Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Karo-Atar, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Irah King’s lab and Adda-Lee Graham-Paquin, Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Maxime Bouchard’s Lab, who respectively won first and second prizes in the 2021 MRM Photo Contest.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest and contributed to its success. Special thanks to the members of the Prizes and Awards Committee, who took the time to analyze and evaluate each picture submitted:
- Dr. Vahab Soleimani (Chair)
- Darren Blackburn – Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Vahab Soleimani’s Lab
- Dr. Nicoletta Eliopoulos
- Dr. Carl Ernst
- Dr. David Labbé
- Brenden Moeun – Ph.D. Candidate in Pr. Corinne Hoesli’s Lab
- Dr. Anastasia Nijnik
- Dr. Jo Anne Stratton
- Jeremy Zwaig – Master Candidate in Dr. Renzo Cecere’s Lab
Winning Photos
First prize:

IL13 stimulated intestinal organoids Danielle Karo-Atar, King Lab
Second prize:

Dance of the Epithelia: early Prostate Cancer cells reorganize in harmony_1 Adda-Lee Graham-Paquin, Bouchard Lab
2021 Contestants
- Whale, hello there – RFP+ cancer cells seeding on the peritoneal milky spot YuQi Li, Yamanaka Lab
- Whole mount mesentery tissue YuQi Li, Yamanaka Lab
- The Creation of “ADM” Julia Messina-Pacheco, Gregorieff Lab
- 3D bioprinter ex vivo artificial salivary gland model Jose Gil Mungia-Lopez, Tran Lab
- Neutrophils in Intestinal Parasitic Helminth Infection Garrie Peng, King Lab
- Neutrophils in Intestinal Parasitic Helminth Infection 2 Garrie Peng, King Lab
- Actin distribution in 3D-acinar spheroids (salivary gland) growing in alginate/gelatin-based hydrogel Jose Gil Mungia-Lopez, Tran Lab
- Rolling Hills of the Epithelium Sophie Viala, Bouchard Lab
- Dance of the Epithelia: early Prostate Cancer cells reorganize in harmony_2 Adda-Lee Graham-Paquin, Bouchard Lab
- Retinal survival Sepideh Abbasi, Cayouette Lab