NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Super School Challenge!
2016-05-19 12:00 - 19:00 UTC
We are meeting at noon at Bill’s house to work on remaining grant app sections and prepare for the timed XQ Super School challenge. Please bring your laptop, and be ready to respond quickly and creatively..!

Also, check out what we’ve accomplished thus far…
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Skyview Outreach Planning @ Chapel Pub
2016-05-17 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Chapel Pub
We’ll head over to the Chapel Pub on N. Killingsworth Tuesday (5/17) at 6:00pm (we may get there a bit earlier for Happy Hour 🙂 to help set you up for further in person planning for Skyview High next week. Hopefully all the formal GEAR UP and PARC participants can make the meeting.
You’ll be introducing yourselves to Skyview juniors starting next Tuesday!

Super School Challenge!
2016-05-17 12:00 - 17:45 UTC
We are meeting at noon at Bill’s house to work on remaining grant app sections and prepare for the timed XQ Super School challenge. Please bring your laptop, and be ready to respond quickly and creatively..!

SfN Chapter Meeting @ Edgefield!
2016-05-13 - 2016-05-14 | McMenamin’s Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale, OR, 97060, United States
Society for Neuroscience Oregon Chapter Meeting 2016

May 13–14, 2016
McMenamins Edgefield Winery

Speakers
Janet Neisewander, Arizona State University School of Life Sciences
Macro effects of microRNAs on addiction-related gene expression
Erik Zornik, Reed College
Bottom-up signaling in a vertebrate vocal circuit: Motor neurons that mediate premotor rhythms
Sean Speese, Oregon Health & Science University
RNA granules – Nuclear export, intracellular transport, and localized gene expression
Dasa Zeithamova, University of Oregon
Retrieval-mediated learning and memory integration in the human hippocampus
Mini-Symposium on the Neuroscience of Addiction
Bonnie Nagel, Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU
Barbara Sorg, Washington State University, Vancouver
SCHEDULE: SFN_OR_schedule

Skyview Outreach Planning @ Chapel Pub
2016-05-12 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Chapel Pub
We’re meeting at the Chapel Pub after the Health Fair at Jefferson High School, to start planning outreach at Skyview High School later this month…

Health Fair @ Jefferson High School!
2016-05-12 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Jefferson High School
We’re expected Thursday morning (5/12) at 11:00am with brains and pipe cleaners at Jefferson High School in North Portland!
Jefferson High School, 5210 N Kerby | Portland, OR 97211
It’s for their annual health fair, and will be held in the school cafeteria. The event runs until 1pm.

Noggin Capitol Tour!
2016-04-29 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20515, United States
Courtesy of Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s office!

Meet at Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s Congressional office in the Longworth House Office building (room #1111 on the ground floor) on the south side of the Capitol.

Noggins @ NIH: Cajal/Kamen exhibit tour
2016-04-29 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Medical Center Metro stop
Visit to NIH with Chris Thomas, NINDS‘ Science Writer and graduate of OHSU’s Neuroscience program. An opportunity to view original, century old prints by Spanish neuroanatomist Ramon y Cajal, along with recent work by Rebecca Kamen, a DC artist inspired by Cajal’s Golgi-stained depictions of human brain cells.
Friday, April 29, 10:00 – 11:30am
Meet at the Medical Center Metro stop at 9:45am. Go up the Metro escalator straight into NIH. Allow at least 45 minutes for a metro ride from DC…

Neuroscience Night @ The Phillips!
2016-04-28 16:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
Phillips Collection for Neuroscience Night @ “Seeing Nature” exhibit (with beer from the Fort George Brewery in Astoria, OR, and wine from Burnt Bridge Cellars in Vancouver, WA). *** SOLD OUT!! ***
Thursday, April 28, 4:30 – 8:00pm
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009

Research/outreach discussion @ White House OSTP
2016-04-28 11:30 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Room 460, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20502, United States
Grad/select undergrad student research/outreach discussion
Thursday, April 28, 11:30am; Arrive EARLY. When you arrive, please check in at the Security Entrance at 17th St. NW and State Place.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Room 460, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 20502

The EEOB is within a short walking distance of the following metro stops:
Farragut West – on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines. This is the metro stop closest to the EEOB.
McPherson Square – on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines.
Farragut North – on the Red line

“Brains + Art” briefing at the U.S. Senate
2016-04-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
“Brains + Art” briefing at the U.S. Senate, HELP Committee
Wednesday, April 27, 2:00 – 3pm

Russell Senate Office Building, SR-188
2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
Northeast of the Capitol, site bounded by Constitution Ave., First St., Delaware Ave., and C St., N.E.

