NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Homelessness + Brain @ p:ear
2017-06-20 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: “Homelessness & the Brain” sessions @ p:ear
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th, Portland, OR 97209; http://pearmentor.org
WHEN: Tuesday, June 20 and Tuesday, June 27; 10am – noon
UPDATE: See what we did @ p:ear!

NW Noggin is partnering with p:ear to welcome area graduates and undergraduates studying anxiety, depression, resilience, drug use disorders, employment discrimination, implicit bias, schizophrenia and sleep, along with homeless youth who are writing sleep diaries and creating art and testimony from their own experience, public officials who develop and implement policy, and representatives and clinicians from p:ear and Central City Concern to plan a public “Homelessness and the Brain” event this fall.
We know from our own outreach how transformative art can be in exploring concepts and ideas, and permitting significant, effective expression by academic priority students, those currently under-represented in STEM, and the extraordinary young people we’ve met at p:ear…
This opportunity is invite only; however, the formal p:ear training is not a requirement for participation in these two sessions. More details about these efforts below – please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu if you can join us in June!

Homelessness and the Brain
https://nwnoggin.org/2017/04/29/homelessness-and-the-brain/

P:ear

NW Noggin volunteers LOVE collaborating with this critical community center for services and support for homeless youth. P:ear provides a warm, welcoming, arts-filled educational space in downtown Portland, filled with caring staff and volunteers for young people, many of whom lack access to safe housing.

NW Noggin Reddit Science AMA!
2017-06-13 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | DC
Teaching brain science through art for K-12 and the public AMA
WHAT: Noggin Reddit Science AMA
WHEN: Tuesday, June 13, 10:00 – 11:00am
WHERE: Science Outreach AMA

Hi Reddit, we’re Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake, instructors in Psychology at Portland State University and co-founders of the art and science outreach nonprofit nwnoggin.org. We train graduates and undergraduates in neuroscience and art to collaborate, and use art projects to enthuse and inform K-12 students and the public about how our brains work. Ask us anything!

Science needs investment, and engaging young people and the public prepares young scientists to clearly explain exciting and relevant new discoveries, enthuses K-12 students about educational and career possibilities, and builds support for further research. Integrating arts in STEM (an approach known as STEAM) fosters learning, creativity and engagement.

Our outreach volunteers (from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Sciences University and other campuses) have worked with over 14,000 academic priority students since 2012, presenting art projects and research in public schools, museums, homeless youth centers, breweries, theaters, Congress, the Obama White House, and even bike shop pubs! Recently we’ve hit the road to discuss federally funded research on the brain and drugs, anxiety, depression, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, adolescent brain development and other compelling topics in rural communities throughout the inland Northwest. Ask us anything!

Healthy Kids Fair @ Salmon Creek!
2017-06-10 09:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 2211 NE 139th St, Mount Vista, WA, 98686, United States
UPDATE: We did it! Learn more @ the link!
Lobes @ Legacy: Nourishing Noggins for Healthy Kids!

Please join us!
WHAT: Healthy Kids Fair at Salmon Creek Medical Center
WHERE: Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 2211 NE 139th St, Mount Vista WA 98686
WHEN: Saturday, June 10th, 9:30am – 2:00pm
We’ll have brains and brain art projects!
See what we did last year…
Igniting interest with Blaze and Brains!

LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council member for hospitals/health care
2. Gaile Parker, PSU
3. Mary Marigomen, WSU
4. Mallory Huerta
5. Leota Wolford, PSU
6. Jesse Hamlin, PSU
7. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Christina Williams, Noggin Resource Council member for Instagram
9. Uyen Nguyen, PSU
10. Jessica Patching-Bunch, Noggin Resource Council member for Communications

John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award ceremony
2017-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Ballroom, Portland State University, Smith Center (3rd floor), 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award ceremony
WHEN: Friday, June 9, 3:00 – 5:00pm (from 3 – 4pm there will be food & drink!)
WHERE: PSU Smith Center Ballroom, third floor
The John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Awards were established in 1998 by Dr. Scott Burns, Professor Emeritus of Geology, to recognize exceptional teaching and leadership in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The awards are named in honor of John Eliot Allen, an outstanding professor who taught for more than 35 years.
LEARN MORE: The John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Awards

Bill Griesar, Neuroscience Coordinator for NW Noggin, received the award this year for teaching in Psychology (he won previously in 2013, 2010 and 2007). At his request, the $500 award check will go to NW Noggin outreach volunteers planning to bring brains and art to DC this fall…
LEARN MORE: #brains2DC!

Noggin Fest Planning @ Velo
2017-06-08 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
Music! Bands! Art! Brains! We’re planning the inaugural Noggin Fest 17 for October, to enthuse and inform our community about neuroscience research, and multi-institutional, arts-integrated education and outreach..!
WHAT: Planning for Noggin Fest
WHERE: Velo Cult (where else?), 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213
WHEN: Thursday, June 8, 6 – 7:30pm

We’re also building support for #sciart outreach on a national scale with a return to DC this fall…
Learn more at…
#brains2DC!

Noggin @ Ardenwald Elementary
2017-06-06 09:15 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ardenwald Elementary, 8950 SE 36th Street, Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
NW Noggin has been invited by teacher Sarah Powers to meet with all the second grade students at Ardenwald Elementary in the North Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Oregon…
UPDATE: See what we did at the link!
Axons @ Ardenwald!

