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2009 Award winners

Microparticle drug delivery

Microparticle drug delivery

Annie Cavanagh and David McCarthy

Villi in the small intestine

Villi in the small intestine

Paul Appleton

Asprin crystals

Aspirin crystals

Spike Walker

Portrait of Professor Sir Harold Kroto FRS

Portrait of Professor Sir Harold Kroto FRS

Anne-Katrin Purkiss

Sensory nerve fibres

Sensory nerve fibres

Spike Walker

Bird of paradise plant seed

Bird of paradise plant seed

Annie Cavanagh and David McCarthy

Capillary network

Capillary network

Spike Walker

Mechanical heart

Mechanical heart

Bill McConkey

Mouse liver

Mouse liver

Jackie Lewin, EM Unit, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus 

Embryonic mouse head

Embryonic mouse head

Tim Mohun, National Institute for Health Research, MRC

In vitro fertilisation

In vitro fertilisation

Spike Walker

Amchi Tala, Tibetan doctor

Amchi Tala, Tibetan doctor

Theresia Hofer

Lung cancer cell

Lung cancer cell

Anne Weston, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK

Compact bone

Compact bone

Ivor Mason

Summer plankton

Summer plankton

Spike Walker

Sickle-cell anaemia

Sickle-cell anaemia

Jackie Lewin, EM Unit, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus

Engineering DNA

Engineering DNA

Olivier Burston

Skin cells from scald

Skin cells from scald

Anne Weston, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK

Premature baby in an incubator

Premature baby in an incubator

Medical Illustration Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary

Judges

Catherine Draycott

Harriet Foyster

Gonzalo Blanco

Beau Lotto

James Cutmore