BrainFest: A Cerebral Celebration
Celebrate Your Amazing Brain!
Discover interactive BrainFest stations throughout the Pacific Science Center. Featured activities include…
- Join us for a special presentation with Allen Institute President and CEO Dr. Rui Costa at 1:30pm on the Live Science Stage
- Look at real mouse and human brain samples under a microscope
- Listen in on the electricity in your own nervous system and harness it to control a robotic claw
- Investigate the shapes of real brain cells and make your own pipe cleaner model to take home
- Compare different animal brains – including a T. Rex brain cast!
- Learn about Alzheimer’s disease and other brain conditions with real human brains from the UW Biorepository
- Meet neuroscientists from the Allen Institute and University of Washington
…and much more. This family-friendly event will have something for everyone, regardless of age or science background.
Brain Awareness Week
A global campaign hosted by the Dana Foundation to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science, the Allen Institute proudly participates in Brain Awareness Week to promote our neuroscience leadership and resources, celebrate research milestones in our community, and educate our followers neuroscience research.
Follow us on social media for our other Brain Awareness Week festivities, including an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit, March 11, 2:30–4:30 (Pacific) with Allen Institute scientists.