Yesterday we hosted our second-annual Three Minute Thesis® Competition. The event featured nine 3-minute presentations by Weill Cornell Graduate School and Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School PhD students. The superb quality of the presentations reflects the high quality of research and outstanding communication skills of our students at both graduate schools. The competition winners are listed below:
Judges’ Results
1st Prize
Mojdeh Shakiba (PBSB; PI: Andrea Schietinger)
Antigen Affinity and T cell Dysfunction in Tumors
2nd Prize
Nicole Weiss (BCMB; PI: Minkui Luo)
Study of NSD2 by Bioorthogonal Profiling of Protein Methylation (BPPM)
3rd Prize
Mary Klein (GSK; PI: Andy Koff)
Bedside to Bench and Back Again: Uncovering mechanisms that affect the clinical outcome of CDK4 inhibition
People’s Choice
Mojdeh Shakiba (PBSB; PI: Andrea Schietinger)
Antigen Affinity and T cell Dysfunction in Tumors
We would like to thank all of our participating students, our judging panel, and our fantastic audience, who picked the People’s Choice Awards. The event was a lot of fun - we are looking forward to doing it again next year!