NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

"Four" an exhibit of PNCA graduate students at Gallery 114
2017-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Gallery 114 Hosts PNCA Exhibit
As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Pacific Northwest College of Art, in February Gallery 114 hosts a show of MFA candidates entitled “Four.” Four PNCA graduate students present paintings, prints, and installation work in a show curated by Maximiliano Martinez, MFA candidate in visual studies. “Four” runs February 2 through February 25, with a First Thursday opening reception for the artists February 2, 6-9 pm. Regular gallery hours are noon to 6 pm Thursday through Sunday.
Gallery 114 artist Jeff Leake organized the first PNCA exhibit last year of Print Media students and coordinated this year’s show as well. Maximiliano Martinez, who curates the show, is one of his former students.
“Four” features the work of Carla G. Javier-Brea, Aruni Dharmakirthi, Melanie Stevens, and Angelica Maria Millan Lozano. The exhibit is about roots and rootlessness, leaving and arriving, says curator Martinez. “It’s about the people we love, it’s about the hands we grew up holding, it’s about story, it’s about who has been telling story, . . it’s about our myths.”
Carla G. Javier-Brea is studying for an MFA in Print Media. She spent many years traveling and living in the Dominican Republic, where her parents were born. While living in the Dominican Republic she pursued a career in Advertising and Visual Communication at the Universidad Ibero-Americana. There she first encountered analog photography and explored developing and printing her own film. These pursuits led her to explore all parts of her island, seeking subject matter, engaging strangers in conversation and then snapping their portraits. Much of her work reflects her roots in the Dominican Republic, its mythology and folklore. She describes her art as an exploration of self, her multi-cultural background, family mythology and traditions, superstitions and childhood memories.
Aruni Dharmakirthi is a Sri Lankan artist based in Portland, who earned a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Florida State University and is completing an MFA in Visual Studies. Aruni is co-founder and curator at SoftSpacepdx, a video+new media project space that creates a platform for emerging artists. Aruni’s work uses digital animation and fibers to create installations that move back and forth in time, exploring known and untold histories. The political and the personal come together to recall the journey of migration, connecting it to the tragedies of colonization and the continued violence of imperialism. These histories are re-imagined into digital culture, blurring the lines between contemporary and traditional, eastern and western.
Melanie Stevens is an artist, illustrator, and writer from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her BA in Political Science from Yale University in 2001 and created the graphic novel, Black Picket Fences. She is also co-founder and editor of Miss Anthology, an organization that supports racially and economically diverse young, female comic artists through hands-on training in workshops and publishing online and in print. Stevens creates public installations and interactions that examine the experiences of people of color, and what she calls “the unspoken and hidden perceptions and power dynamics wielded against them. I challenge audiences,” claims Stevens, “by presenting work that mimics the constructs of psychological implications of access and privilege.”
Angelica Maria Millan Lozano is a fiber and performance artist from Bogota, Colombia, who moved to Portland to work on an MFA in Visual Studies. Her work questions the ethical implications of social injustices that affect Latinas in the home. She creates abstract and figurative compositions on distressed fabrics, juxtaposing various remnants that symbolize her experiences of Colombian and American cultures.

There will be an opening reception at Gallery 114 from 6-8 pm on Thursday February 2nd.

Noggin @ Velo Cult: Chronic Pain & Mary Jane
2017-01-25 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
Ram Kandasamy from WSU Vancouver presents research on cannabinoids and chronic pain along with Portland musicians Bob Desaulniers and Tony Remple at the incomparable Velo Cult Bicycle Repair Shop and Pub!

