Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Scientific Image Competition 2023
(previous years' entries 2011 - 2022 here)
Results of the competition
SCIENTIFIC MERIT PRIZE
1st place
GPs: Macrophage-specific delivery tool visualized three ways. Confocal and electron microscopy images of Drosophila macrophages (green) internalizing yeast-derived glucan particles, which represent a suitable macrophage-specific delivery tool.
SCIENTIFIC MERIT PRIZE
2nd place
Single molecule interactions - the image demonstrates interactions between individual signaling molecules (a G protein-coupled receptor and a G protein) in living cells after treatment with dopamine.
SCIENTIFIC MERIT PRIZE
3rd place
Rocket to Mars - Parts of the queen bumblebee's ovary. The developing oocyte is nourished by a group of sister cells.
AESTHETIC MERIT PRIZE
1st place
Inseparable friends - A muscular and glandular trichome on a potato leaf of the Marabel variety.
AESTHETIC MERIT PRIZE
2nd place
A tangled path - The silk of the spindle ermine moth, Yponomeuta cagnagella.
AESTHETIC MERIT PRIZE
3rd place
Colony core of Trichodesmium - a marine filamentous cyanobacterium; the sample was collected in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat, Israel) and employed to visualize the presence of associated bacteria.
Cross-section of the root of plant Askellia flexusa (Asteraceae) - from the Himalayas (~ 4700 m asl) stained with AstraBlue and Safranin solution (Abbreviations: ep - epidermis; ph - phloem; xv - xylem vessel; xf - xylem fiber; pa - parenchyma; ca - cambium; mr - medullary rays).
Recycled paper - the photo of a paper towel made from recycled paper with visible bits of different candy wrappers from the original paper used for recycling.
An ultrathin TEM section of a four-cell cyst of Chromera velia
Wasp egg: Immune response to a parasitoid egg. Although the parasitoid wasp egg (blue) laid in Drosophila larva (visualized by micro computed tomography) tries to hide from the host immune response in the folds of intestine (green), it is recognized by plasmatocytes (white, upper left) and later encapsulated by lamellocytes (white, upper right).
Cross-section of the root of plant Askellia flexusa (Asteraceae) - from the Himalayas (~ 4700 m asl) stained with AstraBlue and Safranin solution (Abbreviations: ep - epidermis; ph - phloem; xv - xylem vessel; xf - xylem fiber; pa - parenchyma; ca - cambium; mr - medullary rays).
Crystals - Calcium oxalate crystals on the silk cocoon of the cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia.
On the hair fiber - Detail of a hair root of a curious student. The image was taken during a practical microscopy exercise.
Frozen beauty of Sphagnum cuspidatu.
Image Competition Archive 2011-2022
Image Competition Archive 2011-2022