We’ll arrive at ~9:15am to set up our classroom, and meet with three groups of students for 45 minutes each…
Group 1: 10:00-10:45am
Group 2: 11:35am-12:20pm
Group 3: 12:20-1:05pm
We’re currently planning a “brain map” project like the one we just completed at Sitton…

Please RSVP if you can join us: griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
LIST OF COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Gil Brady, PSU
2. Gaile Parker, PSU
3. Uyen Nguyen, PSU
4. Kim Engeln, OHSU
5. Holly D’Andrea, WSU
6. Travis Christian, PSU
7. Alison Mack, PSU
8. Jannea Mantz, Providence Hospital in Vancouver
9. Andrea Anaya, PSU
10. Jennifer Jensen, PSU
11. Shawna Erickson, PSU

First Thursday: "place" @ p:ear!
2017-06-01 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
“place” Featuring the art of Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold and p:ear youth

The p:ear gallery is thrilled to announce their June/July 2017 showcase of “place” a new collection of work by Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold and p:ear youth artists.
Kanani Miyamoto is the Noggin Resource Council member for arts integration, and is often involved in outreach efforts at p:ear, Velo Cult, and through her current residency at the Right Brain Initiative.
LEARN MORE: The Art & Science of Stress @ Velo

This amazing new collection of work from Portland based artist Kanani Miyamoto and Jillian Barthold engages culture, relationship, space, objects and personal identity and ranges from playful landscapes to dramatic print work. These elements challenge the often mundane and overlooked concept of “Place” and how it plays a pivotal role in who we are and the relationships we have. This collection will be accompanied by print work from p:ear youth.
Also on display in the p:ear gallery in June: THROUGH OUR LENS//PhotoVoice Project Presented by Sisters of the Road
“Through our Lens” – PhotoVoice Project is an update on a project that was originally created in 2005. The original project provided individuals experiencing houselessness with photography classes and black-and-white disposable cameras in order to document their lives in a way that many others never see or consider.
As with all of Sisters’ community organizing work, “Through our Lens” – PhotoVoice Project will serve as a tool to provide a face to houselessness, so that we may decrease the “us” vs. “them” phenomenon that must be overcome in order to work together toward viable solutions. This project gave community members, who are currently unhoused, the opportunity to share their lived experiences through their own lens. It lets the photographs tell their own stories.
Opening Date: June 1st 2017
Opening Time: 5pm – 8pm

Noggin @ Sitton Elementary (1st graders)
2017-05-25 11:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sitton Elementary, 9930 N Smith St, Portland, 97203, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Sitton Elementary
WHEN: Thursday, May 25, 11:00 – 2:30pm
WHERE: Sitton Elementary, 9930 N Smith St, Portland, OR 97203
First grade teachers (including Michele Interian, Kim Condron, Meera-Rosa Edgar, and Natalia Pruessler, and principal Dana Nerenberg) at Sitton Elementary School have been engaging in trauma informed teaching practices this year. They have been educating students about the brain and self regulation…

Noggin will visit Sitton twice this spring (5/11 and 5/25) to talk about neuroscience, and introduce some brain-related art projects (and real brains!) to both students and teachers. In fact, we have several graduate volunteers from OHSU who study emotional regulation in the context of development who are particularly eager to participate…
SEE WHAT WE DID ON TUESDAY, MAY 11…
A Synapse with Sitton

On Thursday, May 25, we’ll meet with 75 first graders in three, 50 minute sessions (about 25 students/session). According to teachers, these students have been studying the amygdala, frontal lobes and hippocampus, and how they interact…

Our volunteers will arrive early to create a brain out of colored paper on the floor, highlighting relevant regions, including cortical lobes, cerebellum, amygdala and hippocampus. We’ll introduce these regions, let kids ask questions, practice some mindful listening while considering how various brain areas interact. How are these different parts of the brain connected? How do they develop? Students can then draw what these different parts of the brain do directly on the paper…

We’ll also examine some real brains…

More about Sitton: Sitton Elementary is located in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland. We are a school that welcomes and nurtures students and families, creating a close-knit and comfortable community. We strive to use our students’ diverse skills and backgrounds to help them reach their greatest potential as learners, leaders, and as agents of change in our school, community, and world.
Committed volunteers
1. Jennifer Jensen, PSU
2. Rebekah Hough, PSU
3. Alison Mack, PSU
4. Travis Christian, PSU
5. Mikey Smith, PSU
6. Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
7. Adam Bishop, PSU
8. Jessica Trottier, PSU
9. Austin Abshire, PSU
10. Ellie Sceeles, PSU
11. Shawna Erickson, PSU

Synaptic Community Connection: La Grande!
2017-05-19 - 2017-05-20 | DC
We’ve been invited by the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center to present neuroscience research and related art projects – and real human brains! – in La Grande, Oregon, along the lines of what we did in March in Davenport (details of that experience at the link below)…
UPDATE: We did it! Learn more about brains & art in eastern Oregon at the link below!
Blue Mountain Brains!

Public school students in grades 6 through 12 from La Grande, Nyssa, Cove, Milton-Freewater, Boardman and other eastern Oregon communities will participate! They’ve already thought of some terrific questions to consider: “How can you recharge brain cells? Why is the outside of the brain a different consistency than the inside? How is a dyslexic brain different? At what age does the brain stop growing and developing? Is it a different age for girls versus boys?”
We’ll drive to La Grande on Friday, May 19th, and work with ~100 students on Saturday, May 20th.
Friday, May 19th
Drive to La Grande, Oregon
261 miles from Portland; 4.5 hour drive
STAY: Americas Best Value Sandman Inn

Saturday, May 20th
La Grande High School cafeteria, 708 K Ave, La Grande, OR 97850
7:30am – 11:30am, Outreach with 6th through 12th graders

Dopamine in Davenport!

