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Biological imaging often lends itself to breathtaking displays of beauty under the microscope, blurring the frontiers between science and art. France BioImaging is proud to present below a sample of the artworks of its contributors, curated through personal initiatives and our Image Contest.

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Image Contest 2017

Une petite Sirène © Lucie Sengmanivong, Frederik Verweij, PhD, G.Raposo team, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris

J’y ai mis tout mon cœur ! © Marcello Delfini, CIML CNRS-INSERM-AMU

Quand la chimie transcende la lignine ! 2 © Clémence Simon, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR8576

Growth can shorten distances © Valeria Davi, ImagoSeine - Institut Jacques Monod - CNRS - Paris — Growth can shorten distances © Valeria Davi, ImagoSeine – Institut Jacques Monod – CNRS – Paris

Warhol's Style SHG Muscle © Sébastien Marais, Bordeaux Imaging Center — Warhol’s Style SHG Muscle © Sébastien Marais, Bordeaux Imaging Center

The Tree of Life © Orestis Faklaris, Nicolas Chevalier - Institut Jacques Monod — The Tree of Life © Orestis Faklaris, Nicolas Chevalier – Institut Jacques Monod

What is behind the heart curtain © Xavier Baudin, Véronique Monnier, Institut Jacques Monod

Fertility © Mailfert Sébastien & Mossadegh-Keller Noushin - CIML — Fertility © Mailfert Sébastien & Mossadegh-Keller Noushin – CIML

Arabidopsis inflorescence 3 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

Fly's wings © Morgane Rabineau, Inserm — Fly’s wings © Morgane Rabineau, Inserm

Glial cells in rat brain © Françoise Geffroy, CEA-DRF-NeuroSpin-UNIRS, Midas Team

Superman flower © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

The Embryo Forest 2 © Aude Nommick, IBDM - Marseille University — The Embryo Forest 2 © Aude Nommick, IBDM – Marseille University

Turquoise and Coral © Dario Donnarumma, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS-UM

Virtuous Circle © Pierre-Olivier Strale, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience

The Black Swan © Orestis Faklaris, Nicolas Chevalier - Institut Jacques Monod — The Black Swan © Orestis Faklaris, Nicolas Chevalier – Institut Jacques Monod

Tree of Life © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle - CIML — Tree of Life © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Poisson d'avril © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle - CIML — Poisson d’avril © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Mice Egg © Mailfert Sébastien - CIML-CNRS-Inserm-AMU — Mice Egg © Mailfert Sébastien – CIML-CNRS-Inserm-AMU

Marvellous sea creature © Eve Gazave & Nicolas Rabet, Institut Jacques Monod-CNRS

FBI Logo © Mailfert Sébastien & Raphalen Morgane – CIML

Cat © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle - CIML — Cat © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Xmas Tree © Lucie Sengmanivong, Olga Iuliano, B. Goud Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris — Xmas Tree (NSIM in 2 colors) ® Lucie Sengmanivong, Olga Iuliano, B. Goud Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris

Easter Egg © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle - CIML — Easter Egg © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

The Embryo Forest © Aude Nommick, IBDM - Marseille University — The Embryo Forest © Aude Nommick, IBDM – Marseille University

Arabidopsis inflorescence 4 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

Quand la chimie transcende la lignine ! 1 © Clémence Simon, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR8576 — C. Simon, UMR8576

Fertility 3 © Mailfert Sébastien & Mossadegh-Keller Noushin - CIML — Fertility 3 © Mailfert Sébastien & Mossadegh-Keller Noushin – CIML

Microglia's attack! © Françoise Geffroy, CEA-DRF-NeuroSpin-UNIRS, Midas Team — Microglia’s attack! © Françoise Geffroy, CEA-DRF-NeuroSpin-UNIRS, Midas Team

Star Pigments © Aude Nommick, IBDM - Marseille University — Star Pigments © Aude Nommick, IBDM – Marseille University

Amphore © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle - CIML — Amphore © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Cannot see the nanorods for the blood cells © Marie Held, Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, Levy Lab

Nano-Horse © Jonathan Daniel, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires

Mickey Mouse © Lucie Sengmanivong, Laure Coquand, A. Baffet Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris

Actin fireworks© Patrice Mascalchi, Bordeaux Imaging Center and Frédéric Saltel, INSERM U-1053, University of Bordeaux

Flower Time © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg - GMGM — Flower Time © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM

L'éléphant tricéphale © Lucie Sengmanivong, Laure Coquand, A. Baffet Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris — L’éléphant tricéphale © Lucie Sengmanivong, Laure Coquand, A. Baffet Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris

3D multicellular spheroids-the new world for discoveries on cancer research © Filippo Piccinini, IRST

Les dents de la mer © Hugues Lelouard, Mathieu Fallet & Mailfert Sébastien - CIML — Les dents de la mer © Hugues Lelouard, Mathieu Fallet & Mailfert Sébastien – CIML

Hanging on by a thread © Debora Olivier, LOB, Ecole Polytechnique for the use of the GE Deltavision OMX SR

Quand la fibre rencontre les FONs © Jonathan Daniel, ISM & Etienne Gontier, Bordeaux Imaging Center (BIC)

Cicata © Mailfert Sébastien - CIML — Cicata © Mailfert Sébastien – CIML

L'arbre de régéneration © Lucie Sengmanivong, Olga Iuliano, B. Goud Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris

Arabidopsis inflorescence 2 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

Fly with a broken face © Mathieu P. Dailly, CMAS

Tumour of Fire © Marcello Delfini & Mathieu Fallet - CIML CNRS-INSERM-AMU — Tumour of Fire © Marcello Delfini & Mathieu Fallet – CIML CNRS-INSERM-AMU

Going with the flow © Jérémie Teillon, INSERM U1034

Tracheids and surrounding tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana © Corrado Viotti, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg - P. Genschik Lab — Tracheids and surrounding tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana © Corrado Viotti, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg – P. Genschik Lab

Wood smoking muscle © Orestis Faklaris, Marianne Gervais-Taurel, Institut Jacques Monod

Monkey's Head © Laurence Dubreil-APEX-UMR703 PAnTher INRA Oniris — Monkey’s Head © Laurence Dubreil-APEX-UMR703 PAnTher INRA Oniris

Arabidopsis inflorescence 1 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

Vers quelle direction aller... © Lucie Sengmanivong, Olga Iuliano, B. Goud Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris — Vers quelle direction aller… © Lucie Sengmanivong, Olga Iuliano, B. Goud Lab, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris

Scream © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg - GMGM — Scream © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM

Sunset on the mangrove © Mathieu P. Dailly, CMAS

La petite Venise de la biologie © Carine Rossé, Emilie Lagoutte & Marie Irondelle, Institut Curie

Hypnoblue © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg - GMGM — Hypnoblue © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM

Nanoparticles in brain tumor vessels © Françoise Geffroy, CEA-DRF-NeuroSpin-UNIRS, Midas Team

Main Gallery

© Patrice MASCALCHI – IINS, UMS3420 CNRS - University of Bordeaux, US4 INSERM - Bordeaux Imaging Center — Link the dots! © Patrice MASCALCHI – IINS, UMS3420 CNRS – University of Bordeaux, US4 INSERM – Bordeaux Imaging Center DNA-Paint technique performed to image triple-spot nanorulers (DNA origami from Gattaquant company). DNA probes is covalently attached to Atto 655 dye. Images were acquired on Leica GSD.

Florence Iral-Comeau, IURC, Montpellier — Florence Iral-Comeau, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Chromosomique (IURC), Montpellier – Cellules épithéliales d’origine pulmonaire

Alexandre Philips - MRI — Alexandre Philips Laboratoire Muscle et pathologies (ERI25) Montpellier RIO Imaging Montpellier

© Théophile Déjardin – Institut Jacques Monod - ImagoSeine — © Théophile Déjardin – Institut Jacques Monod – ImagoSeine 3t3 cells expressing fluorescent Nesprin2 going through 5µm constrictions.

Mathieu Gabut, IGMM, Montpellier — Mathieu Gabut, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire (IGMM), Montpellier – Disque imaginal d’oeil d’embryon de Drosophile

Frédérique Scamps, INM, Montpellier — Frédérique Scamps, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM), Montpellier – Neurone sensoriel

Michel Eybalin, INM, Montpellier — Michel Eybalin, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM), Montpellier – Ganglion spiral de cochlée

Bioimage analysis of Shigella infection reveals targeting of colonic crypts (PNAS, 2015) © Ellen T. Arena (Pasteur)

Willy Joly - IGH - Montpellier — Willy Joly, Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Montpellier – Embryon de drosophile

Dalton © Hugues Lelouard, Mailfert Sébastien & Mathieu Fallet CIML CNRS-INSERM-AMU Confocal microscopy Revealing sub-population of immune cells on small intestine by 10 colors spectral imaging First Price of the FBI Image Contest 2016

L’Art Confocal © Mailfert Sébastien – CIML, CNRS-INSERM-AMU Mouse kidney section with AF 488 WGA in green, AF 568 Phalloidin in red, and DAPI in blue. From LifeTechnologies, F24630 FluoCells prepared slide. Confocal microscopy image obtained on a Leica SP5 ; 405nm and white light laser @488 and 568nm ; 63/1.4 oil immersion objective.

Geneviève Conéjéro, BPMP, Montpellier — Geneviève Conégéro, Laboratoire Biologie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes (BPMP), Montpellier – Feuille d’Arabidopsis thaliana

© PETREL Melina - Bordeaux Imaging Center - CNRS, Inserm, université Bordeaux Segalen — C’est l’amour © PETREL Melina – Bordeaux Imaging Center – CNRS, Inserm, université Bordeaux Segalen Algues préparées par HPF.

Gilles Carnac, Laboratoire Muscle et pathologies (ERI25), Montpellier — Gilles Carnac, Laboratoire Muscle Myotube humain

Suzanne Vigneron - CRBM - Montpellier — Suzanne Vigneron – Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire (CRBM) – Montpellier -Kinétochores dans un noyau de xénope

Elodie Hatchi, Laurent LeCam et Claude Sardet - MRI — Insitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM) Montpellier RIO Imaging

L'immunologie vue du ciel © Noushin Mossadegh & Mailfert Sébastien - CIML - CNRS /INSERM/AMU — L’immunologie vue du ciel © Noushin Mossadegh & Mailfert Sébastien – Centre d’immunologie de Marseille Luminy (CIML) – CNRS /INSERM/AMU

© Olga Nagy – Institute Jacques Mondod, CNRS, Drosophila Evolution Group - ImagoSeine — Galactic Love © Olga Nagy – Institute Jacques Mondod, CNRS, Drosophila Evolution Group – ImagoSeine Immunostaing of Drosophila santomea pupal genitalia. Nuclei are in blue colour stained with DAPI. Neurons and glial cells are in red labeled with anti-HRP-Cy3 antibody. Hairs and chitin are in green autofluorescence. Image was taken at ImagoSeine by Zeiss LSM 710.

© Orestis Faklaris – Institut Jacques Monod - ImagoSeine — © Orestis Faklaris – Institut Jacques Monod – ImagoSeine collagen SHG signal and autofluorescence (green) in the aorta

Gérard Alonso, IGF, Montpellier — Gérard Alonso, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), Département d’endocrinologie, Montpellier – Vascularisation de cerveau de rat

© Melina HEUZE - Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR7592 - ImagoSeine — The Tracking Trip © Melina HEUZE – Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR7592 – ImagoSeine

Jean-Michel Bellanger, CRBM, Montpellier – C. elegans RTM

© Noushin Mossadegh & Mailfert Sébastien - CIML, CNRS-INSERM-AMU — Le bouquet de vie © Noushin Mossadegh & Mailfert Sébastien – CIML, CNRS-INSERM-AMU Coupe d’un tube séminifère de testicule de souris. On visualise les spermatozoïdes formant un « bouquet de fleurs ». Marquage en immunofluorescence des noyaux cellulaires (DAPI) représentés ici en cyan révélant la queue des spermatozoïdes. L’actine, représentée ici en rouge, révèle «la tête» des spermatozoïdes (phalloïdine marquée avec le fluorochrome Alexa-647). L’image représente 213×213μm sur 2048×2048 pixels. La coupe est d’une épaisseur de 20μm. Image de microscopie confocale sur Zeiss LSM780 ; lasers 405nm et 633nm ; objectif 40X, O.N. 1.4, immersion à huile.

Jean-Michel Bellanger, Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire – C. elegans

Marie Mirouze, BPMP, Montpellier — Marie Mirouze, Laboratoire Biologie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes (BPMP), Montpellier – Trichome d’Arabidopsis halleri

Pierre Savagner, U868, CRLC, Montpellier — Pierre Savagner, Unité Identité et plasticité tumorale (U868, CRLC), Montpellier – Glande Mammaire de souris- MRI 2006 Image contest 2nd Prize

© David Pereira - Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes - ImagoSeine

Fly monster © Orestis Faklaris & Michael Lang – Institute Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592 - ImagoSeine — Fly monster © Orestis Faklaris & Michael Lang – Institute Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592 – ImagoSeine Multifocal confocal microscopy (spinning disk, Spinning CSU W1) Drosophila third instar larval head, nuclear-RFP, neronal-GFP and green autofluorescence, 25x magnification, scale bar is 100 μm. Second to the FBI Image Contest 2016

Frédéric Causeret - IJM — Frédéric Causeret Génétique et développement du cortex cérébral Institut Jacques Monod

Frédéric Bernard - IJM — Frédéric Bernard Equipe Génétique Moléculaire de la Différenciation Institut Jacques Monod

Lionel Simmonneau, INM - Neurosphère — Lionel Simmonneau, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM) – Neurosphère

© Adrien Demilly - Institut Jacques Monod — Adrien Demilly – Institut Jacques Monod

Cécile Travo - MRI — Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM) Montpellier RIO Imaging Montpellier

Magali Mondin, Daniel Choquet (CNRS Photothèque) — CNRS Photothèque Magali Mondin, Daniel Choquet UMR5091 – Physiologie cellulaire de la synapse (PCS) – Bordeaux

Julien Cau, Montpellier RIO Imaging – Fibroblaste de Xénope en division

Véronique Ripetti - DAP - Montpellier — Véronique Ripetti, Laboratoire Développement et amélioration des Plantes (DAP), Montpellier – Tige de pommier

Chadi Soukkarieh - MRI — Insitut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM) Montpellier RIO Imaging Montpellier

© Liu Zeng Zhen – Institut Jacques Monod - ImagoSeine — Glowing grasp © Liu Zeng Zhen – Institut Jacques Monod – ImagoSeine Fluorescent focal adhesion proteins in a stem cell, confocal microscope Zeiss 700

Steve Bourane, INM, Montpellier — Steve Bourane, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM), Montpellier – Colonne vertébrale de souris- MRI 2007 Image Contest 2nd prize

Dominika Sliwa - IJM — Dominika Sliwa Equipe « Mitochondries, métaux et stress oxydatif » Institut Jacques Monod

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