Details of the winners and runners up of the 2013-2025 competitions, including links to videos of each University Final. YearUniversity 3MT FinalVitae UK 3MTU21 3MTCoimbra Group 3MT2025Winner: Lokesh Jain (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation 'Ice mélange: the cork in the glacial bottle'Runner up: Jiaxuan Du (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences), with her presentation 'How Mindfulness Shapes Saying “No” to Sex'. People's Choice: Lokesh Jain (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation 'Ice mélange: the cork in the glacial bottle's’3MT 2025 University Final Video N/A 2024Winner: Áine Heffernan (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) ‘When the stars misalign in Parkinson’s’Runner up: Marifatul Amalia (Moray House School of Education and Sport) ‘Mind the Gap: Understanding Students' Subject Choices’People's Choice: Nelly Mak (Edinburgh Medical School) ‘Bat's secret weapon against viral attacks’3MT 2024 University Final VideoN/A 2023Winner: Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots (Biomedical Sciences) 'When HIV meets Depression'Runner up: Matilda Bui (Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) 'Hatching a Plan against the Egg Countdown'People's Choice: Matilda Bui (Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) 'Hatching a Plan against the Egg Countdown'3MT 2023 University Final VideoN/A 2022Winner: Michaela Raab (Edinburgh Medical School) with her presentation ‘The journey of the biliary tree - Follow your inner compass’Runner up: Sana Shabbir (Edinburgh Medical School) with her presentation ‘A few drops of blood…’People's Choice: Sana Shabbir (Edinburgh Medical School) with her presentation ‘A few drops of blood…’3MT 2022 University Final Videon/an/aJoint Runner Up 2021Winner: Michael Poon (School of Medical Informatics) with his presentation 'Building Bridges for Glioblastoma ResearchRunner up: Niamh McNamara (Centre for Reproductive Health) her her presentation 'The Brain as an Orchestra: The Role of Conductors People's Choice: Niamh McNamara (Centre for Reproductive Health) her her presentation 'The Brain as an Orchestra: The Role of Conductors 3MT 2021 University Final Video 2020Winner: Jessie Fubara-Manuel (School of Divinity) with her presentation 'Enabled by Faith: Facing the Challenges of Gender, Disability and HIV in Nigeria'Runner up: Luke Darlow (School of Informatics) with his presentation 'The tale of the Lazy Learning Machine'People's Choice: Katherine Ross Stewart (Centre for Cardiovascular Science) with her presentation 'Heart Attack: Fishing for a Cure’3MT 2020 University Final Video 2019Winner: Frankie Greenwood (School of Health in Social Science) with her presentation ‘How can I know you when there are no words’.Runner Up: Tim Wilkinson (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) with his presentation ‘Big Data for a Big Problem: using real-world data to understand dementia’.People’s Choice: Fiona McQuaid (School of Biological Sciences) with her presentation ‘Malaria: A sticky problem’.3MT 2019 Unviersity Final YouTube Video 2018Winner: Phoebe Kirkwood (Deanery of Clinical Sciences) with her presentation ‘The Secrets of Scarless Healing’.Runner Up: Owen Gwydion James (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) with his presentation ‘Human Myelin in a Dish’.People’s Choice: Gavin Woolman (School of Physics and Astronomy) with his presentation ‘Better Thermoelectrics through high pressure’.3MT 2018 University Final YouTube VideoWinner: Owen Gwydion JamesRunner Up: Phoebe KirkwoodRunner Up: Owen Gwydion James2017Winner: Euan Doidge (School of Chemistry) with his presentation ‘WEEE are Golden: metal recovery by solvent extraction.Runner Up: Issy MacGregor (MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer) with her presentation ‘Meiotic Recombination: The Great Genetic Bake Off’.People’s Choice: Euan Doidge (School of Chemistry) with his presentation ‘WEEE are Golden: metal recovery by solvent extraction’.3MT 2017 University Final YouTube VideoPeople’s Choice: Euan DoidgeHighly Commended Award: Euan Doidge 2016Winner: Maddie Long (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) with her presentation ‘Language and the Brain: The Skye’s the Limit’.Runner Up: Priya Hari (Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) with her presentation ‘Senescence: The Emergency Break on Cancer’.People’s Choice: Edgar Rodríguez Sánchez (School of Health in Social Sciences) with his presentation ‘‘Understanding Gay Men’s Identities.3MT 2016 University Final YouTube VideoPeople's Choice: Maddie LongHighly Commended Award: Maddie LongThird Prize: Maddie Long2015Winner: Chen Zhao (School of Clinical Sciences) with her presentation ‘Astrocyte: the Star of Motor Neuron Disease’Runner Up: Donald Slater (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation ‘The Greenland Ice Sheet: cold ice in a hot drink’.People’s Choice: Matthew Simmonte (School of Chemistry) with his presentation ‘‘Finding a match - polymer microarrays and internet dating’.3MT 2015 University Final YouTube Video n/a2014Winner: Emma Hodcroft (school of Biological Sciences) with her presentation ‘Do some strains of HIV make people sick more quickly than others?’Runner Up: Andrea Moring (School of Geosciences)with her presentation ‘The silence of the lambs: How do sheep and climate affect air pollution?’People’s Choice: Emma Hodcroft (school of Biological Sciences) with her presentation ‘Do some strains of HIV make people sick more quickly than others?’3MT 2014 University Final YouTube VideoFinalist: Emma Hodcroft3rd Place in People’s Choice: Emma Hodcroftn/a2013Winner: Christopher West (Clinical Surgery, CMVM) with his presentation "Blood, Sweat and Ears."Runner Up: Lani Watson (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) with her presentation 'Why Ask."People’s Choice: Mara Gotz (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures) with her presentation "How do we know what we know? Tracing knowledge transfer from sociology into translation studies."3MT 2013 University Final YouTube Video n/a This article was published on 2024-02-26