SUMMARY
The sixth annual Evident Image of the Year Award, a microscopy photography contest, has announced its winners. Katie Holden's winning image, 'Neuronal Cosmos,' displays lab-grown neurons that self-organize into patterns resembling the layered architecture of the human brain, drawing parallels between astronomy and biology. Another winning image in the Materials Science category depicted a lignin fiber that looked like desert dunes. Regional prizes were also awarded for images of plant cells, pollen, and rat heart structures. Winners received scientific imaging equipment from Evident.
TAKEAWAYS
Microscopy contest winner Katie Holden's photo 'Neuronal Cosmos' shows lab-grown neurons.
The image visually parallels microscopic biology with cosmic phenomena.
Another entry resembled desert dunes, and regional winners captured plant and animal cells.
Evident, formerly Olympus Microscopes, organized the competition.