On April 7, at the Sorano Theatre, Mathilde Lacombe won the regional final of MT180
In Catherine Muller’s team, Mathilde Lacombe’s PhD project aims to investigate the role of androgens produced by peri-prostatic adipose tissue and bone marrow, using human samples, as an alternative source of androgens that may promote prostate cancer progression.
More specifically, this work seeks to determine to what extent these local androgen sources contribute to the persistence of androgen signaling, and thereby to tumor progression as well as resistance to treatment, both at the level of the primary tumor and in bone metastases. The thesis project is supervised by Delphine Milhas, Assistant Professor at the University of Toulouse.
At IPBS, Mathilde Lacombe is thus following in the footsteps of two other PhD students who have recently distinguished themselves in this competition: Jeanne Chauvat, a national finalist in 2023, and Wendy Le Mouëllic, who was awarded the Jury’s First Prize at the national competition in 2024.
“My Thesis in 180 Seconds” allows doctoral students to present their research topic, in French and in simple terms, to a diverse audience. Each student must deliver a clear, concise, and compelling three-minute presentation on their research project.
This competition is inspired by the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®), developed at the University of Queensland in Australia.
The concept was adopted in Quebec in 2012 by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), which sought to expand the project to all French-speaking countries.
