Eighteen Vancouverhigh school students pitted their wits against each other during the first annual Vancouver Brain Bee on March 28.

The neuroscience competition, styled after a traditional ‘spelling bee’, was organized by Let’s Talk Science Partnership Program volunteers at the Universityof British Columbiain partnership with the Brain Research Centre.

 

“All volunteers did an incredible job and displayed outstanding commitment to inspiring discovery in neuroscience,” said Sherri Tran, LTS Partnership Program coordinator from the Universityof British Columbia.

 

The winner of this event, Paul Kendrick Lao,will represent Vancouverat the National Brain Bee in Hamiltonthis May.