The award winners were announced at the end of year Research Celebration on Thursday 29 November.
To view larger versions of the winning images, click on the smaller versions below.
Spiral ganglion neurons
Healthy spiral ganglion neuron population in a developing Wistar rat cochlea. The cochlear whole mount tissue was labelled with βIII-tubulin and imaged with the Olympus FV1000 live cell confocal microscope.
See Shelly receiving her prize from BIRU Director Dr Gus Grey...
Tiki Butterfly
An unmyelinated axon in a nerve specimen.
See Cath receiving her prize from BIRU Director Dr Gus Grey..
“Moonscape”
Human sympathetic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells – 20x magnification.
See Annika receiving her prize from BIRU Director Dr Gus Grey...
Battle of the sexes
Corneal stem-cell enriched spheres derived from male and female donor tissue show a different migratory response to a collagen-coated surface as the cells jockey for position along the surface. Time lapse images taken with the Nikon BioStation. Individual video points assembled using Adobe Premiere Pro.
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See Salim receiving the prize from BIRU Director Dr Gus Grey...
