BioImages is an annual visual media competition that showcases the finest still, graphics and motion media work in the life sciences and medicine. Entries are evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges based on their impact, clarity, scientific content, technique, lighting, image quality, presentation, creativity, originality and effective use of the medium to fulfill its purpose. Best of Show, Award of Excellence, and Citation of Merit awards, in addition to five sponsored Merit Awards, are given in three visual media divisions: Still, Graphics and Motion. Winners are announced at the BioImages Opening Reception and Awards Presentation, held each year in conjunction with the association's annual meeting.

Congratulations to the
BioImages Salon winners from the
BIOCOMM 2008 Annual Meeting in Rochester!

Best of Show

Best of Show

Devil's Storm

Peter Barta ©
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

Merit Awards

Charles Foster Memorial Citation

Yowah Nut Opal

Norm Barker ©
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Canadian Founders Natural Science Award

Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Alexis Wenski-Roberts ©
Cornell College of Vet Medicine
Ithaca, NY

Still Media: Clinical

Award of Excellence

Haemangioma left eye region

Alvin Aquino ©
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Victoria, Australia

Citation of Merit

PIP Flexion Contractures - Tel Hashomer Syndrome

James Koepfler ©
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Citation of Merit

Purr-fect Medicine

Greg Hirshoren ©
Univ. of Tennessee/College of Vet Medicine
Knoxville, TN

Still Media: Photomicrograph

Award of Excellence

Yowah Nut Opal

Norm Barker ©
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Citation of Merit

Pinus Young Stem

Michael Franklin ©
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Still Media: Specimen

Citation of Merit

"Paleobotanic Beauty" Triptych

Norm Barker ©
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Citation of Merit

Heart Trabecula

Frederick Dubs ©
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Still Media: Natural Science

Award of Excellence

Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Alexis Wenski-Roberts ©
Cornell College of Vet Medicine
Ithaca, NY

Citation of Merit

There Be a Whale Tail, Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Susanne Loomis ©
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Citation of Merit

Calliope Hummingbird

Adam Cooper ©
North Shore - LIJ Health System
Great Neck, NY

Citation of Merit

Carditamera Floridana

Norm Barker ©
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Citation of Merit

U.V. Fluorescence in the scorpion, Paruroctonus mesaensis

Charles Hedgcock ©
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Citation of Merit

Butterfly (Heliconius hecale zuleika)

Mary Spano ©
Langone NYU Medical Center
New York, NY

Still Media: General Illustrative

Citation of Merit

Beaker Tornado

Adam Cooper ©
North Shore - LIJ Health System
Great Neck, NY

Citation of Merit

Of Mice and Data

Jon Summers & Richard Frederickson ©
National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Frederick, MD

Citation of Merit

Bird in Hand

Alexis Wenski-Roberts ©
Cornell College of Vet Medicine
Ithaca, NY

Still Media: Portraiture

Award of Excellence

Looking Glass

Greg Hirshoren ©
Univ. of Tennessee/College of Vet Medicine
Knoxville, TN

Citation of Merit

Twins

Peter Barta ©
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

Still Media: Fine Art

Award of Excellence

Devil's Storm

Peter Barta ©
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

Award of Excellence

"Summer Morning" Alberta, Canada

Mary Spano ©
Langone NYU Medical Center
New York, NY

Citation of Merit

Bent Branch, Florida

Gordon P. Brown ©
f64 Photographic
Rochester, NY

Citation of Merit

Early Morning Mist

Gabriel Unda ©
University of California, Davis (retired)
Woodland, CA

Citation of Merit

Gathered Light

Charlene Baron ©
Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

Citation of Merit

Happy Days

Phil Snow ©
Univ. of Tennessee/College of Vet Medicine
Knoxville, TN

Graphics Media: Medical Illustration

Citation of Merit

Aortic Aneurysm

Dave Cantrell ©
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Graphics Media: Brochure

Citation of Merit

Education Programs Guide for the Museum of Anthropology

Lou Davis & Joey Robbins ©
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Citation of Merit

Palliative Care Acute Inpatient Unit Handbook

Jeff Flasik, Barry Smith & Karen Hensley ©
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Graphics Media: Poster

Award of Excellence

Bienvenida Comunidad Latina Poster

Brian Demings ©
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Portland
Portland, OR

Citation of Merit

Under the Microscope

Bill Peters & Rob Blaich ©
St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre
Manitoba, Canada

Motion Media: Video Class I

Citation of Merit

The Brain Tumor Center of Excellence

Will Safrit ©
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

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