Noggins on T's: Screen printing for #brains2DC!
2017-07-18 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Thurman Street Collective, 2384 NW Thurman St, Portland, OR, 97210, United States
WHAT: Screen-printing night to create t-shirts for NogginFest and #brains2DC!
WHERE: Thurman Street Collective, 2384 NW Thurman St, Portland, OR 97210

WHEN: Tuesday, July 18, 5 – 7pm
UPDATE: We made over 100 shirts!!

Come join us! And bring extra shirts 🙂
We’re gathering Tuesday to make shirts to help support our undergraduate volunteers present brains and art this fall in Washington, DC. We’ll meet at the Thurman Street Collective (owned by Noggin Resource Council member Kanani Miyamoto) on Tuesday night in Northwest…
Please RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@pdx.edu – see you Tuesday & cheers!
Confirmed
Andrea Anaya, PSU
Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU/Noggin Resource Council member
Christina Williams, Noggin Resource Council member
Travis Christian, PSU
Alison Mack, PSU
Gaile Parker, PSU
Heather Hamilton,
Alex Kunz, PSU

Noggin @ Lane Middle School
2017-07-19 09:30 - 12:00 | Lane School, 7200 SE 60th Ave, Portland, 97206, United States
Noggin is invited to introduce brains and art to about forty entering 9th grade Portland Public School students enrolled in the free Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) program at Lane School this summer!

UPDATE: See what we did with Franklin SUN!
Cellphones & Receptors at Franklin SUN

WHAT: Visit to Franklin SUN Program (~ 40, 1st – 6th grade students)
WHERE: Lane School, 7200 SE 60th Ave, Portland OR 97206
WHEN: Wednesday, July 19, 2017; 9:30am – 12:00pm

We’ll begin with introductions, build pipe cleaner neurons, and examine some brains (including two NEW brains donated by Medcure!)
Please join us! You must RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and aspragus@yahoo.com…
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Scott Jones, OHSU
Rebecca Hood, OHSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO/Noggin Resource Council member
Jessica Patching-Bunch, Noggin Resource Council member
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Gaile Parker, PSU
Travis Christian, PSU
Alison Mack, PSU
Ruth Marigomen, WSU
Mieya Romine, PSU
Christina Williams, Noggin Resource Council member
Shawna Erickson, PSU
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council member
Firas Saad, PSU
Rebekah Hough, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Laura Mateo, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Raul Vega, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Aliese Poole, PSU
Adam Bishop, PSU
Jennifer Jensen, PSU

Planning session for #brains2DC!
2017-07-19 12:30 - 14:00 | Delta Cafe, 4607 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR, 97206, United States
WHAT: Meet to start planning #brains2DC
WHERE: Delta Cafe, 4607 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97206
WHEN: Wednesday, July 19th, 12:30 – 2:00pm
The purpose of the meet up is to discuss travel plans for DC. We can start talking about group AirBnB’s, room sharing, and money saving ideas. Group planning can be a bit difficult, but it can also save us a lot of money and stress, so it will be worth it. Anyone planning to be in DC in November is welcome to join us. This could also serve as a good time to talk about Noggin Fest progress, as well as poster plans between the ten of us that submitted the outreach abstract for SfN…

Please contact Christina Williams (honey8bee6@hotmail.com) to confirm & cheers!

Noggin @ OHSU/PSU SAIL!
2017-07-20 10:30 - 12:30 | OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, United States
Noggin is running a session for SAIL (the Summer Academy to Inspire Learning).
UPDATE: See what we did!
Synapsing with Summer @ SAIL!

The mission of SAIL at Portland State University and the Fair Imaging lab at OHSU is to encourage under-privileged middle and high school students to pursue higher education. The values that guide this mission include “interdisciplinary education, community outreach, and socially responsible attitudes” – all values that we share!
WHAT: Noggin outreach at OHSU/PSU Summer Academy to Inspire Learning
WHERE: Meet at the fountain outside MacKenzie (Mac) Hall, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland OR 97239-3098
WHEN: Thursday, July 20, 10:30am – 12:30pm

We’ll bring brains and art projects for two hours of questions and exploration. Lunch included!
We’ll begin by introducing ourselves and what we study and research. What interests you about the brain? How did you get involved in learning more? What have you discovered about university and graduate education that you wish you’d known about in high school?

