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SUMMARY:Abstracts DUE for SfN in DC
DESCRIPTION: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. \n \nMore 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. \nThe 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… \nMore on our plans for the conference available here… \n#brains2DC!\n \nThe ten NW Noggin SfN-sponsored undergraduate outreach participants include…\n1. Sulema Rodriguez\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO scholar\n2. Heather Hamilton\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO scholar\n3. Christina Williams\, WSU Vancouver\n4. Jacob Schoen\, PSU/Noggin Resource Council member for PSU\n5. Aliese Poole\, PSU\n6. Andrea Anaya\, PSU\n7. Jennifer Jensen\, PSU\n8. Jesse Hamlin\, PSU\n9. Jobe Ritchie\, PSU\n10. Alex Kunz\, PSU \nAll members of SfN are welcome to submit abstracts until 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday\, May 4. \nCall for Abstracts\nControl/Tracking Number: 2017-J-16448-SfN\nActivity: Theme J Abstract\nCurrent Date/Time: May 5\, 2017 2:45:53 PM EDT\nBridging the gap: understanding neuroscience through symbiotic learning and community outreach\n\nAUTHOR 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;\n1Washington 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:\nNW 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. \n\n  \nNoggin also submitted a Theme J abstract… \nNW Noggin: Synaptic community connections in the rural Pacific Northwest \nGRIESAR\, W.S.*\, LEAKE\, J.* \nScience 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. \n* Department of Psychology\, Portland State University; NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org)
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/abstracts-due-for-sfn-in-dc/
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SUMMARY:P:ear training!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:  Mandatory for volunteer participants at P:ear \nWHEN:   Saturday\, May 6th\, 9:00am – 1:00pm \nWHERE:  P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland\, OR 97209 \n \nNW 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!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/pear-training/
LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sitton outreach planning @ Chapel Pub
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:  Planning for outreach visit to Sitton Elementary \nWHERE:  McMenamin’s Chapel Pub\, 430 N Killingsworth St\, Portland\, OR 97217 \nWHEN:  Monday\, May 8\, 5:30pm \n \nKindergarten 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… \nNoggin 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… \nFor 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… \nMORE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THE LINK: \nNoggin @ Sitton Elementary\n\nMay 11 @ 11:00 am – 2:30 pm
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/sitton-outreach-planning-chapel-pub/
LOCATION:Chapel Pub\, 430 N Killingsworth St\, Portland\, OR\, 97217\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T110000
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Sitton Elementary (K)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:  Noggin visit to Sitton Elementary \nWHEN:  Thursday\, May 11\, 11:00 – 2:30pm \nWHERE:  Sitton Elementary\, 9930 N Smith St\, Portland\, OR 97203 \nUPDATE:  See what we did in St. Johns!\nA Synapse with Sitton\n \nKindergarten 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… \n \nNoggin 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… \nOn 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… \n \nOur 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! \n \nWe’ll also examine some real brains… \n \nMore 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. \nCommitted volunteers\n  1. Brittany Alperin\, OHSU\n 2. Scott Jones\, OHSU\n 3. Alison Mack\, PSU\n 4. Travis Christian\, PSU\n5. Allie Clark\, PSU\n6. Jessica Patching-Bunch\, PSU\n7. Jennifer Jensen\, PSU\n8. Heather Hamilton\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n9. Jessica Trottier\, PSU\n10. Christina Williams\, WSU\n11. Krystal Nguyen\, PSU\n12. Alex Kunz\, PSU\n13. Rebekah Hough\, PSU\n14. Austin Abshire\, PSU\n15. Mary Ruth Marigomen\, WSU\n16. Holly D’Andrea\, WSU\n17. Adam Bishop\, PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-sitton-elementary/
