NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Astoria Arpilleras @ Street 14!
2020-02-08 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Street 14 Cafe, 1410 Commercial St, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
WHAT: Sewing memories – Arpilleras, Sites & Memory @ Street 14 Cafe
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Sewing Memories, & Brains

WHERE: Street 14 Cafe, 1410 Commercial St, Astoria, OR 97103
WHEN: Saturday Art Walk, February 8, 2020, 5:00m – 7:00pm
*** NOTE: Arpilleras up at Street 14 until noon, Sunday (2/9)!

“We only have what we give.”
― Isabel Allende
Join artist and educator Cecilia Araneda from Valparaíso, Chile and discover how the art of arpilleras, the sewing of embroidery and patchwork to depict aspects of everyday life, has helped many express personal traumatic experiences and contribute to the memory of significant national violations of human rights.

“If you’re dancing somebody else’s dance, you’re not going to fight them“ – Carol Newman
Cecilia and Noggin will be on Arts – Live & Local! hosted by Cindy Price on public broadcasting station KMUN in Astoria Friday, February 7 at 3:40pm!
She did it!

Valparaíso Bay, September 11, 1973
LISTEN
Interview begins at ~41 minutes…
Friday, Feb 7th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! With Guest Host Cindy Price

Chilean artist and educator Cecilia Araneda, with neuroscience outreach group NW NOGGIN, exhibiting at Street 14 Coffee Shop.
LEARN MORE: What is an Arpillera?
LEARN MORE: Chilean Embroiderers Record Memory Stitch-by-Stitch
LEARN MORE: Chilean Women’s Resistance in the Arpillera Movement
LEARN MORE: The Colorful Quilt Squares Chilean Women Used to Tell the Story of Life Under Pinochet
LEARN MORE: La Alegría de la Ciencia

No estamos en guerra, by Cecilia Araneda (about the situation in Chile today)
FROM CECILIA: “The title of my arpillera is due to a sentence that Piñera said the second or third day of this rebelión. He said ‘We are at war against a bunch of violent people,’ so people said ‘We are not at war, we are united.’”

A few Noggin volunteers will be at Street 14 with real brains and research information on trauma, bias, depression, anxiety, PTSD, sleep deprivation and more.
LEARN MORE: Accumbens in Astoria
LEARN MORE: Noggins on the North Coast

FROM CECILIA: The experience of the Colectivo Memorarte “Arpilleras, sites and memory Valparaíso”, was born in 2016 as a collective initiative to recreate local memory around human rights violations that occurred, massively, during the civic-military dictatorship that started in Chile on September 11th, 1973. We express our work through the realization of the art of the arpilleras where we sew parts of the memory of our country with pieces of colored fabrics and threads.Initially, the Colectivo started to work in the space of the Valparaíso Ex-prison Cultural Park, however, during 2017, we moved our operation –weekly- to the PRAIS (Integral Health Care and Repair Program), Valparaíso. From this place we have been able to strengthen our creative performance by affirming our identity as a cultural group that works to recover the memory of those sites that were used by the civic-military dictatorship to violate human rights.As of 2018, we have projected our development around the realization of visits to memory and human rights sites, meetings and talks about memory and also exhibitions of our works in addition to continuing the creation of arpilleras, now even portraying actual events. With this work, we fulfill the purposes of: sharing what has been done, exchanging experiences of action around “popular memory”, and contributing to the imperative of developing a “pedagogy of memory and human rights” in our country. Our commitment is to go on working against oblivion, impunity and injustice in Chile. Founding members: María Alicia Salinas (our teacher and former political prisoner), Silvia Mazzella (former political prisoner), Alicia Olea (former political prisoner), Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Marisa Chávez. In the course of the years some members have joined and others, for reasons of work or place of residence, have not been able to participate. Today, our teacher, originally from Santiago, no longer travels to all sessions for health reasons. The actual nine members are: Silvia Mazzella, Alicia Olea, Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Nora Torres, Jacqueline van Rysseghem, Marisa Chávez and me, Cecilia Araneda. We have participated in various human rights events, universities, hospitals, cultural centers, openings of memory sites and cultural exhibitions.
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/disparo-paco.mp4
Video taken by Augustus in Valparaíso, Chile, 2019So, we invite you to explore our recent history through these arpilleras where you could imagine the pain and despair as well as the courage and hope of men and women who believed and fought for a better world.
LEARN MORE: INDICE CATALOGO ACTUALIZADO

Sewing memories - Arpilleras, Sites & Memory @ p:ear
2020-02-11 09:30 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Sewing memories – Arpilleras, Sites & Memory @ p:ear
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Sewing Memories, & Brains

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 (NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Awardee!)
WHEN: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 9:30am – 1:00pm

“No happiness or pain, no more forgetting.”
― Gabriela Mistral
Join artist and educator Cecilia Araneda from Valparaíso, Chile and discover how the art of arpilleras, the sewing of embroidery and patchwork to depict aspects of everyday life, has helped many express personal traumatic experiences and contribute to the memory of significant national violations of human rights.

Valparaíso Bay, September 11, 1973
LEARN MORE: What is an Arpillera?
LEARN MORE: Chilean Embroiderers Record Memory Stitch-by-Stitch
LEARN MORE: Chilean Women’s Resistance in the Arpillera Movement
LEARN MORE: The Colorful Quilt Squares Chilean Women Used to Tell the Story of Life Under Pinochet
LEARN MORE: La Alegría de la Ciencia

Noggin volunteers will be at p:ear with more real brains and research information on trauma, bias, depression, anxiety, PTSD, sleep deprivation and more.

Details on “Arpilleras, sites and memory Valparaíso” below…

No estamos en guerra, by Cecilia Araneda (about the situation in Chile today)
FROM CECILIA: “The title of my arpillera is due to a sentence that Piñera said the second or third day of this rebelión. He said ‘We are at war against a bunch of violent people,’ so people said ‘We are not at war, we are united.'”

