The winners of the GE Healthcare 2012 Cell Imaging Competition have been revealed.
With more than 15,000 votes cast in a public vote, Jane Stout, Anushree Balachandran and Markus Posch can now look forward to seeing their stunning prize-winning cellular images displayed in Times Square, New York on NBC Universal’s HD screen at a special event on 19-21 April.
Stout, from the School of Medicine, Indiana University, Bloomington, US, took first place in the high-content analysis category for her image of a Metaphase epithelial cell stained for microtubules (red), kinetochores (green) and DNA (blue).
Balachandran, from Genea, Sydney, Australia, was regional winner in the microscopy category for her image of Huntington's stem cell derived oligodendrocyte precursors stained for phalloidin (green), vinculin (red) and DNA (blue).
Markus Posch, from the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, University of Dundee, UK, took an image of a Prometaphase human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cell with GFP-histone labelled chromosomes (blue) stained for tubulin (yellow).
Now in its sixth year, GE Healthcare’s annual competition showcases the beauty of cells and the inspiring research conducted by cellular biologists around the world. In 2012, for the first time, there were two categories for submission: High-Content Analysis and Microscopy. The competition attracted more than 100 entries from researchers who are investigating at the cellular level conditions such as cancer, HIV, and neurodegenerative disease.
Eric Roman, General Manager of Research and Applied Markets, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, said: ‘This year’s winning images are as beautiful and compelling as ever. Not only can they be appreciated from an aesthetic point of view, but they also remind us of the cellular complexity behind disease and why the study of cells is so important.
‘We were delighted to receive so many outstanding entries to the competition, which highlights how high-content and super-resolution cell imaging are helping scientists explore the universe of the cell, and so advance our understanding of so many life threatening and life-limiting diseases.’
The Cell Imaging Competition, supported by BioTechniques, celebrates the exceptional research of scientists across the world using IN Cell Analyzer, DeltaVision Elite and DeltaVision OMX systems in their work.