https://nwnoggin.org/2017/03/20/dopamine-in-davenport/

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Leota Wolford, PSU
2. Joella Deal, PSU
3. Heather Hamilton, PSU (and NIH BUILD EXITO)
4. Joey Seuferling, WSU (and NW Noggin Resource Council, health care)
5. Kirk Wydner, Oregon State University (NW Noggin Resource Council, technology)
6. Alfredo Zuñiga, OHSU
7. Andrea Anaya, PSU
8. Rebecca Hood, OHSU
9. Scott Jones, OHSU
10. Travis Christian, PSU
11. Alison Mack, PSU
12. Brad Dowling, WSU
13. Aliese Poole, PSU
14. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin
15. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin

Velo Cult: Changing Brain Waves of Depression
2017-05-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
Changing the Brain Waves of Depression
What do the brain waves of a depressed person look like? How can they be changed?
WHAT: Brittany Alperin & Sienna Morris on “Changing the Brain Waves of Depression”
UPDATE: Powerful and relevant presentation on self-care and depression
Changing Brain Waves of Depression

WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213
WHEN: Wednesday, May 17th, 6 – 8pm

Brittany Alperin, a Behavioral Neuroscience graduate student at OHSU, and Sienna Morris, an artist and science enthusiast, will talk about how mindfulness meditation and self-care can not only decrease depressive symptoms, but can also produce measurable change in your brain!

Join us for a discussion of Sienna’s journey through mindfulness practice, take a look at how her depressive symptoms and brain waves changed over time, and see the art that this experience inspired.
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…

Health Fair @ Jefferson High School!
2017-05-17 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | Jefferson High School
WHAT: High School Health Fair
WHERE: Jefferson High School, 5210 N Kerby St., Portland, OR 97217
WHEN: Wednesday, May 17th from 11:15-12:30

Learn more about this event from last year’s visit:
Healthy Gyri @ Jeff!

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu – thank you for sharing your knowledge of brain and behavior & cheers!
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Kayla Townsley, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
2. Krystal Nguyen, PSU
3. Rebekah Hough, PSU
4. Mary Ruth Marigomen, WSU
5. Michael Perna, PSU
6. Kelly Stromberg, PSU
7. Joey Seuferling, WSU
8. Alfredo Zuniga, OHSU
9. Leota Wolford, PSU
10. Allana Zuccaro, PSU
11. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO

NW Noggin @ MESA Day (PSU)!
2017-05-16 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Ballroom, Portland State University, Smith Center (3rd floor), 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
NW Noggin brought brains and art to the Smith Ballroom at Portland State University!

We joined the NIH BUILD EXITO table to add a few extra sulci and gyri this afternoon..!

Moon Hooch: Music & Brains @ Doug Fir!
2017-05-13 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside St., Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Moon Hooch performs a second Portland show at the Doug Fir on Saturday, May 13th!

Saxophonist Wenzl McGowen recently joined Noggin at Portland’s Franklin High School for a compelling classroom exploration of brain electrical changes in response to music…
LEARN MORE: Frequencies @ Franklin: Your brain on sax!

Brittany Alperin, a graduate student in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU, and Mike Soroka, a Portland roboticist, are continuing to collaborate with Wenzl and Moon Hooch and plan to wire up concertgoers during Saturday’s performance! (We’re considering bringing extra brains, too… 🙂
BUY TICKETS: Moon Hooch @ the Doug Fir May 13

Society for Neuroscience Oregon Chapter meeting 2017
2017-05-12 - 2017-05-13 | McMenamin’s Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale, OR, 97060, United States
May 12-13, 2017
McMenamins Edgefield Winery

NW Noggin biked towards the Columbia River Gorge to present a new poster..!

The PSU Neuroscience Club prepared a poster as well! The following undergraduates arrived at the chapter meeting this week (several on bikes!): Jessica Trottier, Thomas Madison, Alex Kunz, Justin Taylor, Andrea Anaya, Andrea Valencia, Jacob Schoen, Cody Prouty, Ava Krueger, and Rebekah Hough…

It was an in-depth and informative look at demyelinating diseases, understudied PNS Remak glia, drug addiction, maturation of retina and cortical visual areas, a macaque model of Batten disease, Wallerian degeneration of axons, and a host of additional topics that engaged and inspired…

A little degeneration of pipe cleaner myelin after the ride to McMenamin’s Edgefield above… 🙂

See what we did last year at the link below…
Edgefield EPSPs: Growing in Networks @ SfN!

Noggin 2017 SfN Poster abstract…
NW Noggin: Connecting SfN outreach volunteers and schools in San Diego and DC
GRIESAR, W.S.*, LEAKE, J.*
Science needs investment, and engaging the public explains discoveries and builds support for education and research. Integrating arts in STEM (“STEAM”) fosters engagement. Here we report on efforts to reach K-12 students and the public about brain research at the 2016 Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego.
NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) is an education non-profit that organizes graduates, undergraduates, K-12 students, scientists and artists to collaborate, learn from each other, and excite people about brain research through the arts in both formal and informal settings. Our outreach volunteers (from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Sciences University and other Northwest campuses) have worked with over 12,000 academic priority students since 2012, presenting art projects and research in schools, art museums, symphonies, homeless youth centers, breweries, theaters and even bike shop pubs!
In spring 2016, we brought 26 volunteers to Washington DC to present in DC public schools, Congress, the White House, and the Phillips Collection! In October 2016, we were recognized for an “innovative” outreach model by the Obama White House.
In November of 2016, we were invited to offer insights on outreach by the Society for Neuroscience, during their 2016 annual conference in San Diego, California. In addition to participating in productive discussions at SfN, we also contacted San Diego Public Schools, ArtReach (a local arts institution), and the Neuroscience department at UC San Diego to arrange for actual visits by graduate and undergraduate SfN attendees to local public classrooms!
Students at Jefferson and Linda Vista elementary schools learned about neurons, and how dendrites, soma and axons are structured to perform different functions. Students built their own colorful brain cells out of pipe cleaners, and our volunteers brought them back to the SfN conference to create a captivating and compelling display! Many neuroscientists stopped by to discover how their research had inspired young people in the broader community.
After the conference, we returned the vibrant neurons to the schools, and student artists built their own network, along with drawings and text describing what they’d learned about brain research.
Learn more about these efforts, and our plans for the 2017 SfN conference in DC: https://nwnoggin.org/2017/02/28/brains2dc/
Building excitement and awareness of discoveries in neuroscience through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, state, federal and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate and communicate, and increases awareness and support for further investment in brain research, and the arts.
* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org)
A network grows in San Diego