We’ll then examine some real human brains up close, and offer students the chance to ask questions of their own! We’ll also make our own neuron prints using gels and found natural materials, including grasses, mosses, flowers and twigs…

Please join us! RSVP to Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (aspragus@yahoo.com)…
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Travis Christian, PSU
Alison Mack, PSU
Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
Gaile Parker, PSU
Christina Williams, Noggin Resource Council member
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Jennifer Jensen, PSU
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council member
Firas Saad, PSU
Rebekah Hough, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Aliese Poole, PSU
Ian Anderson, PSU
Leota Wolford, PSU
Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU
John Mootz, OHSU

Mad Pursuit: Exploring Science through the Lens of Art
2017-07-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Ford Gallery, 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
WHAT: A Sci-Art group exhibition curated by Sara McCormick, featuring NW artists:
Kindra Crick
Julian Voss Andreae
Elise Wagner
Lawrence Morrell
Sienna Morris
Opening Reception: PLUS live performance (with brainwave display!) from Shannon Entropy!
WHERE: Ford Gallery, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202
WHEN: SATURDAY, July 29 from 6 PM – 9 PM (and beyond…)
UPDATE: See what we did!
Awe, amazement & delight

Come join us!
Celebrated artist Sara McCormick presented her extraordinary fractal images at a NW Noggin Velo Cult event last fall…

LEARN MORE: Is Your Brain Fractal?
And both Sienna Morris and Noggin Brain Board member Kindra Crick have engaged in public #sciart outreach at Velo Cult as well…

LEARN MORE: Your brain is plastic @ Velo!

LEARN MORE: Changing Brain Waves of Depression
The gallery show will be accompanied by a live performance (starting at 8:00pm) of the band Shannon Entropy, while EEG brainwaves are recorded from listeners and displayed on screen!

LEARN MORE: EPSPs & Entropy!
How does brain activity change in response to music? What patterns can you see?

And (shhh…) there may be an after-party (with limited space for guests) for a science/art salon, real (extra!) human brains and more music and EEG in The Mechanical, in the basement of the Ford, following the show…

LEARN MORE: Last Saturday Salon: Your Brain On Mechanical

Noggin @ Camp Monkey!
2017-08-04 10:00 - 12:30 | ONPRC, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR, 97006-3448, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Primate Center Camp Monkey
WHERE: Oregon National Primate Research Center, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97006-3448 (email contacts below for details on how to reach the ONPRC)
WHEN: Friday, August 4, 10:00am – 12:30am
Help introduce brains to K-12 student participants in OHSU ONPRC’s annual Camp Monkey…

Please contact Jeff Leake (aspragus@yahoo.com) and Jacob Schoen (jschoen@pdx.edu) if you can join us!

"Here We Are" with NW Noggin!
2017-08-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
Great conversation this morning with Shane Mauss, a professional stand-up comedian who produces the popular “Here We Are” science podcast. Each week, Shane speaks with a different scientist about their recent work or area of study, bringing their ideas to the public in a fun and accessible way…

LEARN MORE: Here We Are
Today Shane held a brain, examined pipe cleaner photoreceptors, and together we co-hosted and planned a second conversation (potentially next week) with Noggin Art Coordinator Jeff Leake. We also considered the following question…

What do you wish everyone in the world knew about neuroscience (or anything in general really)?! What are the top things about the brain & behavior that captivate you – and your students?

I put this query to our accomplished Noggin Resource Council members, and here are their thoughts…
Jessica Patching-Bunch: I love the ability we have to rewire and create neuro pathways. I think that it is important that people know that at any given time (though it’s not always easy!) they can choose to create different habits, thoughts and daily practices that help their brain to change and grow which in turn helps them in their daily life.

Brianna Jacobs: That neuroscience isn’t isolated to academia and clinicians; that it’s something that can be accessible to children, and those of all educational backgrounds. We all strive to know what makes us human, what drives our needs and desires, what makes us similar and different.

Sulema Rodriguez: I wish that people knew that neuroscience is not something that can only be learned by a few elite. Once you start to learn about neuroscience your world view changes. You begin to understand that these neuronal connections are what make up who you are. It’s honestly pretty amazing.

Ruth Marigomen: I wish everyone knew that studying neuroscience is a form of introspection. With every single discovery we make about the inner workings of the brain, we are not only answering pertinent scientific questions—we are also addressing our long-time question of “What make us human?” I must say that before I entered the field, I had a lot of these philosophical questions: inquiries I thought would be hushed by the austere, more tangible answers I would get as I learn about the brain. I thought that neuroscience would enlighten me about concepts like perspective, memory, and behavior, and oh, was I wrong. The more I studied it, the more I felt ignorant. The more concepts I dove into, the more philosophical inquiries I have triggered: “Are our emotions nothing but a surge of a cocktail of neurotransmitters?” “Are our cherished memories not as real and accurate we thought?” The enthralling questions abundant in the field of neuroscience can trigger the intrinsic queries we have about ourselves as humans. And those are the questions worth asking anyway.

