04 December 2017
PhD student wins Anatomical Society Best Image and Runner-Up Awards
Congratulations to PhD student Alice Gervasoni, winner of the Anatomical Society’s Best Image Prize. A member of the Streit Lab in the Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology at King’s College London’s Dental Institute, Alice also took out the runner up image award.
The competition was judged by the Anatomical Society Website, Media and Communications Committee to merit the award. The Prize is awarded by the Anatomical Society's Prizes and Awards Committee, on behalf of the Society’s Council.
Winning image:
Image Title: Zebrafish lateral line
Description: 5-day-old zebrafish larva stained with DAPI to label nuclei (blue), phalloidin to visualize F-actin (green) and Myosin7a to stain mechanosensory hair cells (red). Zebrafish sense water motion through hair cells (red) in neuromasts in the lateral line along the body and all over the head.
Runner up image:
Image Title: Auditory Hair Cells
Description: P8 mouse cochlea stained with DAPI to label cell nuclei (blue), phalloidin (green) to visualize F-actin and Myosin7a (red) to stain mechanosensory hair cells. Mammals detect sounds through an array of sensory receptors called hair cells (red) characterized by stereocilia (green) on their apical surface.
