Local Chapter Brain Bees
This year, there will over seventy Local Brain Bee competitions held all over the world, and new local chapters of our program open up all the time. If you are a high school student or teacher looking to learn more information about the Local Bee closest to you, feel free to contact any of the Local Bee coordinators listed below! If you would like more information on how to start your own brain bee, please visit this webpage.
You can also use the links at the bottom of this page to find out more about the National Brain Bees around the world and the International Brain Bee Championship.
Local Brain Bees in Argentina
National Coordinator: Dr. Cecilia Bouzat (inbouzat@criba.edu.ar)
Local Brain Bees in Australia
National Coordinator: Linda Richards (richards@uq.edu.au)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Queensland Chapter |
The University of Queensland and the Queensland Brain Institute |
Linda Richards |
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New South Wales |
University of Western Sidney |
Vaughan Macefield |
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Australian Capitol Terr |
Australian National University |
Keely Bumsted-O'Brien |
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Victoria Chapter |
University of Melbourne Murdoch |
Heather Young |
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Western Australia |
University of Western Australia |
Jennifer Roger |
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South Australia |
University of Adelaide |
Paul Thomas |
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Hobart |
University of Tasmania |
Robert Gasperini |
Local Brain Bees in Bangladesh
National Coordinator:Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed (shahdaat.pharm@uap-bd.edu)
Local Brain Bees in Belgium
National Coordinator:Julie Maetens (jmaetens@ulb.ac.be)
Local Brain Bees in Cameroon
National Coordinator: Elisabeth Ngo Bum (eli_bum@yahoo.fr)
Local Brain Bees in Canada
National Coordinator: Judy Shedden (shedden@mcmaster.ca)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Calgary, Alberta |
Hotchkiss Brain Institute |
Lisa Fleece |
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Calgary, Alberta |
University of Calgary |
Jaideep Bains |
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Edmonton, Alberta |
University of Alberta |
Jena Dressler |
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St. John's, Newfoundland |
Memorial University |
John Mclean |
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Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Dalhousie University |
Rob Brownstone |
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Hamilton, Ontario |
McMaster University |
Judith M Shedden |
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Kingston, Ontario |
Queens University |
Kelly Moore |
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London, Ontario |
University of Western Ontario |
Marvin Chum |
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Ottawa, Ontario |
University of Ottawa |
Ruth Slack |
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Toronto, Ontario |
University of Toronto |
Jonathon Dostrovsky |
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Montreal, Quebec |
McGill University |
Audry Laferriere |
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
University of Saskatchewan |
Sarah Ridgley-MacDonald |
Local Brain Bees in China
National Coordinator: Judith Chilton (judith_chilton@aishk.edu.hk)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Hong Kong |
Australian International School in Hong Kong |
Judith Chilton |
Local Brain Bees in Egypt
National Coordinator: Wael Mohamed Yousef (waelpharma@yahoo.co.uk)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Menoufiya |
University of Menoufiya |
Wael Mohamed Yousef |
Local Brain Bees in Germany
National Coordinator: Claudia Gorr (gorr@turmdersinne.de)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Heidelberg |
University of Heidelberg |
Julianne R Mccall |
Local Brain Bees in Georgia
National Coordinator: Merab Tsagareli (gena@geo.net.ge)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Tbilisi |
Beritashvili Institute of Physiology |
Merab Tsagareli |
Local Brain Bees in Ghana
National Coordinator: Merab Tsagareli (gena@geo.net.ge)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Accra Korle-bu |
University of Ghana Medical School |
Kwame Orori |
Local Brain Bees in Grenada
National Coordinator: Francis Fakoya (ffakoya@sgu.edu)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Tanteen, |
Grenada Boys Secondary School |
Fracis Fakoya |
ffakoya@sgu.edu |
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Grenville, |
Grenville Secondary School |
Fracis Fakoya |
ffakoya@sgu.edu |
| Satuers, St. Patricks |
MacDonald College |
Fracis Fakoya |
ffakoya@sgu.edu |
| Church Hill, St. Georges |
St. Joseph's Convent |
Fracis Fakoya |
ffakoya@sgu.edu |
Local Brain Bees in India
National Coordinator: RMV Ravindranadh RV (ravirmv@gmail.com)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Bangalore |
Aptuit Laurus |
Sobhana Raghavan |
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Chandigharh |
Suven Health Sciences |
Dheraj Khurana |
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Chennai |
Shasun |
Shasun Jain College |
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Culcutta |
