Dr Phanramphoei Namprachan Frantz, a researcher at the virology and cell technology laboratory, National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), has won the Euraxess Science Slam Asean 2013. The competition is a platform for scientists to showcase their research projects to their peers and to the public.

Frantz entered the first round competition by submitting a two-minute video clip singing a rap song about her current work on the development of vaccine combating Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDV). She was among the five finalists chosen from 40 video submissions.

“The lyrics in the rap are easy-to-understand language, and free of technical jargons, relying on items listeners are familiar with in their everyday lives, in order to get the audience to understand what I want to explain. Making a fun-filled rap song fun makes my presentation more interesting,” she said.

The final round of the competition was held in Singapore on September 25, in which each finalist made a 10-minute presentation in front of a live audience of 150.

“I was very happy once the top award was announced for me. I was very anxious and excited seconds before the announcement was made because there were many Singaporean supporters attending the event held in the host country,” she said.

Dr Frantz was awarded a trip to Brussels in Belgium, where she will attend the Euraxess Voice of Researchers Conference along with the winners of the other Euraxess Science Slams, which are organised in the US, Japan, India, China and Brazil.

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