WHAT: Gray Matters @ This Moment! We did it! WATCH HERE: @ This Moment: Gray Matters WHERE: Portland State University Online Webinar (REGISTER HERE) WHEN: Thursday, January 13, 4 – 5pm (Pacific) Please join us for a conversation about how PSU is working alongside community partners to bring neuroscience research…
WHAT: Society for Oregon/SW Washington Neuroscience Chapter Meeting WHERE: VIRTUAL ONLINE EVENT; REGISTER/SUBMIT ABSTRACTS HERE WHEN: Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1, 2022 The Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience is meeting online this year. Poster Viewing: Poster presentations can be viewed at any time on our…
“Empathy has the power to bring together people who would otherwise never meet. It has the power to teach us and to reach us in moments of isolation when we think nobody understands.” — Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States LEARN MORE: The Neurodevelopment of Empathy in…
Post by Elana Kananykhina, undergraduate at Portland State University. Elana is pursuing a minor in interdisciplinary neuroscience, and volunteers in Adie Rae Wilson-Poe’s cannabinoid research lab at Legacy Research Institute. How did I get here? Ever since I was a young girl, I put a lot of effort into finding answers to life’s questions. I…
“Amazing the things you find when you bother to search for them.” ― Sacagawea We’re approaching a full decade of volunteer outreach amidst a landscape of extensive public “STEM Hub” investments, well-funded institutional outreach positions, paywalled conferences and museum exhibitions aimed at communicating science. But we’re pretty excited about the…
As temps soared to triple digits in our formerly mild Pacific Northwest, a network of undergraduates, graduate students, neuroscientists and artists arrived in Hillsboro, Oregon to talk brains and make art. LEARN MORE: The Pacific Northwest Is Getting Hit By Another Heat Wave LEARN MORE: Climate change widespread, rapid, and…
By Alisha Steigerwald, 2020-21 Neuroscience Club President, Portland State University One thing is certain – neuroscience rocks! That is definitely how students at Portland State University feel. LEARN MORE: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor at Portland State University PSU students have a long-standing passion for brains and have sought many opportunities to enrich…
WHAT: Society for Neuroscience conference Live conference canceled Virtual options only this year LEARN MORE: Neuroscience 2021 to be Fully Virtual WHERE: McCormick Place Convention Center, 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 6061 WHEN: November 8 – 11, 2021 (NOW VIRTUAL ONLY; LIVE EVENTS CANCELED) READ OUR ABSTRACT BELOW! PREVIOUS…
We love questions! Some of the BEST questions come from students in public schools, who are fascinated by neuroscience research, and eager to share their own thoughts, interests, artwork and ideas about our brains! Wait a minute: just how did that crayon get in?! LEARN MORE: HOMЯ episode, The Simpsons…
Post by Danny Leister-Gray, Psychology & Honors College, Portland State University “History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.” — Marsha P. Johnson 2020: A…