Brain Fair 2025

The 2025 BRAIN FAIR is a public event which will showcase some brain-related research that is taking place at Dalhousie. There will be games, competitions, prizes, experiments, demonstrations, interactive booths and all kinds of information. Learn about how the brain works and what it can do!!

When: Thursday March 13th 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Where: The Atrium of the LSRI, 1348 Summer St., Halifax, B3H 4R2

All ages welcome - kids, parents, march break campers - come and check it out and have some fun.


Labs attending the 2025 Brain Fair:

  • Coming soon


Some pictures from past in-person Brain Fairs:


Brain Fair Videos

In 2022 we had to host BAW online so we created some video footage of the labs. This year we are in person again but for those that can’t make it, here’s a taste of what kind of research is happening in the labs that usually take part in the Brain Fair!


You may be wondering what some of the items in the video are. If you’re curious read below :)

 
Electrophysiology recording chamber

Electrophysiology recording chamber

Dendritic tree of a spinal cord interneuron

Dendritic tree of a spinal cord interneuron

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Nerve tracts running up and down spinal cord

Visualization of gene expression in spinal cord

Visualization of gene expression in spinal cord

Oxygenated and CO2 buffered cerebrospinal fluid

Oxygenated and CO2 buffered cerebrospinal fluid

Nerve tracts running up and down spinal cord

Nerve tracts running up and down spinal cord