Brain Bee Bootcamp
2023 Brain Bee Bootcamp
The Brain Bee Bootcamp is a partnership between the International Brain Bee (IBB) and the IYNA to provide Brain Bee participants at any level (local, regional, national) from around the world with intensive preparation. The Brain Bee Bootcamp will follow the IBB World Championship structure (written exam, patient diagnosis, neuroanatomy, neurohistology), and will culminate with a mock IBB World Championship test. Guest speakers will include previous IBB Finalists, from whom you will learn tips, tricks, and how to make the most out of your experience. The 2023 Brain Bee Bootcamp will run over 5 weekends from November 18th to December 17th . Please access the informational Brain Bee Bootcamp document and review it thoroughly before registering for this year's bootcamp below.
Featured Speakers:
James Giordano
Neurology and Biochemistry Professor
James Giordano, PhD, MPhil, is Professor in the Departments
of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics
Studies Program, leads the Sub-program in Military Medical
Ethics of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; is
Special Advisor to the Brain Bank, and is Co-director of the
O'Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global
Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington, DC, USA. The author of over 300
publications, 7 books, and 20 government whitepapers on
neurotechnology, biosecurity, and ethics, he is
Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Philosophy,
Ethics and Humanities in Medicine; and Associate Editor of
the Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics. His ongoing
research addresses the neurobiological bases of
neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders; and neuroethical issues
arising in and from the development, use and misuse of
neuroscientific techniques and neurotechnologies in
medicine, public life, global health, and military
applications.
Charles Watson
Neurobiology Professor
Professor Charles Watson is an eminent neurobiologist and
public health physician. He specializes in brain and
spinal cord mapping and has over 25 years’ experience
teaching anatomy to medical and science students. During
his tenure at the Health Department of Western Australia
from 1982 to 1994, Charles’ achievements included setting
up the Quit campaign and establishing breast cancer
screening in Western Australia. He was appointed Chief
Health Officer in 1993. Charles currently holds
professorial positions at Curtin, University of
Queensland, University of NSW, and the University of WA.
He has authored or co-authored 25 books on neuroscience
and is best known for his atlas of the rat brain, which
has been cited over 85,000 times. He has published over
100 journal articles, and his recent work focuses on gene
expression in the developing brain. Charles was made a
member of the Order of Australia for his work in brain
research and public health in 2004.