Anatomical Society Best Image Prize
Background
Judging Panel: Website, Media and Communications Committee.
Deadline Dates for Prizes: 31st May and 31st October.
Images: Should be a single colourful graphical image as a JPEG or TIF file with a minimum resolution of 300dpi and a maximum size of 3Mb, for use on our website/newsletter or other media. We will also accept colourful images of anatomical artwork.
Please confirm that you have obtained permission from the people in any images that you send to us that they are content for their images to be used on the Anatomical Society website/newsletter or other media. By submitting an image you are confirming that you have obtained permission from the people in any photos that you send to us that they are content for their photos to be used on the Anatomical Society website/newsletter and other media.
Short Title: Title to identify image (no more than 3 words)
Narrative: A short narrative should accompany the image (50 words - similar to a figure legend). For example: what it is; how it was produced; why it is special and so forth.
Number of images: An applicant may submit not more than 3 images for any one competition. Normally images can only be submitted to a single competition.
Copyright: Applicants submitting images must either own the copyright of the image or have gained the explicit permission of the copyright holder for the image to be submitted for this award. By submitting an image (s) Applicants are confirming that either he/she own(s) the copyright of the image or have gained the explicit permission of the copyright holder for the image to be submitted for this award and to be used on the Anatomical Society website/newsletter and other media.
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Eligibility:
The lead submitting author must be a member of the Anatomical Society who has been elected to membership by Council by the submission date of the award and is up-to-date with their subscriptions to the Society.
Award:
£ 200 is awarded twice a year.
Submission: Complete entry form (NB. complete all boxes). Email as attachments the completed entry form and the image to theteam@anatsoc.org.uk
Entry Form
Previous Recipients of Best Image Prize
Image Title |
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Description
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Graphite pencil and watercolour of a horse femur |
Submission Date |
07/10/21 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Dr Fay Penrose, University of Liverpool, UK |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s) and institution(s) |
N/A |
RUNNER-UP PRIZE
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Description
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‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp’ (Rembrandt 1632) shows students studying cadaveric anatomy in the laboratory. Inspired by this painting’s composition, I created the ‘COVID-safe Anatomy Lesson’ in this acrylic on A3 canvas piece. My apologies to Rembrandt. |
Submission Date |
30/09/21 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Professor Ian Johnson, Macquarie University,Sydney, Australia |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s) and institution(s) |
N/A |
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Description
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Pseudo-colorized scanning electron micrograph of the in vitro mineralised jellyfish collagen scaffold (Jellagen®Ltd). Owing to the highly porous structure of the scaffold, collagen fibres (PINK and GREEN) are randomly tangled in a flower-like shape, with mineral deposition (yellow) observed on the surface for enhanced osseointegration and new bone formation. |
Submission Date |
24/05/2021 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Miss Patricia Medesan, Doctoral Fellow in Anatomical/Biomedical Sciences, Paxton Laboratory, Edinburgh Medical School, UK |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
Dr Jennifer Z. Paxton, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, UK Professor Andrew Mearns-Spragg, Jellagen® Ltd, Cardiff, UK |
RUNNER-UP PRIZE
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Description |
As an artist with a fascination for Anatomy, I am privileged to have the opportunity to carry out cadaveric dissections. This oil painting (120cm x 120cm) is my subjective response to that necessarily objective experience. The intention is to challenge what I see as the tenuous art - science distinction. |
Submission Date |
20/05/21 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Dr Jac Saorsa |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
None |
FIRST PRIZE |
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Description
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Illustration of the right eye showing the ophthalmic and maxillary divisions of the trigeminal nerve. Drawn by hand using pencil with computer colour rendering. Completed for research on the disease of syphilis. |
Submission Date |
31/10/20 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Ms Lydia Carline |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
N/A |
RUNNER-UP BEST IMAGE PRIZE |
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Image Title |
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Description |
A maximum image projection of a differentiating induced pluripotent stem cell derived neurosphere cultured in a 3D porous, soft hyaluronic acid tissue scaffold in vitro. Astrocytes (pink) coalesce at the core driving intrinsic signalling while differentiating neurons (yellow) are found at the periphery. Imaged using a Zeiss Examiner.Z1 confocal microscope. |
