We hold a Research Image of the Year competition each year as part of the preparation for Research Day.
About Research Image of the Year
A winner and commendation for Research Image of the Year have been determinned by a public vote based on:
- overall impact of image
- relevance of the image to the research
- effectiveness in engaging viewer with research.
The winner will receive a £100 voucher and have their image used as the main image to promote this year's Research Day.
As well as the winner, a highly commended image has been given as a runner up which will also be highlighted during the promotion of Research Day 2024.
The competition was open to all except the winners from the previous year and we encouraged submission of images from any area of research at the university, this could be anything from molecular, cellular, to fieldwork or clinical work.
Resarch Image of the Year 2024 Winner and Commendation
Winner: Visual representation of the Migrant Health Community Research Network Submitted by Sally Hargreaves
Commended: A rat brain experimentally infected with neurocysticercosis Submitted by Luz Toribio
Winner: Visual representation of the Migrant Health Community Research Network Submitted by Sally Hargreaves
Commended: A rat brain experimentally infected with neurocysticercosis Submitted by Luz Toribio
Winner: St George's Migrant Health Community Research Network (MHCRN) - Visual representation of the MHCRN
This image is a visual representation of our Migrant Health Community Research Network (MHCRN), who we are, what we stand for, and how we work. The MHRCN network has been formed through collaborative work of The Migrant Health Research Group (I&I SGUL) and over 60 members from a diverse range of migrant communities in England. This represents innovative work to embed co-production into the group's research and to include beneficiaries of our research in all stages of the research cycle, from ideas generation to grant writing and through to delivery and dissemination of our research.
Sally's image is shown first in the image gallery above.
Commended: Luz Toribio - A rat brain experimentally infected with neurocysticercosis
This image depicts a section of a rat brain experimentally infected with neurocysticercosis, stained using H&E. The contrast between the brain tissue and the parasitic cysts structures highlights the pathological changes induced by the infection, characterised by the recruitment of inflammatory cells in the surroundings of the cysts This striking visual not only illustrates the disease's impact but also, the arrangement of the brain tissue and parasitic cysts creates a curious resemblance to a cartoon face.
Luz's image is shown second in the image gallery above.
2023 Image of the Year winner and commendation
image-6 Winner - Florencia Cavodeassi
image-2 Commended: Isabelle Salles-Crawley
![Sagittal section of an 8 day post-fertilisation zebrafish eye with the outer photoreceptor segments stained by anti-Zpr1 (magenta), amacrine and retinal ganglion cells expressing GFP [Tg(islt1:GFP); cyan], and nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue).](/CachedImage.axd?ImageName=/research/research-events/research-day/images/image-of-the-year-winners-2023/image-6.jpg&ImageWidth=970&ImageHeight=970)
image-6 Winner - Florencia Cavodeassi
image-2 Commended: Isabelle Salles-Crawley
Winner: Florencia Cavodeassi - Into a black hole
Florencia's image shows a sagittal section of an 8 day post-fertilisation zebrafish eye with the outer photoreceptor segments stained by anti-Zpr1 (magenta), amacrine and retinal ganglion cells expressing GFP [Tg(islt1:GFP); cyan], and nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue).
This image was generated by confocal imaging with a Leica Sp8 confocal system. The image was processed with Fiji/ImageJ.
Florencia's image is shown first in the gallery above.
Commended: Isabelle Salles-Crawley - Final image
Isabelle's image shows neutrophil extracellular traps (green) expelled from activated neutrophils (red) after interacting with platelets captured from VWF released from endothelial cells (purple).
This image was generated from Z-stack images with Nikon A1R confocal microscope (40X objective and 2.5x zoomed in) using Nikon NIS-Elements C software.
Isabelle's image is shown second in the gallery above.