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Date: December 3, 2018
Subject: 2019 Central Arkansas Brain Bee (Wednesday, February 20, 2019)
To: Arkansas High School Science Teachers, Science Department Chairs and
Students
The Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and the Arkansas
Biosciences Institute are sponsoring a Brain Bee as part of 2019 Brain Awareness
Week. The Brain Bee is a live question and answer competition testing the
neuroscience knowledge of high school students, ages 13-19 and grades 9-12. Up
to three students may compete in the Arkansas Brain Bee per sponsoring high
school. Each high school is responsible for determining which student(s) will be
sponsored to compete.
The Arkansas Brain Bee will use questions taken from the
updated edition of “Brain Facts - a primer on the brain and nervous system”,
which can be downloaded for free from
https://www.brainfacts.org/the-brain-facts-book . More Brain Bee information
can be found at the USA and International Brain Bee site (http://www.dental.umaryland.edu/brainbee/).
The contestants will answer questions (either written or oral answers) about how
the brain relates to intelligence, memory, emotions, sensations, stress, aging,
anatomy, sleep, addictions, Alzheimer’s Disease, stroke, etc., and will also be
asked to identify specific brain regions using a model of the human brain.
The student winner will receive an all-expense paid trip
for two to compete in the 2019 U.S. National Brain Bee Championship as the
Arkansas representative. The 2019 U.S. National Brain Bee will be held at Penn
State University Medical School in Hershey, Pennsylvania on April 12-14, 2019.
The Brain Bee competition will be held at the Little Rock
Main Library.
2019 Central Arkansas Brain Bee
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)
Darragh Center Auditorium (Main Library – Central Arkansas Library System)
100 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR 72201 |
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Please circulate this announcement to any
interested colleagues or post it in the teacher’s lounge.Please inform
us of who will be competing from your school no later than Friday,
February 15, 2019 to indicate that they plan to attend. Please include
the student’s age, grade, and school, as well as the name and contact
information for the sponsoring teacher.
Sincerely,
Andrew James, Ph.D., Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
GAJames@uams.edu Phone:
501-526-8345 |
Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Chapter of the
Society for
Neuroscience
(for previous meetings,
click here)
Monday, September 30th,
2019, University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences (Download
the program)
The Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (ACSfN) will hold the
Annual Conference and Business Meeting on Monday, September 30th, 2019, from
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium of Donald W. Reynolds
Institute on Aging, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Events will include a keynote seminar from 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM by Dr. Xianlin Han
from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The title of
the seminar is “Alzheimer's disease is likely a lipid-disorder complication
as revealed by shotgun lipidomics and CST knockout mice”. A poster session
highlighting research by undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral
scholars, will be held from 2:00 – 3:00 PM. Poster set-up will begin at 11:15
AM. A panel of judges will select one poster presentation from each category
(undergraduate student, pre-doctoral student and postdoctoral scholar) for
Poster Presentation Award. Prizes will be awarded for the best undergraduate,
pre-doctoral, and postdoctoral poster presentations. The Chapter business
meeting will be held from 3:00 – 3:30 PM.
Please submit a copy of each abstract you want to present
at the poster session to Dr. Amrita Puri via
email (apuri@uca.edu)
by Thursday, September 26th, 2019. There
is no limit to the number of posters members can present. Please specify if a
poster is being presented by an undergraduate student, pre-doctoral student or
postdoctoral scholar (first author). A
confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge receipt of your abstract(s). If
you do not receive a confirmation, please contact Dr. Amrita Puri by email.
Lunch will be provided for all attendees.
RSVP so we can get a head count.
Attached is the meeting program, invitation flyer, speaker
flyer, and a membership renewal form. Note that student membership is free.
Please send your membership renewal and check to Dr. Qiang Gu (Qiang.Gu@fda.hhs.gov)
or bring them to the meeting on September 30th, 2019. The Annual
meeting is an opportunity to inform other members of the Chapter about your
latest research progress and find potential collaboration. We look forward to
seeing you there!
Fang Liu, Ph.D.
ACSfN President
ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM:
Monday, September 30th, 2019 (document)
Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium, Room 1207, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
Schedule
11:15 – 12:00 p.m. Setup Posters
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Box Lunch Available
12:30 – 12:45 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Fang Liu, Ph.D.
12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Keynote Seminar
“Alzheimer's disease is likely a lipid-disorder complication as revealed by
shotgun lipidomics and CST knockout mice”
Xianlin Han, Ph.D., Profession of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio
1:45 – 1:50 p.m. Brain Bee, BAW, Andrew James, PhD
1:50 – 2:00 p.m. Coffee Break/Networking
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Poster Session and Awards Committee Meeting with
Undergraduate/Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Presenters to Evaluate
Posters
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Business Meeting: 1) Officers' Reports - Treasurer and
Secretary, 2) Election of Officers, 3) Awards for Best Posters, 4) Old Business,
5) New Business
3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Removal of Posters from Poster Boards
Sixteenth Annual Central Arkansas Brain Bee,
February 22, 2018
(for previous years,
click here)
The 2018 Arkansas Brain Bee was held February
22, 2018 at the Little Rock Main Library. Twenty-one students participated from
six schools across Arkansas. The top six finalist were Shawn Cuffery (Little
Rock Central High), Alex Han (Little Rock Central High), A’yanah Jefferson
(Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts), Andrew Mathews
(Episcopal Collegiate School), Nicole Occidental (Episcopal Collegiate School),
and Sarah Shirley (Little Rock Central High). Sarah Shirley won first place and
represented the state of Arkansas at the 2018 US Brain Bee in Baltimore MD,
where she won fourth place.
