The 2005 competition

Here you find the winning photographs of the 2005 "Images of Research" competition in the categories "Fascination of Research", "Faces of Research", the winner of the audience prize and the shortlist, a selection of the best photos submitted in 2005. To view a larger version of the photographs, please click on the picture in question.


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Category "Faces of Research":

Category "Audience prize":

Category "Additional nominations":

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Jürgen Berger, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie,
Tübingen / Tatjana Piotrowski, Department of Neurobiology
and Anatomy, University of Utah

While the mouth opening beneath the two dark nasal apertures is fully formed in normally developed larvae of the zebrafish (right), the lower jaw of the mutant (left) is significantly reduced. Based on research with zebrafish mutants that feature jaw deformities, scientists hope to also better understand jaw deformities in humans.

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