Pablo won the Elevator Pitch contest!

Last week three research centers at UAB celebrated an Elevator Pitch contest. Students and researchers had 2 minutes to explain their research projects to the audience, in a fun and understandable way.

There were 20 participants from the IBB, the ICTA-UAB and INc (our institute), and all of them talked about what they are doing in their labs. They all did amazing presentations, and we had a very nice time learning from them!

Pablo explained his PhD project, in which he puts all his energy and passion. He is investigating how to cure motion sickness (yes, he is not working in mitochondrial disease, but we still like him), using optogenetics and chemogenetics. Doing his research in mice, he turns on and off specific neuron populations to discover which ones are involved in this annoying phenomenon of feeling sick.

The audience were the jury, and through their votes they decided Pablo had to be the first winner. He did an excellent job with his communication, and we are very proud of him! Congrats, Pablo!