Firefly was the proud sponsor of the 13th Annual Toronto Brain Bee competition, that took place at the University of Toronto Medical Sciences Building, on March 25, 2011.
There were a record 62 students from 16 high schools in the Toronto area who participated in the competition.
During the break between the first and second rounds of questions, the students visited the Anatomy Museum and then listened to short research presentations from five graduate students about their research.
David Kim, Sharon Zillmer, Soohyun Park, Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng, Jessica Zung
Following three rounds of questions the top three winners were:
First place: Soohyun Park from University of Toronto Schools
Second place: Jessica Zung from University of Toronto Schools
Third place: David Kim from Sinclair Secondary School
The first place winner Soohyun represented Toronto at the 4th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition at McMaster University in Hamilton on May 28, 2011, and again took the top spot. She then represented Canada at the International Brain Bee in Florence, Italy in July, which is held in conjunction with the 8th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience.
Check out our video of the event for a glimpse of what happens at the Toronto Brain Bee !
The 2011 Brain Bee was organized by 6 faculty members and 22 graduate students. We look forward to working with the Brain Bee Toronto team in 2012.
