FameLab: Olga Sin wins German finale
In just three minutes at the end of April in Bielefeld, Dr. Olga Sin explained her protein research – and won over her audience. Olga Sin, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, as well as at the Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence, won the German finale of FameLab, an entertaining science competition which is held in more than 30 countries. In her lively talk, Olga Sin used building bricks to explain why people become forgetful and what happens to nerve cells in old age. In doing so, she not only convinced the jury, but also received the audience award. Olga Sin is a Postdoc at the Max Planck Researchgroup for RNA Biology in Münster. As the winner of the German competition she will now represent Germany in the international FameLab finale to be held in Cheltenham, England, in June.
FameLab:
FameLab is one of the largest competitions for scientific communication worldwide and is now held in more than 30 countries. In just three minutes, candidates have to explain complex scientific processes to an audience of non-specialists in an easy-to-understand and creative way. The only props they are allowed to use are those they can bring up onto the stage themselves.