million neurons).“ \nLEARN MORE: Dogs Have the Most Neurons\, Though Not the Largest Brain \nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you \nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked? \n \nLEARN MORE: Why Study the History of Neuroscience? \nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon.\nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use?\nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things\nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making.\nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like\ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles? \n \nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold?\nHow does the brain work when you are in a coma?\nHow does the brain change as we grow up?\ndoes/how does our brain stay awake while we sleep?\nWhy do you control the right side of your body with the left side of your brain and the other way around.\nHow do external factors reach the processing center of the brain\, and can you simulate external things?\nis there a limit to how much knowledge we can hold\nwhy do we dream? i also would just like to learn more about the brain in general\nHow do different parts of our brain know where to control things and how to do it\, because different parts of the brain are used for different things\, so how does the brain itself know the difference?\nAlso\, maybe\, what is the physical brain like.\nWhy and how do we dream?\nis the brain one part or is it two parts that are connected?\nhow much of your energy does the brain use up\nHow much oxygen does the brain need to stay conscious?\nWhy and how do we dream? How/why do we have different types of dreams?\n \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS LIVE! (3)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n \n \n \n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \nWe’ll gather virtually on Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. \n \nWe’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n4. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n5. Wilson Lubeck\, PSU\n6. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n7. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n8. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n9. Allister Williams\, PSU\n10\, Ellie Phelps\, PSU \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts?\nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain?\nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep?\nHow did they get the brains\nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something?\nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain?\nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you\nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked?\nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon. \nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use? \nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things \nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making. \nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like \ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles?\nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold? \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-hosford-pps-live-4/
LOCATION:OR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210604T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210604T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210401T234915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210615T132636Z
UID:35487-1622815200-1622822400@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins @ Hosford PPS LIVE! (4)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ Hosford Middle School \nWHERE: Online (link to be shared with volunteers) & LIVE @ Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: \n1. Thursday\, May 27\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n2. Friday\, May 28\, 9:30am – 12:30pm Pacific (Virtual)\n3. Thursday\, June 3\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214)\n4. Friday\, June 4\, 2:00 – 4:00pm Pacific (LIVE @ Hosford\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214) \nWe did it!\nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWe are thrilled to return to Hosford\, and hear what middle school biology students are learning about energy (ATP!) and brains! \n \n \nWe’ll gather virtually on Tuesday (5/25)\, Thursday (5/27) and Friday (5/28) to meet\, discuss neuroscience research and introduce a found object brain cell project. \n \nWe’ll be back LIVE on both Thursday (6/3) and Friday (6/4) to see all the neurons and glial cells\, consider more questions and hold a few extra brains! \n \n \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Jessie L. Sheeran\, PSU\n4. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n5. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n6. Magda Armendariz Sullivan\, PSU\n7. Wilson Lubeck\, PSU \nStudent Questions!\nIn what part of the brain do you get thoughts?\nHow does COVID-19 affect your brain?\nHow do you become unconscious when you sleep?\nHow did they get the brains\nHow long does it take (or repetition) for your brain to remember something?\nHow is the human brain different from a dog brain?\nWhat happens in your brain when you learn something new?\nwhat’s the worst thing that could happen to the brain\nAre you your brain or are you you\nWhen did we start wondering how the brain worked?\nWhat happens in your brain when you associate color with flavor? Like a yellow jelly bean tastes or is associated with lemon. \nWhat are the wrinkles?\nHow much of our brain do we actually consciously know how to use? \nwhy can some people daydream in almost like full movies but some people cant?\nDo we really only use 10% of our brains?\nhOW does it WOORKK?\nwhy do i get migraines and what causes them to be clusters or every month?\nHow does your brain process words so fast? How can you be saying something at the same time that your brain is trying to figure out what to say?\nwhy do some people like me believe in fixed mindsets while others don’t\nHow come my autism makes it hard to process my words?\ndoes our brain actually get bigger when we get smarter?\nHow do brains grow bigger?\nHow do the conscious mind\, and the unconscious mind relate when you remember your dream?\nwhat makes you forget things \nWhat is the biggest mystery about the brain at the moment? What would you say is the biggest discovery about the brain?How does the brain use energy?When is the brain fully developed?\nhow can your emotions effect different parts of your brain\, like creativity or decision making. \nHow effective is sleep on your brain?\ncan your brain actually grow in size?\nDoes the Brain change when your mental health is different???\nHow big can a brain get? and what is the heaviest brain ever recored?\nI wonder how different peoples brains are different?\nwhat do brainzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  taste like \ncan the size of your brain affect how smart you are?\nWhat does your brain look like as you get older and how much does it evolve over 10 years of your life?\nDOES YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY FART WHEN YOU CANT REMEMBER SOMETHING?????\nWhy does the brain have all of those wrinkles?\nHow does the brain change over time? How do other people’s reactions to things we do/say affect our brain? How are different people with different mindsets\, backgrounds\, and life choices brains are different? Are people with bigger brains necessarily smarter? How much of something harmful is needed to impact your brain? Are some people’s creative and logical brain halves switched\, and how would that affect them?\nIf you don’t have the creative part of your brain will it just completely stop working? \nHow much memory can a brain hold? \n \nSEE WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE @ HOSFORD! \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-hosford-pps-live-5/
