Free: Five-Minute Thesis Session & Contest

Learn how to create an "elevator pitch" for your thesis this Friday, 1–3 p.m. CT. Expert speakers will discuss some common pitfalls to finding the right amount of technical detail when telling others about what you do as a scientist in gene and cell therapy.

At the event, we will also launch a Five-Minute Thesis Challenge for our participants! Attend for a chance to be offered a slot to present during the ASGCT Annual Meeting Trainee Committee’s symposium: The 5-minute Presentation Challenge: How to Present your Ideas. 

Get more details about the opportunity, submission rules, and selection criteria from the Trainee Committee chair Sarwish Rafiq, PhD, at the end of the session. This is a chance for early-career professionals to present information to thousands of ASGCT members from around the world in May 2023!

Registration is free for all attendees. This session will be available live and on-demand. 

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Meet the Speakers

Kelly Turner, PhD

Dr. Turner has a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and joined the Scientific Management team of the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute's (EBPI) at the University of Zurich in 2013. She developed strategies for acquiring competitive funding, internal & external communication, and professional development for PhD students. In 2019 she joined Margaret (Peggy) Goodell's team at Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. She organizes and supports writing and communication initiatives within the Department and supports large, multi-PI grant submissions.

Marina Pavlou, PhD

Dr. Pavlou is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Washington working in the field of gene therapy for retinal regeneration, with a focus on viral vectors for direct reprogramming. Currently her main interest is the restoration of daylight-vision using AAV vectors with foveal potency.

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