Winners of the Stem Cell Image Contest Announced by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
The twelve winning images from the first California Institute for Regenerative Medicine stem cell image contest are included in a collection of images that is part of an ongoing effort to keep Californians informed about stem cell research funded by CIRM.
02.19.2009 – San Francisco, Calif., February 19, 2009 - The twelve winning images from the first California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) stem cell image contest range from a whirling galaxy of developing nerve cells to a moonscape of retinal pigment epithelial cells, both derived from human embryonic stem cells.
Other images show a lightning bolt of a motor neuron axon shooting through a sky of blue and green nerve cells, a sunburst ball of neural progenitor cells and paisley colonies of human embryonic stem cells. Together, this collection of images from CIRM-funded researchers shows the diversity and the beauty of stem cell research.
“When scientists read about a research project that has taken a creative route to arrive at an enlightening finding, it is not unusual for them to exalt it as ‘a beautiful piece of science,’” said Alan Trouson, CIRM president. “With these images we show clearly that such exaltations can have two meanings.”
Winners of the contest received $100 and a professional enlargement of their entry.
The contest winners join a growing collection of stem cell images on the CIRM Flickr site. Images on the site include embryonic stem cell lines created by CIRM grantees and tissues derived from those cells. These more mature cell types, such as cells of the nervous system, eye, liver or heart, are being used to study the origin of diseases and learn how to reverse the effects of those disorders.
Don Gibbons, chief communications officer, said the collection of images is part of an ongoing effort to keep Californians informed about the agency’s work. The outreach effort includes a stem cell basics primer about stem cell research, summaries of CIRM-funded research findings and videos about the basics of stem cell research and CIRM news at the agency’s YouTube site.
“Together, these materials make it easier for Californians to stay abreast of stem cell developments in the state,” Gibbons said.
The image contest winners include:
- Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, PhD, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Bruce Conklin, MD, the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
- Brian Cummings, PhD, University of California, Irvine
- Guoping Fan, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
- Susan Fisher, PhD, University of California, San Francisco (two images)
- Fred H. Gage, PhD, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Anirvan Ghosh, PhD, University of California, San Diego
- David Hinton, MD, University of Southern California
- Paul Knoepfler, PhD, University of California, Davis
- Martin Pera, PhD, University of Southern California
- Prue Talbot, PhD, University of California, Riverside
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- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announces winners of the 2008 stem cell image contest.
- Winners of the contest received $100 and a professional enlargement of their entry.
- The contest is part of an effort to keep Californians informed about stem cell research funded by CIRM.
- CIRM was established in 2005 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act.
- High resolution images available for printing.
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- CIRM 2008 Stem Cell Image Contest Winners on Flickr
- CIRM on Flickr
- CIRM on YouTube
- CIRM-Funded Research Findings
- Stem Cell Research Primer
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- From hundreds of entries depicting stem cell research, 12 images were chosen as the most beautiful. The diverse images represent the wide range of stem cell research taking place in California.
The full collection of images from the CIRM 2008 stem cell image contest is available on Flickr (use the link in the Resources section below).
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