LEARN MORE: Arpilleras rebeldes: otra forma de arte y lucha popular
LEARN MORE: Amid unrest and rights abuses, Chile protesters say ‘there’s no turning back’
LEARN MORE: Chile’s People Have Had Enough
Come join us! LIMITED opportunity; please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Nick Burdick Levin, PSU
4. Yaritsa Velasco, PSU FRINQ Science of Creativity/Learning
5. Elizabeth Woodward, PSU
6. Anita Randolph, OHSU
7. Greyson Moore, PSU
8. Sorrel Johnson, PSU
9. Cassandra James, PSU
10. Sydney Duran, PSU
11. Chloe Voshell, PSU
12. Abigayle Moon, PSU FRINQ Science of Creativity/Learning
13. Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU

FROM CECILIA: The experience of the Colectivo Memorarte “Arpilleras, sites and memory Valparaíso”, was born in 2016 as a collective initiative to recreate local memory around human rights violations that occurred, massively, during the civic-military dictatorship that started in Chile on September 11th, 1973. We express our work through the realization of the art of the arpilleras where we sew parts of the memory of our country with pieces of colored fabrics and threads.Initially, the Colectivo started to work in the space of the Valparaíso Ex-prison Cultural Park, however, during 2017, we moved our operation –weekly- to the PRAIS (Integral Health Care and Repair Program), Valparaíso. From this place we have been able to strengthen our creative performance by affirming our identity as a cultural group that works to recover the memory of those sites that were used by the civic-military dictatorship to violate human rights.As of 2018, we have projected our development around the realization of visits to memory and human rights sites, meetings and talks about memory and also exhibitions of our works in addition to continuing the creation of arpilleras, now even portraying actual events. With this work, we fulfill the purposes of: sharing what has been done, exchanging experiences of action around “popular memory”, and contributing to the imperative of developing a “pedagogy of memory and human rights” in our country. Our commitment is to go on working against oblivion, impunity and injustice in Chile. Founding members: María Alicia Salinas (our teacher and former political prisoner), Silvia Mazzella (former political prisoner), Alicia Olea (former political prisoner), Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Marisa Chávez. In the course of the years some members have joined and others, for reasons of work or place of residence, have not been able to participate. Today, our teacher, originally from Santiago, no longer travels to all sessions for health reasons. The actual nine members are: Silvia Mazzella, Alicia Olea, Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Nora Torres, Jacqueline van Rysseghem, Marisa Chávez and me, Cecilia Araneda. We have participated in various human rights events, universities, hospitals, cultural centers, openings of memory sites and cultural exhibitions.

Photo by Leandro Vivanco, Valparaíso, Chile, 2019So, we invite you to explore our recent history through these arpilleras where you could imagine the pain and despair as well as the courage and hope of men and women who believed and fought for a better world.
LEARN MORE: INDICE CATALOGO ACTUALIZADO
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/disparo-paco.mp4

Video taken by Augustus in Valparaíso, Chile, 2019
More on the arpillera project (Cecilia Araneda)
Arpillera Project Cecilia Araneda

NWNOGGIN Valentine's Day fundraiser @ Clinton Street Theater
2020-02-14 21:00 - 22:55 | Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton Street, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Join us on Valentine’s Day at the Clinton Street Theater at 9pm for a viewing of the 80’s classic, “Valley Girl” staring Nicholas Cage and Deborah Foreman and help support NW Noggin.
We did it! And raised $150!

The movie is free! but there will be a tip jar collecting donations for NW Noggin.

Thank you Alice & Will!!

Noggins in Grants Pass!
2020-02-19 - 2020-02-21 | North Middle School, 1725 NW Highland Ave, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
WHAT: Noggin outreach in Grants Pass, Oregon!
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
Can a brain use all of its parts at once?

LEARN EVEN MORE FROM TEACHERS IN GRANTS PASS!
“Tomorrow is Brain Day!”

And we’re already planning for 2021..!

WHERE: North Middle School, 1725 NW Highland Ave, Grants Pass, OR 97526
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19 – Friday, February 21, 2020

We’re returning to southern Oregon!
Huge thanks to North Middle School Art Teacher Michael Endicott for organizing our outreach visit, and both feeding and housing our Noggin volunteers!
LEARN MORE: Post by Art Teacher Michael Endicott…
Gray Matter in Grants Pass!

How can you change your brain?

LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT NOGGINS ON THE ROAD…
Synaptic Community Connections

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Cam Howard, PSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Michael Deveney, PSU
6. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
7. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
8. Jacob Schoen, OHSU/NUNM

Noggin @ PCC Newberg
2020-02-27 16:50 - 18:50 | PCC Newberg, 135 Werth Blvd, Newberg, OR, 97132, United States
WHAT: Talk about color perception with brains and projects at PCC Newberg
We did it!

WHERE: Portland Community College Newberg, Newberg Education Center room 112, 135 Werth Blvd, Newberg, OR 97132

WHEN: Thursday, February 27, 4:50-6:50pm

“Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist’s brain.” – Henri Matisse
Color on the Noggin!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin/PCC
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
4. Jessica Cary, PSU
5. Danny Gray, PSU
6. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
7. William Nasi, PSU
8. Madeline Ogle, PSU
9. Rebekah Obradovich, PSU
10. Beth Woodward, PSU

Noggin @ Hosford Middle School!
2020-03-03 09:00 - 12:30 | Hosford Middle School, 2303 SE 28th Pl, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: Noggin at Hosford Middle School (Portland Public Schools)
We did it! Learn more at the link.
Brains examining brains

From Science Teacher Jane VanDam: “Thank you, thank you and thank you to you and all of your volunteers! Our Hosford students (and me!) are so lucky to have had you at our school today!”

