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Northwest Noggin

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#outreach 🎨🧠💚🤓

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Portland Public School students learning about brains with NW Noggin volunteers 🤓

November 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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#happyhalloween 🎃

#nwnoggin #outreach #teaching #brains #art #neuroscience #goplaces #allvolunteer 🧠🎨💚🤓

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Student in Medusa costume holding 3d printed brain 🧠🐍🤓

Neuron carved into pumpkin, sitting in front of fireplace 🔥

October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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Thank you 😍🎉!!

Students, teachers, staff & #nwnoggin volunteers @ MLK Elementary in Portland Public Schools 💚

#outreach #portlandoregon #brains #art #neuroscience #research #askquestions #goplaces #allvolunteer 😃

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NW Noggin volunteers and students at MLK/Portland public schools 😍

October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM Everybody can reply

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We painted a mural 🤓!

A neural mural of the #hippocampus @ Portland State University 🎨🧠💚🔱⚡️😍👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/2025/10/03/p...

#interdisciplinaryneuroscience #brains #art #outreach #research #nwnoggin 🤗

Section of neural mural of the hippocampus at PSU - 3rd floor skybridge between Cramer & Smith

Mural signage: Mural inspired by the drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, an artist and founder of the field of neuroscience. These are the cells and circuits of the hippocampus, a brain region essential for creating memories.
Your hippocampus links this current moment with related experiences from your past. What are you reminded of as you follow the neural pathways above? What forgotten landscape, what long-lost story, is called home by the beauty of these striking, vital connections?

October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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Thank you students, teachers and staff @ Astoria Public Schools & #nwnoggin volunteers 😍

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#outreach #teaching #astoriaoregon #art #brains #neuroscience #research #askquestions #goplaces #allvolunteer 😃

Students exploring the electrical nature of information flow in nerves and muscles

Northwest Noggin volunteers at Astoria High School

October 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM Everybody can reply

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TODAY (8/23) 🌅🎉!

#nwnoggin @ Astoria High School 🐟🎨🧠💚🤓👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#outreach #teaching #goplaces #allvolunteer 💚

October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM Everybody can reply

Northwest Noggin

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Thank you students, teachers and staff @ Knappa High School - & #nwnoggin volunteers 😍

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#outreach #teaching #art #brains #neuroscience #askquestions #goplaces #allvolunteer 😃

Students exploring the electrical nature of neuron and muscle activity

Northwest Noggin volunteers and students at Knappa High School

October 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM Everybody can reply

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This week 😍🎉!!!

#nwnoggin in #knappa and #astoriaoregon 🧠🎨🤝🏼💚😃👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#art #brains #questions #neuroscience #goplaces #listen #learn #teaching #research #allvolunteer 🤓

NW noggin volunteers at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria, OR

October 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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This week 😍🎉!!!

#nwnoggin in #knappa and #astoriaoregon 🧠🎨🤝🏼💚😃👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#art #brains #questions #neuroscience #goplaces #listen #learn #teaching #research #allvolunteer 🤓

Students and noggin volunteers making pipe cleaner brain cells and discussing neuroscience 🤓

October 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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Thank you 🎨🧠💚😍🎉!

Gracias students, teachers staff at Grant High School & #nwnoggin volunteers 🤓

Great day of questions, brains, art & neuroscience 😃👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#outreach #teaching #science #art #research #learning #goplaces #allvolunteer 😉

Noggin volunteers and students at Grant high school

October 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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TODAY (10/16) 🤓🎉!

