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Round 3 - Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge National Final
Round 3 of the competition is the National Final for Australia and for New Zealand. Individual winners of the Individual Challenge in Round 2 in each State/Region will be invited to participate in Round 3. See our terms and conditions for further information on eligibility.
The two-day competition consists of an anatomy test, a mock patient diagnosis test and two oral question and answer sessions that will determine a single winning representative from Australia and a single winning representative from New Zealand. See our terms and conditions for further information on eligibility.
The Organisers will award a major prize to each of the winning representative from Australia and New Zealand, namely economy airfares and accommodation expenses for the winning students and a parent/guardian for each to attend the International Brain Bee. See our terms and conditions for further information on eligibility and timing, etc.
Aus-NZ BBC National Finals: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Aus-NZ BBC National Finals 2009
Round 3 for the 2009 Challenge took place on Sunday 31 January,
Monday 1 February, 2010, at the Australian Neuroscience Society
Meeting at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
The book used for the National Final was "Essential Neuroscience" by Alan Siegel and
Hreday N. Sapru, published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.You can buy the book here.
State Finalists received a complimentary copy
from our sponsors Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
ABOVE: Uma Jha (WA), Australian Champion, Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge 2009
ABOVE: Andrew Li (NSW) Australian Runner-up, Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge 2009
ABOVE: Kate Burgess (NZ-NI) New Zealand Champion - Aus_NZ Brain Bee Challenge
2009;
Linda Richards (ABBC National Coordinator); Uma Jah (W) Australian
Champion - Aus_NZ Brain Bee Challenge 2009
ABOVE: Kate Burgess (NZ Champion), with Tharun Sonti (NZ-SI) New Zealand
Runner-up,
Andrew Li (NSW) Australian Runner-up; and Linda Richards
ABOVE: Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge National Finalists 2009
Back Row-from left: Malwinka Wyra (SA); Vishal Goel (ACT); Fletcher
Luders (NT); Zoe Greenfield (TAS); Millie Macdonald (QLD); Celina Chuo
(VIC); Front Row-from left: Andrew Li (NSW) Australian Runner-up; Uma
Jah (WA) Australian Champion; Kate Burgess (NZ-NI) New Zealand
Champion; Tharun Sonti (NZ-SI) New Zealand Runner-up.
ABOVE: Back Row-from left: Professor Richard Faull, (Director, The Centre for
Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, and Dept of
Anatomy, University of Auckland); Professor Louise Nicholson (NZ
National Coordinator); Millie Macdonald (QLD); Vishal Goel (ACT); Zoe
Greenfield (TAS); Professor Linda Richards (ABBC National
Coordinator); Fletcher Luders (NT); Celina Chuo (VIC); Malwinka Wyra
(SA); Professor Perry Bartlett (Director, Queensland Brain Institute);
Professor David Vaney (President, Australian Neuroscience Society);
Front Row-from left: Tharun Sonti (NZ-SI) New Zealand Runner-up; Kate
Burgess (NZ-NI) New Zealand Champion; Uma Jah (WA) Australian
Champion; Andrew Li (NSW) Australian Runner-up.
Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge National Final 2008
3-4 August 2008
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St.Lucia, Brisbane
Australia-NZ Brain Bee Challenge 2008 finalists at QBI on Monday, 4 August 2008:
(back row L-R) Casey Linton (Qld) (Second Place), Yasmin Soliman (WA), Hayden Lee (ACT), Katie Dyke (Tas).
(front row L-R) Jayson Jeganathan (NSW) (AUS Champion), Kieran Bunn (NZ-South Island), Jack Lowe (SA), Stephen Mackereth (NZ-North Island) (NZ Champion), Stephanie Mercuri (Vic)
The Australian and New Zealand Champions have won the opportunity to represent their country in the International Brain Bee Competition (IBBC) being held as part of the American Neurological Association's Convention (October 11-14 2009) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It is anticipated that the IBB activities will commence on Sunday evening 11 October, with the competition commencing on Monday 12, continuing on Tuesday 13, and concluding with an evening event.