Myelin Satellite Meeting Speakers
Stephen Back, Oregon Health & Science University
Hyaluronan mediates perinatal myelination failure through a tolerance-like non-inflammatory signaling pathway
Dennis Bourdette, Oregon Health & Science University
A brief history of myelin: From Versalius to the Bunges
Jonah Chan, University of California San Francisco
Do remyelination therapies promote axonal survival and neuronal function after inflammatory demyelination?
Ben Emery, Oregon Health & Science University
More than just insulation? Unraveling the relationship between neural activity and myelination
Stephen Fancy, University of California San Francisco
Oligodendrocyte precursors migrate on the vasculature in the developing and diseased CNS
Meredith Hartley, Oregon Health & Science University
A thyroid hormone-based strategy for treating myelination disorders
Wendy Macklin, University of Colorado
Signaling pathways that regulate CNS myelination
Steve Matsumoto, Oregon Health & Science University
Roles of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling factors in Schwann cell development and disease
Fred L. Robinson, Oregon Health & Science University
How membrane trafficking regulates myelination
Bill Rooney, Oregon Health & Science University
Mapping brain myelin water with MRI
Larry Sherman, Oregon National Primate Research Center
A dual role for chromatin remodeling factors in oligodendrocyte specification and maturation
Seema Tiwari-Wooduf, University of California Riverside
Novel estrogen receptor-B ligands induce oligodendrocyte survival, differentiation, and remyelination in mouse models of multiple sclerosis
Scott Wong, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Herpes virus associated encephalomyelitis: A non-human primate model of inflammatory demyelination that resembles multiple sclerosis

Noggin @ Sitton Elementary (K)
2017-05-11 11:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sitton Elementary, 9930 N Smith St, Portland, 97203, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Sitton Elementary
WHEN: Thursday, May 11, 11:00 – 2:30pm
WHERE: Sitton Elementary, 9930 N Smith St, Portland, OR 97203
UPDATE: See what we did in St. Johns!
A Synapse with Sitton

Kindergarten and first grade teachers (including Michele Interian, Zulema Valenzuela, Elizabeth Mick, and principal Dana Nerenberg) at Sitton Elementary School have been engaging in trauma informed teaching practices this year. They have been educating students about the brain and self regulation…

Noggin will visit Sitton twice this spring (5/11 and 5/25) to talk about neuroscience, and introduce some brain-related art projects (and real brains!) to both students and teachers. In fact, we have several graduate volunteers from OHSU who study emotional regulation in the context of development who are particularly eager to participate…
On Thursday, May 11, we’ll meet with 75 kindergartners in three, 50 minute sessions (about 25 students/session). According to teachers, these 5 and 6 year olds have been studying “the amygdala, functions of the hemispheres, dendrites, and the cerebrum and cerebellum!” The students, we’re told, have also practiced exercises involving mindful eating and listening…

Our volunteers will arrive early to create a brain out of colored paper on the floor, highlighting relevant regions, including cortical lobes, cerebellum, amygdala and hippocampus. We’ll introduce these regions, let kids ask questions, practice some mindful listening while considering how various brain areas interact. How are these different parts of the brain connected? How do they talk with each other? We’ll discuss our wire-like brain cells, and then make pipe cleaner neurons!

We’ll also examine some real brains…

More about Sitton: Sitton Elementary is located in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland. We are a school that welcomes and nurtures students and families, creating a close-knit and comfortable community. We strive to use our students’ diverse skills and backgrounds to help them reach their greatest potential as learners, leaders, and as agents of change in our school, community, and world.
Committed volunteers
1. Brittany Alperin, OHSU
2. Scott Jones, OHSU
3. Alison Mack, PSU
4. Travis Christian, PSU
5. Allie Clark, PSU
6. Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
7. Jennifer Jensen, PSU
8. Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
9. Jessica Trottier, PSU
10. Christina Williams, WSU
11. Krystal Nguyen, PSU
12. Alex Kunz, PSU
13. Rebekah Hough, PSU
14. Austin Abshire, PSU
15. Mary Ruth Marigomen, WSU
16. Holly D’Andrea, WSU
17. Adam Bishop, PSU

Sitton outreach planning @ Chapel Pub
2017-05-08 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Chapel Pub, 430 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, 97217, United States
WHAT: Planning for outreach visit to Sitton Elementary
WHERE: McMenamin’s Chapel Pub, 430 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97217
WHEN: Monday, May 8, 5:30pm

Kindergarten and first grade teachers (include Michele Intern, Zulema Valenzuela, Elizabeth Mick and Dana Nerenberg) at Sitton Elementary School have been engaging in trauma informed teaching practices this year. They have been educating students about the brain and self regulation…
Noggin will visit Sitton to talk about neuroscience, and introduce some brain-related art projects (and real brains!) to both students and teachers. In fact, we have several graduate volunteers from OHSU who study emotional regulation in the context of development who are particularly eager to participate…
For our planning at the Chapel Pub, think about how best to relate aspects of brain structure and function involved in emotional regulation to young children…
MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THE LINK:
Noggin @ Sitton Elementary

May 11 @ 11:00 am – 2:30 pm

P:ear training!
2017-05-06 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Mandatory for volunteer participants at P:ear
WHEN: Saturday, May 6th, 9:00am – 1:00pm
WHERE: P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97209

NW Noggin has several outreach efforts in the planning stages this summer at P:ear, and if you’d like to participate, you must complete the training offered there on Saturday, May 6th!