LOCATION:Sitton Elementary\, 9930 N Smith St\, Portland\, 97203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Society for Neuroscience Oregon Chapter meeting 2017
DESCRIPTION:May 12-13\, 2017\nMcMenamins Edgefield Winery\n\n\n\n\nNW Noggin biked towards the Columbia River Gorge to present a new poster..! \n \nThe 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… \n \nIt 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… \n \nA little degeneration of pipe cleaner myelin after the ride to McMenamin’s Edgefield above… 🙂 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSee what we did last year at the link below…\nEdgefield EPSPs: Growing in Networks @ SfN!\n \nNoggin 2017 SfN Poster abstract… \nNW Noggin: Connecting SfN outreach volunteers and schools in San Diego and DC\nGRIESAR\, W.S.*\, LEAKE\, J.* \nScience 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. \nNW 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! \nIn 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. \nIn 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! \nStudents 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. \nAfter 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. \nLearn more about these efforts\, and our plans for the 2017 SfN conference in DC: https://nwnoggin.org/2017/02/28/brains2dc/ \nBuilding 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. \n* Department of Psychology\, Portland State University; NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) \nA network grows in San Diego\n \nMyelin Satellite Meeting Speakers\nStephen Back\, Oregon Health & Science University\nHyaluronan mediates perinatal myelination failure through a tolerance-like non-inflammatory signaling pathway \nDennis Bourdette\, Oregon Health & Science University\nA brief history of myelin: From Versalius to the Bunges \nJonah Chan\, University of California San Francisco\nDo remyelination therapies promote axonal survival and neuronal function after inflammatory demyelination? \nBen Emery\, Oregon Health & Science University\nMore than just insulation? Unraveling the relationship between neural activity and myelination \nStephen Fancy\, University of California San Francisco\nOligodendrocyte precursors migrate on the vasculature in the developing and diseased CNS \nMeredith Hartley\, Oregon Health & Science University\nA thyroid hormone-based strategy for treating myelination disorders \nWendy Macklin\, University of Colorado\nSignaling pathways that regulate CNS myelination \nSteve Matsumoto\, Oregon Health & Science University\nRoles of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling factors in Schwann cell development and disease \nFred L. Robinson\, Oregon Health & Science University\nHow membrane trafficking regulates myelination \nBill Rooney\, Oregon Health & Science University\nMapping brain myelin water with MRI \nLarry Sherman\, Oregon National Primate Research Center\nA dual role for chromatin remodeling factors in oligodendrocyte specification and maturation \nSeema Tiwari-Wooduf\, University of California Riverside\nNovel estrogen receptor-B ligands induce oligodendrocyte survival\, differentiation\, and remyelination in mouse models of multiple sclerosis \nScott Wong\, Oregon National Primate Research Center\nHerpes virus associated encephalomyelitis: A non-human primate model of inflammatory demyelination that resembles multiple sclerosis
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/society-for-neuroscience-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:McMenamin’s Edgefield\, 2126 S.W. Halsey St.\, Troutdale\, OR\, 97060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Moon Hooch:  Music & Brains @ Doug Fir!
DESCRIPTION:Moon Hooch performs a second Portland show at the Doug Fir on Saturday\, May 13th! \n \n \nSaxophonist Wenzl McGowen recently joined Noggin at Portland’s Franklin High School for a compelling classroom exploration of brain electrical changes in response to music… \nLEARN MORE:  Frequencies @ Franklin: Your brain on sax!\n \nBrittany 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… 🙂 \nBUY TICKETS:  Moon Hooch @ the Doug Fir May 13
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/moon-hooch-music-brains-doug-fir/
LOCATION:Doug Fir Lounge\, 830 E. Burnside St.\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170516T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170516T153000
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SUMMARY:NW Noggin @ MESA Day (PSU)!