Australia-New Zealand Brain Bee National Final 2008 Finalists
(From top left) Casey Linton, Somerset College, Queensland (Second Place);
Hayden Lee, Canberra Grammar School, ACT; Kieran Bunn, Logan Park High
School, New Zealand; Jayson Jeganathan, Baulkham Hills High School, NSW (First
Place-Aus); Jack Lowe, Christian Brothers College, South Australia; Stephanie
Mercuri, Ruyton Girls' School, Victoria; Katie Dyke, Dominic College, Tasmania;
(From bottom left) Prof. Debbie Terry (Deputy Vice-Chancellor [Teaching & Learning] University of Queensland (UQ); Prof. Perry Bartlett, Director, Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), UQ; Stephen Mackereth, Kings College, New Zealand (First Place-NZ); Assoc. Prof. Linda Richards, Head of Cortical Development and Axon Guidance and ABBC National Coordinator, QBI, UQ; Yasmin Soliman, St. Mary's Anglican Girls, WA.
2008 Australian Champion
ABOVE: QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett (right) and Zeiss representative Dr Mark Stafford(left) present the ABBC 2008 Champion award to Baulkham Hills High (Sydney) student Jayson Jeganathan.
2008 New Zealand Champion
ABOVE: QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett (right) and Zeiss representative Dr Mark Stafford presents the New Zealand Brain Bee Challenge 2008 Champion award to King's College (Auckland) student Stephen Mackereth.
Runner-up
ABOVE: QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett (right) and Zeiss representative Dr Mark Stafford (left) present the ABBC 2008 runner-up prize to Somerset College (Qld) student Casey Linton.
Lab tours
ABOVE: The ABBC finalists and their parents were provided with tours of the Queensland Brain Institute. QBI euroscientist and laboratory head Dr Massimo Hilliard (right) outlined his fundamental research in the model system (worm species) C.elegans to Jayson Jeganathan, who later went on to win the Australian leg of the championship.
Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge National Final 2007
Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge National Finalists 2007
From top left: Daren Tan, Christ Church Grammar School, Perth, Western Australia; George Shand, Kings College, Auckland, NZ (Third Place; James Bennett, St. Paul's School, Bald Hills, Queensland; William Zhang, Auckland Grammar School, Wellington, NZ (Second Place); Dilshan Seneviratna, Baulkham Hills High, NSW; Quinn McGennisken, Traralgon, Victoria (Winner).
National Final Presentation Ceremony
ABOVE: ABBC Champion 2007, Quinn McGennisken, Lavalla College, Traralgon, Victoria, receives her prize from David Flood, Carl Zeiss Australia (New Zealand).
ABOVE: William Zhang, Auckland Grammar School, NZ receives Second Place prize from Prof. Glenda Halliday, President, Australian Neuroscience Society.
ABOVE: George Shand, Kings College, NZ, achieving Third Place is warmly congratulated by Dr Albert J. Aguayo, President, International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO).
Aus-NZ Brain Bee Challenge National Finals 2006
ABOVE: ABBC 2006 Champion, Timothy Mew receives his award from A/Professor Linda Richards, ABBC National Coordinator, and Head of Cortical Development and Axon Guidance, QBI, UQ. Tim won air travel and accommodation for himself and a guardian, with spending money, to represent Australia in the International Brain Bee competition (IBB) in Baltimore, USA. (Link International Brain Bee page)
ABOVE: Professor Perry Bartlett, Director, QBI, UQ shares in Tim's excitement at achieving First Place in the Individual Challenge.
ABOVE: Katelin Haynes, West Moreton Anglican, Qld, is presented with her prizes for achieving Second Place in the Individual Challenge.
ABOVE: Kathryn Noakes, St.Pauls School, achieved Individual third place.
ABOVE: Winning team - Somerset College - Nigel Thomas, Julia Medland, Colin Finke, Joshua Chakravarty.
ABOVE: Second Place Team - Trinity College, Lismore - Matt Fitzpatrick, Samantha Deaker, Louise Higgins, Kate Lennon.
ABOVE: Third Place Team - Redlands College - David Mogg, Rebecca Porter, Joanna Baehr, Sherry Chen.
ABOVE: Fourth Place Team - St Paul's School _ Kyle Hetherington, Jed Burns, Kathryn Noakes, Sam Morrison.
ABOVE: A/Professor Geoff Goodhill, QBI, UQ, congratulates all participants.
ABOVE: Students have fun while they learn.
ABOVE: A/Professor Geoff Goodhill demonstrates the quirky way the brain works.
ABOVE: A serious moment in the Challenge.
ABOVE: Using models of the brain, students identify parts of the brain and answer relevant questions.
ABOVE: Students tour the Neuroscience labs and watch research scientist undertake experiments.
ABOVE: Students tour UQ under the wing of a young neuroscience post-graduate student.
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