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Mavie wins 2nd place at the DNO final in Heidelberg!

National 2nd place winner Mavie S., student at the Luisenschule in Mühlheim an der Ruhr, told us about her passion for neuroscience and her participation at the final in Heidelberg. Mavie learned about the regional DNO competition in Bonn from her chemistry teacher and decided to take part in the competition since she was already interested in neuroscience. The participation was a great chance for her to learn more about fascinating topic Neuroscience, “since there is so much we still don’t know”....

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2017 World Brain Bee

Future neuroscientists from around the world met in Washington, DC this week to compete in the nineteenth World Brain Bee Championship. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for young students, 13 to 19 years of age. It was hosted by the American Psychological Association. The International Brain Bee President and Founder is Dr. Norbert Myslinski of The University of Maryland Dental School, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences. He states that the purpose of the Brain Bee is to motivate young men and women to study...

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Neuroscience Olympiad for young “Mega Minds”

Talented High School students from North-West Germany demonstrated their knowledge about the human brain in the first regional neuroscience competition hosted in the Life & Brain Center of the University of Bonn. The Deutsche Neurowissenschaften-Olympiade (DNO) e. V. Bonn in collaboration with PhD students, scientists, teachers, professors, sponsors and partner organizations such as the Deutsches Zentrum fĂźr Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and the Life & Brain Center, between others conducted this neuroscience Olympiad on Saturday the 1st of April, 2017. About the brain...

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