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Best Scientific Image 2023

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Philipp Heuser
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19.02.2024
Lung health and immunity by Lin Yang (CPC/LHI, HMGU) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. On this image the spectator can see the spectacular lung alveolar architecture that is composed of a complex and interconnected structure of the alveoli and capillaries, particle-laden immune cells, and tiny pores of Kohn. 1st Place Jury Award

Lung health and immunity by Lin Yang (CPC/LHI, HMGU)


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Arsenic fern by Kathryn Spiers, Dennis Brückner (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) and Antony van der Ent (Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. This image depicts a synchrotron micro-fluorescence computed tomographic slice (beamline P06, DESY) of the stem of an arsenic hyperaccumulating tropical fern (Pteris vittata) showing arsenic (green), X-ray Compton (red) and X-ray Absorption (blue). 2nd place Jury Award

Arsenic fern by Kathryn Spiers, Dennis Brückner (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) and Antony van der Ent (Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands)


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Arctic Aftermath by Tilman Bucher (DLR German Aerospace Center) and Angelika Humbert (AWI Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. This image was created by using aerial images that monitor ice dynamics in the Arctic. This fish-shaped supraglacial lake in North-East Greenland was drained through a crack, leaving dust and sediment at the former lake ground. 3rd place Jury Award

Arctic Aftermath by Tilman Bucher (DLR German Aerospace Center) and Angelika Humbert (AWI Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)


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Small-pyramids Harvesting Big-universe Energy Lung health and immunity by Gan Huang and Bryce Richards (KIT) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. This image shows micro-pyramids that capture the universe coldness for sustainable cooling, using photonic metamaterials. The image, that was captured using a scanning electron microscope, provides insights into fundamental principles of thermodynamics and optics that govern radiation energy transfer at the microscale. 1st place Public Choice Award

Small-pyramids Harvesting Big-universe Energy Lung health and immunity by Gan Huang and Bryce Richards (KIT)


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Innervation of human adipose tissue by Hongcheng Mai, Jie Luo, and Ali Ertürk (Helmholtz Munich) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. On this image the potential of nerve to modulate the metabolism of fatty tissue becomes visible. The research team first used the Tyrosine Hydroxylase antibody to stain the sympathetic nerve in human adipose tissue and tissue clear, and then light sheet microscopy imaging. 2nd place Public Choice Award

Innervation of human adipose tissue by Hongcheng Mai, Jie Luo, and Ali Ertürk (Helmholtz Munich)


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Glowing Bahamian seagrasses from space by Alina Blume, Avi Putri Pertiwi, Chengfa Benjamin Lee, Spyros Christofilakos, and Dimos Traganos (DLR) and Global Seagrass Watch - ©Helmholtz Imaging. This image shows glowing shallow seagrasses dancing with wave-shaped sand ripples on the Bahamian 100-million-year-old tropical limestone — on the verge of a 4000-m trench. This image is essentially a Satellite image mosaic synthesized from four years of Sentinel-2 images. 3rd place Public Choice Award

Glowing Bahamian seagrasses from space by Alina Blume, Avi Putri Pertiwi, Chengfa Benjamin Lee, Spyros Christofilakos, and Dimos Traganos (DLR) and Global Seagrass Watch


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Magnesium Watercolour Whirl by Sarkis Gavras (Hereon) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. This image shows a polarized light optical image of a magnesium alloy show a colourful array of small grains which have formed along the edge of a swirl shaped pore. 1st place Participants’ Choice Award

Magnesium Watercolour Whirl by Sarkis Gavras (Hereon)


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Fracture surface of yarn-based WfW by Alexander Lau (FZ Jülich) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. On this image you can see a fracture surface of Tungsten fiber-reinforced Tungsten, based on stacked yarn-based fabrics – infiltrated and encased in a CVDTungsten matrix. 2nd place Participants’ Choice Award

Fracture surface of yarn-based WfW by Alexander Lau (FZ Jülich)


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Stranger in the mirror by Sebastian Dupraz (AG-Bradke, DZNE) - ©Helmholtz Imaging. This image shows mirroring pseudo-colored mouse normal (magenta) and modified (yellow) cortical neurons electroporated in utero embryonically and analysed in the postnatal brain. Taken with Plan-Apochromat 20X/0.95NA objective using Cell Discoverer 7 (Zeiss).

Stranger in the mirror by Sebastian Dupraz (AG-Bradke, DZNE)


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In January 2023, Helmholtz Imaging called for the third time in a row for the Best Scientific Image. The winners were announced during the award ceremony on 15 June 2023 at the 3rd Annual Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2023.

In total, 162 high-quality, stunning images were submitted by the Helmholtz community. The images demonstrate the outstanding portfolio and fascinating expertise of the Helmholtz Association in imaging and their important contribution to solving major societal challenges. The images show the world from the nanoscale to the global scale and cover all research domains of Helmholtz and almost all Helmholtz Centers.

The Best Scientific Image Contest awards prizes in three categories: Jury Award, Public Choice Award and Participants’ Choice Award. While the Jury Award is presented by a high-ranking international jury of science and arts experts, the Public Choice Award and the Participants’ Choice Award are chosen by the Helmholtz Imaging community. This year, Helmholtz Imaging was able to secure prizes worth a total of € 6,000 donated by Siemens Healthineers, Zeiss and Beiersdorf.

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