LOCATION:OR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T130000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210719T150533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210814T181916Z
UID:36414-1628676900-1628686800@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins LIVE in Hillsboro!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Minter Bridge Elementary with 1st-5th graders \nWe did it!!\nLEARN MORE: Hillsboro Heat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Minter Bridge Elementary\, 1750 SE Jacquelin Dr\, Hillsboro\, OR 97123 \n**OUTDOORS\, and all participants must be MASKED\, VACCINATED \nWHEN: Wednesday\, August 11\, 2021\, 10:15am – 1:00pm \n \nFrom teacher Jessica-Patching Bunch (former Communications Director for NW Noggin!):  \n“We will be at Minter Bridge Elementary in Hillsboro on August 11th from 10:15am – 1:00pm with 3 groups of kiddos from 1st to 5th grade. The group size should be no more than 40 at a time. \nIn the days leading up to the Noggin Grand Finale visit I will be taking the kids through learning about brain\, body\, and breath and how they all relate to self-regulation and stress management using the tools we have available in our nervous system. Because the time slots are short I think that a brain facts Q&A and time with the brains will fill the time for each group.” \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share in Hillsboro too! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Kiara Hunt\, PSU\n4. Kari Baher\, PSU\n5. Yangmiao Zhang\, OHSU\n6. Sarah Holden\, OHSU\n7. Mikah Brandes\, OSHU/BUILD EXITO\n8. Kanani Miyamoto\, NW Noggin/PCC\n9. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n10. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n11. Kevanna Doolittle\, PSU\n12. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n13. Jessie Sheeran\, PSU\n14. Dave Beaty & son :)\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done before in Hillsboro! \nMeninges over Minter Bridge!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-live-in-hillsboro/
LOCATION:Minter Bridge Elementary\, 1750 SE Jacquelin Dr\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97123\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210818T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210818T123000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210805T163110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210821T173226Z
UID:36508-1629280800-1629289800@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins @ JumpStart in Gresham/Barlow Schools!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ JumpStart U program in Gresham Barlow Public Schools! \nWe did it!\nLEARN MORE: Gresham Cool\n \n \n \n \n“That was wonderful! Kids were saying ‘it’s so cool\, it’s so creepy!’ and ‘I want a job where I get to research brains!’\nReally inspiring – please come back!”\nWHERE: Center for Advanced Learning\, 1484 NW Civic Dr\, Gresham\, OR 97030 \nWHEN: Wednesday\, August 18\, 10:00am – 12:30pm LIVE \n**OUTDOORS\, and all participants must be MASKED\, VACCINATED \n \nFrom Liz Maki\, Director of Career Pathways\n“JumpStart U 9th grade camp is a part of the 9th Grade Counts work across the county. The goal of this camp is the give students a jump start into high school by awarding the students .5 credits for completion of the camp. Camp recruitment targets students who are at risk of not completing high school for a variety of reasons. Students who participate in this camp not only benefit from the credit but also the connections to high school staff and other students that they will see next year. Career exploration is the tool the camp uses to create engagement and to apply skills the students will need in high school.” \nWhat I hope students get from NW Noggin:\n“I believe students will be highly engaged and motivated to learn about their most valuable asset\, their brains. To me\, this is one of the greatest pieces of this partnership. My other hope is that the volunteers can speak with the students about their own particular career path; why they chose it\, what it looks like\, how to get into that career\, etc.” \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share in Gresham too! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \nPlease RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Mack Carlisle\, PNCA/Pacific/UMass-Amherst graduate\n4. Roman Cimkovich\, PSU\n5. Sarah Holden\, OHSU\n6. Michael Deveney\, PSU\n7. Andrea Rano\, NIH BUILD EXITO/PSU\n8. Jessie Sheeran\, PSU\n9. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n10. Robert Cummings\, Colby College \nShould be a LOT cooler than our outreach visit to Hillsboro last week! \nLEARN MORE at the link below 🙂 \nHillsboro Heat
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-jump-start/
LOCATION:Center for Advanced Learning\, 1484 NW Civic Dr\, Gresham\, OR\, 97030\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T113000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210726T200528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T180609Z
UID:36461-1632821400-1632828600@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggin + p:ear!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!\nFaces at p:ear!\n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, September 28\, 2021\, 9:30am – 11:30am \n \nNOTE: All volunteers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 & wear a mask. \nNoggin is returning to P:ear\, a remarkable Portland nonprofit 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. \n \nWe’ll be there BOTH Tuesday (9/28) and Thursday (9/30)! \n \nWe 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.! \n \nLearning about brains and behavior\, and genuine\, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone\, including those who are experiencing anxiety\, depression\, drug use disorders\, bias\, chronic stress\, insomnia  –  as well as poverty\, isolation\, racism\, homophobia and our region’s extreme lack of affordable housing. \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \n \nWe’ll also consider faces\, and facial expressions\, and how we recognize and respond to each other in art and IRL. \n \nPlease RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, PSU\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n3. Greyson Moore\, PSU\n4. Quinn Westlynd\, PSU\n5. Ronan Peck\, PSU\n6. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n7. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU\n8. Krystal Khanh Nguyen\, PSU\n \nSeeing us all through research & art\n \n“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…”