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All contestants |
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(Photo: Top six with
Chiu). Caption: The top six finalist of the 2018
Arkansas Brain Bee. From left to right: Michelle Chiu,
mentor for LR Central High team; Dr. Andrew James,
Arkansas Brain Bee organizer; A’yanah Jefferson of ASMSA,
Alex Hu of LR Central High, Nicole Occidental of
Episcopal Collegiate School, Shawn Cuffery of LR Central
High, Sarah Shirley of LR Central High, and Andrew
Mathews of Episcopal Collegiate School. |
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The 2018 Arkansas Brain Bee winner,
Sarah Shirley (left), receives the USA Brain Bee
Championship Trophy from Sojas Wagle (right), winner of
the 2018 USA Brain Bee and winner of the 2018 World
Brain Bee. Ms. Shirley was entrusted to return the
trophy to the USA Brain Bee Championship, held in
Baltimore MD from March 15-18, 2018.
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Transferring Trophy |
Winner Sarah Shirley |
Brain
Awareness Day, April 15, 2017, at the Discovery Museum
(for previous years,
click here)
Please mark your calendar! The Arkansas Chapter of the
Society for Neuroscience will be hosting Brain Awareness Day at the Museum of
Discovery on Saturday, April 15, 2017.
Please let Dr. Antino Allen (AAllen@uams.edu)
know as soon as possible if you plan to host a booth or participate in Brain
Awareness Day.
Brain
Awareness Day, April 23, 2016, at the
Darragh Center in the
Little Rock Main Library
(for previous years,
click here)
The Arkansas Chapter of the Society
for Neuroscience will celebrate Brain Awareness Day on Saturday, April 23, 2016.
We are trying a few things different this year. First, since Brain Awareness
Week falls on Spring Break (which typically reduces participation from
undergraduate institutions), we are hosting the event later in the year. Second,
the event will be hosted at the Darragh Center in the Little Rock Main Library
so that the event is completely free to the public! We will repurpose the rental
fees that we usually pay to the Museum of Discovery to advertising our event.
We have reserved the Darragh Center
from 10am – 2pm. It is a large space that can easily accommodate presentations
from about 20 groups. Dr. Andrew James (GAJames@uams.edu) is
taking lead on organizing this event. Please let him know if representatives of
your lab, department, or institution will present, as well as a tentative topic.
If you plan on presenting at Brain
Awareness Day on April 23rd, please let Dr. James know as soon as possible.
Brain
Awareness Day, March 21, 2015, Discovery Museum
(for previous years,
click here)
On Saturday,
March 21, 2015, the ACSfN sponsored Brain Awareness Day at the Museum of
Discovery in downtown Little Rock from 9 am to 4 pm. This year’s event was
overall a success, with more than 1000 children and adult visitors participating
in the several interactive exhibits that focused upon various aspects of the
central nervous system. The following ACSfN members were involved in organizing
and presenting the exhibits and interacting with the attendees: Dr. John Bowyer
(NCTR), Dr. Susan Lantz (NCTR), Dr. Matthew Fogle (NCTR), Dr. Andrew James (UAMS),
Dr. Lisa Brents (UAMS), Dr. Jeffrey Padberg (UCA), Rachel Hendrix (UAMS), Dr.
Laura Stanley (UAMS), Dr. John Chelonis (NCTR), Dr. Merle Paule (NCTR), Dr.
Charles Fogle (NCTR), Dr. Rick Murray (Hendrix), Dr. Mahmoud Kiaei (UAMS),
Rosemary Cornett (UAMS) and many graduate students and lab coordinators from the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Central
Arkansas. These included: Jonathan Young, Sonet Smitherman, Tonisha
Kearney-Ramos, Rachel Hendrix, Paul Parcon, Brennon Luster, Helen Hayes, and JC
Douglas (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences); Jordan Fletcher, Brad
Moffitt, Josh Nichols, John Patterson, Brooke Skinner, Hailey Arens, Meghan
Kenyon, Regan Harris, and Allyson Newton (University of Central Arkansas).
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Dr. Andrew James, UAMS |
Dr. Matthew Fogle, NCTR, “Operant behavior” |
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Dr. Andrew James, UAMS |
Dr.
Matt Fogle, NCTR |
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Dr.
John Bowyer, NCTR, “Your Brain on Jell-O” |
Susan Lantz, , NCTR, "How does your brain work" |
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Brennon Luster, Rachel
Hendrix |
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Dr. Jeff Padberg, UCA |
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Dr. Laura Stanley, UAMS |
Dr. Laura Stanley, UAMS |
Arkansas High School
State Science Fair
(for previous years,
click here)
The 2015
Arkansas Science and Engineering Fair was held on April 3, 2015 at the
Farris Center on the UCA campus.
Updated 12/4/2018
