Ten PhD students, representing Schools and Research Centres across the Faculty of Medicine have participated in a thrilling Three Minute Thesis final.
Each student was challenged to explain their research in three minutes, using language that is appropriate to a non-specialist audience and a virtual audience of more than 140 were on hand to applaud the student’s efforts.
Chloe Yap, Mater
From molecules to the mind: autism biology from big data
Robin-Lee Troskie, MRIU
The Walking Dead – Zombie Genes
Meron Lewis, SPH
Can everyone afford healthy food?
Amanda Bordin, UQCCR
A breath of fresh air: improving tests for bacteria in cystic fibrosis
Clare Primiero, UQDI
Our DNA Story: fate or fiction
Joshua Monteith, UQDI
Targeting Cloaking Antibody: Seizing the means of production
Samuel Chan, CHSR
Kidney Transplant and the Gut
Asia (Amstrong) Haines, SBMS
Where do they go, and why?
Hollier O’Neill, PCHN
Racing to improve Heart Transplants
Zoe Thomson, SPH
The Weight of a breast cancer diagnosis