VELO CULT FLYER (pdf): Chronic Pain & Mary Jane
WHAT: Chronic Pain & Mary Jane with music from Bob Desaulniers and Tony Remple
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42ND AVE PORTLAND, OR 97213
WHEN: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017, 6 – 8pm
Ram Kandasamy is a behavioral pharmacologist at Washington State University interested in the analgesic effects of opioids and cannabinoids. Ram has studied pain and analgesia for nearly a decade and has garnered state-level funding for his work on the pharmacology of pain therapeutics. He has published many peer-reviews publications on this topic and has presented his work on national and international stages. Ram’s current research examines the therapeutic effects of ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol against pain associated with primary headache disorders such as migraine. The goal of Ram’s research is to validate cannabinoid-based therapies for patients suffering from migraine, the most common neurological disorder in the world.
Bob Desaulniers is bassist of Portland punk band Lithics and will be presenting a sound composition using multitrack and handheld tape recorders.
Tony Remple is co-owner of the Musique Plastique record shop and will be improvising on a modular analog synthesizer, using repetition and a mixture of both traditionally musical and non-musical elements.
NW Noggin Velo Cult events are always free, open to the public, child friendly, and feature access to amazing beer (scroll here for current tap list), wine, coffee, tea, sodas and sandwiches…

Brain Watch @ Providence!
2017-01-25 06:15 - 13:00 UTC | Providence St. Vincent Hospital, 9205 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, OR, 97225, United States
NW Noggin is bringing 30 high school students, outreach volunteers and chaperones to view an actual brain surgery at Providence St. Vincent Hospital! Learn more about our plans and past visits to this extraordinary public educational program at this link…
Observing the living brain in surgery

Souther Auditorium, East Pavilion

Marijuana: Fact or Fiction. Art, Pain, and Cannabinoids
2017-01-21 13:00 - 16:30 UTC | Washington AGD Educational Center, 19415 International Blvd, #410, SeaTac, WA, 98188, United States
WHAT: “Marijuana: Fact or Fiction. Art, Pain, and Cannabinoids,” Sponsored by the Washington Academy of General Dentistry
WHERE: Washington AGD Educational Center, Heyamoto Conference Room, 19415 International Blvd, #410, SeaTac, WA 98188
WHEN: Saturday, January 21, 2017, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Course Outline:
Cannabis, marijuana, is legal in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Colorado for both medical and recreational use. Is it as benign as proponents say? No. Are the warnings of “Reefer Madness” true? No. On January 21st, 2017 at the Washington AGD Educational Center we will talk about what is true about the benefits of medical marijuana. We will also talk about the harm it can do, especially to young people. This discussion is based on current science.
Few dentists or other healthcare practitioners understand what cannabis does, positive or negative. The cannabinoid system in the human body is enormously important in controlling such diverse mechanisms as pain, mood, and inflammation. Hacking this system with cannabis drugs can be beneficial and it can be dangerous. Learn how it works and what we actually know. In the morning David Carsten, DDS, MAGD, Dentist Anesthesiologist will explain the essentials of the pharmacology and physiology of cannabis. He will talk about the relevance to treatment both from a dentist’s perspective and an anesthesiologist’s perspective. Blaine Chatterton is a chronic pain patient and marijuana consultant. He will talk about his real life experience and his experience as a consultant for people seeking relief. In the afternoon, Bill Griesar, PhD, Neuroscience WSU Vancouver and Psychology, Portland State University will lead an exploration of the science of cannabinoids. Included is Jeff Leake, MFA, who will speak regarding the effect of these drugs on artists developing works of art. Ram Kandasamy, PhD, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver will discuss his latest research on cannabinoids. Cole Dawson, undergraduate, WSU Vancouver, will be leading an examination of brain specimens. At the end of the day there will be a panel discussion to answer your questions. The most critical information that we all should know as doctors, patients, and parents will be available to you.
Learning Objectives:
Learners will hear about the history, pharmacology, and physiology of cannabis
Participants will examine the various uses and abuses, the benefits and dangers of cannabis.
Participants will learn about practical implications of cannabis use.
Participants will hear about examples of medical marijuana use today.
Participants will hear about the real life experience of a chronic pain patient.
Participants will learn of the complexity and variability of drug content.
Participants will have a clear grasp of where cannabis acts in the brain and how this might relate to various therapeutic effects, including pain reduction.
Participants will gain an understanding of the long history of cultivation, artistic use, and medical use of marijuana.
Participants will be able to examine brain specimens to gain a hands-on appreciation of how this family of drugs work.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: “Marijuana: Fact or Fiction. Art, Pain, and Cannabinoids”
SYLLABUS: Art, Pain & Cannabinoids in Seattle 2017
SLIDES: Bill Griesar, Ph.D., NW Noggin
SLIDES: Bill Griesar, Ph.D., NW Noggin UPDATE
SLIDES: Ram Kandasamy, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver
SLIDES: Jeff Leake, MFA, NW Noggin

P:ear mentor training!
2017-01-14 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Past outreach volunteers have hugely enjoyed our “Noggin Wednesdays” at the p:ear homeless youth drop in center in downtown Portland, where young people who mostly sleep rough find a safe, warm space with great food, art supplies, and caring staff during the day. Last year we set up a series of weekly visits to p:ear, and had a terrific time discussing the brain, screen printing t-shirts, messing up taste buds with miracle berries, and attaching electrodes to measure our own cortical activity…

I’m attaching some links below if you’re curious to learn more about what we did…

We’d like to start up weekly visits to p:ear again in 2017, but in order to participate, volunteers must be at least 26 years old and attend a mandatory mentor training now scheduled for Saturday, January 14th.

*** Please email bgriesar@gmail.com and aspragus@yahoo.com if you’d like to join us! ***

Hope to see you on January 14th – thanks for your dedication to arts-integrated neuroscience outreach & cheers!
Bill & Jeff
nwnoggin.org

Zombie Brain Training @ P:ear 🙂

Peppered with questions @ P:ear!

Noggin Wednesdays @ P:ear!

P:ear Plans: We’re coming back!

“Piriforming” @ P:ear

Synaptic Shocks @ P:ear!

Potential (electric and more) @ P:ear

Lemon candy @ P:ear

Noggins @ HeLa High!
2017-01-12 08:30 - 13:00 UTC | He La High School, 9105 NE 9th St, Vancouver, WA, 98664, United States
Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, Washington State University Vancouver, and OHSU will meet with about 400 students at HeLa High School, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain…
EXPLORE MORE: Hippocampal hordes at HeLa High

WHAT: NW Noggin visit to HeLa High
WHERE: Henrietta Lacks High School, 9105 NE 9th St., Vancouver, WA, 98664
WHEN: Thursday, January 12, 2017, 8:30am – 1:00pm
Come join us! Please RSVP to bgriesar@gmail.com and aspragus@yahoo.com
So far our confirmed participants include:
Scott Jones, OHSU
Austin Howard, PSU
Nick Dunn, WSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU
Brianna Jacobs, PSU
Maxwell Neideigh, WSU
Kim Engeln, WSU
Christina Williams, WSU
Jeremy Dunford, WSU

NW Noggin Artist Talk + Brains @ Gallery 114
2016-12-10 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Since November 2015, the artists Jeff Leake and Kindra Crick have been working together with NW Noggin, a Pacific Northwest neuroscience outreach group.

In Cerebral Wilderness, they examine memory, place and its impact on one’s inner and outer identity. While Leake looks outward toward the horizon, depicting remembered and invented landscapes, Crick’s work turns inward by magnifying and reimagining the hidden molecular structures of the mind in both painting and within an immersive installation.

Kindra Crick and Jeff Leake will present their collaborative work at Gallery 114 on Saturday evening (12/10). There will be a few extra human brains in the gallery for people to look at and examine up close… 🙂

WHAT: NW Noggin Artist Talk + Brains
WHERE: Gallery 114, 11oo NW Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Saturday, December 10, 7:00 – 8:3opm
EXPLORE MORE: Bound in a Net of Memories

EXPLORE MORE: Velo Cult Posters by Jeff Leake

Cerebral Wilderness Artwork: Gallery 114
2016-12-01 06:00 - 21:00 UTC | Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Come join us Thursday, December 1, from 6 – 9pm at Gallery 114!