STEAM/Neuro House “Brains + Art” briefing and reception
2016-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338
STEAM/Neuro Congressional “Brains + Art” briefing and reception
Wednesday, April 27, noon – 1pm

Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338, Washington, DC 20515
Southwest of the U.S. Capitol, bound by Independence Ave., South Capitol St., First St., and C St., S.W.
Arrive ONE HOUR EARLY (at 11:00am)

Noggin/WSU Alumni Event @ Microsoft
2016-04-26 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center, 901 K Street, 11th Floor, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
WSU Neuroscience event (for WSU participants, though others are welcome)
Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center, 901 K Street, 11th Floor, DC.
This event will showcase the innovative research being conducted by the WSU Vancouver Neuroscience Program on hearing, addiction, and how the brain works…

Noggin/Phillips outreach: Turner Elementary
2016-04-26 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Turner Elementary, 3264 Stanton Rd. SE, Washington, DC, 20032, United States
DC public school visit with brains and art
Turner Elementary, from 1:00 – 2:30pm
3264 Stanton Rd. SE, Washington, DC 20032
“The Brain Experience!”
Two fourth grade classrooms in the school cafeteria for introductions, questions, brain examination/handling, and more pipe cleaner neuron building…
Brain art work created by students will hang at the Phillips at our Neuroscience Night event!

Noggin/Phillips Outreach: Inspired Teaching Public Charter School
2016-04-26 09:15 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Inspired Teaching Public Charter School, 200 Douglas St., NE , Washington, DC, United States
Visit with brains and art
Inspired Teaching Public Charter School
200 Douglas St., NE | Washington, DC 20002 | p: 202-248-6825

First 30 minutes (K-1 only): School cafeteria/auditorium for introductions, “The Land of Cerebrum” play, and questions…
Next 90 minutes: Brain viewing, handling, questions in room off cafeteria (three classes, grades 6 – 8); and at the same time, five, in class art/brain workshops (grades 2, 3, and 4) on pipe cleaner neurons…

Brain art work created by students will hang at the Phillips at our Neuroscience Night event!

Noggin Wednesdays @ P:ear!
2016-04-20 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
DAY 4: Wednesday, April 20
Drugs and Consciousness
NEED: Miracle berries, drunk goggles (Bill, Kirk & Allie) (& Michael, Gaile, Erin..?)
ART: T-shirt printmaking (Carrie & Jeff)

OHSU Teacher Training Workshop!
2016-04-16 09:00 - 15:00 UTC | OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building, 2730 SW Moody, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
What:
Brain Awareness Teacher Workshop
Where:
Collaborative Life Sciences Building
Atrium and 1st Floor Lecture Hall
2730 SW Moody, Portland, OR 97201
When:
Saturday April 16th, 9-3
We’ll have a table at this event similar to what we had at the OMSI brain fair. Everyone who comes will also be able to attend the lectures and presentations at the event. Limited to 15 volunteers so let us know if you’re interested as soon as you can…
Brain Awareness Teacher Workshop
Sponsored by OHSU’s Office of Science Education Opportunities, The Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness and the OHSU Brain Institute
A special day for classroom teachers featuring presentations on the adolescent brain and early-life nutrition and a highly interactive resource fair.
2016 Brain Awareness Lecture Series Healthy Pleasures, Unhealthy Habits
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Collaborative Life Sciences Building
Atrium and 1st Floor Lecture Hall
2730 SW Moody, Portland, OR 97201
The theme for Brain Awareness Season 2016 revolves around “Healthy Pleasures, Unhealthy Habits,” and both Teacher Workshop speakers will touch on how addiction manifests itself in the brains of youth, among other telling research.
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Registration, Networking, Resource Fair, Continental Breakfast
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
The Adolescent Brain
Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Oregon Health & Science University
Learn about the field of biological psychology from Dr. Nagel
11:00 – 12:00
Questions and Answers
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Resource Fair
Organizations will present information and opportunities relevant to teachers’ needs in the classroom and beyond. Previous participants included Bob’s Red Mill, NW Noggin, March of Dimes, Brain-in-a-Box curriculum, and Nutrition-in-a-box curriculum. Local venues to purchase lunch include Lovejoy Bakers, Cha Cha Cha, and The Gantry food cart pod.
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
How Early-Life Nutrition Feeds the Obesity Epidemic in Children and Adolescents
Susan P. Bagby, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Division Chair, Community Education & Outreach Committee, Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness
Oregon Health & Science University
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Questions and Answers

