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2022年1月24日

iCeMS Daily Photo Contest 2021の入賞者が決定しました

 iCeMS Daily Photo Contestは、顕微鏡写真など、研究に関わる写真から、ラボでの日常の一コマなど、研究者の日常を身近に感じられるような写真をアイセムス メンバーから募り、アイセムス メンバーによる投票を経て入賞作品が決定するコンテストです。4回目となる今回は、20点の応募があり、総勢65名の投票によりグランプリが決定しました。今回、入賞作品を紹介します。

グランプリ

Aka-chan and general relativity theory | Mingshui Yao (Kitagawa Lab)
Chemiko-chan (研美子, the nickname), the 6-month-old baby girl, is reading the book introducing general relativity theory. Who can read such a complicated theory younger than me? Please challenge me.

優秀賞

Hydrophobic iCeMS | Andrew Gibbons (Sivaniah Lab)
'iCeMS' was painted on a glass slide with a hydrophobic coating. Drops of food dye in water reveal the coating.
conc. 2021 | Junichi Usuba (Fukazawa Lab)
This photo was taken from the Fukasawa Group's laboratory on January 1, 2021. Collaboration between First Sunrise and Rotary Evaporator.
Ferdous | Kandarp Joshi (Namasivayam Lab)
The word Ferdous means paradise or garden. This photo is of Mount Yoshino-yama taken at the peak of spring 2021. The mountain in full sakura bloom feels like paradise.
Student working in the lab | Andrew Gibbons (Sivaniah Lab)
Towards the end of the day, our new student Habib is preparing samples for spin coating.
Stem Cell Art | Soumya Sethi (Sugiyama Lab)
Mechanoregulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell morphology on a DNA based Scaffold. Unique arrangement of nanocues on the DNA scaffold material resulted in the formation of a beautiful star shaped morphology of the mesenchymal stem cell. Confocal Microscope image. Stained: F-actin and nucleus