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2011 Award winners

Pyramidal neurons

Michael Häusser and Hermann Cuntz, UCL

Cell division and gene expression in plants

Fernan Federici, University of Cambridge, and Lionel Dupuy, Scottish Crop Research Institute

Mouse retina

Freya Mowat, UCL

Wheat infected with ergot fungus

Anna Gordon, National Institute of Agricultural Biology, and Fernan Federici, University of Cambridge

Cavefish embryo

Monica Folgueira, Steve Wilson's lab, UCL

Developing mouse kidney

Bob Kao and Kieran Short, Monash University

Moth wing scales

Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen

Chromosome lifetime map

David Lleres, University of Dundee

Visualising neuronal tracts

Nuada Medical Specialist Imaging

Popliteal aneurysm

Arindam Chaudhuri

Honeybee

David McCarthy and Annie Cavanagh

Mouse embryo animation

Ian Smyth, Monash University

Laparoscopy surgery

David Bishop, UCL Medical School

Periodontal bacteria

Derren Ready, Eastman Dental Institute

Adult male mosquito

Spike Walker

Foreleg of a male diving beetle

Spike Walker

Caterpillar proleg

Spike Walker

Zebrafish retina

Kara Cerveny, Steve Wilson's lab, UCL

Blood clot on a plaster

Anne Weston, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK

Blastocyst embryo

Agnieszka Jedrusik and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Gurdon Institute, Cambridge

Ruby-tailed wasp

Spike Walker

Judges

Catherine Draycott

James Cutmore

John Durant

Eric Hilaire

Adam Rutherford

Robin Lovell-Badge

Alice Roberts

Fergus Walsh