Abstracts DUE for SfN in DC
2017-05-04 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | DC
The Society for Neuroscience‘s 47th annual meeting, Neuroscience 2017, is the world’s largest neuroscience conference for scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and nervous system. The conference is scheduled for November 11-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Join more than 30,000 colleagues from more than 80 countries at the world’s largest marketplace of ideas and tools for global neuroscience.

More than 15,000 abstracts are submitted each year. Accepted abstracts are organized into scientific poster sessions, Theme J (History and Education) poster sessions, and nanosymposia.
The Society has generously welcomed TEN of our Noggin undergraduate outreach volunteers (nine from Psychology at Portland State University, and one from Neuroscience at WSU Vancouver) to submit an abstract (text below) on STEAM outreach and receive complimentary conference admission in November! We’ll be visiting DC area schools this fall as well…
More on our plans for the conference available here…
#brains2DC!

The ten NW Noggin SfN-sponsored undergraduate outreach participants include…
1. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO scholar
2. Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO scholar
3. Christina Williams, WSU Vancouver
4. Jacob Schoen, PSU/Noggin Resource Council member for PSU
5. Aliese Poole, PSU
6. Andrea Anaya, PSU
7. Jennifer Jensen, PSU
8. Jesse Hamlin, PSU
9. Jobe Ritchie, PSU
10. Alex Kunz, PSU
All members of SfN are welcome to submit abstracts until 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 4.
Call for Abstracts
Control/Tracking Number: 2017-J-16448-SfN
Activity: Theme J Abstract
Current Date/Time: May 5, 2017 2:45:53 PM EDT
Bridging the gap: understanding neuroscience through symbiotic learning and community outreach

AUTHOR BLOCK *C. A. WILLIAMS1, A. R. KUNZ2, S. RODRIGUEZ6, H. A. HAMILTON7, J. L. JENSEN3, A. L. POOLE3, A. ANAYA4, J. M. HAMLIN3, J. J. SCHOEN5, J. L. RITCHIE3;
1Washington State Univ., Vancouver, WA; 2Biochem., 3Portland State Univ., Portland, OR; 4Portland State Univ., Clackamas, OR; 5Psychology, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR; 7Biol., 6PSU/NIH Build Exito, Portland, ORAbstract:
NW Noggin is a nonprofit integrative art and neuroscience organization that takes an innovative approach to education for people of all ages. Noggin operates through the combined effort of students, scientists, and artists from Oregon and Washington State. This approach provides volunteers with opportunities for involvement that include: outreach, teaching experience, public speaking experience, networking, and much more. This multi-institutional outreach facilitates collaboration between the community and institutions of higher education which can often be a difficult gap to bridge. In our efforts to teach the public, we are also teaching ourselves. As future scientists and educators in the making, we relish the opportunity to share our knowledge with a thirsty and curious public. During the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Brain Fair in March 2017, Noggin hosted a table where members of the community approached us with questions that challenged and inspired us to think critically, and creatively, which further solidified our understanding of neuroscience. By the end of the day, we had gone through over 1200 gloves, which were utilized to hold real brains. Ultimately, we were stunned by the sheer volume of people who attended this event. Contributing to public understanding of neuroscience and psychology generates a sense of altruism within us because we value the contributions, and personal connections we make within our community. This was especially evident at Shahala Middle School in February of 2017 when Noggin provided brain demonstrations, and led students through the construction of pipe cleaner neurons. The students were attentive, respectful, and most importantly, engaged in the educational process. It was uplifting to see the eyes of our future generation light up with excitement as they got a closer look at real human brains. We believe that these experiences will remain with them as they continue on their academic journey. Whether that journey leads them to explore the sciences, or otherwise, is a prospect that makes doing outreach so rewarding. If we want to begin solving problems in the world, it starts with outreach. It’s through collaboration, and the proliferation of knowledge, that issues can be resolved. The work we do as volunteers fuels our own drive for scientific knowledge, and we hope to inspire the same in community members we interact with throughout our NW Noggin outreach.

Noggin also submitted a Theme J abstract…
NW Noggin: Synaptic community connections in the rural Pacific Northwest
GRIESAR, W.S.*, LEAKE, J.*
Science needs investment, and engaging young people and the public explains discoveries and builds support for education and research. Integrating arts in STEM (STEAM) fosters engagement. Here we report on efforts to reach K-12 students and the public about brain research through arts in the rural Northwest. NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) is an education non-profit that organizes graduates, undergraduates, K-12 students, scientists and artists to collaborate, learn from each other, and excite people about brain research through the arts in both formal and informal settings. Our urban outreach volunteers (from Portland State University (PSU), Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) and other Portland area campuses) have worked with over 14,000 academic priority students since 2012, presenting art projects and research in schools, museums, homeless youth centers, breweries, theaters, Congress, the Obama White House, and even bike shop pubs! In spring 2017, we hit the road with 10 volunteers from PSU, OHSU and WSU Vancouver. We spent three days in the rural Washington community of Davenport, meeting with every kindergartner through 9th grader in town! We discussed federally funded research on the brain and drugs, anxiety, depression, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, the genetics of parenting behavior, the mathematical modeling of brain activity, adolescent brain development and other compelling topics. We made our own pipe cleaner neurons, and created beautiful brain cell prints. We were also joined in Davenport by the Manager for Constituent & Community Relations for Representative Cathy McMorris-Rogers, Republican co-Chair of the House Neuroscience caucus. Both her office and that of Representative Earl Blumenauer, the Democratic co-Chair, had invited our NW Noggin volunteers to present a briefing in Congress in spring 2016. In Davenport, we were the “brain people,” offered free coffee all over town, and covered by the local newspaper. From the Congresswoman’s staffer: “A sincere thanks for inviting me to spend time with your group in Davenport! NW Noggin is meeting a very unique but important need in communities across the PNW (and country) which we are very grateful for.” We subsequently drove 14 volunteers to rural La Grande, Oregon for another popular day of research discussion and brain-related arts with 6th – 12th graders. Building excitement and awareness of discoveries in neuroscience through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, state, federal, partisan, urban/rural and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate and communicate, and increases awareness and support for further investment in research and the arts.
* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org)

