Olympus Launches the First Global Image of the Year Award

Germany: The Art of Science Olympus Launches the First Global Image of the Year Award

15.08.2019Editor: MA Alexander Stark

With the Image of the Year Award Olympus recognizes the best in life science imaging worldwide. Participants can win a CX43 microscope with a DP27 digital camera, X Line objectives, or an OM-D E-M5 Mark II camera.

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Images, accompanied by a brief explanation that notes the equipment used, can be uploaded until January 31, 2020.
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Hamburg/Germany — Olympus is looking for the the image of the year. Those interested in participating can enter until January 31, 2020 by uploading images on the company's website. Winners will be selected by a jury panel and announced in March 2020.

The jury consists of global representatives from both science and the arts, including photographer Ron Caplain; Geoff Williams, a bioimaging facility manager at Brown University; Urs Ziegler, the head of a microscopy imaging facility at the University of Zurich; Stefan Terjung, the operational manager of an advanced light microscopy facility at EMBL Heidelberg; Hiroaki Misono, a graduate school professor of brain science at Doshisha University; Zhu Xueliang, a professor at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yalin Wang, Director of Biomedical Research Core Facilities at Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; and Wendy Salmon, a light microscopy specialist of a bioimaging facility at MIT.

Olympus' Image of the Year European Life Science Light Microscopy Award gives researchers the opportunity to show the more artistic side of their work. (Olympus)

All entries will be evaluated based on artistic and visual aspects, scientific impact, and microscope proficiency. Regional prizes in Asia, Europe, and the Americas will be awarded in addition to the global prize.

The Image of the Year European Life Science Light Microscopy Award began in 2017 to celebrate both the artistic and scientific value of microscopy images. Now on a global scale, the competition aims to encourage people to look at scientific images in a new way, appreciate their beauty, and share images with others.

Participants may upload up to three microscopy images when submitting the online form. Images, accompanied by a brief explanation that notes the equipment used, can be uploaded until January 31, 2020. The jury will select and notify the winners in March 2020.

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