Winners of 2019 “Show Us Your BRAINs!" Contest

Congratulations to the winners of this year's “Show Us Your BRAINs!" Contest

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED EXTRAORDINARY PHOTOS & VIDEOS!!!

 

 

High-Resolution MORF3-labeled Hippocampal Neurons  - First Place winner

FIRST PLACE VIDEO WINNER

High-Resolution MORF3-labeled Hippocampal Neurons

Using MORF3 and SHIELD, pyramidal neurons were sparsely labeled and imaged at very high resolution deep within a whole hemisphere.

By X. William Yang and Kwanghun (KC) Chung, University of California, Los Angeles and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Diffusion Tractography  - Second Place winner

SECOND PLACE VIDEO WINNER

3D Diffusion Tractography

In neuroscience, tractography is a 3D modeling technique used to visually represent nerve tracts using data collected by diffusion MRI.

By James Stanis, University of Southern California Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neural Circuit in the Storm - third Place winner

THIRD PLACE VIDEO WINNER

Neural Circuit in The Storm

3D image of parvalbumin+ neurons (red, neurites; green, presynaptic puncta) swimming through the waves of GAD1+ (cyan) neurons.

By Young-Gyun Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light Me Up Picture - First Place winner

FIRST PLACE PHOTO WINNER

Light Me Up!

Light-based rendering of deep brain stimulation’s electrical excitation of neuronal fiber pathways to treat patients with traumatic brain injury.

By Andrew Janson, University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute

 

 

 

 

 

Dancing Devils - Second Place winner

SECOND PLACE PHOTO WINNER

Dancing Devils

Mouse hippocampal neuron stained for f-actin (red) and tubulin (green).

By Sharada Tilve, NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neural Circuit in the Storm - third Place winner

THIRD PLACE PHOTO WINNER

Neural Circuit in The Storm

3D image of parvalbumin+ neurons (red, neurites; green, presynaptic puncta) swimming through the waves of GAD1+ (cyan) neurons.

By Young-Gyun Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)