At the 6th UCSF Postdoc Slam competition on Tuesday, September 19, three postdocs emerged as prize-winners for their 3-minute talks, but all ten of the finalists brought their A-game with impressive and engaging presentations aimed at sharing their research with a broad audience. A lively crowd cheered them on in Byers Auditorium at Mission Bay, and over 200 more tuned into the YouTube live stream. Produced by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars and the Graduate Division, the event was a fitting way to celebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
Read the campus news story: "Wormnado" Wiggles its Way to Win at Postdoc Slam
Watch the event recording on YouTube.
Congratulations to the prize winners and all of the finalists for an impressive showing:
Prize Winners:
First Prize & People's Choice Award
Laura Persson, PhD
Noelle L'Etoile, PhD, faculty mentor
The Wormnado: What a Tiny Worm Can Teach Us About Collective Behavior
Second Prize
Kritika Khanna, PhD
John Fahy, MD, faculty mentor
Asthma on Fire: Keep Calm, It's a False Alarm
Third Prize
Chris Williams, MD
Atul Butte, MD, PhD, faculty mentor
Code Blue: Unmasking the Racial Disparities in Emergency Triage
Finalists:
Biafra Ahanonu, PhD
Allan Basbaum, PhD, faculty mentor
The Path to Pain: It's Not Only in the Brain
Hélène Aschmann, PhD
Priya Shete, MD, faculty mentor
To Treat or Not to Treat: A Balancing Act in Tuberculosis Prevention
Tyler Huycke, PhD
Zev Gartner, PhD and Ophir Klein, MD, PhD, faculty mentors
How the Gut Got Its Spots
Amanda McQuade, PhD
Martin Kampmann, PhD, faculty mentor
Speaking to Cells
Jay Moltzau Anderson, PhD
Susan Lynch, PhD, faculty mentor
This Stool is Taken: Harnessing the Power of Poop
Fate Noohi, PhD
Virginia Sturm, PhD, faculty mentor
Life Without Emotions...A Symphony Without Music
Ayush Srivastava, PhD
Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD, faculty mentor
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