For the last 20 years, the Wellcome Image Awards have celebrated the most stunning photographs in the fields of science. No less captivating than last year’s selections, this year’s winners dazzle the imagination and visualize complex concepts.
Chosen by a panel of nine judges, this year’s winners range from a peek at the blood vessels of an African Grey Parrot to a visualization of Twitter dialogue about breast cancer. After the overall winner is announced on March 15th, the photos will appear in exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa in an effort to make scientific study more accessible to a mainstream audience.
Take in the winners of the awards below. Cast a vote for the best image here for a chance to receive a print of the award-winning photo.
Developing spinal cord (Gabriel Galea, University College London)
Cat skin and blood supply (David Linstead)
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Language pathways of the brain (Stephanie J Forkel and Ahmad Beyh, Natbrainlab, King’s College London; Alfonso de Lara Rubio, King’s College London)
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Intraocular lens ‘iris clip’ (Mark Bartley, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
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Vessels of a healthy mini-pig eye (Peter M Maloca, OCTlab at the University of Basel and Moorfield s Eye Hospital, London; Christian Schwaller; Ruslan Hlushchuk, University of Bern; Sébastien Barré)
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Hawaiian bobtail squid (Mark R Smith, Macroscopic Solutions)
MicroRNA scaffold cancer therapy (João Conde, Nuria Oliva and Natalie Artzi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Surface of a mouse retina (Gabriel Luna, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara)
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Unravelled DNA in a human lung cell (Ezequiel Miron, University of Oxford)
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#breastcancer Twitter connections (Eric Clarke, Richard Arnett and Jane Burns, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)
