UAA Brain Bee

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day everyone, from Meatball the lab rat.

Lab rats will be attending this year's Brain Bee (Saturday March 22, 2025) to demonstrate positive reinforcement training. 🧠🐀❤️

04/05/2024

Congratulations to the 2024 Alaska Regional Brain Bee Winners! From left to right: Caleb Wraith (first place), Gwendolynn Cheney (second place), and Isaac Vaughan (third place).

02/26/2024

02/22/2023

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03/18/2022

03/15/2022

Tonight - March 14: Panel Discussion with Alaskan Brain Injury Providers, a UAA Pre-Med Club event for UAA students via Zoom at 6:00 PM - 7:00 P.M. Hear what it’s like to treat people with brain injury from a Neuropsychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Occupational Therapist and a Speech Language Pathologist. For more information visit:

03/03/2022

Come join us for the Alaska Brain Bee on 3/26. The photo below shows a "marshmellow" challenge activity from our Brain Bee a few years ago.

In Alaska, brain injuries are particularly prevalent compared to the rest of the country. Alaska leads the nation in traumatic brain injury-related deaths. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and UAA’s Center for Human Development is engaging in significant work to better understand traumatic an...

02/23/2022

Interesting research that recruited patients who already had electrodes in place for medical reasons to find neurons responsive specifically to singing, but not to speech or instrumental music.

Researchers have identified a population of neurons in the auditory cortex that responds to signing, but not any other type of music.

02/16/2022

AK Brain Bee is Back - Are you ready for March 26, 2022 for the AK Brain Bee? Test your friends and family's knowledge of brain science with these Truth or Myth Flash Cards.

02/02/2022

Any alumni here are welcome to share with us what you’re doing now 😃

Since the first Brain Bee in 1998, the competition has grown into an international annual event that engages more than 50,000 students from six continents. It has also inspired many of its top finishers to pursue careers in neuroscience and related fields.

01/25/2022

Hey UAA Brain Bee Alumni please consider sharing your story. We would love to year from you!
If you have ever competed in a regional or National Brain Bee—or made it to the big show, the International Brain Bee organization would like to hear from you. The IBB is looking to gather more data on how the competition may influence later career choices. But reconnecting with the organization does more than just take note of whether you ultimately pursued a job in neuroscience; it also helps to foster a more comprehensive online community as well as potential networking opportunities for everyone involved. While the IBB is planning to create a more visible alumni sign-up on the IBB website soon, you can reconnect with the IBB community today by creating an account here. You can also reach out directly to Astrid Eberhart, executive director of the IBB at astrid.eberhart@thebrainbee.org.

Building Better Brains to Fight Brain Disorders

08/06/2021

Check out this new Neuroscience text: a free & open-educational resource! https://www.austinlim.com/open-neuroscience-initiative?fbclid=IwAR3aMecfRj0efNxUIVxGIkOV-rIi7zd8Nw-O4YVh14Svrg9cOhUfDKTVPjs

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