Christina Williams: So, first of all I wish everyone knew that the 10 percent myth, is exactly that, a myth! It’s surprising how many people truly believe this. I think Hollywood is largely to blame. Hence movies like limitless, and that hideous movie Lucy! Ugh! I shudder just thinking of it! Yuck! The second thing I wish we could all know about neuroscience, is the nature of consciousness. If it’s the sum of all parts of the brains inner workings, or if it’s the result of certain structures or functions of the brain. I’ve heard many theories and some too wild to consider. But I’m sure this is a piece of neuroscience knowledge that everyone in the world would want to know. Also: What is the nature of brain death? As someone who has been involved in the medical field for over a decade, I am quite familiar with all the facets of code blue, and the situations where people are clinically dead for extended periods of time before being resuscitated. I once saw I women be brought back after nearly 15 minutes with no measurable vital signs whatsoever! It was truly astonishing! However, in a more recent incident at my last job, I had a patient who coded while I stood there, and even after several of us performed CPR, and the medics came and used the paddles, he was gone. What determines that moment, when and where in the brain is this spark held. What is the neurological, or neurophysiological nature of this electrical signal and what determines its on off function?

Joey Seuferling: Neuroscience is a field with so much left to discover, and the idea that our brain allows us to experience a world full of excitement and wonder is very special. Our brain is who we are!

Here We Are podcast: Part 2!
2017-09-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
“Here We Are” with NW Noggin!
Another in-depth conversation this afternoon with Shane Mauss, a professional stand-up comedian who produces the popular “Here We Are” science podcast. Each week, Shane speaks with a different scientist about their recent work or area of study, bringing their ideas to the public in a fun and accessible way…

LEARN MORE: Here We Are
This week, artist and educator Jeff Leake joined Bill Griesar and Shane in the NW Noggin office at Portland State University to talk more about mixing art and education with neuroscience and embodied cognition…
Noggins + Education
This week’s guest: Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake | Charity of the week: NW Noggin

Drunk Mice on Espresso @ Astoria's Street 14!
2017-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Street 14 Cafe, 1410 Commercial St, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
UPDATE: See what we did on Friday!
Noggins in Astoria
Tipsy Mice on Espresso @ Street 14!

WHAT: Drunk Mice on Espresso: The Science of Brains & Brews
WHERE: Street 14 Cafe, 1410 Commercial St, Astoria, OR 97103

WHEN: Friday, September 8, 2017, 2 – 4pm

A Negroni, an Irish coffee, a Red Bull & vodka…
What is it about caffeine and alcohol – how do they change your brain? How do these popular chemicals swirl into your synapses to affect mood, memory and behavior?
Alfredo Zuñiga & Kim Engeln from OHSU discuss the neuroscience and art of alcohol and caffeine!
ALL ages, FREE talk, REAL human brains to examine – & specialty drinks for purchase!

Planning session: Noggin training for Latino Network staff
2017-09-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
Noggin will run a training for staff at the nonprofit Latino Network on Tuesday, October 10th…
The “founder” of modern neuroscience was an artist and anatomist from Spain (Ramon y Cajal of course), and fundamental advances in our understanding of electrophysiology were made in Chile.

Tonight we’ll discuss how we’ll organize and present our upcoming training…

Some ideas from the meeting…

We are preparing a free training for staff and teachers at the Latino Network, a respected local nonprofit that serves to elevate Latino students in Portland public schools, and offer enrichment opportunities. We were thinking about how so many Spanish speaking scientists were fundamentally involved in the development of neuroscience as a field, starting of course with Ramon y Cajal. Letting young Latino kids (and other kids) know about this rich history might encourage them to consider pursuing research into how our brains function to make us who we are, as part of an extraordinary tradition of people just like themselves.

We have a group of young Spanish speaking Noggin outreach volunteers (several from Mexico and Central America, one with family in Spain) who are preparing this training – and they were extremely enthused about welcoming a working scientist or grad student from Chile to join us, too, via Skype. We’d be thrilled to welcome grad students, postdocs and scientists for introductions (en Español) – to talk about CINV and the history of neuroscience research in the Valparaíso region.

We are excited about furthering this connection – perhaps by inviting more Chilean outreach participants from CINV/Ciencia al Tiro to introduce themselves and their research to Portland public school classrooms by Skype later this year. If this works well, we’d like to pursue support to bring volunteers from Chile to Portland, and perhaps send our volunteers to visit schools in Valpo!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Andrea Anaya, PSU
Sulema Rodriguez, Noggin Resource Council member for PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Jessica Patching-Bunch, Noggin Resource Council member for communications
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council member for healthcare and hospitals
Angela Gonzalez

Camas 4 Kids Health Fair!
2017-09-16 09:30 - 14:00 | Doc Harris Stadium, 1125 NE 22nd Ave, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
UPDATE: See what we did in Camas!
Dancing dendrites @ Camas 4 Kids!