KGW did a story!
Getting kids excited about neuroscience

WHERE: Hosford Middle School, 2303 SE 28th Pl, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Tuesday, March 3, 9:00am – 12:30; meet at the school office
CONTACTS: Amy Slaughter, Assistant Principal, Hosford Middle School; Jane VanDam, Science teacher; Kevin Marquardt, Science teacher

“Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.” –Dorothy Height

Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with students in Kevin Marquardt and Jane VanDam’s 6th grade classrooms at Hosford, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain…
1st period is 9:15-10:05 – Marquardt’s 1st period and Van Dam’s 1st period
2nd period is 10:09-10:59 – Van Dam’s 2nd period and Wadnizak’s 8th period
3rd period is 11:03 – 11:53 – Van Dam’s 3rd period and Marquardt’s 3rd period
Hosford offers a Mandarin immersion program!
Here are some neuro-related words in Mandarin…

Brain: 脑 (nǎo)
Neuroscience: 神经科学 (Shénjīng kēxué)
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mandarin-Translation.m4a
Translation provided by Luyao Wang, undergraduate in Psychology at PSU
There are significant benefits to bilingual education in both children and adults, including evidence of changes in the white matter wiring of linked cortical regions essential for executive function (decision making, working memory, attentional control), and a reduced risk of cognitive decline with age…
LEARN MORE: Bilingual Two-Way Immersion Programs Benefit Academic Achievement
LEARN MORE: Language Experience Changes Language and Cognitive Ability
LEARN MORE: The effects of bilingualism on the white matter structure of the brain
LEARN MORE: Latino Network Learning & Lobes
See what we’ve done at Hosford before!
Honest selves @ Hosford

Brains, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford

High energy Hosford: Tumors, music & drugs!

Email Bill (griesar@pdx.edu), Jeff (jleake@pdx.edu) and Aaron (aaeisen@pdx.edu) for more details…

Committed participants
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Nick Gatlin, PSU/FRINQ Science of Creativity & Learning
3. Chloe Voshell, PSU
4. Fatmah Almoumen, PSU/FRINQ Science of Creativity & Learning
5. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
6. Sorrel Johnson, PSU
7. Cassie James, PSU
8. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
9. Alejandro Rios, PSU
10. Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM
11. Frances Lefebvre, PSU/FRINQ Science of Creativity & Learning
12. Cam Howard, PSU

OHSU/OMSI BRAIN FAIR!
2020-03-07 08:30 - 17:00 | Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: OHSU/OMSI BRAIN FAIR
We did it!
We found the resources to feed and caffeinate 35 NW Noggin volunteers – who brought the real brains and plenty of art projects to OMSI to enthuse, inform and excite about 300 kids and parents over an entire day of BRAIN FAIR!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
The Brains at Brain Fair

WHERE: Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Saturday, March 7, 2020, 9:00am – 5:00pm
(set up 8:30 – 9:30am! Event starts @ 10am)
One of the nation’s largest Brain Fairs is this Saturday at OMSI!

Come join Noggin and the PSU Neuroscience Club for an awesome day of learning!

The OHSU Brain Institute promises free basic admission to the museum for our volunteers! And OMSI is not easily affordable for many, with “adult” (age 14 and up!) ticket prices at $15 – and “youth” (age 3 – 13) tickets at $10.50!! Any “special” exhibits cost even more…

NW Noggin will bring the brains to “Brain” Fair, while the Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) is providing ALL our terrific volunteers with pizza, snacks and coffee to fuel their noggins!

WE PRE-ORDERED THE COFFEE (thanks Starbucks!) AND PIZZA (thanks Sparky’s!)

THANK YOU PARC for supporting free arts-integrated STEM outreach!

(There may also be more homemade “BRAIN COOKIES” from Tara Leake! – for our outstanding volunteers :))
See what we’ve done in past years!
Bringing BRAINS to Brain Fair 🙂

Putting the brains in Brain Fair!

Pipe Cleaners, Gel Prints, Electrodes & Brains!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Alisha Steigerwald, PSU
4. Michael Deveney, PSU
5. Bekah Obradovich, PSU
6. Carli Cox, PSU
7. Chloe Voshell, PSU
8. McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
9. Anky Guchait, PSU grad
10. Annabelle Winking, PSU
11. Drew Sinclair, PSU
12. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
13. Andrea Rano, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
14. Danny Gray, PSU (noon – 5pm)
15. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU (noon – 5pm)
16. Ash Marlin, PSU
17. Brittani Southard, PSU
18. Madeline Ogle, PSU
19. Albert Shiue, PSU
20. Nuno Busch, PSU
21. Jade Osilla, PSU/Lines for Life
22. Iris Guttierez, WSUV
23. Beth Woodward, PSU
24. Sydney Duran, PSU (10am – 5pm)
25. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
26. Will Nasi, PSU
27. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU (10am – 2pm)
28. Greyson Moore, PSU
29. Taylor Almond, PSU
30. Zoie Harpole, PSU
31. Lesley Guerra, PSU
32. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
33. Cam Howard, PSU
34. Katie Hashimoto, PSU (9am – noon)
35. Jesus Martinez, PSU (2pm – 5pm)

Noggin + YES! @ Doernbecher **CANCELED!
2020-03-10 12:00 - 13:15 | Doernbecher Childrens Hospital, 700 SW Campus Drive, Portland, OR, 97239, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit with 5th grade students from Mary Woodward Elementary School at OHSU
Canceled due to coronavirus concerns
WHERE: Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, 700 SW Campus Dr, Portland, OR 97239
WHEN: Tuesday, March 10, 2020; 12:00pm – 1:15pm
***MEET IN VEY LOBBY: Directions to Vey Auditorium

Noggin will join the YES! OHSU program to introduce 100+ 5th graders from Mary Woodward Elementary in the Tigard-Tualatin School District to neuroscience research, brains (!) and art!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Jacob Schoen, NUNM/OHSU
4. Sorrel Johnson, PSU
5. Chloe Voshell, PSU
6. Jade Osilla, PSU/Lines for Life
7. Jess Squires, PSU
8. Beth Woodward, PSU

PSU Neuro Dead Week Daze!
2020-03-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Happy week 10 oxytocin entourage!

Are you getting stressed out by finals? So ready for the sun to just stay out and not have random rainy days in the middle of the week? Then we have an event for you!

Join us for our annual Dead Week Daze, a get together all about having fun and relieving stress.
There will be free food, music, a raffle, giant jenga, and Smokey the llama and Napoleon the alpaca! That’s right, come pet and get pictures taken with a llama and an alpaca!

If this sounds like a good time (and it is) join us, this Thursday 3/12 in SMSU 327/8/9 from 12-1:30pm!

