How can birth risks be minimised?

More than 120 worldwide spectators followed passionately this year's "Three Minute Thesis" Competition of University of Jena. In this online competition doctoral candidates present their research in three minutes using only one static slide.

The jury selected Heba El-Shorafa of the Placenta Lab with her presentation called "Why some placentas do not easily detach during delivery" as winner of the jury prize. The jury prize is endowed with 100 euros. The audience also chose her as the best presentation. The runner off was Alexandra Schirrmacher from the Mathias Schleiden-Institute with her presentation "The green, green way to a blue hue: Teaching algae to make dyes".

3MT® is an internationally renowned competition that is conducted at numerous universities throughout the world. It was invented in 2008 by the University of Queensland, Australia, and the Coimbra GroupExternal link has established this competition in Europe. As a member of this renowned university network, the University of Jena takes part in this competition. The winner from Jena will take part in the Europe-wide preliminary competition with her presentation. The three best participants can present their paper at this year's Three-Minute-Thesis Final in Padua and win up to 3000 euros.

Soon you can find videos of the presentations and impressions of the event on this website.