Noggin Resource Council member Joey Seuferling is looking for graduate and undergraduate volunteers to help introduce kids to brains at the annual Health Fair in Camas, Washington..!

See what we did last year!
Pikachu or Purkinje?

Please email Joey directly if you can assist: joseph.seuferling@wsu.edu
WHAT: Noggin @ Camas 4 Kids Health Fair
WHEN: Saturday, September 16th, 9:45am – 2:00pm
WHERE: Doc Harris Stadium, 1125 NE 22nd Ave, Camas, WA 98607
LEARN MORE: Camas 4 Kids Free Health Fair

List of Noggin participants
Jessica Patching-bunch, PSU
Krystal Nguyen, PSU
Rebeca Hough, PSU
Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU
Kateryna Bondarenko, WSU
Andrea Anaya, PSU
Austin Howard, PSU
Ruth Marigomen, Noggin Resource Council member for WSU Vancouver
Eric Polch, WSU

Velo Cult: Andre Walcott (OHSU) + Bryn Harding
2017-09-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
UPDATE: See what we did at the link!
Drink Together, Stay Together?

WHAT: Drink Together, Stay Together: Alcohol’s Effects on Social Relationships; Velo Cult with Andre Walcott (Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU) and Bryn Harding (a recent graduate of PNCA); How drugs influence relationships, with changes revealed by behavior and brain structure, and through the art of portraiture…
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213
WHEN: Thursday, September 21, 6 – 8pm

Does drinking keep a relationship healthy – or split couples apart? Do you drink more, or less, than your partner? What if one person drinks and the other doesn’t? What can prairie voles teach us about drugs and relationships, and can portraits of people under the influence reveal subtle aspects of connection, strengthened or frayed – connections illuminated by analysis of behavior and structures in our brains?

IMAGE: At the Cafe, 1878 by Edouard Manet
Discover the art and neuroscience of drugs and social relationships with Andre Walcott (OHSU) and Bryn Harding at Velo Cult THURSDAY (9/21) from 6-8pm!

IMAGE: Vasopressin and Pair-Bond Formation
Bryn is a Portland artist with a persistent interest in portraiture. Portraits show much more than what their subjects look like; they show the nature of the relationship between the sitter and the artist, the space between two people where identity and the self are formed. In this project, Bryn is exploring what happens to that space when one or both participants are impaired.

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…

INTRODUCTION: NW Noggin introduction 2017 (ppt)
INTRODUCTION: NW Noggin introduction 2017 (pdf)

OHSU Behavioral Neuro Retreat
2017-09-22 | Red Barn Park, 4943 Baseline Drive, Parkdale, OR, 97041, United States
Affiliate Graduate Faculty member Bill Griesar will present (briefly!) on outreach opportunities for graduate students at OHSU at the Behavioral Neuroscience retreat in Parkdale (Red Barn Park, 4943 Baseline Drive, Parkdale, OR 97041)…
LEARN MORE: OHSU Presentation 2017 (pdf)
LEARN MORE: OHSU Presentation 2017 (ppt)
Get Involved: Oregon Health & Science University

P:ear volunteer training!
2017-09-23 09:00 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Training for regular volunteer participants at P:ear
(though not required for participation in Homeless & the Brain event October 19th!)
WHEN: Saturday, September 23rd, 9:00am – 1:00pm
WHERE: P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97209

NW Noggin has several multiple visit outreach efforts in the planning stages for the year ahead at P:ear, and if you’d like to participate, you must complete the training offered there on Saturday, September 23rd! Again – not required for one day Homelessness & Brain event 10/19/17…

Noggin/PSU Neuro Club @ Viking Days!
2017-09-24 16:00 - 18:30 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
WHAT: Noggin and PSU Neuroscience Club Viking Days welcome event!

