Congratulations to Garrie Peng, Master Candidate in Irah King’s lab, and Keerthana Harwalkar, Ph.D. candidate in Yojiro Yamanaka’s Lab, who respectively won first and second prizes in the 2022 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:
- Vahab Soleimani (Chair)
- Darren Blackburn – Ph.D. Candidate in the Soleimani Lab
- Nicoletta Eliopoulos
- Rahul Gawri
- Arezu Jahani-Asl
- David Labbé
- Brenden Moeun – Ph.D. Candidate in the Hoesli Lab
- Anastasia Nijnik
- Jo Anne Stratton
- Jeremy Zwaig – Master Candidate in the Cecere Lab
Winning Photos
First prize:

Helminth-induced small intestinal damage … looks like a jellyfish Garrie Peng, King Lab
Second prize:

In vitro snow angel made from fallopian tube cells Keerthana Harwalkar, Yamanaka Lab
2022 Contestants
- The Planets of RGCs Sepideh Abbasi, Cayouette Lab
- From single cell to organoid Jose Gil Munguia-Lopez, Tran Lab
- Microvilli of gastric cancer cells Salvador Flores-Torres, Kinsella and Sangwan Labs
- Transverse folds of the proximal fallopian tube Keerthana Harwalkar, Yamanaka Lab
- Lung organoid expressing alveolar cells Alicia Reyes Valenzuela, Mongeau Lab
- 3D culture of airway epithelium Alicia Reyes Valenzuela, Mongeau Lab
- Stem cell-fies: RBG trophoblasts in harmony Deepak Saini, Pastor Lab
- Stem cell-fies: action painting of human trophoblast cells Deepak Saini, Pastor Lab