In Michaelmas Term 2021, Head of Department Professor David Paterson ran an image competition to refresh the science displayed on the Sherrington building walls. All members of DPAG were invited to take part and a wide variety of research images across a range of styles and themes were carefully considered.
Professor David Paterson said: "We received the largest number of images to date for a DPAG Image Competition. All images were judged blindly. They were all of a very high quality, so it was a difficult decision."
Congratulations to DPhil student Florina Szabo of the Molnár Group on winning the first prize, to postdoctoral fellow Dr Richard Tyser of the Srinivas Group on winning second prize, and to DPhil student Judy Sayers of the Riley Group on winning third prize. Their pictures will be framed and displayed in the Department.
Additionally, eight commended pictures, submitted by five DPAG members have been selected. These pictures will also be framed and displayed in the Department. Congratulations to DPhil students Konstantinos Klaourakis (Vieira Group) and Auguste Vadisiute (Molnár Group), and to postdoctoral research scientists Dr Robert Lees (Packer Group) and Dr Zeynep Okray (Waddell Group). Congratulations also to Florina Szabo, who in addition to her first prize winning entry, has four additional commended images.
First Prize - £100 Blackwell's vouchers - Florina Szabo
Epifluorescent image showing PV+ interneurons (green) in the mouse motor and somatosensory cortex and glutamatergic layer 5 cortical pyamidal neurons (red)
© Florina Szabó
Second Prize - £75 Blackwell’s vouchers - Dr Richard Tyser
Image of a mouse embryo around halfway through gestation (Embryonic Day 10). In white is the forming vasculature and in red is muscle highlighting the forming heart in the centre.
© Richard Tyser
Third Prize - £50 Blackwell’s vouchers - Judy Sayers
The Cardiac Conduction System and coronary arteries
© Judith Sayers
Commended - Konstantinos Klaourakis
MACROPHAGES AND BLOOD VASCULATURE FROM WHOLE MOUSE EMBRYO
© Konstantinos Klaourakis
Commended - Dr Robert Lees
SOMATOTOPIC WHISKER RESPONSES: CALCIUM FLUORESCENCE RESPONSES TO MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL WHISKER STIMULATIONS (COLOURED), AS SEEN THROUGH A CRANIAL WINDOW IN MURINE SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX (GRAYSCALE; TWO-PHOTON IMAGE). THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THE SOMATOTOPY OF ADJACENT WHISKERS (GREEN/RED/BLUE AREAS) AND HOW THE PRIMARY (LEFT) AND SECONDARY (RIGHT) RESPONSES DIFFER IN TOPOLOGY. BRUKER ULTIMA 2PPLUS MICROSCOPE USED FOR TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION AND WIDEFIELD ILLUMINATION.
© Robert Lees
Commended - Dr Zeynep Okray
COLLAGE: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LAB FLY
© Zeynep Okray
Commended - Auguste Vadisiute
Under the spotlight
© Auguste Vadisiute
Commended - FLORINA SZABO
Confocal image of the hindbrain pontine gray showing axonal fibres of 'silenced' layer 5 glutamatergic pyramidal neurons (red), parvalbumin interneurons (cyan) and the perineural nets surrounding interneurons (magenta)
© Florina Szabo
Confocal image depicting parvalbumin-positive interneurons (cyan) in the hippocampus and 'silenced' granule cells of the dentate gyrus
© Florina Szabo
Pencil sketch of the heart combining art and anatomy
© Florina Szabo
Merged confocal image of mouse primary somatosensory cortex showing 'silenced' layer 5 glutamatergic pyramidal neurons (red), parvalbumin GABAergic interneurons (cyan), and the perineural net surrounding Parvalbumin interneurons (magenta)
© Florina Szabo