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April 2, 2019

Graduate School to host Three Minute Thesis Competition

The seventh annual Three Minute Thesis competition will feature finalist presentations at 7 p.m. April 16 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. The event, sponsored by Purdue's Graduate School , is free and open to the public.

Graduate students participating in the cross-disciplinary competition will have three minutes to present their research results and its significance to judges and audience members. The competition encourages students to develop the ability to effectively and succinctly explain their research in language appropriate for a nonspecialist audience. Participants will be judged on three criteria: their communication style, ability to help audience members comprehend their research, and their ability to engage listeners.

The competition, developed by Australia’s University of Queensland in 2008, challenges students to consolidate their ideas and crystallize their research discoveries. There are restrictions for participants; for example, only a single static PowerPoint slide is permitted, and no props are allowed.

Audience members will have the opportunity to vote for the recipient of a People's Choice award. The winner of the competition will receive $2,000, a runner-up $1,000 and the People's Choice awardee $1,000.

For more information about the Three Minute Thesis Competition, contact the Graduate School at [email protected] .

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Competition Rules

Explore eligibility from judging criteria, see how the 3MT® competition operates.

Eligibility

Currently active senior undergraduate students and graduate students in all disciplines at Purdue University Northwest will be eligible to participate in 3MT®. Students may be conducting research through thesis work, capstone, directed project, or other guided research under a faculty mentor.

Competition Rules and Recording

• Presentations are limited to 3 minutes and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.
• Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter starts their presentation through speech (timing does not include the 3MT title slide and commences from when the competitor starts speaking, not the start of the video).
• Videos must meet the following criteria:
• Filmed on the horizontal
• Filmed on a plain background
• Filmed from a static position
• Filmed from one camera angle
• Contain a 3MT title slide (at beginning)
• Contain a 3MT PowerPoint slide (examples: top right corner/right or cut to )
• A single static slide is permitted in the presentation (no slide transitions, animations or ‘movement’ of any description). This can be visible continuously, or ‘cut to’ (as many times as you like) for a maximum of 1 minute.
• The 3 minute audio must be continuous – no sound edits or breaks.
• No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment and animated backgrounds) are permitted within the recording.
• Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
• No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted within the video recording.
• The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.
• Submissions via video format to Event Administrator. Files sent in other formats will not be accepted.

Please note: competitors *will not* be judged on video/recording quality or editing capabilities (optional inclusions). Judging will focus on the presentation, ability to communicate research to a non-specialist audience, and 3MT PowerPoint slide.

Judging Criteria

At every level of the competition each competitor will be assessed on the judging criteria listed below. Each criterion is equally weighted and has an emphasis on audience.

• Presentation provided clear background and significance to the research question;
• Presentation clearly described the research strategy/design and the results/findings of the research; and
• Presentation clearly described the conclusions, outcomes and impact of the research.
•  The oration was delivered clearly, and the language was appropriate for a non-specialist audience;
• The PowerPoint slide was well-defined and enhanced the presentation; and
• The presenter conveyed enthusiasm for their research and captured and maintained the audience’s attention.

Reza Moini advances as finalist in Three Minute Thesis competition - Lyles School of Civil Engineering - Purdue University

Reza Moini advances as finalist in Three Minute Thesis competition

CE graduate student Reza Moini advanced to the final round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition with his presentation titled, "Mimicking nature: can we 3D-print stronger buildings?" The event was held on April 16th at Loeb Playhouse on the campus of Purdue University.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The competition develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but nonspecialist audience.

More information on the 3MT® competition is available at  https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/competitions/3mt.php

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Four Win Prizes in Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

by Holly Foster

May 14, 2024

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Open to all members of the senior class, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition offers cash prizes to students who can most effectively summarize their senior research projects in three minutes or fewer. In addition, participants must tailor their explanations to a broad audience.

The first,- second-, and third-place prizes were determined by a panel of judges from the Clinton and Utica area; the People's Choice Award goes to the speaker with the most audience votes.

History major Hannah Jablons ’24 took second place with her presentation titled Dan’s Manhattan Plaza , and interdisciplinary concentrator in public health Aliana Potter ’24 won third with Primary Care Provider Practice Patterns in Health Provider Shortage Areas and non-HPSAs. Biology major Bobbi Roca ’24 won the People’s Choice award for her speech  Climate Change and Trees: Which ones are built different.

Hamilton is one of only a few undergraduate institutions that sponsors the competition. Three Minute Thesis traditionally “celebrates the exciting research conducted by Ph.D. students. Developed by the University of Queensland, the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.”

Funding for the 3MT at Hamilton comes from the Ferguson Endowment, which advances oral communication across campus.

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Life Inspired Week: HHS Research Poster Symposium and Three-Minute Thesis Presentations and Competition

Friday, March 31, 2023

Poster Session: 9:00-10:30 a.m. ET Purdue Memorial Union, East and West Faculty Lounges

Join us for this exciting event to share and learn about research being conducted in our college by faculty, postdoctoral research scholars, graduate students and undergraduate students! Cash prizes for 1st ($300), 2nd ($200) and 3rd ($100) place will be presented within each HHS Signature Area (awards for student posters only).

Three-Minute Thesis: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 P.M. ET Purdue Memorial Union, East Lounge

Come and hear outstanding HHS graduate students and faculty present their research thesis in just three minutes. Cash prizes for 1st ($300), 2nd ($200) and 3rd ($100) place will be presented. Faculty awards (gift cards) will also be presented.

