Coimbra Group – The Annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition
In June, PHD candidate Claudia Schmidt of the University of Göttingen won the annual Three-Minute Thesis competition of the Coimbra Group. The final event took place during the Coimbra Annual Meeting in Krakow, Poland at the Jagiellonian University. Ms. Schmidt presented her thesis „Reconstitution of Doa10-mediated ER-associated protein degradation with purified components“ to the audience with her research focus on molecular biology and biochemistry. The runners-up were Owen James of the University of Edinburgh and Femke Cnossen of the University of Groningen.
The talks were evaluated by a jury of five people. It was the third time that this event, developed by the University of Queensland, was held by the Coimbra Group. Nineteen of the 39 member universities nominated PhD students for the competition. The challenge is to explain one’s research work in a concise way for non-experts. The competitors are allowed to only use one PowerPoint slide during their presentation, but no other resources.
Contact:
Dr. Esther von Richthofen
Göttingen University
Göttingen International / The International Office
Regional Coordinator Europe, Georgia, Israel, Russia and Turkey
phone:+49 (0) 551 39 21322
email: esther.vonRichthofen@zvw.uni-goettingen.de