Tissue Repair PhD student Sophie Quick wins 3MT competition at CRM

Three Minute Thesis competition at CRM retreat won by Tissue Repair PhD student Sophie Quick

Congratulations to Sophie Quick on winning the Three Minute Thesis competition during the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine retreat, beating 12 fellow CRM PhD students. Contestants each had three minutes to explain their research in an engaging and clear way, as if presenting to a lay audience. Following thirteen highly enjoyable, clear and clever talks, Sophie was voted winner of the 2018 competition.

Sophie is a third year Tissue Repair PhD student in the groups of Prof Anna Williams and Prof Charles ffrench-Constant at CRM. She studies the role of endothelial cells in small vessel disease, which is a major cause of dementia and can also worsen the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

In her entertaining talk Sophie drew several parallels between Mr Trump’s interest in building a wall and her research into cells that line the small blood vessel walls in healthy and diseased brains.