Every year Aquaneering holds the Art of Science Photomicrography Contest. Images are judged on both technical execution and artistic rendition by an outside panel of science and art professionals. The three winning photos are featured on the next year's calendar, which is distributed in the January issue of Zebrafish Magazine. In addition, winners are awarded up to $1,000 in cash prizes.
PRIZES:
First Prize - $1,000
Second Prize - $750
Third Prize - $500
* 2018 Art of Science Contest is now closed *
To enter, please submit your photomicrograph(s) and a completed entry form by September 30, 2017. Read the contest rules carefully as some of the rules have changed. Good luck!
Ubiquitous expression of Brainbow fluorescent proteins in a two day old zebrafish. Multicolor labeling allows tracing of fine neuronal processes.
3D maximum projection of a confocal stack in a 50% epiboly zebrafish embryo (5 hours post fertilization). The nuclei of the cells are shown in yellow (h2b-gfp) and the cell membranes in cyan (mem-cherry).
Expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) being driven by the transcription factor sox9b (green) in the developing zebrafish fin. An antibody against synaptic vesicles (red) marks neural connections and DAPI (blue) marks cell bodies.
2014 Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Jessica Plavicki
Gopi Shah
Erica Binelli
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics,
Dresden, Germany
DePaul University
Tail in zebrafish larva, 96 hours post fertilization
Eight cell stage of zebrafish embryo inside chorion
Gut tissue in adult zebrafish
2013 Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Ryan Thummel
Rebecca L. Beer
Lihua Le
Wayne State University
School of Medicine
University of California Davis
Indiana University
School of Medicine
Adult zebrafish retina rod photoreceptors
Adult zebrafish ovary
Zebrafish embryo pancreas ducts
2013 Honorable Mentions
Alison Deary
Martin Distel
Andrew Prendergast
Virginia Institute of Marine Science College of William and Mary
University of California, San Diego
University of Washington
12 day old spadefish
Axons, cholinergic neurons, and cell nuclei in zebrafish brain
Hindbrain region of 7 day old zebrafish embryo
Surendra Rajpurohit
Jennifer Thomas
Fengzhu Xiong
Medical College of Georgia,
Georgia Health Sciences University
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Megason Lab
Harvard Medical School
Adult zebrafish heart normal anatomy
Developing zebrafish retina at 7 days post fertilization
Motorneurons in spinal cord of zebrafish
2012 Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Tjakko van Ham
Francelethia Shabazz
Fengzhu Xiong
Massachusetts General Hospital
Plunkett Lab
St. Thomas University
Megason Lab
Harvard Medical School
Live zebrafish larval brain
Adult zebrafish brainstem
neuronal culture
Lateral section of a zebrafish tail
2012 Honorable Mentions
Rodney Dale
Benjamin Martin
Matthew McCarroll
Northwestern University
University of Washington
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Zebrafish embryo lateral view of dorsal head above eye
Zebrafish Tail-3 major cell lineages:
vasculature (green), skeletal (blue), and spinal cord neurons (red)
Inner ear & cranial ganglia in 36-hour post fertilization zebrafish
Hillary McGraw
Valerie Wittamer
Xiayang Xie
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Traver Lab
University of California San Diego
Georgia Health Sciences University
Dissected ceratobranchial arches 3 & 4 from jaw of adult zebrafish
Hematopoietic cells in Zebrafish adult skin
Transgenic fish spinal cord expression (red) & spinal cord and neuron branches (yellow)
2011 Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Chanjae Lee
Margaret Mills
Fengzhu Xiong
University of Texas, Austin
Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center
Megason Lab
Harvard Medical School
Microtubules and Xenopus Hindgut
Juvenile Stickleback Armor
Spinal Chord - Zebrafish
2010 Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Frederique Ruf-Zamojski
Bruce Draper
Tatiana Hochgreb
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Davis
California Institute of Technology
Eye of a 50 hour post fertilization zebrafish embryo
Zebrafish ovary stained for Vasa protein
Bicistronic expresson in eye of zebrafish embryo
2009 Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Albert Pan
Frederique Ruf-Zamojski
Long Zhao
Harvard University
California Institute of Technology
Tsinghua University, Beijing
Dorsal View of the head of a live 3 days post fertilization zebrafish
Confocal image of the tail of a 4 day-old fliptrap zebrafish embryo
Zebrafish skin structure in tropmyosin4 mutant stained by phalloidin-TRITC
2009 Honorable Mention
Wilson Clements
University of California, San Diego
Zebrafish tail at 48 hours, mirrored image
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