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-pear-11/
LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T113000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210726T201053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T180423Z
UID:36463-1632994200-1633001400@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggin + p:ear!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!\nFaces at p:ear!\n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Thursday\, September 30\, 2021\, 9:30am – 11:30am \n \nNOTE: All volunteers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 & wear a mask. \nNoggin is returning to P:ear\, a remarkable Portland nonprofit 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. \n \nWe 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.! \n \nLearning about brains and behavior\, and genuine\, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone\, including those who are experiencing anxiety\, depression\, drug use disorders\, bias\, chronic stress\, insomnia  –  as well as poverty\, isolation\, racism\, homophobia and our region’s extreme lack of affordable housing. \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear \nCome join us!\nWe’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share! \n \nLEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins! \n \nWe’ll also consider faces\, and facial expressions\, and how we recognize and respond to each other in art and IRL. \n \n \nPlease RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, PSU\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n3. Quinn Westlynd\, PSU\n4. Tiara Freeman\, PSU\n5. Becky Martinez\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Krystal Khanh Nguyen\, PSU\n7. Sara Moreno\, PSU\n8. James Reynolds\, PSU\n9. Maria Coyner\, PSU \nSeeing us all through research & art\n \n“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…”
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/36463/
LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211008
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210916T213704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211015T223014Z
UID:36785-1633305600-1633651199@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggins on the Coast!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Astoria & Seaside Public Schools! \nWe did it!\nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n\nWHERE: Astoria and Seaside\, Oregon; housing provided for 5 outreach volunteers! \nWHEN: Monday – Thursday\, October 4 – 7\, 2021 \nWe are thrilled to return to the Oregon coast\, to make art and learn what middle and high school students already know  –  and are discovering about their brains! \n \nThis is a community-sponsored outreach event in both Seaside and Astoria\, Oregon\, organized by NW Noggin and Meredith Payton\, the College and Career Advisor for the TRIO Pre-College Program at Clatsop Community College! \n \nThanks to all our generous community collaborators!!\n \nWe are indebted and thankful to so many in the North Coast community for making this outreach possible! Meals provided by Peter Pan Market\, The Stand\, Astoria Coop and Fort George Brewery! Individual housing for six volunteers from the stunning Rosebriar Mansion! \n \nTENTATIVE SCHEDULE\n \nMONDAY\, Oct 4th\nAstoria Middle School\, 9:20am – 2:24pm\, 1st – 7th period \nWe did it! \n \n \n \nTUESDAY\, Oct 5th\nSeaside Middle School\, 8:30am – 3:00pm\, 1st – 4th & 6th period \nWe did it! \n \n \n \n“Thank you so much for coming and teaching us today! The brain is so incredible\, I learned so much!” – 8th grade student at Seaside Middle School 🙂 \nWEDNESDAY\, Oct 6th\nWest Exchange outdoor preschool\, 9:30am – 11:30am\nAstoria High School\, 11:40am – 3:15pm \nWe did it! \n \n \n \n \n \nTHURSDAY\, Oct 7th\nAstoria High School\, 10:40am – 2:15pm \nWe did it! \n \n \n \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \nAll volunteers fully vaccinated (***BRING VACCINATION CARD) and masked.  \n \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nJeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\nJasmin Mabry\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\nMichael Deveney\, PSU\nGreyson Moore\, PSU\nWilliam Leverette\, PSU\nEllie Phelps\, PSU\nLidia Echeverria-Garcia\, University of Oregon\n\n \nSee what else we’ve done in Clatsop County!\nClatsop Community Cortex\n \nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-on-the-coast/
LOCATION:OR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T113000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20211012T202752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T194450Z
UID:36996-1634551200-1634556600@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:Noggin @ NAEOP Conference
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin presents: Forward thinking about STEAM  –  with (actual) BRAINS @ Northwest Association of Educational Opportunity Programs (NAEOP) conference! \nWe did it!\n\nThreshold through TRIO\n\n \n \n \nWHERE: Hilton Bellevue Hotel\, 300 112th Ave SE\, Bellevue\, WA 98004; Kirkland \nWHEN: Monday\, October 18\, 10:15 – 11:30am \n \n \n \nNW Noggin is honored to present LIVE at the NAEOP conference this year on our extensive volunteer STEM + Arts collaborations with TRIO and other community programs! \n \nForward Thinking about STEAM\nHow do we inspire students? Brains let us perceive\, think and behave\, and discoveries in neuroscience offer actionable\, compelling information about who we are and how we function. Going where you are surprised and challenged by new circumstances and perspectives drives motivating engagement\, as does making art. During these moments our brains are changeable and open to new ideas. Nonprofit Northwest Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes undergraduates and graduates to collaborate\, build community networks and inspire people about neuroscience and art. We bring volunteers excited by research into urban and rural K-12 public schools\, correctional facilities\, Congress\, houseless youth centers\, coffee shops\, and pubs to hear what people already know and what they’d like to know\, and see where our stories and discoveries from labs and classrooms intersect. We’ve met 50\,000 people since 2012! Discover what we’ve learned\, craft your own cells\, and examine real brain specimens up close. \n \nCheck out our most recent collaboration with TRIO on the North Oregon coast! \nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n \nOver four days in October\, we took questions\, discussed neuroscience research\, poked brains and made original neurons and glia at public schools in Astoria and Seaside! \n \nSLIDES: NAEOP Slides FINAL (pdf) \nSLIDES: NAEOP Slides FINAL (ppt)
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-naeop-conference/
LOCATION:Hillton Bellevue WA\, 300 112th Ave SE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T120000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210918T190051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T195007Z
