Brain Awareness Week is now in the books for 2015.  Last week the Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience hosted a successful visit from a Canada Excellence Research Chair and presented a very well-received and well-attended Café Scientifique on concussion/brain injury.  On Saturday, we finished the week by presenting the first ever Manitoba Brain Bee.  Manitoba high school students performed well and a winner was declared.  We are excited to grow this event over the next several years as a tool for grass-roots neuroscience outreach in our local communities. 

This event included talks and demonstrations and was a challenge to organize and execute.  I am especially grateful to the following people for making it a success:

Dr. Sari Hannila

Dr. Melanie Martin

Dr. Barb Shay

Dr. Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Dr. Katinka Stecina

Dr. Sarah Chen (Stecina Lab)

Crystal Acosta (Anderson Lab)

Scott Dyck (Karimi Lab)

Thanks to all!!  Check www.sfn-manitoba.ca soon for photos of all events.

Chris       

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Chris Anderson, PhD

SFN Winnipeg President