The second annual Mass General Research Institute Image Contest produced 46 amazing images from researchers across 15 centers and departments. The judges selected one winner from nine finalists.

The winning image, taken by Adam Viens from the Center for Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Center and Infectious Diseases Division,will be featured in a full-page ad in Proto Magazine and the finalists will be featured in an installation in the lobby display case of the research Building 149 in the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Winning Image: “Neutrophil Attack!”

Neutraphil Attack!
A mouse neutrophil has recognized and started to engulf a pathogenic fungi (Candida albicans). This specific fungal species can exist in two forms: a round yeast or an extended hyphae. A group of hyphae are depicted in this image.

Image credit: Adam Viens
Principal Investigators: David Sykes, MD, PhD, and Michael Mansour, MD, PhD
Department/Center: Center for Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Center, Infectious Diseases Division

As part of the Mansour lab, Viens is focused on understanding the innate immune system, specifically white blood cells and how they recognize and respond to fungal pathogens. The goal is to develop novel cellular diagnostics and therapies for invasive fungal infections.

See the initial Mass General Research Institute Blog post announcing the winner and the full album of all entries on Facebook. 

Image Finalists: Part 1

Nine images with the top votes through Mass General Research Institute Facebook page.

inside view of an MRI machine

“Tunnel Vision” by Michael Datko, PhD of Radiology and the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Martinos Center)

Optical Coherence Tomography reveals the laminar structure of the hippocampus.

“The Layers of the Hippocampus” by Caroline Magnain, PhD of Radiology and the Martinos Center.

Image of a see through dish with a wife and child behind.

“Work-life Balance” by Lisa Goers, PhD of the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases.

image shows three mammalian cells adhering to an electron microscopy grid, which is an extremely thin carbon mesh.

“Green Eggs and SEM” by Julie McDonald of the Department of Molecular Biology.

Sebocytes (magenta) at the outer edges of the gland are immature and contain almost no lipids (yellow). As the sebocytes mature and migrate towards the center of the gland, they grow larger as they start accumulating lipids. Cell nuclei are labeled in blue.

“Sebaceous Gland” by Joshua Tam, PhD of Dermatology and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine.

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Image Finalists: Part 2

innovative microfluidic device that can isolate extraordinarily rare circulating tumor cells from the blood of cancer patients

“A High Throughput Droplet Merging Device” by Rohan Thakur, PhD of the Mass General Cancer Center.

image created using the high-field 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at the Martinos Center after an injection of Ferumoxytol

“The Deep Vascular Architecture of the Human Brain” by Michaël Bernier, PhD of Radiology and the Martinos Center.

This image demonstrates dynamic changes in brain structure over time.

“The Brain in Time” by Jorge Sepulcre, MD, PhD of Radiology and the Martinos Center.

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