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside LIVE!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWe did it!\nHow to visit public schools\n \n \nWHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, October 26\, 9:45am – noon (arrival and set up @ 9:45am; first class 10 – 10:50am; second class 11 – 11:50am) and again on Thursday (10/28) \nEveryone outdoors\, fully vaccinated and properly masked. \nContacts: Asa Gervich and Jeremy Thomas\, 4th grade teachers \n \nWe are thrilled to return LIVE to Jeremy and Asa’s lively classrooms this fall! We’ll make two visits\, on Tuesday (10/26) and Thursday (10/28) to consider faces and the brain. We’ll examine faces\, make faces\, draw faces\, consider faces in art and explore how we share our own unique brains through expression. \n \nBut we’ll also make brain cells and consider AMAZING questions from 4th graders!\nFrom 4th Grade Teacher Asa Gervich: \nOver the past weeks\, students have learned about the interplay between their prefrontal cortex\, hippocampus\, and amygdala – and how mindfulness practices can help us self-regulate. Last week\, we learned about the Reticular Activating System – and how it can help us sift through myriad sensory inputs to focus on something important – like\, how does an NBA player tune out all the zany free-throw distractions happening in the stands? Or\, what role did the RAS play in about half of our class not spotting the gorilla in this video? What’s going on with our RAS when we listen to music and can isolate one particular instrument? Can everyone do that? We were thinking that visit #2 would be an awesome time to bring out the brain specimens (give them something to look forward to after visit #1). And\, Jeremy put in a vote for that super cool electrical-impulse station if you guys are still doing that… \n \nSome current kid wonderings: \nIf parts of the brain are damaged or lose function\, how does that impact how the body works?\nIs the brain actually pink? Why?\nWhich is more important\, the brain or the heart?\nHow was Albert Einstein’s brain different from other people’s?\nIf two people were born at the exact time\, and they liked the exact same stuff\, and thought the same things at the same time – how would their brains be different? Would their brains be different?\nHow many neural pathways are there in your brain? \n \nCan neural pathways be rebuilt or repaired? \nIs your brain like your immune system? \nYou know how your fingerprints are unique to you – I wonder if your brain is the same way – is everyone’s completely unique\nWhen someone experiences a failure of either brain or heart (or both) and they survive it – how does that happen?\nPerhaps the number of pathways is infinite – because you can always learn new things…\nIf you have learned how to do a thing through mistake-making\, and then you had some brain damage\, would you be starting from step one to be learning that thing? Would you need to make all those mistakes all over again?\nWhat’s going on with people who have amnesia? Do people ever get amnesia so bad that they don’t know who they are anymore? \nLook forward to seeing you all soon! \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nJeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\nElana Kananykhina\, PSU\nBritta Harbury\, PSU\nArielle Isakharov\, OHSU\nTheresa Vu\, PSU\nAaron Eisen\, OHSU\nLevi Banks\, PSU\n\n \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE AND DURING COVID 🦠 \nThank You Northwest Noggin!\n \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n \nWhat about the glia?
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-sunnyside-live/
LOCATION:Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T120000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20210918T190332Z
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside LIVE!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWe did it!\nHow to visit public schools\n \n \nWHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 28\, 9:45am – noon (arrival and set up @ 9:45am; first class 10 – 10:50am; second class 11 – 11:50am) \nHow to visit Portland Public Schools:\nEveryone outdoors\, fully vaccinated and properly masked. \nContacts: Asa Gervich and Jeremy Thomas\, 4th grade teachers \n \nWe are thrilled to return LIVE to Jeremy and Asa’s lively classrooms this fall! We’ll make two visits\, on Tuesday (10/26) and Thursday (10/28) to consider faces and the brain. We’ll examine faces\, make faces\, draw faces\, consider faces in art and explore how we share our own unique brains through expression. \n \nBut we’ll also make brain cells and consider AMAZING questions from 4th graders!\n \nFrom 4th Grade Teacher Asa Gervich: \nOver the past weeks\, students have learned about the interplay between their prefrontal cortex\, hippocampus\, and amygdala – and how mindfulness practices can help us self-regulate. Last week\, we learned about the Reticular Activating System – and how it can help us sift through myriad sensory inputs to focus on something important – like\, how does an NBA player tune out all the zany free-throw distractions happening in the stands? Or\, what role did the RAS play in about half of our class not spotting the gorilla in this video? What’s going on with our RAS when we listen to music and can isolate one particular instrument? Can everyone do that? We were thinking that visit #2 would be an awesome time to bring out the brain specimens (give them something to look forward to after visit #1). And\, Jeremy put in a vote for that super cool electrical-impulse station if you guys are still doing that… \n \nSome current kid wonderings: \nIf parts of the brain are damaged or lose function\, how does that impact how the body works?\nIs the brain actually pink? Why?\nWhich is more important\, the brain or the heart?\nHow was Albert Einstein’s brain different from other people’s?\nIf two people were born at the exact time\, and they liked the exact same stuff\, and thought the same things at the same time – how would their brains be different? Would their brains be different?\nHow many neural pathways are there in your brain?\nCan neural pathways be rebuilt or repaired? \nIs your brain like your immune system? \nYou know how your fingerprints are unique to you – I wonder if your brain is the same way – is everyone’s completely unique\nWhen someone experiences a failure of either brain or heart (or both) and they survive it – how does that happen?\nPerhaps the number of pathways is infinite – because you can always learn new things…\nIf you have learned how to do a thing through mistake-making\, and then you had some brain damage\, would you be starting from step one to be learning that thing? Would you need to make all those mistakes all over again?\nWhat’s going on with people who have amnesia? Do people ever get amnesia so bad that they don’t know who they are anymore? \n \nLook forward to seeing you all soon! \nTo join us\, please contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu. \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nBecky Martinez\, NIH BUILD EXITO/PSU\nRose Jardin\, PSU/Neuro Club President\nTheresa Vu\, PSU\nAurora Hernandez Martinez\, PSU\nElana Kananykhina\, PSU\nCris Keirsey\, PSU\nBen Bolen\, PSU Neuroscience Club\nKrystal Khanh Nguyen\, PSU\nJames Reynolds\, PSU\n\n\n\n \nSEE WHAT WE DID AT SUNNYSIDE BEFORE AND DURING COVID 🦠 \nThank You Northwest Noggin!\n \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n \nWhat about the glia?