DESCRIPTION:NW Noggin brought brains and art to the Smith Ballroom at Portland State University! \n \nWe joined the NIH BUILD EXITO table to add a few extra sulci and gyri this afternoon..!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/nw-noggin-mesa-day-psu/
LOCATION:Smith Ballroom\, Portland State University\, Smith Center (3rd floor)\, 1825 SW Broadway\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170517T110000
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SUMMARY:Health Fair @ Jefferson High School!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:  High School Health Fair \nWHERE:  Jefferson High School\, 5210 N Kerby St.\, Portland\, OR 97217 \nWHEN:  Wednesday\, May 17th from 11:15-12:30 \n \nLearn more about this event from last year’s visit: \nHealthy Gyri @ Jeff!\n \nPlease RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu  –  thank you for sharing your knowledge of brain and behavior & cheers! \nCONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Kayla Townsley\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO\n2. Krystal Nguyen\, PSU\n3. Rebekah Hough\, PSU\n4. Mary Ruth Marigomen\, WSU\n5. Michael Perna\, PSU\n6. Kelly Stromberg\, PSU\n7. Joey Seuferling\, WSU\n8. Alfredo Zuniga\, OHSU\n9. Leota Wolford\, PSU\n10. Allana Zuccaro\, PSU\n11. Sulema Rodriguez\, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/health-fair-jefferson-high-school-2/
LOCATION:Jefferson High School
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T180000
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SUMMARY:Velo Cult:  Changing Brain Waves of Depression
DESCRIPTION:Changing the Brain Waves of Depression\nWhat do the brain waves of a depressed person look like? How can they be changed? \nWHAT:  Brittany Alperin & Sienna Morris on “Changing the Brain Waves of Depression” \nUPDATE:  Powerful and relevant presentation on self-care and depression\nChanging Brain Waves of Depression\n \n \n \n \nWHERE:  Velo Cult\, 1969 NE 42nd Ave\, Portland\, OR 97213 \nWHEN:  Wednesday\, May 17th\, 6 – 8pm \n \n \nBrittany 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! \n \nJoin 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. \nNW 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…
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/velo-waves-depression/
LOCATION:Velo Cult Bike Shop\, 1969 NE 42nd\, Portland\, OR
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170521
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SUMMARY:Synaptic Community Connection:  La Grande!
DESCRIPTION: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)… \nUPDATE:  We did it!  Learn more about brains & art in eastern Oregon at the link below!\nBlue Mountain Brains!\n \n \nPublic 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?” \nWe’ll drive to La Grande on Friday\, May 19th\, and work with ~100 students on Saturday\, May 20th. \nFriday\, May 19th\nDrive to La Grande\, Oregon\n 261 miles from Portland;  4.5 hour drive\nSTAY:  Americas Best Value Sandman Inn \n \nSaturday\, May 20th\nLa Grande High School cafeteria\, 708 K Ave\, La Grande\, OR 97850\n7:30am – 11:30am\, Outreach with 6th through 12th graders \n \n \n\n\nDopamine in Davenport!\n\nhttps://nwnoggin.org/2017/03/20/dopamine-in-davenport/\n\n\n\n\n\nCONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Leota Wolford\, PSU\n  2. Joella Deal\, PSU\n3. Heather Hamilton\, PSU (and NIH BUILD EXITO)\n4. Joey Seuferling\, WSU (and NW Noggin Resource Council\, health care)\n5. Kirk Wydner\, Oregon State University (NW Noggin Resource Council\, technology)\n6. Alfredo Zuñiga\, OHSU\n7. Andrea Anaya\, PSU\n8. Rebecca Hood\, OHSU\n9. Scott Jones\, OHSU\n10. Travis Christian\, PSU\n11. Alison Mack\, PSU\n12. Brad Dowling\, WSU\n13. Aliese Poole\, PSU\n14. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\n15. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/synaptic-community-connection-la-grande/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170525T110000
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Sitton Elementary (1st graders)
DESCRIPTION:WHAT:  Noggin visit to Sitton Elementary \nWHEN:  Thursday\, May 25\, 11:00 – 2:30pm \nWHERE:  Sitton Elementary\, 9930 N Smith St\, Portland\, OR 97203 \nFirst 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… \n \nNoggin 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… \nSEE WHAT WE DID ON TUESDAY\, MAY 11…\nA Synapse with Sitton\n\nOn 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… \n \nOur 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… \n \nWe’ll also examine some real brains… \n \nMore 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. \nCommitted volunteers\n 1. Jennifer Jensen\, PSU\n 2. Rebekah Hough\, PSU\n 3. Alison Mack\, PSU\n 4. Travis Christian\, PSU\n5. Mikey Smith\, PSU\n6. Jessica Patching-Bunch\, PSU\n7. Adam Bishop\, PSU\n8. Jessica Trottier\, PSU\n9. Austin Abshire\, PSU\n10. Ellie Sceeles\, PSU\n11. Shawna Erickson\, PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-sitton-elementary-2/
LOCATION:Sitton Elementary\, 9930 N Smith St\, Portland\, 97203\, United States
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