Inaugural Bosnia & Herzegovina 3MT Competition Results Announced
With the announcement of the winners and the awarding of valuable cash prizes at an online ceremony held on the 12th of January 2021, the first 3MT competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which brought together 70 Bosnia & Herzegovina PhD students from eminent universities from 21 countries around the world has concluded. The competition lasted for just over 3 months and the winners were judged by an expert panel of 22 academics (see list here) in two rounds. The three-minute thesis (3MT) competition challenges Ph.D students to communicate the significance of their projects to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.
The first place and a cash prize in the amount of 3,000 euros was won by Nudžeim Selimović from the University of Zurich. Second place and 2,000 euros went to Almir Aljović from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, and third place and 1,000 euros went to Emina Šunje, who is doing her doctoral studies at the universities of Antwerp and Sarajevo.
During the last month of the competition, the presentations of the contestants were also available on the YouTube channel of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Futures Foundation, where the audience was able vote and choose their winner by clicking on the thumbs up. Zerina Kurtović from the Karolinska Institute Sweden won this category with nearly 15,000 views of her video.
Na svečanoj ceremoniji okupljenoj masi u ulozi gosta predavača obratio se profesor sa splitskog univerziteta i CERNA Ivica Puljak, poznati naučnik, član tima koji je otkrio Higgsov bozon.
"This project is world class, and reason, science and humanism are the foundations of the world. Today we live in an era of acceleration, and the only way to survive is to move as fast as a river. Science broadens our horizons and makes us citizens of the world," Puljak said. and invited all young people to be scientists, share knowledge and constantly explore.
The 3MT competition provided students and opportunity to develop their academic, presentation, research and communication skills by explaining their research to an audience outside their field of research.
We are extremely proud to have gathered so many young Bosnia & Herzegovina researchers and introduced the public to their work. We hope that this competition will serve as inspiration and an indicator for everyone that research and effort always pay off, and that Bosnia and Herzegovina has huge research potential. which, unfortunately, we are not familiar enough with.
The competition was organized for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina and paved the foundation for the next steps towards the promotion of science and the importance of scientific research. A 3MT competition for undergraduate and master's students will be held in 2021, and 2022 is again reserved for PhD students.
Full list of winners
1st Place (3000 Euro prize)
“On the mass origin and three generations of elementary particles mystery”
Selimović Nudžeim, University of Zurich
2nd Place (2000 Euro prize)
“Molecular mechanism of adaptation in the central nervous system”
Aljović Almir, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
3rd Place (1000 Euro prize)
“Surviving in isolation: Alpine Salamander”
Šunje Emina, University of Antwerp / University of Sarajevo
4th Place (300 Euro prize)
“The contribution of the mitochondrial DNA and neuromelanin to inflammasome activation in Parkinson’s disease” Smajić Semra, University of Luxemburg
5th Place (300 Euro prize)
“Bird Migration Model to Mitigate Wind Turbine Collision over the North Sea”
Bradarić Maja, University of Amsterdam
6th-10th Place (200 Euro prize)
“Interaction of gene polymorphisms and variable risk factors in assessing the origin and outcome of ischemic cerebrovascular middle age stroke”, Muratspahić Edin, MedUNI Vienna
“Interaction of gene polymorphisms and variable risk factors in assessing the origin and outcome of ischemic cerebrovascular middle age stroke” Mahmutbegović Nevena, University of Sarajevo
“Production and Performance of Silicon Pixel Modules with Planar Sensors for the ATLAS ITk Upgrade” Hadžić Šejla, Ludwig Maximilian’s University Munich
“Micro-plasma HV MEMS Switch for Semi Active RFID Chip Powered by Electrostatic Kinetic Energy Harvester” Hodžić Naida, Universite Gustave Eiffel ESIEE Paris
“Lipid nanoparticles as drug delivery systems for microRNA”, Tucak Amina, University of Sarajevo
11-18th Place (100 Euro prize)
“Opto-thermal modelling and design of quantom-dot-on-chip LEDs” Karadža Bega, University in Leuven
“Reimagining teacher development” Kovačević Mersiha, City University of Seattle
“Evaluation of soft and hard tissue healing after impacted mandibular third molar surgery with the use of denatured (Alb-PRF) and PRF membrane”, Haskić Amila, University of Sarajevo
“New physics in experiments with neutrinos”, Korajac Arman, University of Ljubljana
“Quality Assessment of Proteins’ Active Sites”, Adilović Muhamed, University of Sarajevo
“Microfluidic Networks”, Hamidović Medina, Johannes Kepler University
“Bone fracture healing and non union prevention”, Međedović Merjem, University of Michigan
“Adaptive Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for Autonomous Racing”, Zubača Jasmina, Graz University of Technology
1st place as voted by public (1000 Euro prize)
“Exploring novel macrophage-associated mechanisms in autoantibody-induced pain”
Kurtović Zerina, Karolinska Institutet
2nd place as voted by public (500 Euro prize)
“Molecular mechanism of adaptation in the central nervous system”
Aljović Almir, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Full list of competitors
List of competitors
The competition was organised by partners:
Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation
Asocijacija za napredak nauke i tehnologije (ANNT)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS)
Bosana Foundaton
The 2nd place award in public judging was kindly donated by