Joshua Chu-Tan is a second-year PhD student in the Natoli Group at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University (ANU). His presentation of his thesis, “Targeting the Root of Vision Loss”, won him top prize at the ANU’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. This event challenges PhD students to present their research in three minutes to a non-specialist audience. Joshua also went on to win the 2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT, and represent the ANU at the international Falling Walls Conference in Berlin.