The "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" competition, inspired by the "Three minute thesis", conceived at the University of Queensland in Australia, is organized in France by France Universités, the CNRS, and the University of Lyon. Doctoral students have three minutes to present and explain their thesis topic in a clear, entertaining and accessible way. It is possible to attend the national final, which will take place on May 31 at the Bourse du Travail in Lyon, or to follow it online. The astrophysicist Hélène Courtois will be the godmother of this event, Isabelle Bonardi, Amélie Cordier, Paul Dequidt, Axel Villard-Faure will be part of the jury.
For this 9th edition, 28 university groups and universities have organized the first stage of the "My thesis in 180 seconds" competition in their institutions. Nearly 600 doctoral students participated in this "regional" final, 58 of whom won the jury's first prize or the public's prize and were selected for the semi-final held in Paris in early April. The 16 finalists will now compete in Lyon on May 31.
After the journalist Fred Courant in 2021, it is the astrophysicist Hélène Courtois, professor at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, very invested in the transmission of knowledge, who will be the godmother of this final 2022.
The public will be able to attend this event free of charge on site, within the limits of available seats, or live from 6:30 pm on the Facebook page, the YouTube channel and on the competition website. Internet users will be able to vote for their favorite finalist and contribute to his or her winning the "public prize".
High school students from the Lyon Academy will also be present at the event and will vote for their favorite finalist, who will then win the "high school students' prize".
Finally, three prizes will be awarded by the jury composed of :
- Isabelle Bonardi, Director of Pop'Sciences, Culture, Science and Society Department of the University of Lyon
- Amélie Cordier, researcher in artificial intelligence and president of the Lyon-iS-Ai collective
- Paul Dequidt, PhD in signal and image processing,1st prize of the jury and public prize of the national final of MT180 2021
- Axel Villard-Faure, science journalist and program manager in the Discovery & Knowledge unit of ARTE France
- The 5th member of the jury, representing the world of research, will soon be known.
The winner of the jury's first prize will represent France at the international final in Montreal, Quebec, on October 6.
Co-hosted by Emilie Martin du Fou, science journalist for Ciel & Espace and France 5, and Pierre Girard, science journalist at ARTE, this final will also reward the three jury prizes by offering them a day's immersion in ARTE France's Discovery & Knowledge unit.
The 16 finalists of the contest :
Yaovi Jean-Pierre ADJIKPO
The legal aspects of the labelling of seafood products
University of Western Brittany
Laboratory for the management of marine and coastal resources and spaces (Université Bretagne Occidentale/Ifremer)
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Samantha AGUILLON
Role of the ecology and population dynamics of the Lesser Molossus of Réunion in the circulation of infectious agents
University of La Réunion
Laboratory of Infectious Processes in Tropical Island Environments (CNRS/University of La Réunion/Inserm/IRD)
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Julien BERTHE
Morphologies and landscapes of the Montagne de Reims, contribution of spatial analysis under GIS of lidar images
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Study group on geomaterials and natural, anthropic and archaeological environments (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne)
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Esther BOISSIN
Debunking intuitions and promoting logic in adult and adolescent populations
University of Paris Cité
Laboratory of Child Development and Education Psychology (CNRS/Université Paris Cité)
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Oscar COSSERAT
Geometric integrators in Poisson geometry
La Rochelle University
Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for the Environment (CNRS/La Rochelle University)
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Anne COUSIN
Nanobodies for the detection and resistance to viruses responsible for vine diseases
University of Strasbourg
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology (CNRS)
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Pierre Damien FOUGOU
Electronic money in the European, African sub-regional and OHADA banking spaces
University of Bordeaux
Research Institute of Business Law and Heritage (University of Bordeaux)
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Natacha GUYADER
Stability monitoring of model cosmetic emulsions through a multi-scale/physical characterization for a better understanding of aging and preservation processes
CY Cergy Paris University
Systems and Applications of Information and Energy Technologies Laboratory (CNRS/CY Cergy Paris Université/ENS Paris-Saclay/Cnam/Université Paris-Saclay)
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Isabelle HOXHA
Neurocognitive mechanisms of perceptual anticipation in decision making
University of Paris-Saclay
Complexity, Innovation, Motor and Sports Activities Laboratory (Université Paris Saclay)
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Daniela KREBBER
How does biodiversity influence the response of tropical forests to climate change?
University of Guyana
Laboratories Ecology of forests in French Guiana (CNRS/AgroParisTech/INRAE/Cirad/University of Guiana) and Botany and modelling of plant and vegetation architecture (CNRS/Cirad/INRAE/IRD/University of Montpellier)
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Bastien MARGUET
Modeling the birth of grain boundaries in two-dimensional materials: application to graphene
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Institut lumière matière (CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
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Emilie MAUDUIT
Sociality and phenotypic plasticity in spiders
University of Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Research Center on Animal Cognition (CNRS/ University Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier)
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Alphanie MIDELET
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with continuous positive airway pressure: study of remote monitoring data to understand the impact of treatment modifications and predict acute events
Grenoble Alpes University
Hypoxia and cardiovascular and respiratory physiopathologies laboratory (Inserm/Grenoble Alpes University)
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Charlotte MONTILLOT
Identifying the role of VPS13B in the central nervous system
University of Burgundy Franche-Comté
Lipids, nutrition, cancer laboratory (University of Burgundy/Inserm/UBFC)
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Anais PERRICHET
Targeting IL-1 to increase the efficacy of chemoimmunotherapy in cancer
University of Burgundy Franche-Comté
Lipids, nutrition and cancer laboratory (University of Burgundy/Inserm/UBFC)
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Maxime ROBIC
Visual servoing of a satellite constellation
University of Rennes 1
Research Institute in Computer Science and Random Systems (CNRS/University of Rennes 1)
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La finale de « Ma thèse en 180 secondes » aura lieu à Lyon le 31 mai prochain