See you there!

—

Regards,
The Neuroscience Club at PSU

Old Town Talk: Everything is Fine **CANCELLED (COVID)
2020-03-12 18:00 | Floyd’s Old Town Coffee, 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: OLD TOWN TALKS – Everything is Fine: The Science of Stress and Making Art on Those Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days; with Mollie Marr, MD/PhD candidate in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU & artist Kevin Smith
WHERE: Floyd’s Old Town Coffee (& Brews!), 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: CANCELLED; FREE, all ages!

SOURCE: This Is Fine creator explains the timelessness of his meme
Learn about Mollie’s new research into maternal psychological stress and the intergenerational transmission of childhood stress, and Kevin’s experiences with art making in times of stress as a mindfulness tool. What does neuroscience tell us about the impact of maternal stress? Explore brains, stress, development and mindfulness, ask questions – and make art!

LEARN MORE: Kevin Smith Instagram

LEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN OLD TOWN TALKS
OLD TOWN TALKS: Free Art & Science

Noggin @ Franklin High! **CANCELED
2020-04-07 08:00 - 11:30 | Franklin High School, 5405 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR, 97206, United States
WHAT: Visit to Karen Polis’s Psychology classroom at Franklin High School
**CANCELED: All Oregon schools CLOSED due to coronavirus concerns
LEARN MORE: Governor Kate Brown Extends Statewide School Closure Until April 28
WHERE: Franklin High School, 5405 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97206
WHEN: Tuesday, April 7, 8:00 – 11:30am

We’ll introduce our volunteers, who will describe their studies and research, how they got where they are now, and where they’d like to be going. We’ll ask students at Franklin, in Portland Public Schools, what questions they have, and what they already know about the brain and behavior.
See what we did at Franklin in the past!
Autonomic Function @ Franklin

Frequencies @ Franklin: Your brain on sax!

Committed participants
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU

OLD TOWN TALKS: Details coming soon! **POSTPONED
2020-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Floyd’s Old Town Coffee, 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: New Collaborative Art/Science Presentation @ Floyd’s
WHERE: Floyd’s Old Town Coffee, 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 6:00 – 8:00pm
More details coming soon..!

Noggin @ He La High! **CANCELED
2020-04-14 09:00 - 14:00 | He La High School, 9105 NE 9th St, Vancouver, WA, 98664, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin visit to HeLa High
**CANCELED: All Oregon schools CLOSED due to coronavirus concerns
LEARN MORE: Governor Kate Brown Extends Statewide School Closure Until April 28
WHERE: Henrietta Lacks High School, 9105 NE 9th St., Vancouver, WA, 98664
WHEN: Tuesday, April 14, 2018, 9:00am – 2:00pm
Contact: Susie Ridgeway, Human Anatomy and Physiology teacher, HeLa High
Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with about 400 students at Henrietta Lacks High School, to discuss neuroscience research and make art related to understanding our brains!
Susie is offering coffee and pizza to fuel our Noggin noggins!
See what’ve done at HeLa in the past…
“PLEASE COME BACK!”

Hallucinations @ HeLa High

Hella Bright at HeLa

Hippocampal hordes at HeLa High

Brains for 437 @ HeLa High!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Ruth Marigomen, WSUV
4. Cameran Nicholas, PSU
5. Jessica Squires, PSU
6. Jade Osilla, PSU/Lines for Life

SfN Oregon/SWWA Chapter Meeting **CANCELED
2020-04-17 09:00 - 20:00 | McMenamin’s Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale, OR, 97060, United States
WHAT: Society for Neuroscience Oregon/SW Washington Chapter Meeting
Canceled due to coronavirus concerns
WHERE: McMenamin’s Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale, OR 97060
WHEN: Friday, April 17 (event goes through Saturday, April 18)

Society for Neuroscience Oregon/SW Washington Chapter
The Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter is the local group affiliated with the Society for Neuroscience. Our goal is to be a networking resource for neuroscience students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty throughout the region. Our annual meeting in the spring brings together scientists to share projects, network with elected officials and government entities, and engage with colleagues from across the state.
April 17-18, 2020
McMenamin’s Edgefield Winery and Hotel
2126 SW Halsey Street, Troutdale, OR
The deadline to register and to submit abstracts is April 10, 2020. A block of rooms is held under “OHSU Brain Institute” at McMenamin’s Edgefield. Please call the front desk (503) 669-8610 to make your reservation. Rooms will be released on March 2.
Mini-symposium of the Gut Microbiome-Nervous System Axis
Keynote: The brain-gut microbiome axis: challenges in translation
Emeran Mayer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry, UCLA Health
The gut-brain axis: the example of multiple sclerosis
Sergio Baranzini, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Emerging roles of gut microbiome in autism
Maude David, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Oregon State University
Microbial modulation of zebrafish behavior and brain development
Judith Eisen, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of Oregon
Environmental challenges, the gut microbiome, and behavioral and cognitive measures in mouse models
Jacob Raber, Ph.D., Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
Insights into the enteric nervous system: perspectives from a gut stem cell biologist
Annie Zemper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Oregon

NW NOGGIN ABSTRACT
NW Noggin: Axons & Arpilleras – Addressing trauma and supporting community across disciplines and national boundaries
GRIESAR, W.S.* ** *** ****, LEAKE, J.* ** ***
No happiness or pain, no more forgetting”
― Gabriela Mistral
Science needs investment and diverse perspectives. Integrating arts in STEM (STEAM) encourages more people to get involved.
Nonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes undergraduates and graduates to collaborate, build community networks and inspire people about neuroscience and art. Volunteers benefit from work across disciplines and institutions, serve as “near peer” role models, gain skill explaining research, and think creatively about careers. We’ve met over 40,000 academic priority K-12 students, homeless youth, incarcerated youth and members of the public since 2012!

Extreme inequality defines the United States, with devastating brain, health and social consequences, as more people struggle to access food, water, education, public transit, healthcare and housing. Concentrated wealth isolates those with extravagant resources from the broader community. Isolation is worsened by degrading rhetoric from political leaders and pundits who protect privileges, often by dehumanizing others.
Inequality can also lead to the violation of human rights, and violence.