Noggin @ Franklin High
2017-04-26 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Franklin High School, 5405 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR, 97206, United States
WHAT: Visit to Psychology classrooms at Franklin High School

WHERE: Franklin High School (Portland Public Schools), 3905 SE 91st Ave, Portland, OR 97266

WHEN: Wednesday, April 26, One class: 1:45pm – 3:15pm

We’ll introduce volunteers, who will briefly describe their studies and research, how they got where they are now, and where they’d like to be going. We’ll ask students what questions they have, and what they already know about the brain and behavior. Then we’ll break into groups to make art! Arts Coordinator Jeff Leake will add details on what we’re thinking about for Franklin soon.

We’ll also introduce human and animal brains for students to examine up close, hold, and contemplate – and we’ll answer the many questions typically prompted by this experience…

Come join us! High school students studying Psychology in Portland Public Schools would LOVE to hear about your education and research interests, and discover what you’re learning about behavior and the brain..!
Please RSVP to: griesar@pdx.edu and aspragus@yahoo.com
Hope to see you in school this month & cheers!
Bill & Jeff
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Aliese Poole, PSU
2. Christina Williams, WSU
3. Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
4. Mary Ruth Marigomen, WSU
5. Bradley Mahoney, WSU

Noggin @ Franklin High
2017-04-25 08:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Franklin High School, 5405 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR, 97206, United States
UPDATE: See what we did in the classroom at Franklin High!
Frequencies @ Franklin!

WHAT: Visit to Karen Polis’s Psychology classrooms at Franklin High School

WHERE: Franklin High School (Portland Public Schools), 3905 SE 91st Ave, Portland, OR 97266

WHEN: We’ll plan to be at Franklin for the following dates/times:

Tuesday, April 25, Two classes: 8:15am – 11:24am
Wednesday, April 26, One class: 1:45pm – 3:15pm

We’ll introduce volunteers, who will briefly describe their studies and research, how they got where they are now, and where they’d like to be going. We’ll ask students what questions they have, and what they already know about the brain and behavior. On Tuesday we’ll hear from Wenzl McGowen of the band Moon Hooch, listen to great music and talk about music and the brain… On Wednesday we’ll enjoy an art project – details coming from Jeff Leake…

We’ll also introduce human and animal brains for students to examine up close, hold, and contemplate – and we’ll answer the many questions typically prompted by this experience…
Come join us! High school students studying Psychology in Portland Public Schools would LOVE to hear about your education and research interests, and discover what you’re learning about behavior and the brain..!
Please RSVP to: griesar@pdx.edu and aspragus@yahoo.com
Hope to see you in school this month & cheers!
Bill & Jeff

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Binyam Nardos, OHSU
2. Firas Saad, PSU
3. Brittany Alperin, OHSU
4. Jeremy Dunford, WSU
5. Rebecca Hood, OHSU
6. Jennifer Jensen, PSU
7. Leota Wolford, PSU
8. Kindra Crick, NW Noggin
9. Rebekah Hough, PSU
10. Rebekah Alexander, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
11. Mike Soroka

Crown of Thought @ Lane Gallery!
2017-04-22 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lane Gallery, 2412 NW Raleigh, Portland, 97210, United States
WHAT: The UNITY Project Artists Reception
WITH: Kindra Crick (NW Noggin), Gila Lane (Portland Audubon), Tasha Williams (Black Parent Initiative), Teresa White (NAYA), Sofia Linde (CHAP), Sean Davis (Returning Veterans Project), Bonnie Metzler (Friends of the Columbia Gorge), Sharon Segal (ORA)
WHERE: LANE GALLERY, 2412 NW Raleigh, Portland, OR 97210
WHEN: Saturday April 22, 5pm-8pm
From Kindra Crick…
This work combines current and obsolete understandings of the nature of thought.

In 2017, the Allen Institute published an image of specific neurons that encircle and make connections across the entire brain, hypothesizing that these “giant neurons” project from a region that might be the conductor of consciousness. This piece is dedicated to the quest for scientific understanding which requires an acceptance of the inherent and often unpredictable mystery of discovery.
LEARN MORE: A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain

MARCH FOR SCIENCE!!
2017-04-22 09:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tom McCall Waterfront Park, NW Glisan St , Portland, OR, 97209, United States
UPDATE: See what we did on Earth Day!
Synapsing for Science!

WHAT: March for Science PDX!
WHERE: Tom McCall Waterfront Park
WHEN: EARTH DAY, April 22, 10am – 2pm (Noggin volunteers please arrive by 9:30am!)

LEARN MORE: March for science with art & brains!

Science works. It demands that we test our hypotheses through experiment – and then gather the evidence, share information, replicate investigations, and critically interpret data from the real world…

Investing in scientific research produces results. This approach has eradicated smallpox, developed deep brain stimulators to treat Parkinson’s disease, landed people on the moon, built computers and iPhones, lit our homes and brought us stunning photos and information from Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Pluto – and Earth.

