Central Massachusetts Regional Brain Bee
UMass Chan Medical School Will Host
the 19th Annual Central Massachusetts Brain Bee
March 29, 2025
Registration Is Closed
Tentative Schedule of Events
12:00 – 12-30 Arrival and Registration - (NERB N1-1400 and N1-1500)
12:30 – 12:45 Welcome, Announcements, Participants Photo
1:00 – 1:45 pm Participants take written exam (N1-1100, N1-1200)
1:00 – 1:50 pm Student lectures, posters (N1-1400 and N1-1500)
1:50 - 2:00 pm. Previous Bee winner chat
2:00 - 2:50 pm Keynote lecture (N1-1500)
“Engineering in medicine: taking research ideas from bench to bedside and back again”
Rachael Sirianni, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Neurological Surgery
UMass Chan Medical School
3:00 pm Announcement of Finalists; Finalists Photo
3:10 - 4:00 pm Oral Rounds of Brain Bee
4:00 pm (est.) Andrew Sheridan Young Neuroscientist Award;
If you are planning to attend (e.g., teachers, classmates, or family members), please send your name and email address to CentralMassBrainBee@umassmed.edu so we can preregister you with security, to save time on arrival.
To Volunteer For The 2025 Brain Bee, Please click the link below:
Volunteer
About The Brain Bee
The Brain Bee was founded in 1998 by Dr. Norbert Myslinski at the University of Maryland as a neuroscience competition for high school students. Since then, it has grown into an international competition promoting knowledge of neuroscience and interest in neuroscience-related careers.
The winners of Regional Brain Bees go on to compete at National Brain Bees, and National Bee winners compete in the International Brain Bee. The 2025 USA National Brain Bee will be held on May 3-4, 2025, at the Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. The Rutgers-Central NJ Regional Brain Bee will host the Championship.
The Central Massachusetts Brain Bee is sponsored by the Departments of Neurobiology, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology and the NeuroNexus Institute at UMass Chan Medical School.
Eligibility:
Participants are allowed to compete in only one regional Brain Bee in a given year. Previous Brain Bee winners are also ineligible to compete.
Geographical restriction
Participants in the Central Massachusetts Brain Bee must live in Massachusetts. Not all residents of Massachusetts are eligible, however. Participants whose home is inside the “Route 128 (I-95) loop” are ineligible to compete in the Central Massachusetts Brain Bee.
There will be a Brain Bee at Boston University on Sunday, March 23, 2025. Individuals in the Boston metro area should participate in the BU Brain Bee.
There is no cost to participate and no limit to the number of students who may attend from any given school. Guests (teachers, teammates and family members) may attend. An educational activity will be scheduled for these guests while the competitors are taking the written portion of the test.
Teachers, Parents, and Future Competitors – Join The Mailing List
To be added to our Brain Bee e-mail Distribution list, complete the Form
Note, the form has been revised in January 2024, so completing the form again is helpful if you want to receive information indefinitely (e.g., teachers)
Resources For Brain Bee Participants. Resources
Brain Bee questions are based on material in two books:
Brain Facts (2018) – FREE Download
Available as pdf, epub and MOBI files, or listen to it as an audio book through Sound Cloud
Neuroscience: The Science of the Brain – FREE Download
Additional resources:
Officially released Sample Questions (n=15:)
How To Prepare: Components of the USA National Bee (mimicked by most regional Bees) Click Here
Web Resources For Neuroanatomy Include: University of Maryland For The Competitor
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nsdivide.html
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/NEURANAT/NEURANCA.html http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/nervoussystem/cns/brain/menu/menu.html