WHAT: Cerebral Wilderness Artwork
WHERE: Gallery 114, 11oo NW Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: First Thursday, December 1, 6:00 – 9:00pm
For over a year Leake and Crick have been working together as artists with NW Noggin, a neuroscience outreach group. In this show, Cerebral Wilderness, they examine memory, place and its impact on one’s inner and outer identity. While Leake looks outward towards the horizon depicting remembered and invented landscapes, Crick’s work turns inward, magnifying and reimagining the hidden molecular structures of the mind.
Kindra Crick is an artist who gives visual expression to the wonder and process of scientific inquiry and discovery. In her installations and layered mixed-media work, she incorporates drawings, diagrams, maps and imagery from under the microscope. Her work has been influenced by the inspired marriage of her grandparents, the scientist Francis Crick and the artist Odile Crick. Her work is included in the LMB collection in Cambridge, England with exhibitions at the New York Hall of Science and MDI Biological Laboratory. Her work has been featured in Science Magazine, The Huffington Post, SciArt in America and Oregon Arts Watch. As part of NW Noggin, Kindra created a neuroscience-inspired installation for the Phillips Collection in D.C., and another that accompanied a lecture at the Portland Art Museum. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
A California Bay Area native, Jeff Leake holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. In the tradition of fabulists such as Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine, his current work uses animal imagery and landscape to explore human relationships. Fascinated with the origin and nature of these inner landscapes, he currently works with neuroscience faculty at Washington State University Vancouver and Portland State University to teach art and neuroscience there and around the Portland area. Along the way he has shown nationally and internationally. He now lives and works in sunny Portland, Oregon with his wife, kids and three dogs.
LEARN MORE: NW Noggin Artist Talk with Brains Saturday, December 10th, 7 – 8:30pm!

Noggin @ Velo Cult: Balance + Stress
2016-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
Stressed out, burned out: Strategies to stay balanced from the studio and lab.
Tamasen Hayward, a Neuroscience graduate researcher in the Coffin Lab at WSU Vancouver, gives you the inside scoop on stress, discusses when stress is good and when it’s too much, and suggests ways to manage stress based on proven research…

Inspired by anatomy, the body’s response to stress, and Eastern art techniques, Portland artist Carrie Ann Miyamoto creates hanging scrolls and introduces art making techniques that that may help calm your adrenals…

WHAT: Stressed out, burned out: Strategies to stay balanced from the studio and lab
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, November 30, 6 – 8pm
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213
NW Noggin Velo Cult events are always free, open to the public, child friendly, and feature access to amazing beer (scroll here for current tap list), wine, coffee, tea, sodas and sandwiches…

Art + Brains @ PSU Arts classroom!
2016-11-17 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Art Building @ PSU, Room 230, SW 5th & Jackson, Portland, OR, United States
Noggin will visit Sarah Morgan’s Arts Education class to introduce brains and an art project.

EXPLORE MORE: Creative Wiring: Art and Brains @ PSU
WHAT: Noggin visit to PSU arts classroom (“Art in the Elementary School”)
WHERE: Portland State University, Art Building, Room 230
WHEN: Thursday, November 17th, 2:30 – 4:30pm
Come join us! Please email Jeff Leake (aspragus@yahoo.com) and Bill Griesar (bgriesar@gmail.com)

Noggin/UCSD Outreach to San Diego Public Schools!
2016-11-15 07:45 - 12:35 UTC | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
We are very excited to bring our graduate and undergraduate volunteers in neuroscience and art, from Oregon Health & Science University, Portland State University, and Washington State University in Vancouver, into classrooms at Jefferson and Linda Vista elementary schools during the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in San Diego this month..!

We did it! Learn more…

Cortical Connections in San Diego Schools!

