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Art, Pain and Cannabinoids: Results from Research

Come join us for a Washington State Psychological Association Noggin workshop on marijuana, including its chemical complexity, history of use, role in visual culture, and what new research suggests about its therapeutic potential for treating pain... More details available here... https://nwnoggin.org/resources/art-pain-cannabinoids-results-from-research/ Register for the workshop (and additional WSPA workshops) here...…

Brain cell building @ Fort Vancouver High

Fort Vancouver High School 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Make your own brain cells! (We can always use more ?) Graduates and undergraduates: please join us to introduce neurons to seniors at Fort Vancouver High School later this month. We’ll make brain cells from colorful pipe cleaners that will hang in a display at the Portland Art Museum in…

Brain cell building @ Fort Vancouver High

Fort Vancouver High School 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Make your own brain cells! (We can always use more ?) Graduates and undergraduates: please join us to introduce neurons to seniors at Fort Vancouver High School later this month. We’ll make brain cells from colorful pipe cleaners that will hang in a display at the Portland Art Museum in…

World Parkinson’s Conference lecture!

Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

The following NW Noggin volunteers are invited to hear a lecture by Dr. John G. Nutt from OHSU, at the Oregon Convention Center on Wednesday, September 21 from noon - 1:15pm... 1. Christie Pizzimenti, OHSU 2. Christina Williams, WSU Vancouver 3. Ankita Guchait, PSU 4. Allie Clark, PSU 5. Gaile Parker,…

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The Art and Neuroscience of Change!

Portland Art Museum

NW Noggin presents cutting edge research and art, from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and WSU Vancouver, concerning the neuroscience of behavioral change at the Portland Art Museum, as part of the Change Connect 4 conference for the Association of Change Management Professionals... High school seniors from Fort…

Noggin @ White House Frontiers conference

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

Francis Collins Mark Hatfield Lecture at OHSU

OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building 2730 SW Moody, Portland, OR, United States

Collaborative Life Sciences Building 2730 S.W. Moody, Portland Reception, 5:45 - 6:30pm, Collaborative Life Sciences Building Atrium Lecture, 7:00 - 8:00pm Main lecture hall, room 1A001 From left:  Sam Carpenter (OHSU/Noggin), Bill Griesar (PSU/WSU/OHSU/NW Noggin), Francis Collins (NIH), John Harkness (WSUV/NW Noggin)  -  and pipe cleaners!

Noggin @ iTech Prep

WSU Vancouver

Noggin presents brains and art projects to 9th through 12th graders at iTech Prep, a high school in the Vancouver Public School district located on the WSU Vancouver campus... Tuesday, October 25 AND Tuesday, November 1: 2:05-4:05pm Clark College Building rooms 122/124 (at WSU Vancouver) Group 1: 60 students from…

Noggin @ Velo Cult: Patterns, fractals and drugs

Velo Cult Bike Shop 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR

DREADD decisions:  Patterns, fractals and drugs Jordan Blacktop and Sara McCormick DOWNLOAD:  NW Noggin DREADD & Fractal poster Jordan Blacktop, Ph.D. (a.k.a., “the DREADDpool Dude”), a postdoctoral neuroscience researcher at WSU Vancouver, introduces DREADDs, a powerful chemogenetic technique for switching brain areas on, or off, and altering how networks of brain areas…

Noggin @ Skyridge Middle School

Skyridge Middle School 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas, WA, United States

Noggin is invited to present brains and art projects at Skyridge Middle School in Camas, Washington on November 1, 2 and 3rd, from 9:15am - 2:00pm... We'll visit several "Core" classes on Tuesday (11/1), Wednesday (11/2) and Thursday (11/3)... Core 1 9:30-10:47 BREAK for Lunch 10:47-11:17 Core 2 11:19-12:36 Core…