Event Details:

Date:  Thursday, April 10, 2025 
Time: 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue: Core Science Facility Whale Atrium (45 Arctic Ave, St. John's)

The goal of the Gong Show is to excite the local community about research happening here in the Faculty of Science at Memorial University! Student, post-doctoral, and faculty presenters are challenged to pitch their research – jargon-free – in three minutes or less. 

Unlike the 3MT, where presenters must describe a thesis to a general scientific audience, the Gong Show presenter must describe their science in a way that anyone can understand, and the use of props is highly encouraged!  

If a presenter uses too much jargon, or the audience is no longer following, judges and audience members can “gong” the presenter. This will signal the speaker to explain their research more clearly.   

Judges will include local community members and the top undergraduate and graduate/post-doctoral presenters will win cash prizes! 

Check out some examples of science gong shows: 

University of Colorado Gong Show (Project Bridge) 
Pint of Science online gong show 

Presenters

Kertika Devi A, Biochemistry
A Chemical Armor of Sea Cucumber: Powerhouse of benefits or Toxic Threat?

Negin Banay shahani, Computer Science
Safeguarding Voices in the Mesh: A Framework for Analyzing Mesh Networking Messengers during Internet Shutdowns

Mehmet Bulut, Computer Science
Seamless Smartphone Integration in Virtual Reality

Kaitlyn Cothran, Biology
Use of Sediment Cores to Reconstruct Historic Eider Populations in the North Atlantic 

Sayani Kundu, Biology
Lingonberries: The Promising Superfruit Crop

Gage Moffatt, Biology
How dissolved salt can change the swimming ability of an ocean bacteria named Silicibacter?

Isaac Omeh, Biochemistry
Disease Programming via Nutrition and Epigenetics

Mahammed Zaid Patel, Biochemistry
How piRNA/PIWIs Help Control Genes in Non-Reproductive Tissue

Aidan Smith, Psychology
Physiques, Perception, and Misconceptions on TikTok

Parker Sullivan, Biology
Using maps to find out where seabird bycatch is happening in Newfoundland waters.

Madelyn Swackhamer, Biology
Using bacteria to fight bacteria