Australia’s ‘brainiest’ student, Jackson Huang from the Gold Coast, will compete in the International Brain Bee Competition (IBB) in Austria this month.
Australia’s only high-school neuroscience competition, initiated by The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), is designed to identify the student with the most neuroscience knowledge.
Jackson, from the Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics & Technology outsmarted seven other Australian finalists in a two-day series of examinations at the national final for Australia and New Zealand in January.
The 16-year-old displayed outstanding knowledge on memory, intelligence, emotions, sensations, movement, stress, ageing, sleep, Alzheimer's disease and stroke will now be pitted against students from across the globe from 22-24 September.
Jackson will prepare for the competition by studying neuroscience textbooks downloaded from the Internet.
The competition format consists of oral questions and answers, laboratory tests, neurohistology tests with microscopes, patient diagnosis with actors, and magnetic resonance imaging brain imaging analysis.
Created to motivate students to learn about the human brain, IBB works to inspire students to enter careers as clinicians and researchers to treat and find cures for more than 1000 neurological and psychological disorders.
5500 students from over 300 schools participated in the challenge this year.
ABBC is calling for entries for students wishing to become the 2014 Australian Brain Bee Champion.
Registration is free and teachers may nominate one student and multiple students including their entire class.
For more information or to register visit www.abbc.edu.au
Media: Mikaeli Costello, Advancement and Communications Manager, +61 401 580 685 or mikaeli.costello@uq.edu.au
NOTES TO THE EDITOR:
Queensland Brain Institute
The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) was established as a research institute of The University of Queensland in 2003. The Institute operates out of a $63 million state-of-the-art facility and houses 33 principal investigators with strong international reputations. QBI is one of the largest neuroscience institutes in the world dedicated to understanding the mechanisms underlying brain function.
Australian Brain Bee Challenge
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) is recognised by the International Brain Bee competition held in the United States and winners of the ABBC may have the opportunity to participate in the international competition.
The ABBC is calling for entries for students wishing to become the 2014 Australian Brain Bee Champion. Registration is free and teachers may enter an individual student, a small or even their whole Year 10 class or less, for this great experience.
Designed to inspire students to pursue careers in neuroscience research, ABBC is the only neuroscience competition in the country for high school students was initiated by the Queensland Brain Institute in 2006.
For more information or to register visit www.abbc.edu.au
International Brain Bee
The IBB is a non-profit grassroots effort funded mainly by private contributions, but also helped by dozens of partners including The Society for Neuroscience, The International Brain Research Organization, and many colleges, universities, foundations, museums, hospitals, libraries, institutes, societies, and commercial companies and businesses. Organizations, such as The American Psychological Association and the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, host the IBB Championship at their annual conventions.
The 2013 International Brain Bee will be held in Vienna, Austria,in 2013. The Australian Brain Bee Challenge Champion and the New Zealand Brain Bee Champion are invited to attend the IBB with flights, accommodation and spending money for the Champion and an accompanying parent included as part of their prize. Conditions apply, please read Terms and Conditions.