Cipra Labs |
Sindhura RMV |
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Pune |
Emcure |
Emcure |
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Hyderabad |
Natcu Trust |
J Sham Tilak |
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Mumbai |
Hetero |
Sushma RM |
Local Brain Bees in Italy
National Coordinator: P. Paolo Battaglini (battagli@units.it)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Trieste |
University of Trieste |
P. Paolo Battaglini |
Local Brain Bees in Kenya
National Coordinator: Nchafatso Gikenyi Obonyo (gnchafatso@yahoo.com)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Nairobi City |
University of Nairobi |
Hussein Dossajee |
Local Brain Bees in Korea
National Coordinator: Seong-Whan Lee (sw.lee@korea.ac.kr)
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Location |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Seoul |
Jong-Hwan LEE |
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Kwangju |
Sang-Woong LEE |
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Daejeon |
Jong Chul YE |
jong.ye@kaist.ac.kr |
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Suwon |
Minah SUH |
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Pohang |
Seungjin CHOI |
Local Brain Bees in Lithuania
National Coordinator: Corrie Jankeviciene (corrie@novavita.lt)
Local Brain Bees in Malaysia
National Coordinator: Jafri Malin Abdullah (brainsciences@gmail.com)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Sabah |
University of Malaysia |
Dilip Murthy |
Local Brain Bees in Mexico
National Coordinator: Eric Murillo-Rodriguez (eric.murillo@unimayab.edu.mx)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Queretaro |
Institute of Neurobiology |
Pilar Duran |
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Guadalajara |
University of Guadalajara |
Silvia osefina Lopez-Perez |
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| Campeche | University of Campeche (South-Southeast) |
Oscar Hernandez |
ohhernan@mail.uacam.mx |
Local Brain Bees in New Zealand
National Coordinator: Louise Nicholson (lfb.nicholson@auckland.ac.nz)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Auckland |
University of Auckland |
Louise Nicholson |
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Dundedin |
University of Otago |
J. Greg Anson |
Local Brain Bees in Nigeria
National Coordinator: Polycarp Nwoha (polycarpu@yahoo.com)
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Location |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Enugu Zone |
Ijeoma Obiajunwa |
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Ibadan Zone |
Joseph Alimasunya |
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Ife Zone |
Josephine Uzor Agu |
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Lagos Zone |
Ngozi Melody David |
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Owerri Zone |
TBD |
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Port Harcourt Zone |
Nkeriu Maduagwu |
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Umuahia, Abia State |
Mokutima Eluwa |
Local Brain Bees in Puerto Rico
National Coordinator: TBD
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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San Juan |
Puerto Rico Chapter of SFN |
Carmen Maldonado |
Local Brain Bees in Poland
National Coordinator: Elzbieta Malgorzata Pyza (elzbieta.pyza@uj.edu.pl)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Krakow |
Polish Copernicus Society of Natural Scientists |
Elzbieta Malgorzata Pyza |
elzbieta.pyza@uj.edu.pl |
Local Brain Bees in Portugal
National Coordinator: Claudia Pereira (cpereira@cnc.cj.uc.pt)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Coimbra |
University of Coimbra |
Claudia M F Pereira |
cpereira@cnc.cj.uc.pt |
Local Brain Bees in Romania
National Coordinator: Cristian Gurzu (cristian2001@yahoo.com)
Local Brain Bees in Scotland
National Coordinator:Janice Barr (janice.barr@roslin.ed.ac.uk)
Local Brain Bees in South Africa
National Coordinator: Ruth McBride (mcbride@uwc.ac.za)
Local Brain Bees in Spain
National Coordinator: Carlos Belmonte (carlos.belmonte@umh.es)
Local Brain Bees in Switzerland
National Coordinator: Ann Kato & Ruth Luthi-Carter (ann.kato@medicine.unige.ch;ruth.luthi-carter@epfl.ch)
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Location |
Sponsor |
Coordinator |
Contact Information |
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Geneva |
Department of |
Ann Kato |
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Lauanne |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
Ruth Luthi-Carter |
Local Brain Bees in Turkey
National Coordinator: Ferhan Esen (fesen@ogo.edu.tr)
Local Brain Bees inUganda
National Coordinator:Sekabira Wilson (wsekabira@med.mak.ac.ug)
Local Brain Bees inthe United States
National Coordinator: NorbertMyslinski (nmyslinski@umaryland.edu)
Click Here for the list of local coordinators in United States
Local Brain Bees inVenezuela
National Coordinator: Gladys Maestre (gladysmaestre@gmail.com)
Local Brain Bees inWales
National Coordinator: Dr. Vanessa Davies (daviesvj@cardiff.ac.uk)
National Brain Bees
In countries where only one Local Brain Bee will be held, that Bee will serve as the National Competition.
The International Brain Bee Championship
Contact Dr. Norbert Myslinski ~ nmyslinski@umaryland.edu ~ for more information