Valparaíso, Chile, home to both a long history of neuroscience research and astonishing art traditions, is currently targeted by a repressive and authoritarian government, whose leader, billionaire Sebastian Piñera, has declared “war” (guerra) on those protesting injustice.
Noggin partnered with Chilean artist/educator Cecilia Araneda to teach how the art of “arpilleras,” the sewing of embroidery and patchwork to depict aspects of life, has helped many express traumatic experiences and contribute to the memory of significant national violations of human rights.

We participated in a public radio interview and displayed arpilleras and human brains at Street 14 Café during an “Art Walk” in Astoria, Oregon, and discussed neuroscience research on stress, trauma, memory, dehumanized perception, resilience and recovery.

We then presented and crafted our own arpilleras at p:ear, a critical community center for support of Portland Oregon youth who lack access to safe, stable housing, while answering questions about behavior and the brain. NW Noggin is p:ear’s Community Partner awardee in 2020.

Building excitement and awareness of discoveries, educational options and careers through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, international and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate, engages more communities, and increases awareness and support for investment in brain research and the arts.
* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; ** NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org); *** Department of University Studies, Portland State University; **** Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
Sewing Memories, & Brains

PSU Neuro Club: Showcase Symposium ONLINE
2020-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 | OR

Brains to Benson! **POSTPONED
2020-05-07 08:30 - 12:00 | Benson High School, 546 NE 12th Ave, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit with Health Sciences students at Benson High School
**POSTPONED due to COVID-19; new date to come!
WHERE: Benson High School, 546 NE 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97232 (Band Room)
WHEN: Thursday, May 7, 8:30am – noon
Contact: Lesley Keith, Health Sciences CTE Instructor, Benson High School

Benson is a 100+ year old polytechnic high school in Portland Public Schools. From their website: “Within an environment that fosters diversity, Benson’s mission is to integrate hands-on career technical education and core academics today for the innovations of tomorrow.”
From PPS:“Benson Polytechnic High School is Portland, Oregon’s premier four-year career-technical education focus high school, building on a history that spans nearly 100 years. Benson Polytechnic High School offers the academic rigor and the practical training that prepares students for college and the highly skilled, highly paid 21st-century work force.”
Our volunteers will answer questions, discuss neuroscience research and make brain-related art with about 60 students in the Health Sciences track.

Benson High School students printed our t-shirts for 2016 outreach in Washington DC!
LEARN MORE: Brains in DC: Inspired Teaching at Turner and ITS
Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu, aaeisen@pdx.edu 🙂
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Mark Rutledge-Gorman, OHSU Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC)
4. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU

Noggin @ Boys & Girls! **POSTPONED**
2020-05-13 15:30 - 18:00 | Blazers Boys & Girls Club, 5250 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit with Blazers Boys & Girls Club
**POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS**
WHERE: Blazers Boys & Girls Club, 5250 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97211
WHEN: Wednesday, May 13, 4:00pm – 6:00pm (arrive 3:30pm for set up :))
CONTACT: Julia Dancis, M.S, Doctoral Candidate, Applied Developmental & Community Psychology, Portland State University

We’re excited to visit Blazers Boys & Girls! “Boys & Girls Clubs are safe, positive places for kids to enjoy fun and engaging programs at an affordable price. Clubs provide enrichment programs to youth while empowering them with a sense of belonging and security.”
LEARN MORE: Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area
3:30 -4pm: set up (including brain map project)
4-4:45 pm: 1st – 6th graders
5-5:45 pm: 7th – 12th graders

From Julia: “Before NW Noggins visits, the kids will write their questions about the brain on sticky notes. The activities will begin by answering those questions and learning from kids what they already know about the brain. Next, they will have the opportunity to directly interact with human and non-human animal brains. The youth will then make neurons out of pipe cleaners, whereas the teens will make gel prints. Both may contribute to the big brain map on the floor…”
LEARN MORE: Making a Pipe Cleaner Neuron
LEARN MORE: Neuron Gelatin Prints
LEARN MORE: Brain Map Project
Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu, aaeisen@pdx.edu 🙂
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU

Noggin ONLINE @ PPS Creative Science!
2020-05-14 10:00 - 10:45 | OR
WHAT: Noggin Online with 6th – 8th graders in Portland Public Schools!
We did it! Learn more at the link.
Pandemic connections

WHERE: Google Hangout for Creative Science, Portland Public Schools
WHEN: Thursday, May 14 (& 21, 28), 10:00am – 10:45am
CONTACT: Brandan McClain, 6-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies

Get your questions ready! NW Noggin will meet with curious 6th, 7th and 8th graders at Creative Science School, in Portland Public Schools, on three consecutive Thursdays.

We’ll have brains (onscreen), art project ideas for home, and undergraduates and graduate students studying neuroscience!

We’ll also make brain cells (both neurons and glia) using any materials we have at hand 🙂

The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) @ OHSU is providing art supplies, and the PDX 3D printing Lab printed full-size human brains to offer teachers in Portland Public Schools!

LEARN MORE: How to 3D Print a Brain
LEARN MORE: NW Noggin & PDX3DP Lab: 3D Printing Brain Models for Students in Oregon

Check out these questions from PPS students!
How does the brain react to trauma?
What in our brain makes us bored?
How does our brain know what’s bad for us besides using common sense?
What happens when the fusiform gyrus is damaged?
Is synaesthesia linked to a certain part of the brain?
Where in the brain are memories kept?
How does the brain remember taste? Like when you eat something, how does your brain remember which taste it is?
How do we remember sound?
Why do we sleep and dream?
How does the brain react to addictions?
How much memory does your brain have? “I’ll forget where my phone is, but then I’ll remember some random crap from when I was 6, which isn’t fair because I don’t care about when I was 6.”
Why do some people agree on the same things but disagree on other things?
Is it possible that your brain may interpret colors differently than other people?
What are dreams and why to we have them?
Why are there so many different ways that people cope?
How come one person could like one type of something and not the other type of it?
At what age are our brains fully developed?
Do human brains work like animal brains?
Is tv really bad for your brain? If so, why?
Why do we store lots of memories in our brains?
Why do people like certain music, and what does it say about their personality?
How do dreams work and why are there weird dreams and dreams that make zero sense?

