Photos by HMS researchers

Lobby of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

September 5, 2018 — October 22, 2018

An exhibit of images drawn from among the twenty-three stunning entries to the 2018 Quad research photo contest. The contest, held in the first quarter of this year, was open to all faculty, trainees, and students in the HMS research community. This exhibit includes the first-, second-, and third-place winning images.


First place:

Brian Chow, graduate student in neurobiology
PI: Chenghua Gu, professor of neurobiology

Second place:

David Brann, graduate student in neurobiology
PI: Sandeep R. Datta, associate professor of neurobiology

Third place:

Zoltan Maliga, senior research scientist, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology
PI: Peter Sorger, Otto Krayer Professor of Systems Pharmacology

Thanks to all who entered this contest and made it so exciting. And a special thanks to our judges:

Scott Chimileski, joint postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Roberto Kolter and Michael Baym, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology; and guest curator at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Paul DiMattia, design director, HMS Office of Communications and External Relations

Roberto Kolter, professor of microbiology emeritus; co-director, Harvard University Microbial Sciences Initiative; and guest curator at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Jennifer Waters, director of microscopy and lecturer on cell biology, HMS Department of Cell Biology


The Winning Images

1st place Brian Chow The blood-retinal barrier
1st place
Brian Chow
The blood-retinal barrier in a mouse

2nd place David Brann The cerebellum
2nd place
David Brann
A section of the cerebellum of the brain

3rd place Zoltan Maliga A tissue section of the human small intestine
3rd place
Zoltan Maliga
A tissue section of the human small intestine

Contest organized by Harvard Medicine magazine and science communications and media relations in the HMS Office of Communications and External Relations.