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-sunnyside-live-2/
LOCATION:Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211112
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL Society for Neuroscience conference!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Society for Neuroscience conference \nLive conference canceled\nVirtual options only this year\nLEARN MORE: Neuroscience 2021 to be Fully Virtual \nWHERE: McCormick Place Convention Center\, 2301 S King Dr\, Chicago\, IL 6061 \nWHEN: November 8 – 11\, 2021 (NOW VIRTUAL ONLY; LIVE EVENTS CANCELED) \nREAD OUR ABSTRACT BELOW!\nPREVIOUS PLANS: The following members of the Portland State University Neuroscience Club will be presenting posters at the virtual Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago\, Illinois. Neuro Club is still presenting this year\, virtually. \n1. Rose Jardine; SfN member C-006789\n2. Melissa DeMoura; SfN member C-009736\n3. Nancy MacKenzie; SfN member C-009994 \n4. Liv McGrah; SfN member C-011836 \n \nLIVE CONFERENCE CANCELED \n\nArrival: Friday\, November 12\nConference attendance/Poster presentation: TBD (Saturday\, 11/13 or Sunday\, 11/14)\nCommunity Outreach w/University of Chicago Neuro Club: Monday\, November 15\nConference attendance/Departure: Tuesday\, November 16\n\n \nLEARN MORE: SfN Statement on Neuroscience 2021 Planning \nThis extensive and extraordinary international conference celebrated its 49th year in 2019\, and our NW Noggin outreach volunteers not only presented original posters\, but visited with over 500 K-12 students in Chicago Public Schools\, collaborated with the Society for Social Neuroscience\, introduced neuroscience research and art to the public at the International Museum of Surgical Science  –  and brought the first real extra human brain specimens into the SfN conference itself! \n \nLEARN MORE: Noggins in CHICAGO! \nLEARN MORE: Student Reflections on Chicago \nLEARN MORE: Noggins @ Society for Neuroscience \nNOTE: We did this as unpaid\, enthusiastic outreach volunteers\, and secured our own funds for travel and attendance through the generosity of SfN (which provided complimentary conference registration)\, as well as our free public celebrations of neuroscience research\, music\, art and BRAINS! \n \nLEARN MORE: NOGGINFEST \nLEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins! \nOpportunities to engage undergraduates\, graduates\, K-12 students and the public\, who fund the National Institutes of Health\, in discussions and art making around advances in neuroscience research is our passion\, and we don’t just “#scitalk” about it  –  we genuinely do it! \n \nThe pandemic canceled SfN in 2020\, but we’re thrilled to return\, vaccinated and in awe of the power of scientific research to benefit\, enrich and illuminate our lives to a new conference in Chicago in November\, 2021. \n \nWe welcome support to bring our collaborating young neuroscientist and artist volunteers both to SfN\, where they present their own work and encounter cutting edge discoveries  –  and into public schools and community spaces\, where they listen\, share\, discuss and learn where research and stories intersect. \n \n \nDONATE HERE!\n \nAbstract Submitted!\nControl/Tracking Number: 2021-J-6319-SfN\nActivity: Theme J Abstract\nCurrent Date/Time: August 26\, 2021 11:24:48 AM EDT \nNOTE: We decided to withdraw from formal attendance this year\, and direct scarce resources towards direct community engagement  –  but we definitely plan to return live and ready for public outreach to an exciting in person SfN conference in 2022! \n \nSfN 2021 Abstract\nReconnecting our brains one cell at a time in a pandemic\n \nVIEW ABSTRACT: SfN 2021 Abstract Submission \nDOWNLOAD: SfN-2021-Abstract-Submission \nAUTHOR BLOCK *W. S. GRIESAR 1\,2\,4\, J. J. LEAKE 1\,3;\n1Northwest Noggin\, Portland\, OR; 2Psychology/Neuroscience\, 3Univ. Studies\, Portland State Univ.\, Portland\, OR; 4Behavioral Neurosci.\, OHSU\, Portland\, OR \nAbstract:\nOur brains are home to billions of cells that reach out and connect. These networks of linked neurons and glia make us who we are\, and let us perceive\, think and behave. When separated by trauma or injury they are remarkably plastic\, capable of establishing new synapses\, developing creative approaches to navigating a complex world. Nonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes undergraduates and graduates to collaborate\, build community networks and inspire people about neuroscience and art. We bring diverse students excited by research and their own arts-integrated study of brains and behavior into K-12 public schools\, youth correctional facilities\, Congress\, houseless youth centers\, coffee shops and pubs to hear to what people already know and what they’d like to know\, and to see where our stories and discoveries from labs and classrooms intersect. We’ve talked with almost 50\,000 people since 2012! In 2020\, with COVID-19 suspending in-person outreach\, we developed a new found object brain cell project we could engage in online. We asked people to look around their own environment and find objects that reminded them of neurons or glia. We asked: “Can you construct a brain cell out of things that you find? What objects for you represent the function of a glial cell\, or neuron\, or the function of specific parts of a neuron? Do these objects have personal meaning\, or say something about you?” We brought this project to K-12 classrooms in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii\, and presented it through two global webinars in collaboration with BrainFacts.org\, a public information initiative of The Kavli Foundation\, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Society for Neuroscience. \n \nThe brain cells