2013 Brain Bowl - April 16, 2013 at 7PM
Long Campus Medical Bldg. - Room 209L
The Brain Bowl is a quiz show which tests the knowledge of undergraduate neuroscience students. Brain Bowl questions range from relatively easy to very difficult, covering fields of neuroscience research including (1) neurophysiology, (2) neuroanatomy, (3) neurochemistry, (4) drugs and the brain, and (5) the brain and behavior. In this year's competition, teams from Trinity University, the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas at San Antonio will compete for the coveted Brain Bowl Trophy.
Modeled after the 1960's quiz show 'University Challenge', the Brain Bowl includes three rounds of short answer questions that get more difficult with each round. The final round is a complex 'challenge' question, where teams can wager points they have accumulated in the previous rounds. Come join us for an evening of intense mental competition (and maybe a little friendly competitor fun and teasing) as the organizer and Master of Ceremonies, David Morilak, Ph.D. (pictured above), Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Center for Biomedical Neuroscience (CBN), at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, along with a group of 'sometimes raucous' judges and audience members, as these teams go head-to-head to see which team is the best!
Good luck to last year's champions, Trinity University, as they return to defend their title against UT Arlington and UTSA...LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
You can watch a local news (FOX29 News) story about the Brain Bowl competition by clicking here
The Brain Bowl is sponsored in part by the generous support of MP Biomedicals; Fisher Scientific; Stoelting Co.; Dionex; The Mind Science Foundation and The Society for Neuroscience.
In case you are not able to attend in person, you can watch the event live by going here at 7PM:
Link: http://atsvid.uthscsa.edu/Mediasite/Play/e044d81b8cc045669e14b30efb2415fe1d
*Live streaming sponsored by the Mind Science Foundation