Noggin Wednesdays @ P:ear!
2016-04-13 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
DAY 3: Wednesday, April 13
Sleep and Dreams
NEED: Mindflex Duel to illustrate EEG (Bill & Allie); Heart and Brain SpikerShield Bundle/EEG demo (Kirk & Bill) (& Michael, Gaile, Erin..?)
ART: T-shirt design (Carrie & Jeff)

Noggin Wednesdays @ P:ear!
2016-04-06 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
DAY 2: Wednesday, April 6
Stress and Resilience
NEED: Human to human interface/GSR (Kirk), rubber arm/rubber mallet (Bill & Allie) (& Michael, Gaile, Erin..?)
ART: T-shirt design, and brain patches (Carrie & Jeff)

MESA Day @ WSU Vancouver
2016-04-02 09:30 - 15:00 UTC | WSU Vancouver
WHAT:
Southwest Washington MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Day 2016!

WHERE:
Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 NE SALMON CREEK AVE, VANCOUVER, WA, 98686
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu

WHEN:
Saturday, April 2 (9:00 – 3:30pm)

We’ll have Mindflex Duels, pipe cleaner neurons, real brains, Brittany Wouden’s famed myBrain! app…

From last spring’s event…

A MESA Mindflex @ WSU-V!
https://nwnoggin.org/2015/03/22/a-mesa-mindflex-wsu-v/

Noggin Wednesdays @ P:ear!
2016-03-30 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
DAY 1: Wednesday, March 30
Brains – and what else? What do people want? Brain dissections?
NEED: Brains! (Bill, Kirk & Allie) (& Michael, Gaile, Erin..?)
ART: Petri printmaking (Carrie & Jeff)

Noggin @ Bonny Slope Elementary
2016-03-10 08:00 - 11:00 UTC | Bonny Slope Elementary, 11775 NW McDaniel Rd., Beaverton, 97229, United States
WHAT:
Noggin brains visit with K-5 students at Bonny Slope Elementary School (Beaverton Public Schools)

WHERE:
Bonny Slope Elementary School, 11775 NW McDaniel Rd., Portland OR 97229
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/bonny-slope

WHEN:

Thursday, March 10 with 2nd and 3rd grade (8:40 – 10:30am)

The last of three visits…

Lead teachers:
1. Erin McConnell, graduate, Psychology, PSU
2. Jacob Schoen, undergraduate, Psychology, PSU
3. Brianna Jacobs, undergraduate, Psychology, PSU

4. Matty McCasland, undergraduate, PNCA

Noggin @ Bonny Slope Elementary
2016-03-09 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
WHAT:
Noggin brains visit with K-5 students at Bonny Slope Elementary School (Beaverton Public Schools)

WHERE:
Bonny Slope Elementary School, 11775 NW McDaniel Rd., Portland OR 97229
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/bonny-slope

WHEN:

Wednesday, March 9 with 4th and 5th grade (1:30 – 3:00pm)

The second of three visits…

Lead teachers:
1. Erin McConnell, graduate, Psychology, PSU
2. Jacob Schoen, undergraduate, Psychology, PSU
3. Brianna Jacobs, undergraduate, Psychology, PSU
4. Matty McCasland, undergraduate, PNCA

Lecture: Marijuana and the brain
2016-03-07 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Several NW Noggin volunteers will staff an information table, possibly with some real human cerebrums, at this OHSU Brain Institute lecture at the Newmark Theater in downtown Portland…
To learn more about this lecture, please visit…
Marijuana and the brain
Nephi Stella, Ph.D.
Nephi Stella, Ph.D., is a Professor in the departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.
Dr. Stella is researching how the bioactive components devoid of drug abuse properties produced by Cannabis Sativa can be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases.

