On 19 June, Amy Newman won both Runner Up and Popular Choice at the University of Warwick Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills by challenging students to effectively explain their research in engaging, accessible language to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. Amy is a NERC CENTA PhD student with Professor Gary Bending, investigating the presence and influence of circadian rhythms on plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere. Find out more about 3MT.