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Research Spotlight: Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Winners Announced

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Louie Alexander, M.S. in Bioinformatics student, was selected as the first-place winner in the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Nov. 18 for the presentation titled “Identifying Sorghum Plant Genes to Improve Biofuel Production”.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia that challenges graduate students to succinctly summarize their research for a non-specialist audience in three minutes or less.

Louie Alexander, M.S. in Bioinformatics student and Three Minute Thesis first-place winner presents.

Also taking honors in the 3MT finals were:

This year’s People’s Choice Award went to Jannatual Ferdous, Ph.D. in Bioinformatics student, for “Journey from Eww to Wow”.

The goal of the competition is for students to leverage all of their communication skills to engagingly convey their research to a general audience without the use of jargon. 3MT is a key element in preparing graduate students to communicate for success in their chosen career pursuits.

Graduate students who take on 3MT also have an opportunity to participate in personal coaching and instruction on public presentations through the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

10 finalists from among 50 entrants participated in the competition’s final round.  Other finalists included:

This year’s competition was judged by community partners across several industries:

recording of the 2022 event is available on the Center for Graduate Life and Learning’s YouTube channel.