#nwnoggin @ Grant High School #portlandoregon 😍👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#brains #art #outreach #goplaces #allvolunteer 💚

Students examining specimens with NW Noggin volunteers 😉

October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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#outreach #nwnoggin 🤓

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#brains #art #education #teaching #learning #joy #curiosity #goplaces #allvolunteer 😎

Students examining specimens and pipe cleaner brain cells and asking their own questions 🤓

Students and noggin volunteers examining specimens and asking their own questions 🤓

October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM Everybody can reply

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We 💚💚 #outreach 😍🎉

THANK YOU #nwnoggin volunteers 🎨🧠💚😃

And thank you Asa, Jeremy & curious 4th graders! Had a GREAT time making art, examining brains, discussing questions, delivering shocks (😅) & exploring community w/beach balls & yarn!

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Noggin volunteers and 4th graders in Portland public schools 😃

4th graders wearing neuron hats and holding pipe cleaner neurons

4th grader very surprised to be holding and examining a noggin - the questions then poured forth!

October 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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TODAY 🎨🧠💚🤓🎉!!

#nwnoggin #outreach in Portland Public Schools 😃👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#brains #art #teaching #learning #neuroscience #goplaces #allvolunteer 🤗

Students learning about the electrical nature of information flow in neurons and muscle using the Human to Human interface from Backyard Brains 🤓

October 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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NEW POST 🎨🧠💚🤓🎉!!

“When the image is new, the world is new.” –Gaston Bachelard

Check out the new student mural of the #hippocampus @portlandstate.bsky.social 😍👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/2025/10/03/p...

Placemaking @ Portland State with Interdisciplinary Neuroscience and #nwnoggin 😎

Students from the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Association at PSU painting a mural of the hippocampus 🤓

The human brain, with arrows and text indicating the location of the hippocampus 🤓

October 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM Everybody can reply

Northwest Noggin

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This week 🧠🎨😃💚

#nwnoggin #art #brains #questions #neuroscience @ Portland Public Schools 🤓👉🏼 nwnoggin.org/event/noggin...

#goplaces #sharestories #makeart #askquestions #allvolunteer 😉

Kids examining specimens and asking their own questions about the brain and brain research 😎

October 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply

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#santiagoramonycajal #hippocampus 🎨🧠🔥

#nwnoggin + Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Association @ Portland State University 🎨🧠🤓💚

German shepherd with new hippocampus mural at Portland State University 🤓

September 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM Everybody can reply

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#neuralmural 🎨🧠💚🤓

#santiagoramonycajal #hippocampus #brains #art #neuroscience #nwnoggin #teaching #research #outreach 😍

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Students painting a hippocampus on a skybridge ceiling at Portland State University

September 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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#falloutreach 😍

#nwnoggin #wonder #awe #nextgeneration #science #neuroscience #research #teaching #education #outreach #brains #art 😎

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Young people exploring neuroscience, asking questions, discovering new ideas 🎨🧠💚😃

September 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Northwest Noggin

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Coming soon 🎨🧠💚😍🎉!

Sooo excited about this 🤓 #santiagoramónycajal #arte #neurociencia #nwnoggin

Photo illustrating mural coming to the Skybridge between Cramer and Smith at Portland State University 😍

Currently bland and uninviting, this space will be activated by art - and brain cells!

Santiago Ramon y Cajal was a Spanish neuroanatomist and artist, and is considered the founder of modern neuroscience.

A mural based on his drawings of human brain cells from the cortex and hippocampus, the locus of perception, experiential memory and knowledge of place, will make this place a more impactful and informative link between interdisciplinary neuroscience and the student union.

August 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM Everybody can reply

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New bags! 😍

Gracias Cecilia Araneda for the incredible #nwnoggin totes 🎨🧠😃💚

Plenty of room for skulls, 3d printed brains & more 🤗👉🏼 nwnoggin.org

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New bags with neuron and squid fabric for NW Noggin outreach 🤩

July 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM Everybody can reply

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Gracias!! 🧠🎨😃💚

AWESOME day of art making, neuroscience and public performance with Dr. Kate Whitlock and graduate students at Ciencia al Tiro 🤓

We put on a play! 🎭🧠🎨🤗

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#sciencematters #teaching #research #education #outreach #nwnoggin #brains #art 😉