Striking Image 2024
9th Annual Competition
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Hosted and organised by the Advanced Imaging and Microscopy Network (AIM), the competition celebrates microscopy excellence and promotes colour blind friendly images. Showcase your research by submitting biology-related images captured on any optical microscope across the University of Calgary!
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2023 Winners
First Prize Winner
This image shows axons (orange) and cell nuclei (blue) of a whole zebrafish brain, a pattern which may be altered by genetic or environmental insults, indicating a neurodevelopmental disturbance.
Rachel Lacroix
Second Prize
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) containing neurons (cells from the “fight-orflight” nervous system) in a mouse heart. TH neurons are essential for fine-tuned, dynamic control of the heart’s pumping ability.
Jordan Lee
Fourth Prize
Mouse colon section stained with an oxidation sensitive probe to study oxidative stress in tissue. Lipids peroxides also oxidize the probe which results in a change in fluorescence (indicated by yellow to red). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue).
James Sousa
Third Prize
Mouse cerebellum. Orange lines are nerve cell processes through which electrical signals are transmitted. Blue surrounding these orange cables is myelin, an insulating layer.
Rianne Gorter
Fifth Prize
Purkinje cells & Pre-synapses. The images shows Purkinje cells (magenta) andpre-synapses (yellow) in mouse cerebellum. Nuclei are shown in cyan.
Qianqian Guo
Joint 5th Prize
Cleared brainstem imaged on using lightsheet microscopy. The specimen is stained for the enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase, which is a marker of a branch of autonomic nervous system important for the regulation of cardiovascular function.
Richard Yu