created and posted online with the hashtag #showusyourbraincell are extraordinary – beautiful\, compelling\, informative – and offer windows into people’s individual lives and circumstances. Many took the opportunity to explain the materials used and their significance\, connecting essential aspects of other fields and cultures to basic structural components of our brains. A pandemic is traumatic\, separates networks\, and makes it hard to connect. Yet like our brain cells\, we can adapt and find new approaches to our ever-changing world. Building excitement and awareness of discoveries\, educational options and careers through arts-integrated neuroscience outreach also trains new scientists to collaborate\, engages more people\, and increases awareness and support for community investment in both brain research and the arts. \n \nLEARN MORE: Pandemic connections \nLEARN MORE: Reconnecting Our Brains\, One Cell at a Time \nLEARN MORE: Action & Potential! \nLEARN MORE: Returning to find a voice \nLEARN MORE: Uploading your brain from Vancouver \nLEARN MORE: Ho brah\, he lolo maoli kēlā! \nLEARN MORE: NogginFest 2021: Threshold Potential! \nLEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain \nLEARN MORE: Neurons in Minecraft & More! \nLEARN MORE: Thank You Northwest Noggin!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/society-for-neuroscience-conference-6/
LOCATION:McCormick Place Chicago\, 2301 S King Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20211103T153255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211118T224900Z
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Helen Gordon!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to pre-K classrooms at Helen Gordon Center \nWe did it!\n \nNEW POST BY PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO SCHOLAR ANDREA RANO COMING SOON 🙂 \nWHERE: Helen Gordon Child Development\, 1609 SW 12th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97201 \nWHEN: Thursday\, November 18\, 2021\, 10:00am – noon \n \n“I like having conversations with kids. Grownups never ask me what my third favorite reptile is.” – Simon Holland \nWe’re so excited to return to Helen Gordon! \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Andrea Rano\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n4. Britta Harbury\, PSU\n5. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n6. Bharani Nallamala\, PSU\n7. Kira Rosen\, PSU\n8. Levi Banks\, PSU\n9. Bina Anvari\, PSU \n \n \nSee what we did last time: \nMeet your brain cells!\n \nLEARN MORE about Noggin pre-K/Kindergarten outreach: I am thankful…for my brain!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-helen-gordon-2/
LOCATION:Helen Gordon Childhood Development Center\, 1609 SW 12th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20211023T204625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T203529Z
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Bridge to Pathways!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Bridge to Pathways residential drug/alcohol treatment program \nWe did it!\n \nNEW POST BY PSU UNDERGRADUATE ELLIE PHELPS! \nPathways Under Change\n \n \nWHERE: Columbia Community Mental Health\, 58646 McNulty Way\, St Helens\, OR 97051 \nWHEN: Friday\, November 19\, 2021; 11:00am – 1:00pm \nContact: Rain Marie Carroll\, ​MS\, QMHP\, CADC-R \n \nWe’re excited to meet residents and providers in St. Helens!  \nFrom Rain Marie Carroll\, the Residential Clinical Administrator \n\nPathways Residential Treatment Facility: Pathways is a 16-bed substance use disorder treatment center. The facility is not gender specific. Clients complete about 8 hours of SUDs treatment programming and individual counseling sessions with our Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors each day.\nAlternatives Residential Treatment Facility: Alternatives is a 9-bed treatment facility for individuals that are under the jurisdiction of Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB). This occurs when an individual commits a felony and successfully pleads guilty with the exception of insanity. The facility is not gender specific. Clients are required to complete a set number of group and individual counseling hours each week. Clients are assigned to a level system\, and they are afforded greater freedom as they achieve lower levels.\nCornerstone Residential Treatment Facility: Cornerstone is a 16-bed treatment facility for individuals that are suffering with severe\, persistent mental illness. The facility is not gender specific. This is the least restrictive facility as clients are not required to complete any group or individual counseling sessions.\nBridge to Pathways Medical Detoxification Center: Detox is unfortunately closed at this time due to short staffing. We provide detoxification services for all substances except benzodiazepines. This is a 9-bed detox center that is not gender specific.\n\n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nJeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\nEllie Phelps\, PSU\nBrooke Searle\, PSU\nWill Nasi\, PSU\nJoanna “hisei hii3e” DeMeyer\, Oregon State University\nSienna Morris\, PCC/NIH BUILD EXITO\nTiara Freeman\, PSU\nBritta Harbury\, PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-bridge-to-pathways/
LOCATION:Bridges to Pathways Detox Center\, 58646 McNulty Way\, Saint Helens\, OR\, 97051\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T120000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20211104T171405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T171151Z
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Alliance High
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Alliance High School @ Kenton \nWe did it!\n \nAn Axonal Alliance\n \nFrom Geof Garner (TRIO/PPS): “That was wonderful!!! Thanks a million. We loved it. It was definitely the best experience this school year for everyone. You’re amazing!” \n \nWHERE: Alliance High School at Kenton\, 7528 N. Fenwick Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97217 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, December 7\, 10:00am – noon; arrive ~9:45am for setup \n \nAll volunteers must be fully vaxxed and masked 🙂 \nAlliance @ Kenton is a small\, supportive high school with day and evening hours for students ages 16 to 21 who are within twelve credits of graduation. Noggin volunteers are excited to learn what 10th through 12th graders already know about brains  –  and want to discuss further! \n \nFrom a school counselor @ Alliance: “I have had a chance to talk to some of our students about your visit.  Some topics they are interested in include the way in which the following affect neurodevelopment: Music/Art\, Gaming\, Anxiety/Depression/Stress\, Prescribed medication (especially around mental health)\, Recreational drug use…” \n \nTo join us\, please contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu. \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS \n\nBill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\nJeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\nJackie Zavala\, PSU\nKira Rosen\, PSU\nAlex Phanphackdy\, PSU\nDylan Smith\, PSU\nBharani Nallamala\, PSU\nBritta Harbury\, PSU\nTaylor Degeneres\, PSU\nSkye Skalbeck\, PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-alliance-high/
LOCATION:Alliance High School @ Kenton\, 7528 N. Fenwick Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97217\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220113T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20220107T174554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T173402Z
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SUMMARY:Gray Matters @ This Moment @ PSU!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Gray Matters @ This Moment! \nWe did it!\n \nWATCH HERE: @ This Moment: Gray Matters \nWHERE: Portland State University Online Webinar (REGISTER HERE) \nWHEN: Thursday\, January 13\, 4 – 5pm (Pacific) \n \nPlease join us for a conversation about how PSU is working alongside community partners to bring neuroscience research and philosophy into K-12 schools. \n \nWe’ll be joined by:\n-Neuroscientist Bill Griesar and artist Jeff Leake\, psychology faculty and co-founders of NW Noggin\, a volunteer-run nonprofit that brings science and art into schools\n-Undergraduate NW Noggin volunteers Britta Harbury and Sienna Morris\n-Alex Sager\, professor and chair of philosophy who founded the Oregon High School Ethics Bowl and developed a senior capstone that brings philosophy to children in grades 1-8\n-Travis Eddy\, a middle school teacher at the Ivy School\, a public charter Montessori in Portland that has been working with the Philosophy Department since 2014\n-Jolie Gentzkow-Foster ’21\, a philosophy graduate who was a student in the capstone and served as a TA for the Philosophy Summer Camp \n \nPRESENTATION SLIDES (PPT): At This Moment PSU 2022 \nPRESENTATION SLIDES (PDF): At This Moment PSU 2022
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/grays-matters-this-moment-psu/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220203T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20220201T165127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T225608Z
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SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Dr. Anna Lembke!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: The Portland State University Neuroscience Club presents Dr. Anna Lembke\, bestselling author of Dopamine Nation! \nThey did it!\n \nOver 60+ participants! \n \nWATCH HERE: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence \nWHERE: ONLINE (ZOOM ID: 844 8208 3419; Password: 250181) \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 3\, 2022\, 6:30pm Pacific \n \nJoin us from anywhere  –  FREE! \nDr. Lembke is a Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. She will be presenting topics from her latest book\, and New York Times bestseller\, “Dopamine Nation.”
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-dr-anna-lembke/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20220208T163030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T163425Z
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SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Sensation Station!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: The Portland State University Neuroscience Club explores the neuroscience of taste (with miracle berries!) and other senses! \nWHERE: LIVE in person\, Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 10\, 2022\, 6:30pm Pacific \n \nCome explore the senses!\nWe’ll have all sorts of treats and activities to stimulate your minds and bodies! \nLEARN MORE: Miraculin research\, best current explanation
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-the-neuroscience-of-taste/
LOCATION:Smith Center\, Portland State University\, 1825 SW Broadway\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20220913T213303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T165748Z
UID:38196-1644517800-1644523200@nwnoggin.org
SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Miracle Berries & Taste!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: The Portland State University Neuroscience Club presents on the neuroscience of taste! \nWHERE: LIVE in person\, Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 10\, 2022\, 6:30pm Pacific \n  \nCome explore the senses!\nThere will be all sorts of treats and activities to stimulate your minds and bodies.
