Best Image Prize Winner May 2018

Retina Alpha

This mouse retinal wholemount was reconstructed using a Zeiss AxioImager with Apotome mode. Large alpha ganglion cells were labelled with the antibody SMI-32 (cyan to white). This antibody is raised against mouse, and therefore it labels blood vessels as well. Hoechst was used to label all cell bodies (DNA) (red).

Prof Evelyne Sernagor, Dr Gerrit Hilgen and Viktoriia Kartysh, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University.

Best Image Prize Runner Up May 2018

The Arbor Vitae of the murine cerebellum

The image depicts a Sagittal section of a murine cerebellum cultured ex-vivo for 10 days. Myelin (Green) is shown decorating the Arbor Vitae of the Cerebellum where Oligodendrocytes (Red) are located. Oligodendrocytes produce myelin throughout life. Image was obtained by collating a series of photomicrographs using a Zeiss LSM710 confocal microscope (Zeiss, Germany) and Plan-NEOFLUAR 5 objectives. Images were collated and postprocessed using ZenLite suite 2012 (Zeiss) and Adobe Photoshop 2017 (Adobe).

Dr Francesca Pieropan and Dr Andrea D Rivera, Institute of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK.