Where is NW Noggin?
NW Noggin is a locally sourced, 501(c)(3) ALL-VOLUNTEER shoestring nonprofit organization. Your tax-deductible contribution supports the purchase of sheep brains, pipe cleaners, electrodes and clay for innovative, arts-integrated outreach, and helps send volunteers from local universities (including Portland State University, OHSU, and other area institutions) to public school classrooms, conferences and free community events.
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Waltzing Mice @ Velo!
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…
Drugs, Genes & Waltzing Mice!
Tales from Genetic Research! Mouse fanciers developed unusual, multi-colored, alcohol drinking, even “waltzing” mice – while scientists sought out rodents with unique behaviors and genes. Amanda Barkley-Levenson, a graduate student in Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU, and Kelsey Holland-Rayle, a student of illustration at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, will…
NW Noggin at the Gardner School of Arts & Sciences
Today our intrepid Noggin volunteers from WSU Vancouver and Portland State University came to the Gardner School of Arts and Sciences, literally just down the road from WSUV. The middle schoolers have been learning about their brains, with help from their teacher Caitlin Littlefield, and we enjoyed a lively discussion…
Velo Cult: Megan Slaker & Dawn Nielson draw a memorable crowd!
Almost 100 people piled into Velo Cult on Thursday night (10/23) to learn about memories, including drug memories, and innovative efforts to disrupt such memories by removing chemical scaffolding around synapses known as “perineuronal nets…” Megan Slaker, a graduate student in Neuroscience at Washington State University Vancouver, led the crowd in a spirited…
NW Noggin heads to McMinnville!
Four undergraduate neuroscience outreach volunteers from WSU Vancouver (Chelsey Anderson, Matt Wadzita, Grace Hoinowski, and Angela Johnson), and one accomplished Clark County high school student (Alli Probst), brought brains and art projects to Patton Middle School in McMinnville, Oregon on Friday, where 270 8th graders were reading the book “Flowers for Algernon.” We met…
2014 summer outreach complete!
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WSU-V once supported student participation in NW Noggin
The College of Arts and Sciences at WSU-V is making stipends available for undergraduate participation in neuroscience outreach this summer! In addition, they awarded us $2775 to purchase five, well-stocked “outreach kits,” complete with brain models, spiker boxes, dissection kits, art supplies..! Go Cougars! Ahhh…but see what happens later when…
NW Noggin awarded PARC grant!
NW Noggin received five, $750 travel grants from the Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) at OHSU to encourage graduate participation in summer outreach! There is another $1250 available in PARC support for outreach materials and supplies… FOR OHSU GRADUATE STUDENTS… We have two remaining $750 Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) travel…
NW Noggin wins RACC grant!
NW Noggin was just awarded a Regional Arts & Culture Council grant to support participation by art students from PNCA, PSU and WSU-V in summer 2014 outreach efforts! This will allow us to better support art students who collaborate with science graduates and undergraduates in developing art activities aimed at…
Synapsing in San Diego
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” ―Maya Angelou.
Our AMAZING volunteers organized the largest all ages Art & Neuroscience Festival in the Pacific Northwest! We offered live bands, science-inspired art, neuroscience research presentations, and the chance to ask questions and examine real brains! The fifth annual Noggin Fest helped send more young scientists and artists to the Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego - and into San Diego Unified Public Schools! LEARN MORE @ Brains Beyond SfN!.