The 2024 Brain Bee Team
Central PA
Regional Brain Bee
On Saturday, February 17th, 2024 Penn State College of Medicine hosted our 15th annual Brain Bee.
High school students from Central Pennsylvania competed in 3 exams: 1. Clinical Exam, 2. Written Exam, and 3. Neuroanatomy Exam. Students have the opportunity to meet clinical physicians, researchers, and graduate students during the exam.
Congratulations to our top 3, 2024 Brain Bee winners:
1st place: Miller Habib from Central Dauphin High School (4th from left)
2nd Place: Neil Peter from Cumberland Valley High School (3rd from left)
3rd place: Ashwin Sarode from Cumberland Valley High School (3rd from right)
Thank you to our Penn State Neuroscience Professors for offering a 2024 summer internship opportunity to our winners:
Dr. Kirsteen Browning (2nd from right)
Dr. Christopher Chen (1st from left)
Dr. Yongsoo Kim (1st from right)
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More Information
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The objective of this event is to educate students about the field of neuroscience and get students interested in this rapidly developing STEM field.
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The registration period for the 2025 Brain Bee will open in the winter of 2024.
The contest involves 3 rounds:
1. A lab practical round to identify anatomical structures and functions in real human brain specimens in a laboratory setting
2. A written exam testing general neuroscience knowledge
3. A clinical exam where students diagnose patients
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All the questions are based on information in the free SfN Brain Facts book (2018 edition). The links to the SfN Brain Facts book PDF and the interactive 3D-brain can be found below. The Brain Facts book is also available as an audio book here.
Be sure to checkout the brain facts website for other helpful resources as well!
