The Three Minute Flash Talk Competition (Open for 2026)

Graduate students and Postdocs are invited to submit a 3 minute video that is a Flash Talk advertisement for their poster.  These videos will be used as audition videos to select the best.  Ten submissions will earn invitations to present their Flash Talk directly before the poster sessions.  One submission will be chosen as the Founders Award recipient who will be invited to give a full talk.

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The Rules

• A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted. No slide transitions, animations or 'movement' of any description are allowed. The slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration.

• No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.

• No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment) are permitted.

• Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.

• Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g. no poems, raps, or songs)

• (taken from 3 minute thesis - https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au/resources/competition-rules)

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To be eligible the candidate PhD student or a postdoctoral fellow need only register for the meeting and submit poster abstract.

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To be considered for a flash talk and/or the Founders Award presentation, submit your 3 minute flash talk video (as an mp4 file or powerpoint file with an embedded video) and CV (as a word or pdf file), by October 25 2025 to this dropbox folder. Please name each file with your first and surname (Eg. joe_scientist).

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Please confirm submission by sending an email to amgulick@buffalo.edu

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The Founders Travel Award

The Founders Travel Award was created to support the participation of students and/or postdocs at the EMC. The Award is administered by the Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award consists of travel support up to $2,000 for one graduate student or postdoc to attend the biannual winter Enzyme Mechanisms Conference.

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Special Junior Investigator Accommodations Rate

We have negotiated for a limited number of Coastal View rooms at the Omni La Costa specifically for graduate students and postdocs with a discounted rate of $209 per night. These will be available on a first come first served basis.

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