1st prize: Chantal Roubinet
Psychedelic brain: these beautiful brain lobes from Drosophila larvae illustrate the diversity of the cells that work together to generate a functional brain. This confocal image shows the nuclear envelope of nuclei in green (Lamin), the chromatin in blue (DAPI), Tubulin in Magenta and a cortical marker in red (dMoesin)
2nd prize: Alan Prescott
Mitochondrial organisation and turnover in the tongue revealed by the mitoQC mouse model Images taken from a frozen section of the tongue from the mitoQC mouse. Mitochondria are labelled with GFP(Green) and mCherry(Red). Nuclei are blue.
3rd prize: Hoang Anh Le Drops of colour. This is a still image from a live imaging movie of a COS-7 cell expressing the marker LifeAct showing the intricate network of the actin cytoskeleton. The image is inspired by the Pop Art style picture of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol.
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