NogginFest 2022: A Mid-Pandemic Revival!

Post by Mikah Brandes, graduate of Portland State University, BUILD EXITO scholar, former Research Assistant and Center Administrator at Oregon Health & Science University, accomplished musician and Lab Assistant at True Terpenes. Mikah has written about his neuroscience lab experiences here: What’s it like to research aging & neurodegeneration? Seeing…

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Do you have free will?

Post by Dr. Yangmiao Zhang, Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University. NogginFest was an extraordinary community gathering this spring in Portland, Oregon – the largest free, all ages public celebration of live music, are brains and neuroscience research in the Pacific Northwest! LEARN MORE: NogginFest 2022:…

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Breaking DNA at NogginFest 2022

Post by Dr. Sydney Boutros, Ph.D., recent graduate of Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU. NogginFest was an extraordinary community gathering this spring in Portland, Oregon – the largest free, all ages public celebration of live music, are brains and neuroscience research in the Pacific Northwest! LEARN MORE: NogginFest 2022: A Mid-Pandemic…

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“Branches of the same tree”

Post by Yasaman Farhand, undergraduate in Science and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Yasaman has contributed to multiple outreach visits to K-12 public classrooms and at the annual NogginFest through nwnoggin.org. “I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields – it’s very refreshing.” — Maryam Mirzakhani…

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