Welcome to the Visions of Discovery
Image Competition Website
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 competition:
1st Prize
Professor Sam Eljamel,
Centre for Neuroscience, Division of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing
Brain Tumour Imaging: A three-dimensional image of the human brain demonstrating a malignant brain tumour (green ball) surrounded by white matter fibres; motor fibres in red, sensory fibres in blue, connecting fibres in green and speech fibres in dark-green behind the tumour. This visualisation allowed removal of the tumour through a surgical corridor without affecting the patient’s speech, motor or sensory functions.
2nd Prize and Best PhD Student Image
Ehsan Pourkarimi,
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences
3rd Prize Winner
Dr. Emma King
Light Microscopy Facility, College of Life Sciences
Mouse Gut Microvilli: Super-resolution image of microvilli, microtubules and nuclei in a section of mouse gut. Acquired using a structured illumination microscopy protocol (OMX microscope), this image reveals individual actin fibres, located in the centre of microvilli, that have been previously unresolvable by the light microscope (in collaboration with Dr Paul Appleton).
4th Prize Winner
Ana Agostinho,
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences
Worm Cell Suicide: DNA damage-induced apoptosis (cell death) in the germ cells of the soil-dwelling nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. SIR-2.1 (green) is a nuclear protein that exits the nuclei of germ cells upon induced damage. CED-4 (red), a pro-apoptotic protein, is responsible for transmitting the signal to the effector caspase leading to apoptosis. Image obtained on a DeltaVision DV3 widefield deconvolution microscope.
5th Prize Winner
Daniel Hain
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences
Fruit Fly Embryos: Reconstruction of fruit fly embryos undergoing cellularization. Cellularization is used as a model to understand the regulation of cell division. The investigation of differences between wildtype (top) and mutants like drop out (bottom) will help to unravel aberrant gene function in cancer and other diseases.
Please feel free to visit the exhibition which is open to the public until Jan 2010.
Exhibition Location: Dalhousie Building Foyer (#14 on map)
Old Hawkhill. University of Dundee
Background to the Competition
This is the place to find out all about the 2009 Visions of Discovery Image Competition - a celebration of the beauty of images generated by biological and medical research.
This new competition stemmed from the success of the earlier Images of Medical Science competitions that ran in the Medical School.
This time the competition was open to all members of the College of Life Sciences and College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing at the University of Dundee.
Images must have reflect an aspect of research within the Colleges of Life Science and Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing. Entries will be judged on their aesthetic qualities, originality, informational content, technical proficiency, and visual impact.
Entries could be either single images or composites, colour or monochrome. Possible examples might include: micrographs illustrating cellular processes, time lapse montages, 3D computer rendering, molecular structures, images reflecting clinically oriented research, but this is by no means an exhaustive list. Imaginative and inventive means of communicating your research were definitely encouraged!