Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 WVU Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition hosted by the Office of Graduate Education and Life and to all the finalists for the fantastic presentations.
First place went to Janelle Chuah, biochemistry and molecular biology student from the School of Medicine, for her presentation "Switch On the 'Garbage Disposal' to Treat Alzheimer's Disease"
Second place went to Shelby Bradford, immunology and microbial pathogenesis student from the School of Medicine, for her presentation "Letting the Brakes off the Immune System to Drive Better Vaccine Responses"
Third place went to P. Minh N. Do, a chemistry student from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, for her presentation "Sustainable Chemistry Under the Sun"
The People's Choice Award went to P. Minh N. Do.
View all of this year's presentations on our 3MT finalists.
The 3MT competition challenges doctoral students to present their research topic and its significance in three minutes using just one slide. The 3MT competition develops academic, presentation and research communication skills, as well as supports the development of graduate students' capacity to communicate their research succinctly to a non-specialist audience.
The 3MT competition will return in spring 2022.