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia
4. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
5. Sydney Duran, PSU
6. Heather Hamilton, OHSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
7. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
9. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
10. Annabelle Winking, PSU
11. Michael Deveney, PSU
12. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
We’ve visited Creative Science LIVE in the past. Learn more at the links…
“You get me!” @ Creative Science

Creativity and Science

NW Noggin @ North Clackamas Brain Fair! **CANCELED**
2020-05-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Milwaukie Elks Lodge, 13121 SE McLouglin Blvd, Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin @ North Clackamas Brain Safety Fair!
**CANCELED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS**
WHERE: Milwaukie Elks Lodge, 13121 SE McLouglin Blvd, Milwaukie, OR 97222
WHEN: Saturday, May 16th, 10:00am – 2:00pm
CONTACT: Laura Kozell, OHSU

How is your brain changing? How can you protect your brain? Come join us for a fun day of examining brains and making art!
This is a free community event
From the organizers: “Demonstrations about sensory systems, what the brain does, developmental biology, species differences in brain structure and function, effects of disease, damage or drugs on the brain. Tables for organizations that volunteer in the community teaching about brains and science, brain arts and crafts.”
Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu and aaeisen@pdx.edu.
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
2. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU

Noggin ONLINE @ PPS Creative Science!
2020-05-21 09:30 - 10:45 | OR
WHAT: Noggin Online with 6th – 8th graders in Portland Public Schools!
We did it!! GREAT QUESTIONS!

WHERE: Google Hangout for Creative Science, Portland Public Schools
WHEN: Thursday, May 21 (& 14, 28), 9:45am – 10:45am; Meet first @ 9:30am
CONTACT: Brandan McClain, 6-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies; Matt Feitelberg, Mid-Level Humanities Teacher, Creative Science School

Get your questions ready! NW Noggin plans to meet again with curious 6th, 7th and 8th graders at Creative Science School, in Portland Public Schools. We’ll have more real brains (onscreen), art project ideas for home, and undergraduates and graduate students studying neuroscience!

The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) @ OHSU is providing art supplies, and the PDX 3D printing Lab printed full-size human brains to offer teachers in Portland Public Schools!

LEARN MORE: How to 3D Print a Brain
Student Questions
1. Does the brain store long-term and short-term memories in different parts of the brain? -Jack
2. Why do we feel stuff? -Allen
3. The way humans act is so different from the ways other animals act. What actually makes our brains different? -Lillian
4. How does your amygdala actually TELL you to fight or flee? What is it actually doing? -Lucy
5. How do we think?
6. Are there differences in the way our brains behave and learn in person vs online? -Matt

LEARN MORE: Face-to-face or face-to-screen? Undergraduates’ opinions and test performance in classroom vs. online learning

See what we did last week!
Pandemic connections

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu!

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Danny Gray, PSU
4. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
5. Sydney Duran, PSU
6. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
7. Annabelle Winking, PSU
8. Andrea Rano, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
9. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
10. Heather Hamilton, OHSU
11. Harper Thomas, PSU
12. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU

We’ve visited Creative Science LIVE in the past. Learn more at the links…
“You get me!” @ Creative Science

Creativity and Science

NW Noggin + Council for the Homeless **POSTPONED!
2020-05-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Bridgeview Resource Center, 505 Omaha Way, Vancouver, OR, 98661, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin @ Council for the Homeless Best Practices event
**POSTPONED due to COVID-19. Stay tuned for new developments…
WHERE: Bridgeview Resource Center, 505 Omaha Way, Vancouver, WA 98661
WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 5:30 – 7:00pm
Council for the Homeless is a non-profit organization in Clark County, Washington whose mission is to provide community leadership, compelling advocacy, and practical solutions to prevent and end homelessness.

LEARN MORE: Council for the Homeless
We are excited to join organizer Sarah Fletcher in discussing trauma, including who it impacts and how it affects our brains. Learn more about trauma, homelessness and resilience at the link.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ P:ear
Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu and aaeisen@pdx.edu.
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU

Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Leigh Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D. **CANCELED
2020-05-27 17:30 - 21:00 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Machines and the Mind: Advances in brain-computer interface

Leigh Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
All Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:
The Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
and begin at 7:00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm!

The latest advancements in brain-computer interface systems are shared by Dr. Leigh Hochberg, director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Engineering at Brown University, and Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs RR&D Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology. Dr. Hochberg’s pioneering BrainGate clinical trials demonstrate how these amazing technologies could provide communication and mobility for people with paralysis. With these ground-breaking tools, Dr. Hochberg presents a path to unlocking minds that have been, up until now, trapped by their condition.

Thanks to the OHSU Brain Institute, NW Noggin has 12 complimentary tickets to this event! We’ll staff a table loaded with brains and art before and after the show.
Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu and aaeisen@pdx.edu
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

PSU Neuro Club: Virtual TED Talks!
2020-05-27 18:30 - 20:00 | OR

Noggins in North Kitsap! **POSTPONED!
2020-05-28 - 2020-05-30 | North Kitsap High School, 1780 NE Hostmark Street, Poulsbo, WA, 98370, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Poulsbo, WA (“The Viking City“)
**POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19: More details to come
WHERE: North Kitsap High School, 1780 NE Hostmark St, Poulsbo, WA 98370 AND Poulsbo Elementary School, 18531 Noll Rd NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370

WHEN: Thursday, May 28 – Saturday, May 30
Contact: Nick Elmquist, Social Studies Teacher, North Kitsap High School

We’re excited to meet high school and elementary school students on Washington State’s Kitsap Peninsula, “the natural side of Puget Sound.” Nick Elmquist at North Kitsap High School secured a grant to bring ELEVEN Noggin volunteers – along with extra brains and art projects – north to Poulsbo!