Noggin will bring ten volunteers, and UCSD will join us with 2 – 3 additional volunteers and some human and animal brains! Emma Lindberg from SfN will join us with brainfacts.org resources for both schools. We will also welcome additional artists and art students through ArtReach, to help engage students with a pipe cleaner neuron project…

MAKE YOUR OWN NEURONSLEARN MORE: pipe-cleaner-neuron-project-backgroundCREATE: how-to-make-a-pipe-cleaner-neuron

As it stands now, our visit on Tuesday (11/15) will proceed as follows…

7:45am
Ride to Jefferson Elementary from two locations by San Diego Public Schools volunteers…
PICKUP LOCATION ONE: Omni San Diego (675 L St, San Diego, CA 92101) John Harkness, Alex Camino, Allie Clark, Alfredo Zuniga, Jordan Blacktop
PICKUP LOCATION TWO: Horton Grand Hotel (311 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101) Morgan Wirthlin, Andre Walcott, Scott Jones, Rebecca Hood
8:10am – 8:40am
Preparation and set up @ Jefferson
8:45am – 10:10am
We’ll be introducing ourselves to about 100 students – just knowing who our graduates and undergraduates are, where and what they study, why they do the research they do, how they got interested and inspired to learn more about the brain and behavior, is powerful experience.
After introductions, we’ll ask kids what they know already about the brain. We want to guide the conversation to what brains are made of – cells! – and how remarkable, diverse, unique and numerous these cells happen to be. We’ll ask questions like: how many neurons do you think you have? Do you have more than your teachers, or parents? How does the number of cells relate to what you can do?
We’ll also point out how neurons link together to form networks, to channel information along specific paths. Different networks do different things, including what you hear, see, think, remember, feel, pay attention to, and decide. Neural networks are critical, and that’s what kids refine as they experience their classroom, family life, the world. Many of these cells die off, while others build stronger connections, routing information in more useful and productive ways that let them accomplish more…
Then we’ll look at real brains! UCSD is sending 2-3 of their own undergraduate outreach volunteers with both human and animal brains for students to examine, plus some additional sheep brains that the students will be able to hold. Our volunteers will help introduce different parts of the brain, pointing out where important structures are, answering questions,…
After brain viewing, students will get pipe cleaners, and will start building their own brain cells, complete with cell bodies, dendrites, axons, myelin, nucleus, even DNA. Noggin volunteers will sit with groups of students and artist participants from Artreach, and build cells, while answering questions about neurons, synapses and the brain…

10:10am – 10:30am
Travel to Linda Vista Elementary; again, by volunteer drivers from San Diego Public Schools
10:30am – 10:55am
Preparation and set up @ Linda Vista
10:55am – 12:35pm
At Linda Vista, we’ll be introducing ourselves to about 150 students! We’ll proceed in the same way here… 🙂
12:35pm
Ride back to the Convention Center

CONFIRMED NOGGIN VOLUNTEERS
1. John Harkness, WSU
2. Jordan Blacktop, WSU
3. Alexandria Camino, WSU
4. Ram Kandasamy, WSU
5. Scott Jones, OHSU
6. Alfredo Zuniga, OHSU
7. Rebecca Hood, OHSU
8. Andre Walcott, OHSU
9. Morgan Wirthlin, CMU
10. Allie Clark, PSU

SfN Teaching of Neuroscience Outreach POSTER
2016-11-13 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Please stop by!! 🙂

POSTER: Public Teaching of Neuroscience (Outreach)
Session Date/Time: Poster up Saturday (11/12), 1:00 – 5:00pm; Sunday (11/13) 8:00am – 5:00pm
Abstract Control Number: 1069
Presentation Number: 26.04SU
Presentation Time: Sun, Nov. 13, 2016, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Posterboard Number: NNN46 (Hall B, San Diego Convention Center)

SfN Brain Awareness POSTER!
2016-11-12 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
NW Noggin presents on STEAM outreach at the Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego. We’ll cover our work bringing graduates and undergraduates in neuroscience and art into classrooms and public venues throughout the Pacific Northwest – and Washington DC!

The Brain Awareness Campaign Event: Sharing the Magic of Brain Awareness will take place on Saturday, November 12, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
• The event will take place in the Convention Center Room 16.
• Poster setup will begin at 2:30 PM.

Society for Neuroscience poster
2016-11-12 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
NW Noggin presents on STEAM outreach at the Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego. We’ll cover our work bringing graduates and undergraduates in neuroscience and art into classrooms and public venues throughout the Pacific Northwest – and Washington DC!

