Alandra Mendez, a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology undergraduate student, won UBC’s annual Undergraduate 3 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Saturday March 5th. Congratulations!
The title of Alandra’s thesis is “Isolating the Interactome: Dounce vs. Freeze-Thaw”.
The UBC Undergraduate 3MT competition is a UBC wide competition open to any undergraduates engaged in UBC research projects and is funded through a UBC PURE award.
This event will provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to submit a recorded 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) of their directed studies or honours thesis. Students have a static powerpoint slide and must give a 3 minute oration of their research background and findings in the context of a general audience.
For the initial submissions, all applicants will receive feedback from a panel of UBC faculty adjudicators outside of their field of study on their submitted 3MT, which will be useful for future oral presentations and a unique challenge to get students thinking about what relevance their research has as they begin to conduct their studies.
A group of the most outstanding applicants will then be selected by the adjudication committee to compete for cash prizes in the live competition.