By linking up and following the evidence – properly routing real data and observable facts – our own networks of linked neurons have illuminated and explained, and inspire awe, wonder and curiosity about life, the universe, and everything…

We know, from countless school visits and community events, that researched answers to real questions about how we are built and function is something both kids and the public want to know, and understand, and appreciate, and consider, while enjoying that tingling, tantalizing sense of genuine discovery…

Bring your pipe cleaner neurons – and make more at the Noggin table: Come join us at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Earth Day, April 22, to show your support for the best way of discovering how the world actually works – and how to make it a better place for all!
Confirmed Noggin participants
1. Allie Clark, PSU
2. Kris Thomason, OHSU
3. Jesse Hamlin, PSU
4. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU
5. Andrea Anaya, PSU
6. Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH EXITO
7. Alison Mack, PSU
8. Travis Chistian, PSU
9. Andrew Stanley, PSU
10. John Harkness, WSU/NW Noggin
11. Leota Wolford, PSU
12. Maxwell Neideigh, WSU
13. Jobe Ritchie, PSU
14. Alyssa Glace, PSU
15. Austin Abshire, PSU
16. Ian Anderson, PSU
17. Kim Engeln, WSU
18. Christina Williams, WSU
19. Metz Prottas, PSU
20. Kassandra Johnson, PSU
21. Jacob Schoen, PSU
22. Joella Deal, PSU
23. Kelly Stromberg, PSU

Velo Cult (Alcohol & Caffeine)!
2017-04-19 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
WHAT: Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong?
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42ND AVE PORTLAND, OR 97213
WHEN: Wednesday, April 19th, 2017, 6 – 8pm
UPDATE: See what we did at the link 🍺 ☕️
Drunk Mice on Espresso

Drunk mice on espresso – what could go wrong?Irish coffee, Spanish coffee, Red Bull & vodka…
How do caffeine and alcohol affect your brain? How do these two popular chemicals swirl into your synapses to jointly affect your mood, memory, and behavior?
WITHAlfredo Zuñiga at OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience, who studies how caffeine, the most widely used substance in the world, encourages alcohol drinking.
&
Kim Engeln, a photographer, student at Reed & WSU Vancouver, a barista and a bartender, who is no stranger to the synergistic effects of liquor and caffeine. Kim has created a collection of photos comparing facial expressions after shots of each drug, and how expressions change after consuming both at once…
Join us for a stimulating (and biphasically activating) evening at Velo Cult – a renowned provider of BOTH house-brewed coffee and excellent beer!

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…

MESA Day!
2017-04-15 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WSU Vancouver
UPDATE: See what we did at MESA Day 2017!
Midbrains & more @ MESA!

WHAT: MESA Day! (Note: there will be FOOD 🙂
WHERE: WSU Vancouver Library (Room 260)
WHEN: April 15th, 9:30am – 3:00pm
We’ll be introducing our brains and brain-related art projects to young people through MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement), an organization offering pathways to college and careers in various STEM fields for traditionally underrepresented students, including African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, Pacific Islanders and women.
Please RSVP to: griesar@pdx.edu and aspragus@yahoo.com
LEARN MORE: SW WASHINGTON MESA

See what we did last spring!
Myelinating for MESA!

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS

Juliana Chase
Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
Angela Gonzalez, WSU
Tony Carley, WSU
Nick Dunn., WSU
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU

Matthew Carlisle, WSU
Rebekah Hough, PSU

Jeremy Dunford, WSU

Erin Cooper, WSU

Ben Yefimov, WSU

Gianfranco DiCarlo, WSU

Aliese Poole, PSU
Leota Wolford, PSU
Jennifer Jensen, PSU
Samantha Harris, PSU

Brain Awareness Lecture: Sleep, Memory and Dreams
2017-04-04 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Putting it all together

Tuesday, April 4
6–8:30 p.m.
Newmark Theatre
Robert Stickgold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Sleep and Cognition
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
UPDATE: We were there! Learn more about sleep at the link…

Noggins in Nod: The science of sleep

Learn more about this lecture.
Noggin will have a table – please arrive by 6pm!
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
2. Leota Wolford, PSU
3. Christina Williams, WSU
4. Erin Cooper, WSU
5. Jeremy Dunford, WSU
6. Brit Gratreak, PSU
7. Imee Williams, WSU
8. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU
9. Heather Hamilton, PSU
10. Kindra Crick, Noggin Board
Learn more about the last two OHSU Brain Awareness lectures at the links…
Touched in the head

Psychopathy & brains

March for Science @ Velo Cult!
2017-03-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Velo Cult Bike Shop, 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR
Support science 🔬!
UPDATE: See what we did at Velo on March 29th!
March for science with art & brains!

WHAT: An evening of science and art making; learn about brain cells and create your own!
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 (6 – 8pm)
WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97213
NW Noggin Velo Cult events are always free, all ages, and open to everyone!

PRINT AND SHARE: Noggin/Velo March for Science Pipe Cleaner Neuron Building poster PDF

By making your own brain cell..!

Pipe cleaner neurons are colorful, bright and visible, they demonstrate structural and functional facts about our nervous systems, and they allow for creative expression..!

Brain cells also connect, linking to each other across short gaps called synapses, and form powerful networks that effectively route information and let organisms, including us, respond to changes in our world with organized and successful behavior…

Science works. It demands that we test our hypotheses through experiment – and then gather the evidence, share information, replicate investigations, and critically interpret data from the real world…

Investing in scientific research produces results. This approach has eradicated smallpox, landed people on the moon, built computers and iPhones, lit our homes and brought us stunning photos and information from Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Pluto – and Earth.