POSTER: Brain Awareness Campaign Event
Session Date and Time: Saturday Nov 12, 2016 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location/Room: San Diego Convention Center, Room 16
POSTER: Public Teaching of Neuroscience (Outreach)
Session Date/Time: Poster up Saturday (11/12), 1:00 – 5:00pm; Sunday (11/13) 8:00am – 5:00pm
Abstract Control Number: 1069
Presentation Number: 26.04SU
Presentation Time: Sun, Nov. 13, 2016, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Posterboard Number: NNN46 (Hall B, San Diego Convention Center)

Society for Neuroscience conference
2016-11-12 08:00 - 2016-11-16 17:00 UTC | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Noggin presents at the Society for Neuroscience conference on Saturday, November 12th, and will attend sessions through Wednesday, November 16th.
See what we did at the link!
Cortical Connections in San Diego Schools!

Noggin @ Battle Ground High School
2016-11-08 13:30 - 14:30 UTC | Battleground High
Noggin volunteers will visit Battle Ground High School with our extra brains and art!

WHAT: Visit to Battle Ground High School
WHEN: TUESDAY, November 8, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
WHERE: Battle Ground High School, 300 W Main St, Battle Ground, WA 98604
PLEASE RSVP TO BILL GRIESAR (bgriesar@gmail.com), and JEFF LEAKE (aspragus@yahoo.com)
EXPLORE MORE: Cougars and Tigers and Brains!

Noggin @ Skyridge Middle School
2016-11-03 09:15 - 14:00, 2016-11-02 09:15 - 14:00 UTC | Skyridge Middle School, 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
Noggin is invited to present brains and art projects at Skyridge Middle School in Camas, Washington on November 1, 2 and 3rd, from 9:15am – 2:00pm…

We’ll visit several “Core” classes on Tuesday (11/1), Wednesday (11/2) and Thursday (11/3)…
Core 1 9:30-10:47
BREAK for Lunch 10:47-11:17
Core 2 11:19-12:36
Core 3 12:38-1:54

Three days offers us the chance to present students with a three session sequence, for example…
Day One: neurons
Day Two: synapses/networks
Day Three: specific networks (memory/language/drugs/decision making/etc)…
Interested volunteers should email both bgriesar@gmail.com and aspragus@yahoo.com
We’ll meet before heading to Skyridge to plan our classes…
Look forward to hearing from you & cheers!
Confirmed participants
Christina Williams, WSU

Noggin @ iTech Prep
2016-11-01 14:05 - 16:05 UTC | WSU Vancouver
Noggin presents brains and art projects to 9th through 12th graders at iTech Prep, a high school in the Vancouver Public School district located on the WSU Vancouver campus…

Tuesday, October 25 AND Tuesday, November 1: 2:05-4:05pm
Clark College Building rooms 122/124 (at WSU Vancouver)
Group 1: 60 students from 2:05-3:00
Group 2: 60 students from 3:05-4:00
Christina Williams, WSU
Joey Seuferling, WSU
John Harkness, WSU
Andrew Stanley, PSU
Nathan Allen, WSU (Group 1 only)
Kim Engeln, WSU (Group 2 only)
Come join us! Please RSVP to bgriesar@gmail.com, and aspragus@yahoo.com…

Noggin @ Skyridge Middle School
2016-11-01 09:15 - 14:00 UTC | Skyridge Middle School, 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
Noggin is invited to present brains and art projects at Skyridge Middle School in Camas, Washington on November 1, 2 and 3rd, from 9:15am – 2:00pm…

We’ll visit several “Core” classes on Tuesday (11/1), Wednesday (11/2) and Thursday (11/3)…
Core 1 9:30-10:47
BREAK for Lunch 10:47-11:17
Core 2 11:19-12:36
Core 3 12:38-1:54

