WHAT: Noggin visit with SUN Program students at Rigler Elementary School! We did it! Hearts & Brains Experiencing the Human to Human Interface from Backyard Brains! LEARN MORE: Brain Hacking is Electric! WHERE: Rigler Elementary School, 5401 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR 97218 WHEN: THURSDAY, August 4, 12:45pm – 3:00pm SUN…
“Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city,’ for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking that language, of selecting from those possibilities.” — Rebecca Solnit Paseo in Portland A paseo is a leisurely walk through a…
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…
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…
Post by Bradley Marxmiller, undergraduate in Biology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Bradley also wrote this introductory post: How do you find a job in a lab? When I finally secured funding and a position doing neuroscience research, it felt like a huge accomplishment. However, more than a goal or accomplishment, it is…
Post by Grace Taylor, undergraduate Psychology major and interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State University. This spring, Grace returned to her former classroom at Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon as a TA for the IB Biology class. Nostalgia at Southridge High For my Neuroscience minor outreach I spent time at…
Post by Zoie Harpole, undergraduate in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Zoie has joined multiple outreach visits through nwnoggin.org. As a student working towards my degree in psychology and interdisciplinary neuroscience at PSU, I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with Northwest Noggin over the past…
A research perspective piece by Nancy MacKenzie, undergraduate in Biomedical Physics and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University How did I get here? I am in the final year of my biomedical physics BS and minor in interdisciplinary neuroscience at PSU. I am also a BUILD EXITO scholar. I have…
Post by Tira Gaston and Britta Harbury, undergraduates in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University, and Bill Griesar. Tira and Britta have participated in multiple outreach visits through nwnoggin.org. This week, NW Noggin returned to the amazing Bridges to Pathways Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in historic…
Post by Lauren Kuiper, undergraduate in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. “The brain struggling to understand the brain is society trying to explain itself.” — Colin Blakemore The time we have spent in the classrooms at various elementary schools in the Portland and Vancouver area has been a…