Hello everyone,

Brain Awareness Week 2016 is fast approaching, and in the next several weeks you will be hearing more about the outreach events that MNN will be hosting to mark the occasion. They include our Café Scientifique on multiple sclerosis (March 7), a visit from CERC chair Dr. Oliver Ernst from the University of Toronto (March 14 and 15), and our 2nd annual Winnipeg Brain Bee, which will be held Saturday, March 12. We have a wonderful core of Brain Bee volunteers who will be returning this year, but I am looking for one faculty member (or postdoc) who would be willing to host a laboratory demonstration for the competitors that day. We already have neuroanatomy and neurophysiology demos planned, and we would like to have one more demo in another area. It could be microscopy, imaging, something clinical, or something else entirely. Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, March 12, 1-3 pm

Time commitment: 2 hours (not including set-up time)

How it will work: The students and teachers will be split into 3 groups and rotate through the different demos. We expect that there will be 8-9 people in each group. Each demo will be 30-40 minutes in length. Ideally, we would like to have something that the students can actively participate in (hands-on), but if you would prefer to simply have them observe, that’s fine too.

Caveats: NO live animals.

The demo must take place at the U of M Bannatyne campus/HSC.

If you are interested in taking part, please respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support of the MNN and our outreach programs.

Best wishes,

Sari S. Hannila, PhD

Director of Outreach

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