Thank you Nick & North Kitsap!!
THURSDAY, MAY 28
Travel to Poulsbo, WA (a.k.a. “Little Norway”)
Train/bus/ferry an option (contact for details)
Dinner with teachers!
FRIDAY, MAY 29
8:00am – 3:00pm: Outreach visits to North Kitsap High School and Poulsbo Elementary School
Details TBD
SATURDAY, MAY 30
Travel home to Portland area
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Michael Deveney, PSU
4. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin (just got into UW med school!!!)
5. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
6. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
7. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
8. Aaron Eisen, NUNM/NW Noggin
9. Cam Howard, PSU
10. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin/PCC
11. Aliese Poole, PSU

Noggin ONLINE @ PPS Creative Science!
2020-05-28 09:30 - 10:45 | OR
WHAT: Noggin Online with 6th – 8th graders in Portland Public Schools!
We did it!! GREAT conversations!!

“That was an amazing experience! Thank you so much for all of the time that has gone into facilitating these sessions. Please pass on my gratitude to everyone that participated.” -Leslie Skyback, teacher @ Portland Public Schools

Reconnecting our brains in a pandemic: one cell at a time!

FOUND OBJECT NEURONS: #showusyourbraincell

WHERE: Google Hangout for Creative Science, Portland Public Schools
WHEN: Thursday, May 28 (& 14, 21), 9:30am – 10:45am (9:30am for set-up)
CONTACT: Brandan McClain, 6-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies; Leslie Skybak, Mid-Level Humanities Teacher, Creative Science School

Check out these questions!!

We’ll meet again with curious 6th, 7th and 8th graders at Creative Science, in Portland Public Schools. We’ll have more real brains (onscreen), art project ideas for home, and undergraduates and graduate students studying neuroscience!

Neuron by Danny Gray, PSU
The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) @ OHSU is providing art supplies, and the PDX 3D printing Lab printed full-size human brains to offer teachers in Portland Public Schools!

LEARN MORE: How to 3D Print a Brain
See what we’ve been doing!
Pandemic connections

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Danny Gray, PSU
4. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
5. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
6. Sydney Duran, PSU
7. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
9. Annabelle Winking, PSU
10. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
11. Michael Deveney, PSU
12. Andrea Rano, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
13. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
14. Harper Thomas, PSU
15. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
16. Sam Carpenter, University of Michigan
Make a found object brain cell!

We’ve visited Creative Science LIVE in the past. Learn more at the links…
“You get me!” @ Creative Science

Creativity and Science

p:ear Blossoms!
2020-06-19 17:30 - 18:30 | Portland Art Museum
WHAT: p:ear Blossoms
WHERE: Virtual Gala: p:ear blossoms 2020 “My Sheltering Sky – in place”
WHEN: Friday, June 19, 2020, 5:30 – 6:30pm

“How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we’re just so small.” –Paul Bowles

NW Noggin is deeply honored to receive the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Award! The award belongs to all our extraordinary, engaged outreach volunteers (every one of us is a volunteer) for sharing neuroscience research on sleep, bias, adolescent brain development, drugs, stress, anxiety, mental health – and for listening, learning, advocating and making art!

LEARN MORE: Seeing us all through research & art
LEARN MORE: Listening to testimony @ p:ear
LEARN MORE: Being there means something
We had SO MUCH FUN presenting brains and art and all volunteer community outreach in our Portland community this June with the incomparable p:ear gala emcee POISON WATERS!!!

This year, p:ear turns 18!
On June 19th, we will celebrate p:ear’s 18 years of working with Portland’s homeless youth with a content-rich Virtual Gala featuring local celebrities (Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Liz Gilbert of Eat Pray Love, Portugal. The Man, host Poison Waters, and auctioneer Johnna Wells) and the vibrant voices of our community.
p:ear believes every young person deserves a place where they are nurtured and encouraged to grow: a sheltering sky that inspires curiosity and is fueled by hope and grounded in love. During the Covid-19 Crisis, our work with youth continues. We are their sheltering sky.

Join us for this momentous occasion! pearblossoms “My Sheltering Sky”

LEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN + P:EAR AT THE LINK
Noggin + P:ear

JOINING US…
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
4. Jordan Ray, PSU
LIMITED/ROSTER FULL

** CANCELED: Noggins in Bend!
2020-06-22 - 2020-06-23 | Oregon State University Cascades Campus, 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC) Camp MedStars
** CANCELED (at least POSTPONED) due to coronavirus concerns
WHERE: Oregon State University Cascades Campus, 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR 97702
WHEN: Monday, June 22 (noon) through Tuesday, June 23 (noon)
NOTE: You are welcome to arrive at OSU Cascades on Sunday night in Bend; dormitory housing is available both Sunday and Monday

Contact: Debbie Cole, Cascades East Area Health Education Center
MedStars is a week-long residence camp for diverse and underserved high school students in the Cascades East region. MedStars will take place in Bend with students and Noggin volunteers residing in the college dormitory on the OSU-Cascades Campus.

From collaborative outreach last year with the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center
LEARN MORE: LTP in La Grande
We have room for FIVE (5) Noggin volunteers to join us in Bend, to learn from high school participants, make art and discuss brain research relevant to shared interests. CEAHEC will cover transportation costs (mileage reimbursement), housing and meals!
Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu & aaeisen@pdx.edu
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Leota Wolford, PSU
4. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
5.
6.
7.

FREE: Reconnecting our Brains, One Cell at a Time
2020-06-24 10:30 - 11:30 | OR
WHAT: Reconnecting our Brains, One Cell at a Time. A FREE Society for Neuroscience global webinar with NW Noggin & BrainFacts.org
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
Reconnecting Our Brains, One Cell at a Time

WHERE: EVERYWHERE! 🧠🎨🤝❤️ Register for the FREE webinar
WHEN: Thursday, June 24, 2020, 10:30am Pacific time; 1:30pm Eastern

LEARN MORE: Reconnecting Our Brains, One Cell at a Time
Our brains are home to billions of cells that love to reach out and connect. These networks of linked neurons and glia make us who we are, and let us perceive, think, and do. When separated by trauma, or injury, they are remarkably plastic, capable of establishing new synapses, developing creative approaches to navigating a complex world.

