On Sep. 25^th , the 2024 Three Minute Thesis（3MT®） competition of SHVRI concluded successfully. The competition aims to enhance students' academic communication skills, promote interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration, and showcase the research profiles and communicative capabilities of graduate students.

The judging panel for this competition consisted of 11 judges. They scored the performances of the presenters according to their speech content, comprehension, engagement, communication, overall impression, and time control. After careful counting and verification by the staff, one special prize, one first prize, two second prizes, and six third prizes were ultimately selected from 44 contestants.

XinhuiWang, a student from the Risk Early Warning and Prevention and Control of Bacterial Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry Team, won the special prize and will represent SHVRI to participant the Finals of CAAS in Beijing.

After the event, the winners shared their thoughts and experiences, expressing their gratitude for the opportunity to participate and the valuable feedback they received during the competition. This competition provides an excellent platform for students to showcase their research and talents, helps build an academic atmosphere around SHVRI. It is of great significance for students' future scientific research and career development.

Background Information

3MT® (Three Minute Thesis) is a prestigious international academic communication competition event developed by the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2008. The competition challenges graduate students to concisely describe their theses and their importance to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes using one slide. The event is currently held in more than 900 institutions across over 85 countries worldwide. Since 2018, SHVRI has been holding the competition for seven years, with an increasing number of participants year by year. A total of 169 graduate students participated, and the competition has achieved significant results in improving students' research and innovation abilities, communication skills, and other aspects.