Abesh Bera is a sixth-year graduate student at Iowa State in Microbiology, and he was last year's runner-up in the Three Minute Thesis competition. He will also participate in Thursday's final competition with his presentation, "Biased interaction of different Tubulin Isotypes with Tumor Overexpressed Genes (TOG) determines cell division rate."
Holly Loper is a fifth-year Ph.D. student majoring in Microbiology, and this is her second consecutive year participating in Iowa State's Three Minute Thesis final competition. Watch Holly's presentation, "Large Predictions and Small Changes in Fertilizer Use," this Thursday, and learn more about her work before the competition.
Holly Loper is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in microbiology. You can watch her Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation, "Novel Field Study to Measure Environmental Nitrogen Losses from Maize," Oct. 28 at 6 p.m.
Abesh Bera is in his fifth year of the microbiology doctoral program at Iowa State. His Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation, which he will deliver in the final round of Iowa State's 3MT competition on Oct. 28, is titled "Remote Spatial Coordination Within Cytoskeleton Regulates Timing of Cell Division." Ahead of the competition, Abesh answered questions about his graduate studies about Iowa State.
Q: What brought you to Iowa State?
