1st Week Results & 3MT Semi Finals

The first week of the 2012 3MT@UBC competition has wrapped and our semi-finalist slate begins to emerge. Wednesday, February 29 at the Graduate Student Centre Ballroom the following contestants will advance to one of two semi-final rounds scheduled to begin at 1:30 and 3:00 pm respectively. The full list of semi-finalists for each round will be announced after all heats are complete.

Congratulations to our semi-finalists thus far:

CFRI (Child and Family Research Institute):
Roger Jen, Experimental Medicine
Title: We can save your life!

Trina Stephens, Experimental Medicine
Title: Protein requirements for a healthy pregnancy

CFIS: (College for Interdisciplinary Studies)
Stefano Brigidi, Neuroscience
Title: Delta(δ)-Catenin: The Molecule of Learning and Memory

Baillie Redfern, Genome Science and Technology
Title: Expression of diTPS in microbial hosts

Fergil Mills, Neuroscience
Title: Too much β-catenin: Sticky Synapses, Sticky Memories

Buchanan-Philosophy:
Taylor Davis, Philosophy
Title: Evolutionary Theory and the Science of Religion

Mali Bain, Adult Learning and Education
Title: The Cost of Learning International Service

Forestry:
Natalie Sopinka, Forestry
Title: Transgenerational Effects of Stress in Sockeye Salmon

Linoj Kumar, Forestry
Title: Modifying Lignin for Enhanced Sugar Yield from Wood

Martha Essak, Forestry
Title: Rapid Evolution in a Changing World

Mahmood Ebadian (People’s Choice), Forestry
Title: Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol: NO Food vs. Fuel Debate

You still have time to catch one of this week’s heats – see the Schedule for the complete list of heats. And be sure to mark your calendar for the semi-finals on February 29. Seating is limited so plan to arrive early to cheer on your favourite!

The final round of the competition takes place Friday, March 2, 2012 at 12 noon at the Graduate Student Centre Ballroom.