To showcase the artistic side of scientific imaging, the Biology Image Contest@UniFR2021 has recently been organized by our Department. All the members of the Department of Biology - starting from Master students to Professors - were invited to submit their best images and show the beauty of their research.

In total, 24 authors submitted 56 images that were judged by a panel of jury. All images represent different areas of Biology - from Ecology to Cell Biology and judging was based on originality and artistic and/or visual impact of the images. Among the jury members were: Didier Reinhardt, Ora Hazak, Urs Albrecht, Boris Egger, Rudolf Rohr, and Fanny Germanier. The selection of the best images was done in two steps. First, every jury member could vote for 10 images. In the second round, 14 images that received at least two votes were evaluated by every jury member with points (from 1 to 5). Finally, eight images that received the most points have been selected as WINNERS. Among the winning authors are: Prof. Urs Albrecht, Dr. Samy Carbonnel, Min Chen, Ana Humbert Camps, Dr. Mout de Vrieze, David Rodriguez Crespo, and Salves Cornelis.

The winning images decorate the seminar room 0.109 and the walls of the stairs in PER04. All the images will be presented on our website and social media soon.