Another enthusiastic crowd of velocipedal neuroscience and art fans arrived at the incomparable Velo Cult for our first post-daylight savings NW Noggin event… Sunlight illuminated the ceiling-mounted bikes as Monique Smith, a graduate student in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU, presented fascinating research on empathy and chronic pain to an audience happily sipping…
This week our Velo crowd explored how memories depend on changes in neuron connections (i.e., synapses), and how these changes require expression of specific genes… Christie Pizzimenti, a graduate student in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU, enthusiastically described her research on how PTSD and substance use disorders involve powerful “excitatory” memory expression in the wrong contexts; that…
The neuroscience of sound chorused with the beauty of classical guitar in a joint, jam-packed NW Noggin sponsored performance at Velo Cult… Elena Mart, a graduate student in Neuroscience at WSU Vancouver worked alongside Ryan Walsh, an acclaimed classical guitarist and student of neuroscience from Portland State, to deliver an entertaining and informative…
Amanda Barkley-Levenson, a graduate student in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU, and Kelsey Holland-Rayle, an illustration major at PNCA (the Pacific Northwest College of Art), teamed up this week to present a lively introduction to the fascinating history of how mice studied in genetic and behavioral research came to be… The tale (tail?) involved…
We’re in California! We spent two days driving 1000+ miles south over mountain passes and deserts to palm trees and sun, to join enthusiastic outreach volunteers at the annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference! Huge thanks to Jill and Michael in Grants Pass, Oregon and Theresa and Billy in Pleasanton,…
Oregon Tries and Fails to Eliminate Daylight Savings Time, for Now February, 2024 Oregon’s state senate failed to advance a bill on Tuesday that would have abolished daylight saving time in most of the state and switched it to standard time for the entire year, the latest chapter in an…
LEARN MORE: Whose land are you on? Northwest Noggin traveled along the Columbia River to St. Helens, Oregon, named for the local volcano that erupted in 1980. We spent the morning with clients at the Pathways Residential Treatment Facility, a program of Columbia Community Mental Health, discussing substance use disorders…
Nogginfest Art Auction! Want to own stunning original art? We have that and more this year at our Nogginfest art auction! We’re very excited to have work from these local artists featured in our auction. BID HERE: NogginFest 2021 Art Auction (through 3/20/21)! LEARN MORE: JOIN US @ NOGGINFEST! Sienna…
Graduate students in Behavioral Neuroscience and Neuroscience at OHSU are encouraged and welcome to participate in various outreach activities, in winter term at Portland State University as part of a teaching practicum course, and throughout the year in area public schools. LEARN MORE: Noggin BlogginA regularly updated summary of our outreach…
GROWING IN NETWORKS… The Northwest Neuroscience Outreach Group: Growing in Networks (nwnoggin.org) is a collaborative all volunteer educational effort to enthuse and engage academic priority students and the general public in the study and practice of neuroscience and art. And we’re a nonprofit! Northwest Noggin received federal 501(c)(3) status on November…