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Beckman Institute announced the winners of the 2022 Research Image Contest

Each year, graduate students, post doctoral researchers, and staff members submit images from their research for the Beckman Institute Research Institute Contest. The walls of the Beckman Director’s Conference Room are adorned with past winners. Now, there are six new images ready to be added. The above image is from the winner in the post doctoral/staff category: Noel Naughton, Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. It’s the “muscular organization of an octopus arm in 3D.” The winner of the graduate student contest is Shensheng Zhao, graduate student in electrical and computer engineering. His image shows “two ultrasound imaging techniques used to visualize tumor microvasculature in mice.”

Two ultrashound images of a tumor, they are lit in orange and yellow. The top image is somewhat blurry, and the bottom image has defined vascularture. Photo from Beckman Institute website.Photo from Beckman Institute website.

Three people are seated in chairs, and three others are standing behind them. They are placed in front of several images on easels. Photo from Beckman Institute.Winners from the Research Contest: (top row) Matthew Lowerison, Noel Naughton, Shensheng Zhao; (bottom row) Sepehr Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh, Alayt Issak, Elizabeth Bello. Photo provided by Beckman Institute.

The current winners will be on display in the Beckman Atrium throughout the month of August, alongside winners from 2021 who didn’t get an opportunity for their images to be viewed in person. 

Top photo from Beckman Institute website.

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