The 2006 competition

Here you find the winning photographs of the 2006 "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 2006. To view a larger version of the photographs, please click on the picture in question.


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Dr. Volker Brinkmann, Biologe

Infectious diseases transmitted by bacteria such as dysentery still represent the most frequent cause of death worldwide. It is caused by the bacterium Shigella flexneri. Here, leukocytes are trying to intercept the pathogens. With finger-shaped appendices, they are quickly moving toward the invaders, flow around them and kill them.

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