BioImages 2020
BioImages is the BioCommunications Association's 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 Intent, Execution, Design and Impact. This year the Judges selected 98 images or media for the BioImages 2020 Salon from 185 entries. The Salon represents 17 categories in three divisions. Meet the judges for BioImages 2020.
Congratulations to the BioImages 2020 winners!
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Best of Show
Best of Show
Heartworm Life Cycle for Professionals
© Joe Samson, MA, CMI, Stephen Jones, DVM, and Joe Jones
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Educational Resources
Athens, Georgia, United States
Merit Awards
Canadian Founders Award
Palm Weevil - 3 views
© Taina Litwak, CMI and Dr. Lourdes Chamorro
USDA and Litwak Illustration Studio
Darnestown, Maryland, United States
Charles Foster Memorial Citation
Rock
© Oliver Meckes
eye of science
Reutlingen, Germany
Warren Sturgis Motion Media Award
Heartworm Life Cycle for Professionals
© Joe Samson, MA, CMI, Stephen Jones, DVM, and Joe Jones
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Educational Resources
Athens, Georgia, United States
BCA Medical Education Award – Still Media
The straightening of a scoliosis patient's spine using pedicle screws and rods
© Nathan Pallace
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
BCA Medical Education Award – Graphics Media
Proton Power
© Jennifer Fairman, CMI, FAMI
Article (not shown) written by Karen Nitkin
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
BCA Medical Education Award – Motion Media
DNA Damage and Repair
© Maja Divjak, PhD, Adam Hunt, Talia Raso, Dr. Clare Fedele, Prof. Ricky Johnstone, Prof. Rick Pearson, and Dr. Carol Ginns
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Office of Cancer Research
Melbourne, Australia
Best Student Award
The Heart of the Problem
© Benjamin Hanson
Mayo Clinic/Academy of Art University
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Still Media: Clinical
Award of Excellence
Front Craniotomy procedure to remove a meningioma brain tumor
© Nathan Pallace
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Still Media: Electron Micrograph
Award of Excellence
Common Nettle (SEM)
© Ted Kinsman
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York, United States
Citation of Merit
Fallopian Tube
© Oliver Meckes
eye of science
Reutlingen, Germany
Still Media: Fine Art
Award of Excellence
Umbrella palm
© Charles Hedgcock, RBP, FBCA
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Citation of Merit
Land of the Long White Cloud
© Gigi Williams, BAppSc., FRPS, FAIMBI, FBCA
Melbourne, Australia
Citation of Merit
Treeferns and Mountain Ash
© Peter Kinchington, BSC, GRAD DIP RES MAN, DIP ED, APPLM AAIPP
Mooroolbark, Australia
Citation of Merit
Bushfire Aftermath
© Gigi Williams, BAppSc., FRPS, FAIMBI, FBCA
Melbourne, Australia
Still Media: General Illustrative
Citation of Merit
UCL Pharmacy students in 3D printing lab
© David Bishop, BSc
University College London
Medical Photography
London, United Kingdom
Still Media: Natural Science
Award of Excellence
Palm Weevil - 3 views
© Taina Litwak, CMI and Dr. Lourdes Chamorro
USDA and Litwak Illustration Studio
Darnestown, Maryland, United States
Citation of Merit
Tunicate in fluorescent light
© Oliver Meckes
eye of science
Reutlingen, Germany
Citation of Merit
Green potato bugs (Cuspicona simplex)
© Danielle Edwards, FBCA
Melbourne, Australia
Still Media: Photomicrograph
Citation of Merit
Rock
© Oliver Meckes
eye of science
Reutlingen, Germany
Citation of Merit
Pulex irritans, Male
© David Bryson, BSc, CertEd, FHEA, MIMI, MCSFS, FRSB
Derby, United Kingdom
Citation of Merit
Cortical Mitochondria (PC3 cells)
© James Hayden, RBP, FBCA
Dr. Ekta Agarwal
The Wistar Institute
Imaging Shared Resource
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Citation of Merit
PC3 Tumor Infiltrating into Bone
© James Hayden, RBP, FBCA
The Wistar Institute
Imaging Shared Resource
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Still Media: Series
Citation of Merit
The straightening of a scoliosis patient's spine using pedicle screws and rods
© Nathan Pallace
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Citation of Merit
The Heart of the Problem
© Benjamin Hanson
Mayo Clinic/Academy of Art University
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Still Media: Specimen
Citation of Merit
Agua Nueva Agate, with quartz spicules growing at the core. x5
© Norm Barker, MA, MS, RBP, FBCA
Johns Hopkins University
Dept of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Citation of Merit
Basking Shark Vertebra, Cetorhinus maximus
© Norm Barker, MA, MS, RBP, FBCA
Johns Hopkins University
Dept of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Graphics Media: Medical Illustration
Citation of Merit
Proton Power
© Jennifer Fairman, CMI, FAMI
Article (not shown) written by Karen Nitkin
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Citation of Merit
The Loopy Genome
© Veronica Falconieri Hays, MA, CMI
Jen Christiansen / Scientific American
Falconieri Visuals
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Citation of Merit
Persistence of Change
© Jennifer Fairman, CMI, FAMI
Words by Carrie Arnold
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Graphics Media: Poster
Award of Excellence
Seeing the World through the Johns Hopkins Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
© Jennifer Fairman, CMI, FAMI
Copy written by Nicole Hughes
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Graphics Media: Specialty
Citation of Merit
2020 Caring Canine Calendar
© Richard DeWitt, RBP and Larissa Regala
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Marketing and Communications
New York, New York, United States
Citation of Merit
Amazingly Awesome Animals Africa
© Julie Murray, RBI FAIMBI APPL, John Walters, and Steve Murray
JAM Graphics
Cronulla, Australia
Citation of Merit
Weirdly Wonderful Wildlife Australia
© Julie Murray, RBI FAIMBI APPL, John Walters, and Steve Murray
JAM Graphics
Cronulla, Australia
Motion Media: Interactive
Citation of Merit
Cellulearn
© Brianna Monroe, B.A in collaboration with Sarah McGuiness and Darcy Lewis
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ames, Iowa, United States
Motion Media: Video
Award of Excellence
Heartworm Life Cycle for Professionals
© Joe Samson, MA, CMI, Stephen Jones, DVM, and Joe Jones
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Educational Resources
Athens, Georgia, United States
Citation of Merit
DNA Damage and Repair
© Maja Divjak, PhD, Adam Hunt, Talia Raso, Dr. Clare Fedele, Prof. Ricky Johnstone, Prof. Rick Pearson, and Dr. Carol Ginns
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Office of Cancer Research
Melbourne, Australia
Citation of Merit
Ants and Aphids
© Caitlin Treuting
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
The following images were selected by the judges to be displayed in the BioImages 2020 Salon.
Still Media: Clinical
Still Media: Electron Micrograph
Still Media: Fine Art
Still Media: General Illustrative
Still Media: Natural Science
Still Media: Photomicrograph
Still Media: Portraiture
Still Media: Series
Still Media: Specimen
Graphic Media: Brochure / Flyer
Graphic Media: Medical Illustration
Graphic Media: Natural Science Illustration
Graphic Media: Poster
Graphic Media: Specialty
Motion Media: Interactive
Motion Media: Video
