NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Oregon Arts Education Conference
2015-10-09 - 2015-10-10 | WA
Jeff and Bill will present a two hour workshop for arts educators on Friday, October 9th, from 8 – 10am, in Ashland, OR…

P:ear outreach class
2015-10-07 11:45 - 12:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States

P:ear planning meeting at P:ear
2015-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Following the mandatory training, volunteers will meet to discuss and prepare our first outreach class session…

Mandatory volunteer training for P:ear volunteers
2015-10-03 09:00 - 12:00 | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
For volunteers preparing outreach coursework for P:ear students in October, there is a mandatory training at P:ear on Saturday, October 3. We’ll follow the training with a planning meeting for our first outreach visit…

NW Noggin "Ales & Ideas" lecture in Astoria!
2015-10-01 18:00 - 20:30 | Fort George Brewery, 1483 Duane St, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake will present on “The Art and Science of Legal Highs” (mostly alcohol) – at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria, Oregon!

Have a Vortex IPA and join us…

"Alive Inside" memory and music night at WSUV
2015-09-22 18:00 - 20:30 | WSU Vancouver
The movie “Alive Inside!” will be shown in the WSU Vancouver auditorium. We’ll follow the screening with a panel of NW Noggin volunteers. Here’s a complete list of our confirmed panel participants…

Bill Griesar, Instructor and Outreach Coordinator, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver; Neuroscience Director, nwnoggin.org
Jeff Leake, artist, Instructor and Outreach Coordinator, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver; Arts Director, nwnoggin.org
Megan Slaker, graduate student, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver (research interests: memory, drugs, peri-neuronal nets)
John Harkness, post-doctoral student, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver (research interests: genes, drugs, brains, behavior)
Angela Johnson, graduate of WSU Vancouver, Neuroscience outreach participant, Alzheimer’s caregiver
Sarah Neveux, graduate of WSU Vancouver, Neuroscience outreach participant
Angela Gonzalez, undergraduate in Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver, Neuroscience outreach participant

Jeff and I will start with general comments about the brain and behavior, development and decline, and why music and art might provoke such powerful emotions and help to improve mood, engagement and perhaps bring out some explicit memories, depending on the damage already suffered by individual patients with AD.

Our panelists will also introduce themselves, and their own areas of expertise. Questions from the audience (addressed to any of us) are very welcome about any topic related to dementia, the brain, behavior, genes, drugs, music or art… 🙂

We’ll also have real brains (extra brains!) to examine up close.

Chapel Pub Planning for Fort Vancouver High
2015-09-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Chapel Pub
Volunteers and site coordinators for our series of 4 – 6 outreach visits to biology classrooms at Fort Vancouver High School are meeting to plan classes and activities at the McMenamin’s Chapel Pub in NE Portland…
Fort biology teachers will join us there too.

Creative Science K-8
2015-09-16 12:00 - 14:30 | Creative Science (PPS) K-8, 1231 SE 92nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97216, United States
Volunteers will discuss brain development with middle school students. What skills do students feel they’ve improved over the last year – and where in their brains are network connections changing..?
We’ll bring brains (extra brains!), and Jeff will have a large brain poster and sticky notes for students to paste descriptions of their improving skills…
We did it! Learn more at the link…
Creativity and Science

HeLa High School
2015-09-14 12:35 - 14:00 | He La High School, 9105 NE 9th St, Vancouver, WA, 98664, United States
A discussion of neurotransmitters…
Volunteers will introduce anatomy and physiology of brain networks/pathways involving specific neurotransmitters, including dopamine, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, serotonin…

BRAINS (sheep) to WSUV/MESA
2015-07-30 | WA

BRAINS (sheep) to Sabin/Beaumont
2015-07-30, 2015-07-23 | WA

BRAINS (human) to Boys & Girls
2015-07-30, 2015-07-27 | WA

Human to human interface @ WSUV
2015-07-29 | WA

Miraculin @ WSUV/MESA
2015-07-29 | WA

Miraculin @ Boys & Girls
2015-07-29 | WA

BRAINS (sheep) to Jason Lee
2015-07-29 | WA

BRAINS (human) to WSUV/MESA
2015-07-29 | WA

Mindflex Duel @ Boys & Girls
2015-07-28 | WA

Human to human interface to Boys & Girls
2015-07-28 | WA

BRAINS (human) to Sabin/Beaumont
2015-07-28, 2015-07-21 | WA

BRAINS (sheep) to Boys & Girls
2015-07-27 | WA

Miraculin @ Jason Lee
2015-07-23 | WA

RUBBER ARM @ Jason Lee
2015-07-22, 2015-07-21 | WA

DRUNK GOGGLES to Sabin/Beaumont
2015-07-22 | WA

Human to human interface to Jason Lee
2015-07-22 | WA

DRUNK GOGGLES to WSUV/MESA
2015-07-21 | WA
