Fall 2019 KU 3MT
Nearly 50 graduate students participated in the multi-round competition that began on October 24, 2019 and ended on November 5, 2019. Judges selected a first and second place winner, while the audience voted to determine the People's Choice Award winner. Videos of the three award winning presentation are available by clicking the link in the name of the presentation in the Awardees section.
KU's competition is part of a global event, which highlights graduate student research by challenging students to explain their work effectively and engagingly to non-experts. Learn more about this event at the 3MT Competition site.
Awardees
1st Place Award
Bailey Banach
Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
The World's Smallest Game of Chess: Engineering Antibody Proteins
2nd Place Award
Shivani Jagannathan Murali
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Stopping the Unstoppable: The Fight Against Cancer
People's Choice Award
Kyle Apley
Doctoral Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Halting a Rogue Immune Response
List of Finalists
- Jennifer Amrein
Doctoral Student in Microbiology
Gut Bugs: Friend or Foe? - Kyle Apley
Doctoral Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Halting a Rogue Immune Response - Wendy Aquino Nunez
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Tauopathies: The Cat and the Yarn Analogy - Bailey Banach
Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
The World's Smallest Game of Chess: Engineering Antibody Proteins - Oindrila De
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
The Mighty MORPHin Fly Embryo - Max Fairlamb
Doctoral Student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Relay for Repair: Passing the Baton - Ilvina Gabrielian
Master's Student in Music
The Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony as a Reflection of Military Events in 1941 and Expression of Heroic Struggle for Freedom and Peaceful Future - Luke Helker
Master's Student in Music
The Sound of Global Warming - Shivani Jagannathan Murali
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Stopping the Unstoppable: The Fight Against Cancer - Pamela Johnson
Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
Regrowing Cartilage in Joints with Hormones - Anna Klompen
Doctoral Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
How did Box Jellyfish Become Deadly? - Rene Martin
Doctoral Student in Biological Sciences
The Role of Phylogeny in the Evolution of Body Shape of Lanternfishes (Myctophiformes) - Suraj Niraula
Doctoral Student in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mechanism of Loss of Synapses in Alzheimer's Disease - Manvendra Pal Singh
Doctoral Student in Medicinal Chemistry
Do Proteins Prefer Binding to Complex Molecules? - Srivatsan Parthasarathy
Doctoral Student in Microbiology
Good Bacteria/Bad Bacteria
List of Participants | Preliminary Heats
- Isaac Allred
Doctoral Student in Geology
Traveling Back in Time with Detrital Zircon Crystals: The Collision that Formed Pangea, the Rise of the Appalachian Mountains, and a >1500 km Journey of Zircons - Charuni Amarasekara
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Development of Mixed Scale Single Molecule DNA/ RNA Sequencing Platform - Jennifer Amrein
Doctoral Student in Microbiology
Gut Bugs: Friend or Foe? - Kyle Apley
Doctoral Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Halting a Rogue Immune Response - Wendy Aquino Nunez
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Tauopathies: The Cat and the Yarn Analogy - Olushola Aromona
Doctoral Student in Journalism and Mass Communication
Effects of Political Personalization and Perception of Topic Importance on the Evaluation of Political Candidates - Bailey Banach
Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
The World's Smallest Game of Chess: Engineering Antibody Proteins - Sairath Bhattacharjya
Master's Student in Information Technology
Sentiment Analysis in Social Media - Chris Brown
Doctoral Student in Health, Sport Management, and Exercise Science
To be a Fan, or Not to be a Fan, That is the Question: An Exploration into Fan Motivation with Kaw Valley FC - Kara Caine
Doctoral Student in Music Therapy
Singing Dads: Fathers' Experiences Singing to their Infants - Clay Campbell
Doctoral Student in Geology
Oceans to Mountainous Plateaus, the ~50 Million Year Evolution of a Poorly Understood Faunal Migration Corridor through Central Turkey - Oindrila De
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
The Mighty MORPHin Fly Embryo - Zechariah De Silva
Doctoral Student in Medicinal Chemistry
Changing How Cancer Talks - Max Fairlamb
Doctoral Student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Relay for Repair: Passing the Baton - Ilvina Gabrielian
Master's Student in Music
The Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony as a Reflection of Military Events in 1941 and Expression of Heroic Struggle for Freedom and Peaceful Future - Kiersten Garcia
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Your Brain on Chemo - Luke Helker
Master's Student in Music
The Sound of Global Warming - Wade Henke
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
On-Demand Delivery of Therapeutics using Light - Latavia Hill
Doctoral Student in Microbiology
"To Bacteria and Beyond" - Andrew Hoxey
Doctoral Student in Geology
Who is at Risk? Informing West Nepal of Earthquake Potential - Shivani Jagannathan Murali
Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Stopping the Unstoppable: The Fight Against Cancer - Pamela Johnson
Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
Regrowing Cartilage in Joints with Hormones - Stephanie Johnson
Doctoral Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Therapies for the Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes - Catherine Kerr
Doctoral Student in Microbiology
Humans vs Viruses: The Ever-evolving Battle - Anna Klompen
Doctoral Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
How did Box Jellyfish Become Deadly? - Emily Kurfman
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Methods for Monitoring Molecules Involved in Addiction - Shweta Rajan Malvankar
Doctoral Student in Medicinal Chemistry
Alzheimer's Puzzle: A Step towards Solution - Rene Martin
Doctoral Student in Biological Sciences
The Role of Phylogeny in the Evolution of Body Shape of Lanternfishes (Myctophiformes) - Jaycee Mayfield
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Metals Provide and Protect - Suraj Niraula
Doctoral Student in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mechanism of Loss of Synapses in Alzheimer's Disease - Srivatsan Parthasarathy
Doctoral Student in Microbiology
Good Bacteria/Bad Bacteria - Ezekiel Piskulich
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Room Temperature Water Can Tell Us about the Motion and Structure of Water in the Extreme Cold - Muhammad Romdhoni
Doctoral Student in Architecture
Urban Geometry, Understanding City Shape and Spatial Layout for Future Cities - Patrick Ross
Doctoral Student in Medicinal Chemistry
Can We Use Sugars to Kill Disease? - Kelci Schilly
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Miniaturized Methods Aid in the Study of Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease - Manvendra Pal Singh
Doctoral Student in Medicinal Chemistry
Do Proteins Prefer Binding to Complex Molecules? - Parker Sperstad
Doctoral Student in Biochemistry and Biophysics
Your Brain and Nicotine - Sarah Tackett
Doctoral Student in Health, Sport Management, and Exercise Science
Taking a Stand by Taking a Knee. Reflections of U.S. Military Members of Protests during the National Anthem - Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan
Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
Nanosensor Array: Detection and Identification of Single DNAs for Comprehensive Molecular Profiling - Dimuthu Vithanage
Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Covalent Inhibitors for Drug Development - Alex Von Schulze
Doctoral Student in Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Can Hot Tubs Reverse Obesity? - John Watson
Doctoral Student in Journalism and Mass Communication
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