Brain Awareness Week 2009 Events
Want to do something really educational for your brain? Bring it along to one of the Neurological Foundation’s Brain Days.
It’s your big chance to learn more about inner workings of your noggin – and its connection to everyday life. Better yet, it’s a great way to hear about the ground-breaking work being done by New Zealand neuroscientists.
For more info on Brain Days, please click here
Brain Days 2010
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Kaitaia Monday March 15 10:00am to 2pm Kaitaia Primary School 5 Church Road Kaitaia |
Kaikohe Tuesday March 16 10:00am to 2pm War Memorial Hall Memorial Road Kaikohe |
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Whangarei Wednesday March 17 11:00am to 4pm Forum North Rust Avenue Whangarei |
Auckland Saturday March 20 9:30am to 4pm The University of Auckland Business School Owen G Glenn Building 12 Grafton Rd, Auckland |
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Wellington Saturday March 20 10:30am to 4pm Rutherford House Pipitea Campus Lambton Quay Victoria University of Wellington |
Dunedin Saturday March 20 10am to 4pm St David’s Lecture Theatre Complex Cnr St David St and Castle St Dunedin |
Regional Lectures
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East Auckland Tuesday March 16 10am for 10:30 start Montressors Function Centre Bells Rd Lloyd Elsmore Park Pakuranga Prof Richard Faull Director Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland - The Marvels of the Human Brain |
West Auckland Wednesday March 17 5:30pm for 6pm start Kelston Community Centre 126 Awaroa Rd Kelston Dr Bronwyn Kivell School of Biological Sciences University of Victoria - The Addicted Brain |
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North Shore Thursday March 18 10am for 10:30 start AMI Netball Centre Northcote Rd Northcote Dr Lynnette Tippett Dept of Psychology University of Auckland - Alzheimer’s Disease: Memory and markers for early AD |
Tauranga Tuesday March 16 10am for 10:30 start Exhibition Hall Baycourt Community and Arts Centre Wharf and Durham St Tauranga Dr Logan Voss University of Auckland Waikato Clinical School The Science and Art of General Anaesthesia |
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Hamilton Thursday March 18 10am for 10:30 start Exhibition Hall Hamilton Gardens State Highway 1 Hamilton Prof Jamie Sleigh University of Auckland Waikato Clinical School Anaesthesia: a tool to unlock the mechanisms of consciousness |
Napier Wednesday March 17 10:30am for 11am start Hawkes Bay Museum (Founders Room) Marine Parade Napier Dr Jon Simcock – Brain Disorders – Progress and Prospects |
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Palmerston North Thursday March 18 6pm Central Baptist Church St 190 Church St Palmerston North Dr Helen Fitzsimons Massey University – Learning, memory and fruit flies. What nature’s smallest creatures teach us about the brain |
Christchurch Monday March 15 6pm Christchurch Art Gallery Worcester Boulevard Dr Matthew Croucher - Dementia: looking after ourselves, looking after each other |