“Hold brains, learn brains & manifest brainpower with the PSU Neuroscience Club!”
WHERE: Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 – SMSU Rm. 238
WHEN: Sunday, September 24, 4-6:30pm
Please join us! RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org
List of Participants
Alison Mack, PSU
Alex Kunz, PSU

IMAGE by Katie Griesar
SLIDES: Viking Days LSD presentation 9_17 (ppt)
SLIDES: Viking Days LSD presentation 9_17 (pdf)

Homelessness & the Brain prep @ p:ear
2017-09-26 10:00 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Brains & art at p:ear, and discussion of Homelessness & the Brain event 10/19
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, September 26, 10:00am – 1:00pm

Noggin @ 2017 OHSU Info Fair/Welcome to Campus BBQ
2017-09-28 16:30 - 19:30 | OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, United States
NW Noggin will be at OHSU to talk innovative outreach opportunities in local public schools and venues! We’ll have a table with extra human cerebrums and art – and are looking forward to the barbecue too!

WHAT: 2017 OHSU Annual Information Fair & Welcome to Campus Barbecue
WHERE: OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239; info fair will be held on the lawn adjacent to the Mac Hall fountain
WHEN: THURSDAY, September 28, 2017, 4:30 – 7:30pm
Come join us to learn about outreach opportunities. Volunteers welcome!

Please contact Bill (bgriesar@nwnoggin.org) & Jeff (jleake@nwnoggin.org) to RSVP…
Confirmed Noggin representatives
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/Noggin
Jeff Leake, PSU/Noggin
Jessica Patching-Bunch, OHSU/Noggin
Joey Seuferling, Noggin
Alex Kunz, PSU
Adam Bishop, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU

Noggin @ Peter S. Ogden Elementary!
2017-10-03 08:00 - 13:00 | Peter S. Ogden Elementary, 8100 NE 28th St, Vancouver, WA, 98662, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit with four classes of 3rd graders
WHERE: Peter S. Ogden Elementary, 8100 NE 28th St, Vancouver, WA 98662
WHEN: Tuesday, October 3, 8:00am – 1:00pm
UPDATE: See what we did on Tuesday!
Occipital lobes at Ogden!

Peter S. Ogden Elementary (PSO) is the farthest southeast school in Vancouver Public Schools, with boundaries at the edge of Evergreen and Portland Public Schools. They have just over 520 students, and are extremely proud of their student diversity. Their demographics are 40 percent Hispanic, 40 percent white, 7 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 3 percent black, 1 percent American Indian and 10 percent other/multiracial.
More than 40 percent of PSO students speak a second language, including Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chuukese, Amharic, Hindi, Rumanian, Hmong, Kosraean, Lao, Malayalam, Marshallese, Rumanian, Russian, Soninke, Spanish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
Brain in Cambodian (Khmer): ខួរ​ក្បាល (“khuorokbal”)
Brain in Hindi: डिमाग (“dimaag”)
Brain in Hmong: lub hlwb
Brain in Bosnian: mozak
Brain in Arabic: دماغ (“damagh”)
Brain in Russian: головной мозг (“golovnoy mozg”)
Please join us! Email bgriesar@nwnoggin.org, jleake@pdx.edu to RSVP 🙂
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Alison Mack, PSU
Travis Christian, PSU
Kim Engeln, OHSU
Jobe Ritchie, PSU (needs ride)
Gaile Parker, PSU
Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Aliese Poole, PSU
Kateryna Bondarenko, WSU
Christina Williams, Noggin Resource Council

PSU Neuro Club Research Discussion
2017-10-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
WHAT: “Brainbow & Clarity”; PSU Neuroscience Club Research in Review
WHERE: Cramer Hall 364, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751
WHEN: Thursday, October 5, 2017; 6:30 – 8:30pm

All are welcome!
Research in Review is a hybrid science outreach/education effort and public journal discussion event run by the PSU Neuroscience Club. They compare primary neuroscience research articles to popular media sources and discuss the findings and interpretations of the research as a group.

OPB Art Beat on Science + Art!
2017-10-05 20:00 - 20:30 | Mountain Shop, 1510 NE 37th Ave, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
WHAT: Oregon Art Beat with Kindra Crick and Dr. John Harkness
WHERE: Mountain Shop, 1510 NE 37th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
WHEN: Thursday, October 5, 8 – 8:30pm

On Thursday, October 5th at 8pm, OPB’s Oregon Art Beat featured artwork from Kindra Crick and her collaboration with Dr. John Harkness on the neuroscience of memory. We enjoyed the premiere with OPB at the Mountain Shop in Portland…

This collaboration began at a NW Noggin Velo Cult event in January 2016…
Your brain is plastic @ Velo!

