GE Healthcare Life Sciences recentlyannounced Jane Stout from the United States, Anushree Balachandran from Australia, and Markus Posch from the UK as the winners of the GE Healthcare 2012 Cell Imaging Competition.
With over 15,000 votes cast in a public vote, the winners will be able to see their prize-winning cellular images displayed in Times Square, New York, on NBC Universal’s HD screen at a special event on April 19–21.
Now in its sixth year, GE Healthcare’s annual competition showcases the beauty of cells and the inspiring research conducted by cellular biologists around the world. In 2012, for the first time, there were two categories for submission, High-Content Analysis and Microscopy.
The competition attracted over 100 entries from researchers who are investigating at the cellular level conditions such as cancer, HIV and neurodegenerative disease. An expert scientific panel of five judges shortlisted the finalists for each category, which then went forward to the public vote.