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Discover the Limitless Potential of Your Brain!

Join members of an MSU behavioral neuroscience lab for a hands-on experience working with brain tissue and discovering how your brain works to make you so unique! Science enthusiasts of all ages are welcome to try their hand at mounting rat brain tissue onto microscope slides, and then take turns looking under the microscope to understand how different brain regions control different behaviors.

Presented by:

  • Samantha Bowden, Research Associate, Psychology, MSU

Suggested for ages: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Scientific Disciplines:

  • Science Education
  • STEAM Expo Days 135

Time and Location

  • 4/11/2026 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

    Location: STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor, South Wing

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