Three Minute Thesis® competition
Three Minute Thesis®
Polish your English!
Is it possible to talk about a PhD in 3 minutes? Yes, it's possible! Find out how young researchers from Silesian universities perform under the pressure of a ticking clock and what they have to say about their doctoral projects.
Check the finals results:
1st place: Patrycja Janiszewska (Medical University of Silesia)
Presentation: “Menopause is not a pause”
2nd place: Ravi Shankar Yadav (Silesian University of Technology)
Presentation: “Biochar: Eco-Friendly or Ecotoxic?”
3rd place: Humam Ahmed (Silesian University of Technology)
Presentation: “Cleaning Water with Science Magic: from toilet to tap water”
Engineering Award, sponsored by EMT-Systems, and the Audience Choice Award: Magdalena Ćwietrtniewicz-Wojciechowska (Silesian University of Technology), for her presentation: “Do we need to worry about cake?”.
The Eur. J. Pharmacol (Elsevier) Special Recognition: Mahboubeh Kavoosi (Silesian University of Technology), for: “How Tissue Stiffness Talks to Cells During Wound Healing: Understanding Autophagy in Fibroblasts”, and Jakub Pniak (Medical University of Silesia), for: “Drug repurposing in the context of anti-cancer properties”.
What is Three Minute Thesis®?
Three Minute Thesis® (3MT®) is a global competition in science communication licensed by the University of Queensland (Australia). The first competition took place in 2008 and so far has been organized by 600 universities and institutions in 59 countries. This year, once again, doctoral students of all Silesian universities have the opportunity to participate in the competition. Their task will be to present the topics related to their doctoral dissertation in the most accessible way for a wide audience in only 3 minutes!
Three Minute Thesis® developed by The University of Queensland in Australia.
