Credit: Annie Cavanaugh, Wellcome Images |
From captivating cancer cells to stunning sensory nerve fibres, the winners reveal “the ability of the picture to communicate the wonder and fascination of science”, according to the Wellcome Trust’s press release.
To view all the selected images, head over to the Wellcome Collection in London before Spring 2010, or just click through the Image Awards Website, which details how the images were captured and why they were tapped by the judges.
Over at the BBC, there’s also a video of Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, discussing his top three picks.
Summer plankton
Credit: Spike Walker, Wellcome Images
Mouse liver with blood cells
Credit: EM Unit, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Wellcome Images
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Beautiful….it stimulates the imagination to see the invisible.