A pandemic is traumatic, separates networks, and makes it hard to connect with communities. But just like our brain cells, we can adapt and create new approaches to our ever-changing world.

In this webinar, discover how Northwest Noggin, a nonprofit organization, is reaching communities with neuroscience research and brain cell art, using found materials and sharing online.

LEARN MORE: Pandemic Connections
Join us for a FREE GLOBAL webinar on Wednesday, June 24th at 1:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (10:30am Pacific). This webinar is a collaboration between NW Noggin and BrainFacts.org.
Register for the FREE webinar

Noggin @ OHSU Brain Awareness lecture: Larry Sherman, Ph.D.
2020-07-27 17:30 - 21:00 | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
The Neuroscience of Pleasure: How your brain responds to music, love and chocolate
Larry Sherman, Ph.D. (OHSU)
Larry Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor, Oregon National Primate Research Center
OHSU
POSTPONED TO Monday, July 27, 2020
All Brain Awareness Lectures take place at:
The Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
and begin at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: NW Noggin volunteers expected for set up at 5:30pm!
Listening to beautiful music, falling in love and eating really good chocolate create intense feelings of pleasure – but why? OHSU neuroscientist Larry Sherman, Ph.D., joined by the Portland Chamber Orchestra and singer Naomi LaViolette, presents a fascinating multi-media discussion and concert on how the brain experiences pleasure. Diving into exciting new research – including what happens to the brain when love goes awry – and what we can learn from the monogamous prairie vole, Dr. Sherman mixes music, humor and neuroscience for an unforgettable, educational evening.
This unique lecture and performance will have a 15 minute intermission, and end at 9 p.m.
Thanks to the OHSU Brain Institute, NW Noggin has 12 complimentary tickets to this event! We’ll staff a table loaded with brains and art before and after the show.

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu and aaeisen@pdx.edu
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Kass Fitzgerald, PSU
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Society for Neuroscience Outreach Webinar!
2020-09-24 10:00 - 11:00 | OR
WHAT: Action & Potential in Outreach, Education & Research
We did it!

WATCH THE WEBINAR 🙂

WHERE: EVERYWHERE! 🧠🎨🤝❤️ CLICK ME: Webinar LINK
WHEN: Thursday, September 24, 2020, 10:0am Pacific time; 1:00pm Eastern

A second FREE Society for Neuroscience global webinar with BrainFacts.org & Northwest Noggin! Co-sponsored by the American Brain Coalition. Title based on our keynote address at SfN 2018* 🙂

Join Richard Wingate, the Head of Anatomy at Kings College London and Editor in Chief of BrainFacts.org, and Leigh Wilson, the Public Engagement manager at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Kings and an avid outreach practitioner, as they explore the question:
“What does outreach mean to you?”
Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake of NW Noggin will moderate the event!

Brandan McClain, middle school teacher in Portland Public Schools
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Joey-Seuferling.mp4
Joey Seuferling, University of Washington Medical School, NW Noggin volunteer
LEARN MORE: Pandemic Connections

See what we learned during our FIRST webinar on pandemic outreach HERE.
Reconnecting Our Brains, One Cell at a Time

Richard Wingate
Editor-in-Chief for BrainFacts.org and Reader in the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London.
Richard Wingate is a Reader in the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London. He completed his DPhil in Neurophysiology at Oxford University in 1992 with Professor Ian Thompson. He completed his Masters degree in Academic Practice in 2013 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was appointed Head of Anatomy at King’s College London in 2014. Richard has collaborated on a variety of public engagement projects. He was scientific advisor for the Wellcome Collection’s “Brain: the Mind as Matter” exhibition (2012) and has served on Wellcome Trust panels for Science and Art, Society (Pulse), Arts, Arts Production and the Hub selection. He is a member of the Public Education and Communication Committee of the Society for Neuroscience and sits on the advisory boards of the Old Operating Theatre Museum, London and the Science Gallery UK.
Leigh Wilson
Leigh Wilson is the Public Engagement manager at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King’s College London. She has a long-standing passion for outreach lead into the public engagement and education field. Exciting current projects include partnering with artists to build creative and arts-lead approaches to undergraduate bioscience education as well as developing several school outreach programs, which aim to build national and international partnerships and science capital in communities ranging from France to India.
Jeff Leake
Jeff Leake holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. As an educator, he has dedicated himself to exploring the intersection between art and science. He currently teaches in the Psychology and University Studies departments at Portland State University where he works with his colleague (and fellow NW Noggin founder) Bill Griesar to teach art and neuroscience. He is also the president and arts coordinator of NW Noggin. As part of this organization, he has traveled around the country, lecturing and teaching neuroscience through art, working with more than 40,000 K-12 students (and a few adults) and was recognized as an innovator by the Obama White House.
Bill Griesar
Bill Griesar, Ph.D. is Senior Instructor in Psychology at Portland State University, founder and Neuroscience Coordinator of NW Noggin, Adjunct Instructor in University Studies at Portland State, and Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU. He has developed and taught neuroscience courses at Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, Clark College, amongst others since 2001, and co-founded (with Jeff Leake) the art + neuroscience outreach nonprofit nwnoggin.org. Through NW Noggin (which is entirely volunteer) he’s met with more than 40,000 K-12 students over real brains and art. He’s been recognized as an innovator by the Obama White House, and has won numerous teaching awards.

* LEARN MORE: Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

LIVE: Bill & Jeff introduction (5 minutes)
“But ultimately outreach is different things to different people. We asked outreach practitioners, collaborators, teachers what is their definition of outreach. Then we asked Richard and Leigh to talk about their responses to the clips.”

What does outreach mean to you?
Doing outreach: examples with kids!

LIVE: Bill/Jeff reflection and sum-up and then leads into questions (8 minutes)
Bill: “Leigh, given where we are at with the pandemic now, what is the future of outreach?”
Leigh: “Jeff, how can outreach bring out the creativity of science?”
Jeff: “Bill, inclusivity and diversity is a big part of what we do – how do we stay mindful of this?”
Bill: “Richard, you run a website – how can you ensure that you build diversity and inclusion into the neuroscience that you represent at BrainFacts?”
