[November 22, 2012] |
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GE Healthcare's 2012 Cell Imaging Competition - voting opens to celebrate art, science and discovery
CHALFONT ST GILES, England --(Business Wire)--
GE
Healthcare Life Sciences, a business unit of GE Healthcare GE (NYSE:
GE), today announced that voting for the 2012 Cell Imaging Competition
is now open at gelifesciences.com/cellimagecompetition.
Scientists and the wider public are invited to choose their favourite
image in two shortlist categories - high-content analysis and high- and
super-resolution microscopy - chosen from images submitted by
researchers worldwide. Their selection can be made on any basis, whether
it is the beauty of the image, the type of research involved, or the
technical skills required to generate it. The winners will be invited to
see their images displayed on NBC's high definition screen in Times
Square, New York.
The judging panel which shortlists the images is drawn from past
winners, academia, editors of peer reviewed journals, and GE scientists.
This year the panel comprised:
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Dr Christine Nybo, Assistant Editor, BioTechniques
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Dr Julian Heath, Editor, Microscopy & Analysis
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Dr Leslie Caron, Research Scientist, Genea Stem Cells (and a winner in
2011)
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Dr Nick Thomas, Principal Scientist, Cell Technologies, GE Healthcare
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Dr Paul Goodwin, Science Director, Applied Precision, part of Cell
Technologies, GE Healthcare
Dr Amr Abid, General Manager of Cell Technologies, GE Healthcare Life
Sciences, said, "High-content and super-resolution cell imaging are
pioneering technologies that help scientists explore the universe of the
cell, to better understand complex cellular mechanisms, and advance the
understanding of disease processes. Whether it is the aesthetics or the
science that draws pople in, we hope that both scientists and the wider
public will be inspired and informed by this year's images."
View the shortlisted images and vote for your favourite at www.gelifesciences.com/cellimagecompetition
For updates on the competition follow @GECellBiology
on Twitter (News - Alert).
About the 2012 Cell Imaging Competition
The Cell Imaging Competition, supported by BioTechniques, celebrates the
exceptional research of scientists across the world using IN Cell
Analyzer, DeltaVision Elite and DeltaVision OMX systems in their work.
Voting starts on 22nd November and continues online until 19th
December. Alongside the online voting, attendees at two conferences
(ASCB, December 15-19, USA and MBSJ, December 11-14, Japan) will also be
invited to vote for their favourite. The votes will be combined to
select a maximum of four winners. There will be one main High-Content
Analysis winner and one main High-Resolution and Super-Resolution
Microscopy winner. In addition, there will be regional winners from
regions not represented by winners of these categories. The three
regions are; North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa; Asia/Rest of
the World (including Australia and New Zealand). Details of the judging
panel can be found here
and full terms and conditions can be found here.
To vote or see images from past winners, go to www.gelifesciences.com/cellimagecompetition
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and
services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise
in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics,
patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical
manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance
solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more
people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with
healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change
necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare
systems.
Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join
us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on
reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality around the
world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employees
are committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in
more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit
our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
For our latest news, please visit http://newsroom.gehealthcare.com

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