Queen's is proud to announce that Sara Stickley (PhD student in Biomedical & Molecular Sciences) is the winner of this year's Matariki 3MT. The title of Sara's presentation was "Trust your gut...microbiota: It may be the key to uncovering childhood asthma risk". Sara's supervisor is Dr Qingling Duan.
Seven of the Matariki members forwarded their two best doctoral 3MT participants to be a part of this year's event. Queen's second participant was Sumaiya Karim (Chemical Engineering) whose presentation title was - "Shaping a clearer future with Dynamic Materials
Other Results for 2024 were:
Runner-up – Josie Quin-Conroy (UWA) - “Thinking with both sides of the brain” (Psychological Science);
Runner-up – Linda Wilson (UWA) – “Beyond the birds and the bees: Engaging beekeeper’s knowledge of the environment to improve management of public lands in South-west Western Australia” (Social Sciences, Geography).
People’s Choice – Miriam Schiele (Tübingen) – “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Preposition: English flexibility vs German precision “(Linguistics).
You can view this year’s video presentations here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoDT3ZU3FLTk9Y22-eQb97I4927s9YDju.
Queen's has participated in the Matariki 3MT since its inception in 2019. Results so far, which we can now add Sara too are:
2019 - Runner up - Nevena Martinovic (English Language and Literature - “Acting your age – Gender & age on the 18th century stage”
2020 - Winner - Sean Marrs (History) - "City of Spies"
2021 - Runner Up - Samantha Twietmeyer (Political Studies) - “Scared of what’s behind you – Negotiating a double minority dilemma”
2022 - Runner Up - Madison Robertson (Health Quality) - "Till Death do us part: Supporting spouses separated in long-term care”
2022 - People's Choice - Navjit Gaurav (Rehabilitation Science) - “What goes inside a Designer’s Mind?”
The Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) seeks to build upon the collective strengths of its member institutions to develop international excellence in research and education and to promote social responsibility locally and globally. Member Universities of the Matariki Network are:
- Queen's University (Canada)
- Dartmouth University (USA)
- Durham University (UK)
- University of Otago (New Zealand)
- University of Tübingen (Germany)
- University of Western Australia (Australia)
- University of Western Cape (South Africa)
- Uppsala University (Sweden)