CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee
Grade 12 student from Toronto wins best brain in Canada!
CIHR Associate Director Eric Marcotte (back row, right) and Judith Shedden, the organizer of the event, (middle row, left) stand among some of the brightest brains in Canada during the fourth annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee Championship at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Saturday, May 28, 2011.
The Canadian Press Images PHOTO/Julie Jocsak
13 students across Canada competed for the best brain in Canada on May 28, 2011 in Hamilton at the fourth annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee. The top three winners were Soohyun Park (middle), Dave Saraswat (left), and George Charchoghylan (right).
Congratulations to our top three winners!
- Soohyun Park, University of Toronto Schools, Toronto
- Dave Saraswat, Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton
- George Charchoghlyan, Centennial CVI, Guelph
On May 28th, the top high school students across Canada competed at McMaster University in Hamilton for the right to be called the best brain in Canada. Thirteen students who won their regional competitions went head to head, and were tested on their knowledge of neuroscience as well as their skills at patient diagnosis and neuroanatomy. Topics covered memory, sleep, intelligence, emotion, perception, stress, aging, brain-imaging, neurology, neurotransmitters, genetics, and brain disease. The top three winners of the competition took home trophies and scholarship awards of $1,500, $1,000, and $500. Soohyun Park, the first place winner, also received a giant travelling trophy to be showcased at her school for a year, as well as the opportunity to work as a summer intern in a neuroscience laboratory.
Soohyun will go on to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee (IBB) championship in Florence, Italy, on July 16, 2011. The IBB will be held in conjunction with the 8th annual International Brain Research Organization Congress of Neuroscience.
The Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee was hosted by the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (PNB) at McMaster University.
CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee
The CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee (CCNBB) is an event that brings together the very top high school students to test their neuroscience and brain research knowledge. The Canadian winner will go on to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee, an annual event held since 1998.
Brain Bee is like a spelling bee for high school students, except that the students compete to determine who has the "best brain" on such topics as intelligence, memory, emotions, stress, brain imaging, sleep, and neurological disease. All Brain Bee competitions wrap up with the exciting oral elimination rounds which abide by the same rules as spelling bees.
To learn more about the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee, please visit the official competition website.