Noggin @ Bonny Slope Elementary
2016-03-03 08:00 - 11:00 UTC | Bonny Slope Elementary, 11775 NW McDaniel Rd., Beaverton, 97229, United States
WHAT:
Noggin brains visit with K-5 students at Bonny Slope Elementary School (Beaverton Public Schools)

WHERE:
Bonny Slope Elementary School, 11775 NW McDaniel Rd., Portland OR 97229
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/bonny-slope

WHEN:
Thursday, March 3 with kindergarten and 1st grade (8:40 – 10:30am)

The first of three visits…

Lead teachers:
1. Erin McConnell, graduate, Psychology, PSU
2. Jacob Schoen, undergraduate, Psychology, PSU
3. Brianna Jacobs, undergraduate, Psychology, PSU

Lecture: Gaming and the brain
2016-02-29 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Several NW Noggin volunteers will staff an information table, possibly with some real human cerebrums, at this OHSU Brain Institute lecture at the Newmark Theater in downtown Portland…
To learn more about this lecture, please visit…
Gaming and the brain
Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Gazzaley is a professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry and director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California San Francisco.
Dr. Gazzaley’s research focuses on the neural mechanisms of perception, attention and memory. He is the co-founder and chief science advisor of Akili Interactive Labs, a company developing therapeutic video games.

Outreach at Skyridge Middle School
2016-02-26 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | Skyridge Middle School, 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
WHAT:
Noggin visits middle school students at Skyridge middle school (Tiffany Morrisey’s class)

WHERE:
Skyridge Middle School; 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas
http://schools.camas.wednet.edu/skyridge/

WHEN:

February 26th
Four sessions at about 55 minutes each, 30-35 kids per class
Class 1-9:25-10:20
Class 2-10:23-10:42
Lunch
Class 2-11:15-11:54 (this is the previous class 2 continued)
Class 3-11:57-12:52
Class 4-12:55-1:50
Let us know if you can come to any or all of these sessions.
**** Interested participants should RSVP to Bill Griesar (bgriesar@gmail.com) and Jeff Leake (aspragus@yahoo.com).

Lecture: Alcohol and the brain
2016-02-22 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Several NW Noggin volunteers will staff an information table, possibly with some real human cerebrums, at this OHSU Brain Institute lecture at the Newmark Theater in downtown Portland…
To learn more about this lecture, please visit…
Alcohol and the brain
Kathleen A. Grant, Ph.D.
Dr. Grant is a senior scientist and head of the Division of Neuroscience at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. She is also a professor in Behavioral Neurosciences at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Grant has spent over thirty years researching the risks and benefits of alcohol consumption.

Outreach @ Skyridge Middle School
2016-02-19 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | Skyridge Middle School, 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
WHAT:
Noggin visits middle school students at Skyridge middle school (Tiffany Morrisey’s class)

WHERE:
Skyridge Middle School; 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas
http://schools.camas.wednet.edu/skyridge/

WHEN:
February 19th
Three sessions at about 80 minutes each, 30-35 kids per class
9:20-10:40
11:15-12:30
12:35-1:50
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Also Skyridge has asked us to add one more date on 2/26 (the following Friday)!

Noggin @ Discovery Middle School
2016-02-09 09:00 - 15:30 UTC | Discovery Middle School, 800 E 40th St , Vancouver, WA, 98663, United States
Outreach visit to Discovery Middle School
Discovery Middle School
800 E 40th St, Vancouver, WA 98663
7th grade classes
