FBI Image Contest 2017 Results

Dear colleagues, dear FBI community,

The National Coordination and Industry Board are proud to announce that the winners of the FBI Image Contest 2017 are:

1. Marie Irondelle – PiCT Institut Curie with “Biology’s Little Venice”

2. Orestis Faklaris – Institut Jacques Monod – ImagoSeine with “The Tree of Life”

The Tree of Life © Orestis Faklaris, Nicolas Chevalier – Institut Jacques Monod
Ultramicroscope – light sheet microscopy

3D z-stack projection of transparised chicken embryo stomach. Label betaIII-tubulin – Alexa488.

3. Clémence Simon – UMR 8576 CNRS/Université Lille 1 with “When Chemistry Transcends Lignin”

Quand la chimie transcende la lignine ! 1 © Clémence Simon, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR8576
Microscopie confocale, MIP, BLISS

Application de la stratégie de double réaction chimique BLISS aux unités p-hydroxyphényle et guaïaicyle de la lignine sur coupe de racine de lin. Observation du double marquage (+ autofluorescence) par microscopie confocale et représentation par projection maximale d’intensité. Taille de l’image : 510 x 510 microns.

FBI Industry Committee Special Prize: Nathanaël Prunet – California Institute of Technology with “Arabidopsis Inflorescence”

Arabidopsis inflorescence 1 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab
Confocal microscopy

This is a live Arabidopsis inflorescence with young flower buds developing at the periphery. Cell walls have been stained with propidium iodide (grey). Fluorescent reporters were used to monitor the expression of the APETALA3 (AP3, green) and SUPERMAN (SUP, red) genes. AP3 is required for the development of stamens (the male organs), while SUP establishes the boundary between the male and female part of the flower. This picture was acquired using live confocal imaging, which allows us to describe the expression of several genes in both space and time, in the same live biological samples, with a precise cellular resolution. It finally allows us to understand a question that has been elusive for 25 years: how the male/female boundary is established during the formation of the flower. My research aims at understanding how flower buds are patterned as they form.

All Entries:

The Embryo Forest © Aude Nommick, IBDM – Marseille University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fly’s wings © Morgane Rabineau, Inserm

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

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

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

Amphore © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Cicata © Mailfert Sébastien – CIML

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

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

Sunset on the mangrove © Mathieu P. Dailly, CMAS

Arabidopsis inflorescence 1 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

Arabidopsis inflorescence 4 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

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

Arabidopsis inflorescence 2 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

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

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

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

Cat © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

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

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

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

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

Scream © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM

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

Nano Maze © Mathieu P. Dailly, CMAS

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

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

Hairy Scan © Sébastien Mailfert, CIML

Flower Time © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM

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

Tree of Life © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Arabidopsis inflorescence 3 © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

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

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

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

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

Nano-Horse © Jonathan Daniel, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires

Hypnoblue © Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM

Easter Egg © Mailfert Sébastien & Rossignol Rafaëlle – CIML

Star Pigments © Aude Nommick, IBDM – Marseille University

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

Going with the flow © Jérémie Teillon, INSERM U1034

Fertility © Mailfert Sébastien & Mossadegh-Keller Noushin – CIML

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

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

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

FBI Logo © Mailfert Sébastien & Raphalen Morgane – CIML

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

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

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

Superman flower © Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab

Thank you to all the participants for their great contributions:

• Dario Donnarumma, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS-UM
• Filippo Piccinini, IRST
• Aude Nommick, IBDM – Marseille University
• Sébastien Marais, Bordeaux Imaging Center
• Marie Held, Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, Levy Lab
• Patrice Mascalchi, Bordeaux Imaging Center and Frédéric Saltel, INSERM U-1053, University of Bordeaux
• Corrado Viotti, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg – P. Genschik Lab
• Marcello Delfini & Mathieu Fallet, CIML CNRS-INSERM-AMU
•  Jonathan Daniel, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires
• Laurence Dubreil, APEX-UMR703 PAnTher INRA Oniris
• Pierre-Olivier Strale, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience
• Clémence Simon, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR8576
• Jérémie Teillon, INSERM U1034
• Morgane Rabineau, Inserm
• Eve Gazave & Nicolas Rabet, Institut Jacques Monod-CNRS
• Nathanaël Prunet, Caltech, Meyerowitz lab
• Françoise Geffroy, CEA-DRF-NeuroSpin-UNIRS, Midas Team
• Valeria Davi, ImagoSeine – Institut Jacques Monod – CNRS
• Anna Smirnova, University of Strasbourg – GMGM
• Debora Olivier, Institut Pasteur
• Orestis Faklaris, Institut Jacques Monod
• Xavier Baudin, Institut Jacques Monod
• Mathieu P. Dailly, CMAS
• Lucie Sengmanivong, UMR 144, Institut Curie, Paris
• Marie Irondelle, Institut Curie

Thank you also to the core facilities staff and heads for having forwarded the contest to their users and for providing them state of the art bioimaging.

The National Coordination