Thursday, October 24, 2024

Chemistry grad student Sidharth Panda wins 2024 CSE Three-Minute Thesis

Chemistry Ph.D candidate Sidharth Panda took top honors in the recent CSE Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for the presentation, "Fixing Genes with mRNA Packages." The second place award went to biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Melissa Walsh for "Engineering TriKEs Against Cancer," and the presentation "Breaking Barriers: Equity in Risk Prediction" by Nicole Kleman, a Ph.D. student in bioinformatics and computational biology, received the People's Choice Award. Panda will advance to the Universitywide competition on Friday, Nov. 15.
CSE 3MT winners named!

Chemistry Ph.D candidate Sidharth Panda took top honors in the recent CSE Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for the presentation, "Fixing Genes with mRNA Packages." Panda will advance to the Universitywide competition scheduled for Friday, Nov. 15.

The second place award went to biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Melissa Walsh for "Engineering TriKEs Against Cancer."

The presentation "Breaking Barriers: Equity in Risk Prediction" by Nicole Kleman, a Ph.D. student in bioinformatics and computational biology, received the People's Choice award.

The Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition that challenges students to communicate the significance of their projects without the use of props or industry jargon, in just three minutes. 

For more information, visit the University Grad School's Three-Minute Thesis webpage.

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