Three days offers us the chance to present students with a three session sequence, for example…
Day One: neurons
Day Two: synapses/networks
Day Three: specific networks (memory/language/drugs/decision making/etc)…
Interested volunteers should email both bgriesar@gmail.com and aspragus@yahoo.com
We’ll meet before heading to Skyridge to plan our classes…
PLAN FOR SKYRIDGE: Skyridge Plan November 1, 2, 3, 2016
Look forward to hearing from you & cheers!
Confirmed participants
Christina Williams, WSU
Carrie Ann Miyamoto
Matthew Carlisle, WSU
Joey Seuferling, WSU
Allie Clark, PSU
Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
Jesse Hamlin, PSU

Noggin @ Velo Cult: Patterns, fractals and drugs
2016-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
DREADD decisions: Patterns, fractals and drugs
Jordan Blacktop and Sara McCormick

DOWNLOAD: NW Noggin DREADD & Fractal poster
Jordan Blacktop, Ph.D. (a.k.a., “the DREADDpool Dude”), a postdoctoral neuroscience researcher at WSU Vancouver, introduces DREADDs, a powerful chemogenetic technique for switching brain areas on, or off, and altering how networks of brain areas function, with potential for treating disorders like Parkinson’s, and addiction.
LEARN MORE: DREADD: A Chemogenetic GPCR Signaling Platform
Sara McCormick, a Northwest print, textile and sculpture artist fascinated by fractals, discusses these compelling, evolving patterns in nature and design, and presents visually striking consequences of change to the underlying networks and algorithms that drive their developing form, and behavior…

LEARN MORE: Mathematical Art Galleries

SHOP: Sara McCormick on Etsy

NW Noggin Velo Cult events are always free, open to the public, child friendly, and feature access to amazing beer (scroll here for current tap list), wine, coffee, tea, sodas and sandwiches…☕️???

Noggin @ iTech Prep
2016-10-25 14:05 - 16:05 UTC | WSU Vancouver
Noggin presents brains and art projects to 9th through 12th graders at iTech Prep, a high school in the Vancouver Public School district located on the WSU Vancouver campus…

Tuesday, October 25 AND Tuesday, November 1: 2:05-4:05pm
Clark College Building rooms 122/124 (at WSU Vancouver)
Group 1: 60 students from 2:05-3:00
Group 2: 60 students from 3:05-4:00
Christina Williams, WSU
Matthew Carlisle, WSU
Joey Seuferling, WSU
Wendy McMakin, PSU
Andrew Stanley, PSU
Mary Nelson, WSU (Group 2 only)
Kim Engeln, WSU (Group 2 only)
Alexzander Isenhower, WSU (Group 2)
Come join us! Please RSVP to bgriesar@gmail.com, and aspragus@yahoo.com…

Francis Collins Mark Hatfield Lecture at OHSU
2016-10-24 17:45 - 20:00 UTC | OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building, 2730 SW Moody, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Collaborative Life Sciences Building
2730 S.W. Moody, Portland
Reception, 5:45 – 6:30pm,
Collaborative Life Sciences Building Atrium
Lecture, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Main lecture hall, room 1A001

From left: Sam Carpenter (OHSU/Noggin), Bill Griesar (PSU/WSU/OHSU/NW Noggin), Francis Collins (NIH), John Harkness (WSUV/NW Noggin) – and pipe cleaners!

Noggin @ White House Frontiers conference
2016-10-13 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | OR
Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake from NW Noggin were invited by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy to attend the Frontiers Conference on October 13th! We are deeply honored and extremely excited to be heading to Pittsburgh, thanks to support from Portland State University...
Learn more here: Noggin @ White House Frontiers

The Art and Neuroscience of Change!
2016-10-11 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Portland Art Museum
NW Noggin presents cutting edge research and art, from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and WSU Vancouver, concerning the neuroscience of behavioral change at the Portland Art Museum, as part of the Change Connect 4 conference for the Association of Change Management Professionals…

High school seniors from Fort Vancouver High School crafted some striking neurons from pipe cleaners to hang as a malleable network…

LEARN MORE: Ventricles in Vancouver!
Their brain cells will accompany a sculptural and video installation by artist Kindra Crick, with music by Katie Griesar, reflecting current research by Dr. John Harkness on restoring plasticity to synapses in our brains…

Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about implicit bias research from the GRASP lab at Portland State University, and about adolescent brain development – a time of momentous brain and behavioral change – from the Fair lab and TRAC lab at OHSU…

WHAT: NW Noggin on “The Art & Neuroscience of Change”
WHEN: Tuesday, October 11th, 2:00 – 4:00pm
WHERE: Portland Art Museum, ACMP Change Connect 4 conference, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland OR 97205
LEARN MORE: Art and Neuroscience of Change

World Parkinson's Conference lecture!
2016-09-21 12:00 - 13:15 UTC | Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
The following NW Noggin volunteers are invited to hear a lecture by Dr. John G. Nutt from OHSU, at the Oregon Convention Center on Wednesday, September 21 from noon – 1:15pm…
1. Christie Pizzimenti, OHSU
2. Christina Williams, WSU Vancouver
3. Ankita Guchait, PSU
4. Allie Clark, PSU
5. Gaile Parker, PSU
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
James Parkinson’s Special Lecture (12:15 – 1:15 PM)
Levodopa over the last 50 years, where we’ve come and where we are going
Introduction by: Stanley Fahn (USA)
Special Lecture by: John G. Nutt (USA)
Noggin guest passes at Special Registrations Counter

This is part of the annual World Parkinson Conference
EXPLORE MORE: NINDS Parkinson’s Disease Information Page

Brain cell building @ Fort Vancouver High
2016-09-16 07:15 - 14:05, 2016-09-14 07:15 - 14:05 UTC | Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
Make your own brain cells! (We can always use more ?)

Graduates and undergraduates: please join us to introduce neurons to seniors at Fort Vancouver High School later this month. We’ll make brain cells from colorful pipe cleaners that will hang in a display at the Portland Art Museum in October, for a discussion of the art and neuroscience of change!
High school students benefit when they learn about your background, interests, and what and where you study. And grad students who research specialized brain cells (hair cells, opiate interneurons, etc.) add tremendously to student understanding of the diversity of neuron structure and function…
We’ll bring along some real human brains too, for you to introduce and help explain…
We promise fun! Please RSVP to bgriesar@pacifier.com, and aspragus@yahoo.com…hope to see you at Fort & cheers!
Bill & Jeff
nwnoggin.org
WHAT: Introduction to brains, and brain cells – and pipe cleaner neuron making
WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School
Fort Vancouver HS

WHEN: TWO DAYS; Wednesday (9/14) and Friday (9/16)
TWO SESSIONS each day…
MORNING: 7:15am – 9:30am; AFTERNOON: 11:55am – 2:05pm

Art, Pain and Cannabinoids: Results from Research
2016-09-10 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | OR
Come join us for a Washington State Psychological Association Noggin workshop on marijuana, including its chemical complexity, history of use, role in visual culture, and what new research suggests about its therapeutic potential for treating pain…

More details available here…
Art, Pain & Cannabinoids: Results from Research

Register for the workshop (and additional WSPA workshops) here…
https://wapsych.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=842005&group=
WHAT: “Art, Pain & Cannabinoids: Results from Research”
NW Noggin Workshop for the Washington State Psychological Association
WHEN: Saturday, September 10, 2016; 1 – 4pm
WHERE: North Seattle Community College; Old Cafeteria

Noggin @ Camas for Kids Health Fair!
2016-09-10 09:45 - 14:00 UTC | Doc Harris Stadium, 1125 NE 22nd Ave, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
Noggin Resource Council member Joey Seuferling, from WSU Vancouver Neuroscience, is looking for graduate and undergraduate volunteers to help introduce kids to brains at the annual Kids Health Fair in Camas, Washington..!

Please email Joey directly if you can assist: joseph.seuferling@wsu.edu
WHAT: Noggin @ Camas Healthy Kids Fair
WHEN: Saturday, September 10th, 9:45am – 2:00pm
WHERE: Doc Harris Stadium, 1125 NE 22nd Ave, Camas, WA 98607
For more details…
https://www.facebook.com/events/1210128389000231/