And it’s continued with art, music, neuroscience research and performance at Gallery 114 in Portland, the Portland Art Museum (for the Change Connect 4 conference), the Phillips Collection in Washington DC…

…and Portland’s Ford Gallery this summer…

Awe, amazement & delight

LEARN MORE: ‘Neural Echoes’: Kindra Crick And The Science Of Creativity
LEARN MORE: Kindra Crick
LEARN MORE: John Harkness and Rewire Neuroscience

Noggin @ TedX!
2017-10-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Roosevelt High School, 6941 N Central St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ TedXMtHood
WHERE: Roosevelt High School Theatre, 6941 N Central St, Portland, OR 97203
WHEN: Saturday, October 7, 9:30am – 3:00pm
UPDATE: See what we did on Saturday!
Transmitters @ TedX ⚡️

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

TedXMtHood speakers include Damien Fair from Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU, Adrienne Nelson, a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge, Charles Magee, founder of Portland’s Black Parent Initiative, and Chad Fez Gaetz, an artist known for his large scale interactive works…
NW Noggin will offer brains, art and neuroscience volunteers (from 10:30 – 11:30am, and again from 1:30 – 3:00pm). Our participants will receive lunch and have the chance to hear from and meet TedX speakers!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
2. Jessica Patching-Bunch, OHSU/Noggin Resource Council
3. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/Noggin
4. Jeff Leake, PSU/Noggin
5. Binyam Nardos, OHSU/Noggin Resource Council/Yes! @ OHSU

Noggin @ Latino Network!
2017-10-10 09:00 - 12:00 | Latino Network Offices Rockwood, 740 SE 182nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97233, United States
UPDATE: See what we did!
Latino Network Learning & Lobes

The Latino Network is a Latino-led education organization, grounded in culturally-specific practices and services, that lifts up youth and families to reach their full potential…

LEARN MORE: LATINO NETWORK
NW Noggin is thrilled to partner with this effective nonprofit community organization which shares our interests in improving community livability, fostering civic participation, and preparing young people for educational and life success…

We’re excited about meeting staff to talk brains, and highlight research on changes in adolescent development, the benefits of bilingualism, and other relevant topics. Later this fall we’ll bring graduate and undergraduate Noggin volunteers, including fluent Spanish speakers from the NIH BUILD EXITO program, into Latino Network partner schools…

And we’re eager to pursue international links with students and faculty at Chile’s Centro Interdisciplinario Neurociencia de Valparaiso (CINV), and their own outreach program “Ciencia al Tiro” in a South American community known for its significant contributions to both foundational neuroscience research and the arts.
LEARN MORE:
La Alegría de la Ciencia

In many ways, neurociencia es española. The “founder” of modern neuroscience was an artist and anatomist from Spain (Ramon y Cajal of course), and fundamental advances in our understanding of electrophysiology were and continue to be made in Spanish-speaking Europe and Latin America.

LEARN MORE: Instituto Cajal
In the 1960’s, in Montemar, north of Valpo, the University of Chile in Santiago ran a marine-biology laboratory where neuroscientists studied how small proteins embedded in brain cell membranes allowed for charged particles called ions (including sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+)) to cross under certain circumstances, allowing for electric currents to flow down the wire-like axons of our neurons…

LEARN MORE: Montemar Institute of Marine Biology
Chile took off as a center of neuroscience research largely because of the Humboldt squid! The axons of this invertebrate are enormous, visible to the naked eye, and amenable to electrode placement on either side of the membrane to record changes in charge as neurons go from a resting state to the “action potential!”

LEARN MORE: Neuroscience: The great squid hunt

And for our training at the Latino Network we’ll be joined (via Skype!) by David Naranjo, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at CINV who studies the structural and functional aspects of small membrane-embedded proteins known as voltage-gated potassium channels, which contribute to a neuron’s ability to conduct electric currents. We are looking forward to integrating grad students and post-docs from CINV for future school visits (again via Skype) in collaboration with the Latino Network…
TRAINING SLIDES: NW Noggin @ Latino Network (pdf)

NOGGINFEST!!!!
2017-10-11 18:00 - 23:00 | Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
WHAT: NogginFest: Music, Art – and Brains!!
LEARN MORE: Noggin Fest October 11th!!

WHERE: Alberta Rose Theater, 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211
WHEN: Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 6 – 11pm
UPDATE: See how it went – at the link!
Noggin Fest 2017!

Art, research presentations, music, brains..!

