Three Minute Thesis (3MT; https://graduate.ua.edu/current-students/3mt/?fbclid=IwAR3LHOOblUW16yZjVyqruxQRb1x_umJZhCl694w1ctd3sJ7UzY9if8ym2is) is a research communication competition that challenges graduate students to present a compelling oration on their research and its significance in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. We will have an internal Biological Sciences 3MT competition on 10/9 at 3:30 pm. We will select two winners (1st place and 2nd place) and an alternate. Dr. Behzad Mortazavi has graciously committed $250 (research/travel funds) to award the two departmental winners and $100 (research/travel funds) to award the alternate. The 1st place winner and possibly the 2nd place winner and alternate will advance to compete at the Semi-finals on October 24^th. See the webpage linked to above for details and rules. Here’s the big one: only a single static PowerPoint slide is permitted.