Congrats to our 2024 vEM Awesome image competition winners!
1st place: Vanessa Chiappini
Image Description:
Neuron 1: Am I by any chance seeing double here? Neuron 2: No, I'm just your mirror neuron! - Technique: SBF-SEM
Image Description:
Neuron 1: Am I by any chance seeing double here? Neuron 2: No, I'm just your mirror neuron! - Technique: SBF-SEM
2nd Place: Molly Hair
Image Description:
The 3D model of a Leishmania mexicana promastigote doublet cell displays the cell body (green), flagella (pink and orange), and nuclei in the final division stages (cyan) - Technique: SBF-SEM
Image Description:
The 3D model of a Leishmania mexicana promastigote doublet cell displays the cell body (green), flagella (pink and orange), and nuclei in the final division stages (cyan) - Technique: SBF-SEM
3rd Place: Igor Kraev
Image Description:
Synapse from mouse brain; presynaptic bouton (green), presynaptic vesicles (purple), postsynaptic density (red), dendritic spine (grey) - Technique: Serial sections TEM
Image Description:
Synapse from mouse brain; presynaptic bouton (green), presynaptic vesicles (purple), postsynaptic density (red), dendritic spine (grey) - Technique: Serial sections TEM