You’re modest and so you didn’t want to go as far as saying it, but a part of you has always suspected that Brandonites have a little something extra to give when the topic comes to shall we say excitatory postsynaptic potential ;)
A big congrats to the team of eight Vincent Massey students that recently competed in the Winnipeg Brain Bee competition put on by the Manitoba Neuroscience Network. By all accounts the group demonstrated impressive knowledge of neuroscience topics, including first place winner Elayna Paddock-Thiessen and third place winner Catherine.
By finishing first Elayna will now take part in the Canadian National Brain Bee competition at McMaster University in Hamilton in late May. Up for grabs will be trophies, cash prizes and a spot in the International Brain Bee competition in September in South Korea.
As it turns out this is the third straight year a local Massey student has won the title and the right to represent Winnipeg.
Brain Bee is a competition across more than 35 countries for students in grades 9-12 that tests knowledge on brain and neuroscience research. Among topics covered are memory, sleep, intelligence, emotion, perception, stress, aging, brain imaging, neurology, neurotransmitters, genetics and brain disease.
Cheers to all on doing their school and city proud and best of luck to Elayna in preparing for the next step!