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-miracle-berries-taste/
LOCATION:OR
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220212T051500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220212T061500
DTSTAMP:20260611T103718
CREATED:20220208T180833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T175048Z
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SUMMARY:NW Noggin @ HERSENOLYMPIADE!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin presents @ the Brain Olympics in the Netherlands! \nWe did it!\nGathertown\, Gathertown and hear the tale of the Netherlandic Noggin\n \n \nWHERE: ONLINE! REGISTER HERE: Registration Brain Olympiad 2022\n(you can also email for a link: expo@hersenolympiade.nl) \nWHEN: Saturday\, February 12\, 5:15am Pacific (2:15pm CET) \n \nThe Dutch Brain Olympiad 2022 is almost here!\n \n“The Dutch Brain Olympiad is organized by several volunteers. Most are doing a study related to neuroscience or work on researching the brain. The Brain Olympiad of 2022 is the largest event so far! The contestants are coming from all over the Netherlands!” \n \nLEARN MORE: Behind the scenes of the Dutch Brain Olympiad 2022 \nNorthwest Noggin will discuss (and exhibit!) real brains\, art and the intersection between the two. Join us to make your own found object brain cells and discover how the arts and neuroscience offer compelling insights into who we are. \n \nMAKE YOUR OWN BRAIN CELL: Found Neuron/Glia Project \n \nTHREE GROUPS OF STUDENTS (after 15 minute set-up)\n1. GROUP ONE: 2:30pm CET/5:30am Pacific – 2:45pm CET/5:45am Pacific\n2. GROUP TWO: 2:45pm CET/5:45am Pacific – 3:00pm CET/6:00am Pacific\n3. GROUP THREE: 3:00pm CET/6:00am Pacific – 3:15pm CET/6:15am Pacific \n \nPARTICIPANTS\n1. Austin Howard\, Radboud University\n2. Bill Griesar\, Portland State University/OHSU/NW Noggin\n3. Jeff Leake\, Artist\, Portland State University/NW Noggin \nSLIDES (PPT): Dutch Brain Olympics 2022 \n*SLIDES (PDF): Dutch Brain Olympics 2022 \n 
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/nw-noggin-hersenolympiade/
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SUMMARY:PSU Neuro Club: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: The Portland State University Neuroscience Club hosts a panel discussion on Interdisciplinary Neuroscience! \nWHERE: ONLINE ZOOM ID 874 4057 4772 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 10\, 2022\, 6:30pm Pacific \n \nWhat is Interdisciplinary Neuroscience?\n \nInterdisciplinary neuroscience explores the relationship between our brains and behavior from multiple perspectives\, including psychology\, biology\, speech and hearing sciences\, social science\, systems science\, direct community engagement and the arts. \nMemory\, attention\, perception\, language\, feeling\, and decision making in social contexts all depend on brain structure and function. People in this field examine how the underlying physiology of the nervous system relates to individuals’ psychological and behavioral processes. \nThose with training in interdisciplinary neuroscience can pursue a variety of careers. Many individuals\, particularly with graduate training\, may conduct research in both laboratory and clinical settings\, and work in academic\, business\, healthcare\, art and policy making environments. \nEXPLORE: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor @ Portland State University\nCourses and requirements from the PSU Bulletin \n \nHow did we get a minor?\nSTEAM Ahead: A new interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State! \n \nPSU students have a long-standing passion for brains and have sought many opportunities to enrich their neuroscience education as undergraduates. They’ve studied the intricacies of both brain and behavior in psychology and biology courses\, worked in labs at OHSU\, participated in the NIH BUILD EXITO and McNair scholars programs\, presented research at the Society for Neuroscience\, brought learning outside college classrooms via the active PSU Neuroscience Club and let knowledge serve our Northwest community through interdisciplinary neuroscience outreach as volunteers with the non-profit NW Noggin.
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/psu-neuro-club-interdisciplinary-neuroscience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220222T083000
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Washington Elementary!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit with K-5 students at Washington Elementary! \nWe did it!\nHands on Brains!\n \nWHERE: Washington Elementary School\, 2908 S St #2932\, Vancouver\, WA 98663 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 22\, 2022; 8:30am – 2:50pm \nContact: Carla Feltz\, Coordinator Community Outreach and Family Engagement\, Vancouver Public Schools \nReturning to Clark County!\nOur Noggin volunteers will talk brains and make art with kindergarten through 5th graders in Vancouver Public Schools! All volunteers will be vaccinated\, boosted and wear n95/kn95 masks (we’ll provide masks if needed)  –  and we’ll be in an outdoor\, covered location. \nFROM CARLA FELTZ (Coordinator Community Outreach and Family Engagement for\nVancouver Public Schools): “We have a room at the school we are making available for you and your team to have a break in that is a large space and you can all socially distance in the space. We will be providing some snacks and beverages (definitely coffee!!) for your team to keep you fueled throughout the day. We will also have tents in case of rain.” \nSCHEDULE\n8:35-9:20 1st Grade\n9:30-10:15 Kindergarten\n10:25-11:10 5th Grade\n11:15-12:15 LUNCH\n12:15-1:00 2nd Grade\n1:05-1:50 4th Grade\n1:50-2:05 BREAK FOR RECESS\n2:05-2:50 3rd Grade\n\n\nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Arielle Isakharov\, OHSU\n4. Ben Bolen\, PSU Neuroscience Club\n5. Bradley Marxmiller\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n6. Alex Heinrich\, PSU\n7. Melissa DeMoura\, PSU\n8. Rose Jardine\, PSU Neuroscience Club\n9. Britta Harbury\, PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-washington-elementary/
LOCATION:Washington Elementary School\, 2908 S St #2932\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98663\, United States
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