NW Noggin organized outreach visits to two public elementary schools in sunny California earlier this fall… We were in San Diego to present our posters and discuss brain awareness with 30,000 brain researchers at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference… LEARN MORE: Art & Science @ SfN 2016 LEARN MORE: Cortical Connections in San…
Noggin is partnering with the WSU Vancouver library this week to offer pipe cleaners and instructions on building your own neurons! Relieve stress by twisting colorful wires into the brain cells you’re exercising while preparing for final exams… 
“Christmas neuron” by Lilian Nguyen (WSU Vancouver) You’re welcome to hold on to…
“It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” -Hans Selye “Inspired by the HPA axis,” by Kanani Miyamoto Final exams, politics, holidays, implicit and explicit bias – it’s no wonder people feel stressed these days. Yet stress can also be beneficial, and there are steps we can…
Stressed out, burned out: Strategies to stay balanced from the studio and lab. Tamasen Hayward, a Neuroscience graduate researcher in the Coffin Lab at WSU Vancouver, gives you the inside scoop on stress, discusses when stress is good and when it’s too much, and suggests ways to manage stress based on proven…
WHAT: Jeff Leake & Kindra Crick, “Cerebral Wilderness Artwork” WHERE: Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan, Portland, OR. 97209 WHEN: First Thursday, December 1, 6:00 – 9:00pm Artists Kindra Crick and Jeff Leake examine the impact of memory and place on one’s inner and outer identity. For over a year they have…
We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit! Northwest Noggin received federal 501(c)(3) status on November 15, 2016. Contributions – which let us purchase sheep brains, pipe cleaners, electrodes and modeling clay for outreach, plus send our graduate and undergraduate volunteers from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Sciences University and other area institutions to public schools,…
“My old addiction, changed the wiring in my brain…” – from “Chet Baker’s Unsung Swan Song,” by David Wilcox Compelling NW Noggin outreach by artist Kindra Crick and neuroscience postdoc Dr. John Harkness is featured in an article by Kindra in the November issue of Interalia Magazine, an online publication dedicated to the interactions between the arts, sciences and…
Our trip to the annual Society For Neuroscience conference in San Diego this year was really about the need for science outreach in public schools, and the effectiveness of arts integration as a vehicle for learning. We were fortunate this year to be offered a booth in the Art of…
After three enjoyable days of poster presentations, nano-symposia, exhibitor swag and excellent conversations with fellow neuroscience educators and SfN staff about arts integration in STEM… And quite a lot of neuron selfies… Bill Griesar, Jeff Leake, and their pipecleaner neurons represent at the #brainweek event. #nwnoggin #sfn16 pic.twitter.com/BkCKLUjZN1 —…
On a day when the fate of evidence-based research investment appeared uncertain, we brought our engaged, curious, future oriented undergraduates to meet the energetic students at Battle Ground High… EXPLORE MORE: Science under President Trump (Nature) Julia Gruszceki, Joey Seuferling, Gianfranco DiCarlo, Sabrina Polehn, Valerie Teegardin, Zander Eisenhower, Maria Honsowetz, Chad Foster, Vicki Nganga and…