By linking up and following the evidence – properly routing real data and observable facts – our own networks of linked neurons have illuminated and explained, and inspire awe, wonder and further curiosity about life, the universe, and everything…

We know – from countless school visits and community events – that answering real questions about how we are built and function is something both kids and the public want to know, and understand, and appreciate, and consider, and experience that tingling, tantalizing sense of genuine discovery…

Please join us at Velo Cult on Wednesday, March 29 (6 – 8pm) to support sustained federal investment in research, education and outreach – and build your own neurons!

We’ll introduce the astounding diversity of brain cell types, including specialized sensory neurons that let you see, touch, and balance, large pyramidal cells, tiny granule cells, those wildly branching Purkinje’s – while you make your own!

Did we mention that Velo Cult offers great beer, wine, soda, coffee and tea..?

Your pipe cleaner neuron can connect with others at Portland’s own March for Science on April 22 – and we are thrilled to mail some of those you create directly to organizers of the national march in Washington DC…

DISCOVER: Pipe Cleaner Neuron Project Background
CREATE: How to make a pipe cleaner neuron
WATCH: Making pipe cleaner neurons in the classroom

Brain Awareness Lecture: Touch
2017-03-27 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart and Mind

Monday, March 27
6–8:30 p.m.
Newmark Theatre
David Linden, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience, the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
UPDATE: LEARN WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE LINK!
Touched in the head

Learn more about this lecture.
Noggin will have a table: please arrive at the Newmark by 6:00pm!
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Heather Hamilton, PSU & NIH BUILD EXITO
2. Meghann Farrell, PSU
3. Gaile Parker, PSU
4. Joey Seuferling, WSU
5. Joella Deal, PSU
6. Andrea Anaya, PSU
7. Jacob Schoen, PSU
8. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU
9. Brandon Forry, PSU
10. Erik Brunken, PSU

Brain Awareness Lecture: The Criminal Brain
2017-03-20 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
The Criminal Brain

Monday, March 20
6–8:30 p.m.
Newmark Theatre
Octavio Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Forensic Evaluation Service, Oregon State Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University
UPDATE: LEARN WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE LINK!
Psychopathy & brains

Learn more about this lecture.
Noggin will have a table: please arrive at the Newmark by 6:00pm!
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Angela Gonzalez, WSU
2. Austin Abshire, PSU
3. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU
4. Jessica Patching-Bunch, PSU
5. Kayla Townsley, PSU
6. Britt Gratreak, PSU
7. Ankita Guchait, PSU
8. Kayla Stippich, PSU
9. Annalicia Whittaker, PSU
10. Aliese Poole, PSU

Synaptic Community Connection: Davenport WA!
2017-03-16 - 2017-03-17 | Davenport, WA, WA, 99122, United States
Noggin is spending two days in the eastern Washington state community of Davenport, from March 16 – 17th during Brain Awareness Week…
UPDATE: See what we did at the link!
Dopamine in Davenport!

We’ve been invited to present brains and art projects at Davenport Middle School on Thursday, March 16, and at Davenport Elementary School on Friday, March 17. One of NW Noggin’s most dedicated volunteers, Angela Gonzalez, an undergraduate in Neuroscience at WSU Vancouver, grew up in Davenport, and is thrilled to be returning this week with fellow Noggin volunteers from Portland State University and OHSU to talk neuroscience in her hometown..!

Itinerary…
Wednesday, March 15
Drive to Davenport from Portland/Vancouver
Thursday, March 16
8:30am – 5pm; Davenport Middle School
Visits with teacher Kim Hansen’s 6, 7, 8 and 9th grade students
7th grade students are dissecting sheep brains as part of Project Lead the Way

8:55 – 9:44 = 9th grade physical science
9:48 – 10:38 = 8th grade earth science
10:42 – 11:02 = morning break!
11:06 – 11:56 = 8th grade earth science PLUS Davenport High School 8th grade anatomy class!
LUNCH 11:06-12:26
12:26 – 1:11 = 7th grade life science
1:15 – 2:00 = 6th grade intro to chemistry
2:04 – 3:49 = 7th grade life science
Friday, March 17
9:00am – 2pm; Davenport Elementary School
Drive to (or towards!) Portland/Vancouver

Five 45 minute brain + art sessions in the library:
What’s inside my head? What is my brain actually made of? How is it changing to make me better at school, social life, arts, sciences, math and sports..? Learn about brains, brain cells and brain changes with college students studying neuroscience in the Pacific Northwest…

Three undergraduate NW Noggin outreach volunteers from Psychology at Portland State University (Jacob Schoen, Joella Deal, Allie Clark), three undergraduates from Neuroscience at WSU Vancouver (Angela Gonzalez, Kim Engeln, Christina Williams), and two graduate students from Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU (Rebecca Hood, Scott Jones) are talking about neuroscience and psychology research, answering questions, and helping students make their own brain cells..!

Many thanks to OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience for supporting graduate student travel, the Associated Students of WSU Vancouver for funding three of their undergraduates, and PSU Psychology for sending Noggin faculty to Davenport… 🙂
Davenport is a six hour drive from Portland/Vancouver, with two local motels (Black Bear Motel; Davenport Motel).

We’ll drive to Davenport from Portland/Vancouver on Wednesday (3/15), and stay for two nights. MEDIA CONTACTS: Bill Griesar, (503) 914-7487; Jeff Leake, (270) 779-4239

Noggin @ BioGift Anatomical
2017-03-14 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | DC
An unforgettable experience at a body donation lab, thanks to the skilled father and son dissection team of Michael and Miguel Pierre!

Thanks also to Andrew Hardy, the BioGift Business Manager, for joining us at Liberty High School and arranging for Noggin brain donations – and welcoming our outreach volunteers into the lab!
UPDATE: See what we did! Quite a day!
A BioGift of Brains
