Aleksandra Pivovarova, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at UAH, took home the top prize in the Master's Category at the third-annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition. The event, which was hosted by UAH's School of Graduate Studies, challenges graduate students to describe their research in just three minutes and using only a single slide. Pivovarova, who has a bachelor's degree in biology from UAH, entitled her presentation "Targeting Cancer's Sweet Tooth." Its content is based on research she's currently performing on breast cancer cells in Dr. Gordon MacGregor's lab, which she describes as "a creative environment" that enables her to explore her own ideas.