[RETROSPECTIVE] Chloé Chave and Noémie Dumont win the MT180 regional finals

The Université de Lyon finals

On Thursday, March 20, twelve PhD students from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 2, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, Université Gustave Eiffel and INSA Lyon presented their research projects in three minutes, before a jury and a non-specialist audience who voted for their favorite candidate. A crowd of almost 350 people gathered at the Université de Lyon’s Grand Amphithéâtre to support their favorite candidate, with several hundred viewers tuning in to watch the competition online.

The finalists 

• The first prize was awarded to Chloé Chave, from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (LBTI laboratory), for her thesis “Involvement of a KIAA protein in the mechanobiology of human keratinocytes and in skin aging”. View her presentation
• Second place went to Noémie Dumont, from Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (IHRIM laboratory), for her thesis “Chess in the Iberian Peninsula during the Renaissance (1475-1575)”. View her presentation
• Finally, third pace went to Virgile Daunay, from Université Jean Monnet-Saint Étienne (DDL laboratory), for his thesis “Non-verbal vocalizations: a missing link? Study of the evolutionary functions of vocal control”. View his presentation
• The audience at the Université de Lyon’s Grand Amphithéâtre was also invited to vote for their favorite thesis subject and the best 180-second presentation. It was once again the turn of Chloé Chave, from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (LBTI laboratory) to win the People’s Choice Award!

Chloé and Noémie have therefore qualified for the next round of the competition, which will take place in two stages:

• A regional selection phase between April and mid-May 2025,
• The national final will take place on June 17 with the 16 successful candidates. 

Congratulations to them both!
 

Video presentations of the 12 PhD students (in French)