NW Noggin has been VERY BUSY lately…

Nurturing Noggin Nodes @ OHSU, Midbrains and Monkeys (Camp Monkey 2017!), Brush strokes & brains!, Awe, amazement & delight, Synapsing with Summer @ SAIL!, Cellphones & Receptors at Franklin SUN, Memories @ MedCure, Jeff Leake Joins Teacher Advisory Council @ PAM!, Sweetness, Shelter & Savants, EPSPs & Entropy!, In an old Tri-Met bus on a landfill…, Ask Me Anything: Science Reddit Noggin AMA!, and Lobes @ Legacy: Nourishing Noggins for Healthy Kids!
(please click on these links for more details and pics – more updates at NOGGIN BLOGGIN)…

And this year we have been invited to the Society of Neuroscience Conference in Washington DC! Nine members of the Neuroscience Club at Portland State University, and one outreach volunteer from WSUV submitted an abstract, and will present their poster at the conference, and join graduate participants from OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience in outreach efforts this fall!
LEARN MORE: #brains2DC

We will present outreach volunteers, new research, art and evidence of outreach effectiveness to both the House Neuroscience and STEAM caucuses, as we did in 2016. The chance to examine brains, and work on a short art project will be included. Three of the four caucus co-chairs represent Pacific Northwest districts where we’ve brought our student volunteers into classrooms and the community.

As a way to capstone our NW efforts this year, and raise funds to get our volunteers to DC, we are hosting the first annual NogginFest!

NogginFest is a part-research presentation, part-art show, part-benefit concert mega-event combining everything we do and stand for into one incredible night. NogginFest is a way for us to showcase our work, bring researchers, grad students, local artists, and local musicians together, and get directly involved with the community.

We will have live music, art workshops, real brains, live real-time EEG recordings, raffles, auctions, speakers, beer, tons of enthusiasm, and we can’t wait to see you there.

This student-organized and student-run event will be held at the Alberta Rose Theatre on Wednesday, October 11th. Our volunteers are incredible, offering their enthusiasm, expertise and time in public K-12 classrooms and community outreach events all over the Pacific Northwest…

We are currently offering product, media, and monetary sponsorships for this event, and would love to have your support. NW Noggin is a non-profit (EIN: 81-3885713). Check out our Sponsorship Packet below to find out more details about how you can be a part of this event.
PLEASE CONTACT JESSE HAMLIN (jhamlin@pdx.edu) FOR MORE DETAILS!
LEARN MORE:
Noggin Fest October 11th!!

LEARN MORE: NOGGIN FEST Sponsorship Packet

Noggin Presents at OAEA!
2017-10-14 09:00 - 12:00 | Wilsonville High School, 6800 SW Wilsonville Rd, Wilsonville, OR, 97070, United States
WHAT: STEAM Ahead! Using Art and Science to Engage Underserved Communities
WHERE: Oregon Arts Education Association conference, Wilsonville High School, 6800 SW Wilsonville Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070
WHEN: Saturday, October 14, 2017, 9:00am – noon
STEAM Ahead! Using Art and Science to Engage Underserved Communities

Since 2012 NW Noggin has been using art to teach traditionally underserved communities about how their brains work. Working primarily with academically at risk students, rural populations, and homeless youth, we have taken our unique collaboration of art and science from Portland Public Schools to rural Washington and Oregon, all the way to Washington DC. Join us as we describe some of the challenges and strategies for using arts integration to engage with diverse groups. Our participants benefit from guided lessons, artistic and scientific perspectives, and hands-on STEAM activities led by our enthusiastic volunteers.
LEARN MORE: 2017 OAEA Conference Brochure
Collagraph Neuron Prints
Student Understanding
Students will learn and understand different structures of the neuron and how they function. Some elements of art and process of printmaking will also be covered.
Arts Based Strategies
Principals of design, observational thinking.
Quick Overview
Step 1 : Explanation and discussion of neurons, functions and structors. Brief introduction/demo on collagraph printmaking with card stock/file folders. Students experiment with printmaking process.
Step 2: Start building neuron collagraph plates.
Step 3: Print.
NOGGIN SLIDES (ppt): OAEA Conference 2017
NOGGIN SLIDES (pdf): OAEA Conference 2017
To join us at the conference, please RSVP to aspragus@yahoo.com
Outreach participants
Ali Mack, PSU
Travis Christian, PSU
Kanani Miyamoto, Noggin Resource Council
Heather Wild, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Jobe Ritchie, PSU

Noggin @ Hillsboro's Liberty High
2017-10-17 08:00 - 10:00 | Liberty High School, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
WHAT: Visit to Liberty High School, Hillsboro, Oregon
WHERE: Liberty High School, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro, OR 97124
WHEN: Tuesday, October 17, 8:00am – 10:00am

Please join us! Email bgriesar@nwnoggin.org, jleake@pdx.edu to RSVP 🙂
See what we did last spring..!
A BioGift of Brains

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Ali Mack, PSU
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Travis Christian, PSU
Christine Williams, Noggin Resource Council
Jennifer Jensen, PSU

Homelessness & the Brain
2017-10-19 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Homelessness & the Brain @ p:ear
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Thursday, October 19, 10:00am – 1:00pm (9:00am set up for presenters)

