Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Departmental competition for the best photo and picture

There are two categories and the first prize is 3000 CZK in each category:

I. "Scientific Merit" category - captures a major breakthrough in research from the previous year.

II. "Aesthetic Merit" - the photo (image) should be pleasing to the eye and open to all kinds of artistic treatment- people can unleash their inner surrealist.

The competition is under the patronage of prof. Alexander W. Bruce (awbruce@prf.jcu.cz). All contestants will be judged by a panel of faculty members from the department with input from likes that contestants receive on our departmental Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/KMBPrFJU

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Scientific Image Competition 2024

(previous years' entries 2011 - 2023 here)

Results of the competition

Matej Milacek (Jindra lab)

SCIENTIFIC MERIT PRIZE

1^st place

Juvenile hormone matters: Drosophila larval salivary glands either reduce or increase ploidy when the juvenile hormone receptor is knocked down (top) or overexpressed (bottom) in marked cells (cyan). Magenta – DNA, white – actin.

Gabriela Krejcova (Bajgar lab)

SCIENTIFIC MERIT PRIZE

2^nd place

Metamorphosis by Recycling: Dissected Drosophila melanogaster pupa depicting the interaction of immune cells (magenta) that recycle nutrients from histolyzing larval adipocytes (green) during metamorphosis.

Miriama Peklanska (Nouzova lab)

SCIENTIFIC MERIT PRIZE

3^rd place

Redbull!: Atypical phenomenon - wings in the pupal stage.

Hana Sehadova (Lubomir Adamec lab)

AESTHETIC MERIT PRIZE

1^st place

A look into the depths: Cross sections through the apical stem segments of the aquatic species Utricularia macrorhiza. A combination of autofluorescence in the UV, green and red spectra reflecting the presence of various phenolic substances.

Gabriela Krejcova (Bajgar lab)

AESTHETIC MERIT PRIZE

2^nd place

A Song of Ice and Fire: Macrophages labelled with endogenously expressed fluorescent protein (blue) and cytoskeletal dye (white) interacting with fluorescently labelled transgenic Streptococcus pneumoniae (red).

Eva Kopecka (Gahurova lab)

AESTHETIC MERIT PRIZE

3^rd place

Make Science, not war!: Mouse ovary, Mallory

Zuzana Wagnerova (Personal Department)

Detail of dishwashing sponge from Social room CH 00 008, Faculty of Science, building C.

Zuzana Wagnerova (Personal Department)

Metal Gaxaly

Zuzana Wagnerova (Personal Department)

Secrets of the Deep

Valentyna Kuznetsova (Polivka lab)

Beads: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii immobilized in beads, transforming algae into a living mosaic of photosynthesis.

Valentyna Kuznetsova (Polivka lab)

Crystal: A mesmerizing fusion of science and art in the pigment complexes.

Valentyna Kuznetsova (Polivka lab)

Caviar: Nature's magnificent pearls — Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in alginate beads, where biology meets art.

Hana Sehadova (Lubomir Adamec lab)

Snake’s eye: A cross-section of the top segment of the stem of the aquatic plant Utricularia macrorhiza. Stained with toluidine blue for the presence of phenolic substances. The photograph was taken while studying anatomical changes of the stem in several species of the genus Utricularia.

Hana Sehadova (Zurovec lab)

Hilly terrain: Close-up of a small part of the body surface of the moth Neomicropterix cornuta of the family Micropterigidae, taken with a scanning electron microscope

Monika Fluks (Bruce lab)

Corona: Actin (red) and DAPI (cyan) stained mouse germinal vesicle (GV) stage oocyte

Matej Milacek (Jindra lab)

Mosaic of mosaics: Drosophila larvae are "mosaics" composed of polyploid organs that self-destruct and tissues that make the adult fly during metamorphosis.