Boston Regional Brain Bee

11:00am: Check in and Registration
11:30am: Paper test will start at exactly 11:30am and end at 12 noon.
12:00pm: Career-panel luncheon (Please RSVP to the lunch)
Panelists include:

Name	Position	Company
M.S. Atkisson, PhD	Grant Writer	Tufts University, Office of the Provost
Leila Bradley, PhD	Scientist	Wyeth Research
Tracy Callahan, PhD	Community Lab Coordinator	Biogen Idec
Steven Greenburg, MD, PhD	Director	MGH, Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program
Rob Jackson, PhD	Professor, Interim Chair of Neuroscience, Former Admissions Director	Tufts University School of Medicine
Gabriel Kreiman, PhD	Assistant Professor	Harvard University
Marjory Levey, PhD	Medical Science Laison	UCB Pharma
Margaret Livingstone, PhD	Professor	Harvard University
Kevin Sloan, PhD	Research Associate Former Student Associate	Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Finnegan Henderson, LLP

1:30pm: Keynote address by Dr. Margaret Livingstone
2:30pm: Live Brain Bee oral competition (top ten contestants)
3:30pm: Conclusions

Brain Bee information and process

The brain bee is a live question and answer competition testing the neuroscience knowledge of high school students, grades 9-12. Topics range from learning and memory to neurodegenerative disorders. ALL questions come from the Society for Neuroscience's Brain Facts book.

Brain Facts is available NOW!!! Please go to the links below or email the coordinators. Start studying!

Brain Facts (.pdf) can be downloaded at The Society for Neuroscience website or by clicking here. All students in grades 9 - 12 are welcomed to compete in the brain bee.

Process:

Part I: There will be a written test for all the competitors. Last year, the test was composed of 100 questions ranging from easy, medium and hard. Remember, all questions come from the Brain Facts book.

Part II: The top ten competitors (subject to change) will advance to the live portion of the competition and answer questions in front of the audience.

In between Parts I and II, there will be a seminar by a distinguished neuroscientist to present his or her research. In addition, there will be poster presentations and snacks after the seminar.

During Part II, competitors are allowed two wrong answers, but the third 'strike' knock you out of the competition. The last one standing will win the Boston Regional Brain Bee.

Our regional winner will be sent to the University of Maryland for the International Competition (all expenses paid for two).

Good Luck.

Brain Bee 2007 will be starting this fall. If you want to get involved with or donate to this neuroscience event in the Boston Community,

please contact

michelle.tangredi@tufts.edu or jason.chan@tufts.edu

We thank the following sponsors for their support in the Boston Regional Brain Bee in 2007.

     The Boston Area Neuroscience Group
     Brandeis University - Dept. of Neuroscience
     The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT
     Tufts Sackler School
Merck and Co., Inc
Qiagen
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

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