FACEBOOK EVENT LINK: Homelessness & the Brain

NW Noggin is collaborating with p:ear on a public event on Thursday, October 19th, to address the issue of affordable housing. We aim to bring together graduate students from PSU, OHSU and other area institutions studying sleep, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, drugs, adolescent brain development, resilience, and other relevant topics, clinicians and policy makers – as well as data, art and testimony from valuable members of our community without a home, to illuminate links between homelessness and the brain…

LEARN MORE: Homelessness & the Brain
We’ve enjoyed several productive days of planning/outreach at p:ear this summer and fall…
June 20: Homelessness + Brain @ p:ear;
See what we did Day One: In an old Tri-Met bus on a landfill…

June 27: Homelessness + Brain @ p:ear
See what we did Day Two: Sweetness, Shelter & Savants

September 26: Homelessness + Brain @ p:ear;
See what we did on Day Three: Lateral Landscapes

So who else is interested in publicly sharing their research?
We’ve posted an online list of participating graduate students and postdocs, with short descriptions of research interests and activities, c.v.’s, and also links to labs, publications, and relevant personal and/or professional web pages.
We’d also like anyone interested to consider how you might present your work in an informal, art-filled public forum. It will be a bit like a poster session, but with homeless youth, clinicians and policy makers present and ready to ask questions, make useful connections, and learn more..!
If you’d like to join these efforts, please RSVP to the emails below with your name, a short description of your research interests, and any links you’d want included.
We look forward to hearing from you – thank you for your enthusiasm for public education, outreach and community service
Cheers!
Bill (griesar@pdx.edu) & Jeff (jleake@pdx.edu)
nwnoggin.org

Noggins @ BioGift
2017-10-24 10:00 - 12:00 | BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97230, United States
WHAT: Visit to BioGift for new brain donation!
WHERE: BioGift, 17819 NE Riverside Pkwy, Portland, OR 97230
WHEN: Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 10:00am – 12:00pm
See what we did last time!
A BioGift of Brains

Confirmed participants
Gaile Parker, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Brittany Alperin, OHSU
Jobe Ritchie, PSU
Jessica Patching-Bunch, OHSU/Noggin Resource Council
Jarrett Skinner
Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
Leota Wolford, PSU
Aliese Poole, PSU
Ali Mack, PSU

Forest Bathing: Your Brain on Nature @ Velo
2017-10-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
WHAT: “Forest Bathing: Your Brain on Nature @ Velo” with Brittany Alperin (OHSU) and Sienna Morris
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213
WHEN: THURSDAY, October 26, 2017; 6 – 8pm
UPDATE: See what we did at Velo in October!
Bathing your brain @ Velo

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…

What types of practices can help us reduce the symptoms of depression, anxiety, or a stressful lifestyle? What if you could look no further than your backyard? Literally!

Please join us for another night of science and art where behavioral neuroscience student Brittany Alperin (OHSU) and Numberism artist Sienna Morris discuss the mental health benefits of spending time outdoors and share the art inspired by the Japanese practice of forest bathing.

Learn more about Sienna and Brittany’s NW Noggin collaborations…

Changing Brain Waves of Depression

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin @ Velo Cult

SPOOKY BENEFIT SHOW FOR NW NOGGIN!
2017-10-28 18:30 - 22:00 | American Legion Post 134, 2104 NE Alberta St, Portland, 97211, United States
WHAT: Spooky Benefit Show for NW Noggin!
WHERE: American Legion (Post 134), 2104 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211
WHEN: Saturday, October 28, 6:30 – 10:00pm

UPDATE: THIS WAS AWESOME!!!
Great music, a big crowd, and major kudos to Noggin PSU volunteer Aliese Poole, whose brain waves were displayed on stage behind terrific performers!

“A Halloween-themed show held at the American Legion (Post 134), featuring some of Portland’s punk bands whose music comes from the more abrasive, strange and nasty swirling pools of gooey punk found in our realm. The costumed Portland musicians and made-over interior of Post 134 will surely have interesting effects on the human mind–and it will all be well documented by our film and sound crew.”
Let’s bring brains – even zombie brains! – back to Washington DC (bwa ha ha!)
#brains2DC!

Neuroscience Club Craft Night & Costume Party!
2017-10-30 17:00 - 20:00 | Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, United States
WHAT: Neurocrafts – Neuroscience Club Craft Night & Costume Party!
WHERE: Community Psychology Room, Cramer Hall 364, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751
WHEN: Monday, October 30th, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Got your neuron made for #brains2DC? Great opportunity to build the brain cell of your dreams!
