The bee is a question-and-answer session on brain topics, such as neurological disease, development, learning and memory and much more!  All questions come from the Brain Facts book.  Simply read, answer questions and win.

Monetary Prizes will be awarded to Boston's 'Best Brains.'

    1st Place: $350
              2nd Place: $175
                        3rd Place: $75

In addition, the Boston Regional champion will be sent to the National Brain Bee to compete with other local winners.  This will be an all expenses paid trip for two during the weekend of Brain Awareness Week 2010 (March 15-21).

The Boston regional brain bee is brought to you from members of the Boston Area Neuroscience Group (BANG), a local chapter of the National Society for Neuroscience.  BANG member institutions include Brandeis, Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts and UMass-Medical.

The 2009 donors to the Boston Brain Bee:
Biogen Idec Foundation
Harvard Neurobiology
Tufts University Dept. of Neuroscience
Brandeis University
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT