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The HBI is pleased to host the tenth annual Margarete Wuensche Memorial Lecture: Neuroscience and Society on Friday, April 26, 2013. This year's guest speaker is Dr. Michael Gazzaniga, Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Gazzaniga will present Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain.

Please RSVP by April 12, 2013 to hbieduc [at] ucalgary [dot] ca

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Concussions (or mild traumatic brain injuries) are a growing concern, particularly among young athletes. On June 25, 2012 the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute in partnership with the CIHR's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction held an interactive Science Café to discuss neurological and mental health as relating to concussions.

As a free public event, the Science Café creates the opportunity for the community to engage with top-level experts in a meaningful and informative way. With the former NHL athlete Mr. Jim Peplinski as the moderator, the two expert researchers, Drs. Sean Dukelow and Carolyn Emery explored questions such as:

• What are the signs and symptoms of a concussion?
• Can concussions be prevented in youth sport?
• When is someone fit to return to play?
• What is the public health burden of concussion in youth sport?

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HBI neuroscientists tell us what science is learning about how the mind and body feels pain and how we can deal with pain in our lives.

On Nov 22, 2011 TELUS Spark, in partnership with the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute, hosted a public Science Café on the topic of "Feeling and Dealing with Pain." Guest speakers were Dr. Cory Toth and Dr. Gerald Zamponi, with moderator Heather Yourex, health reporter for Global TV in Calgary. It was a packed house, with the audience asking many excellent questions over the 2 hour Café event, held at the Ironwood Stage and Grill. The Café was one of a series of monthly Science Cafés presented by TELUS Spark, on a wide range of science topics and issues. Photos © Alan Dyer 2011

Congratulations to the winner of the 4th Annual Calgary Brain Bee!  Nathan Lao, a grade 9 student from Langevin School in Calgary defeated 15 of his peers and took away the 2011 grand prize.

Nathan has won a Macbook computer and an expenses-paid trip to the Canadian Brain Bee Competition on May 28 at McMaster University.

Second place this year and an iPod Touch went to Robyn Pagenkopf, a grade 12 student from Bert Church High School in Airdrie. 

Congratulations to all of this years Brain Bee contestants! Next year's competition will be held during Brain Awareness Week in March, 2012.

For more information, email hbi [at] ucalgary [dot] ca or call 403.220.3558.