Submission Date |
29/10/2020 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Dr Adrian Dervan - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER) |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
Mr Cian O’ Connor – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER) Professor Fergal O’Brien - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER) |
FIRST PRIZE |
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Description
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In this skeletal preparation of a little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) hatchling, cartilage and mineralised tissues are stained with Alcian Blue and Alizarin Red, respectively. Cartilaginous fishes, like the skate, do not form bone, but instead reinforce their skeleton with tiny superficial tiles of calcified cartilage called “tesserae”. |
Submission Date |
30 May 2020 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Andrew Gillis |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
N/A |
RUNNER-UP PRIZE |
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Description
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Confocal image of the root of a tooth showing in green the expression of the putative stem cell marker Thy1. The image has been mirrored and flipped to give the impression of a kaleidoscope. |
Submission Date |
27/05/2020 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Abigail Tucker |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
Rupali Lav |
FIRST PRIZE |
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Description
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Live light sheet images of the heart and connecting vasculature of a 3-day old zebrafish embryo. Tissue-specific transgenic lines allow visualisation of actin in the myocardial (green) and endocardial (magenta) cells of the heart, providing highly detailed 3D reconstructions of cardiac morphogenesis. |
Submission Date |
29.10.19 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Dr Emily Noël, University of Sheffield |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
Ms Juliana Sanchez Posada |
JOINT RUNNER-UP |
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Description
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High-resolution µCT data was collected at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron to visualise the internal structure of human orthotopic (left) and heterotopic (right) bone. This 3D volumetric render illustrates the morphological comparability of osteocyte lacunae (in green) across bone types. Bone surfaces (including Haversian canal walls) are shown in brown. |
Submission Date |
31st October, 2019 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author (s) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Dr Crispin Wiles, University of Warwick |
Name(s) of Other submitting author (s) and Institution(s) |
None |
JOINT RUNNER-UP |
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Image Title
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Description
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Composite photomicrograph of the left middle ear apparatus of a chinchilla. Careful dissection has revealed the tensor tympani muscle (centre left): its tendon crosses the middle ear cavity to insert on the manubrium of the malleus. The head of the stapes is visible in the background.
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Submission Date |
31.10.19
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Name(s) of LEAD submitting author (s) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Dr Matthew J. Mason University of Cambridge, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience
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Name(s) of Other submitting author (s) and institution(s) |
None |
Image Title (3 words max.) |
Cerebellar slice culture |
Description (50 words max.) |
This confocal image depicts a mouse cerebellar slice culture immunostained with the neuronal marker Calbindin (red) and myelin (white). Image was captured using a Zeiss LSM710 confocal microscope (Zeiss, Germany) and 10x objective.
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Submission Date |
23/05/2019 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s)
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Dr Francesca Pieropan
University of Portsmouth |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
Dr Andrea D. Rivera
University of Portsmouth |
RUNNER-UP
Image Title (3 words max.) |
Warhol retinal clusters
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Description (50 words max.) |
We recently discovered transient cholinergic cell clusters forming an annulus around the optic disc in the neonatal mouse retina. These images illustrate the clusters (ChAT immunostaining) in a retinal wholemount (postnatal day 5) with ganglion cells (RBPMS immunostaining) in the background in various colour combinations inspired by Andy Warhol’s paintings. |
Submission Date |
31 May 2019 |
Name(s) of LEAD submitting author(s ) who must be members of the Anatomical Society and institution(s) |
Professor Evelyne Sernagor |
Name(s) of Other submitting author(s ) and institution(s) |
Jean de Montigny Dr Vidhyasankar Krishnamoorthy Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University |
FIRST PRIZE