Triangle Brain Bee

Registration is now open for the 2024 Triangle Brain Bee! To register, complete the registration form at this link: forms.gle/SgejPqgxGkSaKb…

Last week we had a great time with our brain dissection lesson! Students got the chance to sharpen their neuroanatomy knowledge with sheep brain dissections, and a guided dissection of human brains! Then we finished off with a round of Kahoot to prep for our competition in March!

Our 2023 keynote speaker @gmalvarez12 kicking off the Triangle Brain Bee talking about how she uses neuroscience to understand how social inequalities impact the brain.

The UNC VS Duke game of neuroscience trivia (Triangle Brain Bee) was today! Results and pics coming!

The 2nd annual Triangle Brain Bee Competition is this Saturday, March 4th! For more information and registration details: tarheels.live/trianglebrainb…

We are excited to announce that we are hosting 2 *free* neuroanatomy workshops for high school students! Human neuroanatomy: Sat, Jan 28 11-1pm (at UNC) Neurohistology: Sat, Feb 18 1-2:30pm (virtual) Register here: forms.gle/b8t9Kh6N95HvoY…

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Last night, Esme and Jimmy led the lesson on Infant, Child, and Adolescent Brain Development! They discussed the amazing plasticity of the human brain in childhood: youtube.com/watch?v=f2fCY_…

One Saturday morning 🎶🎶 A few hours of outreach is what we need 🎶🎶 @TriBrainBee #ScienceOutreach #Brainssss

Our Halloweekend brain dissection with the high school students! 🎃🧠

Last night @Asli__Imamoglu led a spooky lesson on learning and memory! (Chapter 4 of the Brain Facts Book)

🚨🚨ATTN: NC high school students🚨🚨 Registration is now open for the Triangle Brain Bee 2022-2023 season! 🧠🐝 Sign up today for weekly neuroscience lessons (Sept 2022-Feb 2023) and the 2023 Triangle Brain Bee competition here: forms.gle/geZwGUkVBb4VuT…

This summer, 7 high school students from the Triangle Brain Bee interned with the Cohen Lab @UNCPsych. Today, these incredible scientists presented their final projects!

On April 9th, our local Brain Bee winner - Avanesh Vijayakumar of @EnloeMagnetHS - competed in the U.S. National @TheBrainBee and placed 8th overall out of 44 competitors! Congratulations Avanesh!

"Your adolescent brain on social media" @RosasBrain gave an engaging keynote address that skillfully mixed neuroscience research and social media insight at the first annual Triangle Brain Bee!

We are so impressed by all of the Triangle Brain Bee Competitors!✨ They learned so much and we had such a good time working with them!

Congratulations to the winners of the First Annual Triangle Brain Bee! 👏 1st place: Avanesh Vijayakumar, Enloe High School 2nd place: Dillon Heffernan, Orange High School 3rd place:Lazar Mendel, Enloe High School

We would like to thank our generous donors who provided supplies and made it possible to hold our outreach events and competition day! So a huge thank you to... The Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, @UNCneurosurgery, and @GPSGatUNC!

Pop Quiz! Can you answer the final two questions from the Triangle Brain Bee competition? 1. In the CNS (central nervous system), which type of glial cells provide neurons with myelin? 2. Motor information is located in which horn of the spinal cord?

📢 🧠Happy Brain Awareness Week! 🧠📢 We held our Brain Bee competition last Saturday, March 12th -- 10 amazing high schoolers competed for the top spot by answering neuroscience trivia questions! (photos to come)