Awards for the poster session and Three-Minute Thesis Competition will be announced between 12 -12:15 p.m.

Free and open to HHS faculty, staff and students. No registration required to attend this event.

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Regulation of growth and nutrient digestibility by supplemental myo-inositol and luteolin in pigs and chickens

Newborn animals undergo a lot of early-life stress that heavily impact on their long-term growth, performance, and welfare. Typically, the stress would indirectly interfere with the capacity of these neonates to utilize dietary nutrients and consequently impact tissue growth and development. In piglets, weaning is a stressful situation characterized by disruption of intestinal epithelial cell development which causes poor digestion of solid feed and a negative impact on absorption of nutrients especially in the post-gastric region. In addition, weaning in piglets could cause an increase in cellular assault by reactive oxygen species thereby potentially causing gut leakiness and paracellular loss of nutrients along the intestinal tract. In broiler chickens, access to feed may take up to 72 h following hatching which may affect their gut development as well as their gut microbiota. After the first feed ingestion, there is a sharp increase in the gut microbiota which triggers an increase in the development of the immune system as well as the gut. There is continuous attention on the strategies and nutritional interventions to mitigate or ameliorate the adverse effects of early life stressors in these food animals, especially in broiler chickens and piglets. In the studies described in this dissertation, myo-inositol (purely supplemented or phytase-induced) and luteolin were tested as nutritional strategies to mitigate the effects of early-life stressors on growth and the potential mechanisms by which myo-inositol and luteolin regulate growth were investigated.

In study I, the effect of myo-inositol on growth in 128 postweaning piglets fed protein-deficient corn-soy diets was tested. There were 4 dietary treatments in a randomized complete block design with body weight as the blocking factor. The treatments consisted of 1 positive control (PC) diet formulated to meet all the nutrient requirements of the piglets with a 20% crude protein (CP); the remaining 3 diets were the negative control (NC) diets with a 3% reduction in CP, a 2 g/kg myo-inositol supplemented negative control diet (NC+INO), and phytase (3,000 FTU/kg) supplemented negative control (NC+PHY) diet. The results showed that phytase enhanced the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of P in the weanling pigs. Myo-inositol supplementation in a protein-deficient diet improved (P < 0.05) porcine plasma myo-inositol concentration while an in vitro myo-inositol incubation with intestinal epithelial cells increased the expression of genes that encode for Claudin-1, Claudin-3, Claudin-4, ZO-1, NaPiIIb, GLUT2, and SLC7A2. The in vitro analysis of tight junction integrity in the IPEC-J2 cells indicated by the transepithelial electrical resistance and FITC-Dextran permeability showed an enhancement in response to myo-inositol treatment. Although the in vivo study found that myo-inositol did not improve growth performance or ATTD, the in vitro myo-inositol enhanced markers of gut health and function.

In study II, the effect of myo-inositol on the growth of broiler chickens was tested. In this study, there were 6 experimental treatments based on two dietary protein levels (PC and NC) and three supplement types (BASAL, INO, and PHY) resulting in a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design. A total of 384 broiler chickens comprising 6 treatments with eight replicates per treatment and 8 birds per replicate were used. The birds were fed a common starter diet for the initial 7 days after they arrived at the poultry unit followed by a 14-day trial. The protein-deficient diet decreased the feed efficiency of the birds. Phytase addition increased (P < 0.05) the apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and ATTD of P and Ca in both PC and NC groups. The jejunal gut morphology was enhanced by supplemental phytase as indicated by an increase in villus height and the ratio of the villus height-to-crypt depth, coupled with an increase in serum myo-inositol concentration caused by both myo-inositol and phytase. In conclusion, myo-inositol showed a differential influence on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and gut morphology.

In study III, the effects of luteolin on weanling pigs and IPEC-J2 cells were examined. A total of 48 piglets were randomly allotted to two dietary treatments consisting of a control group and a luteolin (LUT)-supplemented dietary group for a 4-week trial. A weekly assessment of the growth performance and expression of specific proteins in the jejunal mucosa was performed. In each dietary group, 8 piglets were slaughtered at weeks 1, 2, and 4 postweaning to collect blood, jejunal and ileal mucosa, and tissues. Luteolin supplementation numerically improved the ADG and G:F of the pigs. Luteolin feeding altered the jejunal and ileal gut morphology with increased villi height (P < 0.05) and villus height-to-crypt depth ratio (VCR, P < 0.05) in the jejunum and decreased crypt depth in the ileum. The effect of luteolin on IPEC-J2 global proteome and phosphor-proteome showed that luteolin could potentially improve intestinal barrier integrity by enhancing the abundance of proteins important in cell growth and survival.

In summary, dietary supplementation with myo-inositol and luteolin could regulate growth and nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens and weanling pigs by enhancing the integrity of intestinal cells and facilitating the expression of nutrient transporters that are significant in the uptake of nutrients across the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. Phytase supplementation improves the P release from phytate in the diets thereby alleviating its loss.

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• Animal Sciences

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• West Lafayette

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• Animal nutrition
• Animal growth and development
• Food technology
• Food nutritional balance
• Cell development, proliferation and death
• Cell metabolism
• Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics)
• Systems biology