Main photo (L to R): Antonio Berretta, Ruth Napper, Emma Gowing, Laurel Quirke.  (Absent: Zin Khant Aung, Ali Mirjalili, Chris Smith)

Best Academic Staff Photo and Best Overall Photo
 “The Hell” – Dr Antonio Berretta
This image shows glioma cells.  The red labels the cytoskeleton while the turquoise shows the nucleus.

 
Best Photo with a Reproduction and Genomics Theme
“Sheep Uterus” – Laurel Quirke (MSc student)
Sheep uterus at day 18 of pregnancy.  Laurel’s study is investigating implantation of sheep with low embryo survival.


Best Student Photo
“The Love of Healing” – Zin Khant Aung (MSc student)
The façade of the Hercus Building taken from Hanover Street.


Best General Staff Photo
“DJ Sam is in Da House!!” – Chris Smith
Bathed in the glow of miniaturized technology, a 2 year old watches his favourite animation on an iPod in the small wee hours of the morning, having just flown 16000km from Dunedin NZ to Boston USA, as yet to adjust his body clock.


Best Gastrointestinal-related Photo
“In Action and Waiting” – Dr Ruth Napper
This image was taken in the light microscope with x40 objective lens and shows the layer of epithelium that lines the small intestine.  The reddish-brown cells forming a single layer are columnar epithelial cells that absorb the products of digestion from the small intestine.  The blue cell is a mucous secreting cell that is releasing mucous into the lumen of the small intestine to form a protective coating on the surface of the columnar cells.  The other bluish cell is also a mucous secreting cell that was not actively secreting when the tissue sample was taken.


Best Photo with a Neuroscience Theme
“Romeo and Giulietta” – Dr Antonio Berretta
This image shows two hippocampal neurons (in turquoise) grown in vitro (in culture).  The red staining labels a glutamate receptor.  In vitro like in vivo neurons and make connections (synapses) between them.  These connections are like a romantic embrace between two lovers.


Highly Commended
“The Heart and Aorta” – Seyed Ali Mirjalili (PhD student)
This image illustrates the heart and aorta with its major branches in a living subject using a CT scan.


Highly Commended
“Stroke Koru” – Emma Gowing
This image of a coiling blood vessel comes from a section of mouse brain at the edge of a stroke in the motor cortex.  In the Clarkson lab we are working to find treatments that aid functional recovery after stroke.  The green staining indicates immature progenitor cells and the orange shows up the reactive astrocytes.  This image was taken on the montaging microscope in the OCCM using a x20 objective.