Colourful image of blood vessel cells wins competition run by British Heart Foundation
A colourful image of blood vessel cells has won this year's Reflections of Research competition, run by the British Heart Foundation .The competition looks for the best images relating to research into heart and circulatory diseases, blending science and art.
"Through the skill and imagination of the scientists involved, all of the shortlisted images reveal to us in new ways [the] remarkable processes of life."Judges' runner-up: The Forming Heart, by Dr Richard TyserThis image by Dr Richard Tyser, a BHF-funded research fellow at the University of Oxford, shows the heart in a developing mouse embryo.
The image reflects the interaction between the heart and the brain. The colours show the different imaging techniques, including: magnetic resonance imaging of the heart and brain, ultrasound imaging of the heart, and fluorescent imaging of the heart and blood vessels.
Life-altering Algae, by Dr Ashish Patel, Dr Francesca Ludwinski, Prof Suwan Jayasinghe and Prof Bijan Modarai, King's College London and Imperial College LondonHere we have human monocytes, a type of white blood cell, that have been encapsulated in brown algae.
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