Art of Research Image Contest Cedars-Sinai Skip to content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog English English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Translation is unavailable for Internet Explorer Cedars-Sinai Home 1-800-CEDARS-1 1-800-CEDARS-1 Close Find a Doctor Locations Programs & Services Health Library Patient & Visitors Community My CS-Link Education clear Go Close Academics Academics Faculty Development Community Engagement Calendar Research Research Areas Research Labs Departments & Institutes Find Clinical Trials Research Cores Research Administration Basic Science Research Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC) Technology & Innovations News & Breakthroughs Education Graduate Medical Education Continuing Medical Education Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Professional Training Programs Medical Students Campus Life Office of the Dean Simulation Center Medical Library Program in the History of Medicine About Us All Education Programs Departments & Institutes Faculty Directory Postdoctoral Training Back to Postdoctoral Training Cardiovascular NIH-Funded Training Endocrinology NIH-Funded Training Prostate Cancer NIH-Funded Training Pulmonary NIH-Funded Training Research Clusters Featured Research Postdoc Society Professional Development Series Postdoc Events Art of Imaging Art of Research Image Contest The Art of Research image contest celebrates the outstanding research done by our postdoctoral fellows, while showcasing the beauty of science and research. This inaugural competition, in 2016, was held in honor of Helen Goodridge, PhD, founding director of the Postdoctoral Scientist Program. All postdoctoral scientists were eligible. Images were judged by an expert panel on scientific significance, originality, and artistic or visual impact. Judging panel: Helen Goodridge, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences Kolja Wawrowsky, Director, Confocal Microscopy Core Peter Jorth, Assistant Professor, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences 2019 Image Contest Winners Celestial Bodies by Anthony Martin Creeping fat is a unique phenomenon observed in Crohn's disease patients with intestinal strictures and is characterized by the wrapping of adjacent mesenteric adipose tissue around the intestine. Primary fibroblasts were isolated from human ileocolonic surgical resections and cultured in vitro. The image depicts patient derived fibroblasts exposed to bacterial lysates from candidate taxa believed to influence intestinal fibrosis and creeping fat in Crohn's disease patients. Deep Brain Stimulation by Alexandra Moser Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a therapy used to treat motor disorders like Parkinson's Disease. This MRI and CT-based reconstruction shows the location of DBS electrodes targeting the basal ganglia, here appearing as an insect-like creature. The electrodes, shown in white, pass through the crab-like claw of the striatum and terminate in the subthalamic nucleus, shown in yellow. The red eyes of the insect are the red nucleus, a key structure in controlling rhythmic behaviors like walking. plaNETs of the lungs by Nobuyuki Nosaka The cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected from wild-type C57BL6 mice treated with LPS plus mechanical ventilation (MV). The cells were stained, cytocentrifuged and observed. The cells were stained with Zombie Red (Red), anti-MPO antibody (green) and DAPI (blue). We can observe many cells with extruded DNA (blue) co-stained with MPO (green) and amine group protein (Zombie Red), which indicate neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) formation. They look like planets and shooting stars ("NETosing" cells) orbiting among scattered blue stars (nucleus of BAL cells) in the galaxy space. We hypothesize that NETs formation is associated in the development of two-hit acute lung injury induced by LPS plus MV. 2018 Image Contest Winners Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Brain in a Dish ALS-patient derived iPS cells that have been differentiated and matured into cortical neurons.This well was fixed after 60 days in culture, stained with antibodies that recognize the pan-neuronalprotein MAP2ab (green), the deep layer pyramidal neuron marker CTIP2 (red) and the nuclei representedby DAPI (blue). This specific combination indicates the presence of LV pyramidal neurons, a cell typeimplicated in ALS disease etiology. 1st Place Winner Veronica Garcia is studying Neuroscience/AlSin the Regenerative Medicine Institute. Veronica is a postdoctoral scientist in Dr. Clive Svendsen Lab. Liver Cancer Cells Mandala Human liver Cancer cells (huh7) showing the non-mitochondrial localization of an endogenous mitochondrial inhibitor protein. Mitochondria (pink), protein of interest (orange). We hypothesize that the failure of this protein targeting mitochondria could contribute to a higher mitochondrial metabolism in liver cancer. 2nd place winner, Lucia Barbier Torres is studying Liver Disease in the Department of Gastroenterology. Lucia is a postdoctoral Scientist in Dr. Shelly Lu's Lab. Brightly Fluorescent Prostate Cancer Cells The image shows fluorescent staining of the cytoskeleton within metastatic prostate cancer cells. The nuclei of the cells are stained with DAPI (blue), the microtubules glow (green) with AlexaFluor488 and the F-actin filaments are stained bright (red) with AlexaFluor555. The scientific relevance is that we can see dynamic changes in the cytoskeleton when the cells divide (lower left), compared to their normal adherent state (upper & lower right). Cytoskeletal dynamics affect the response of prostate cancer cells to treatment. 3rd place winner, Sara Pollan is studying Metastatic Cancer in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Sara is a Postdoctoral Scientist in Dr. Beatrice Knudsen's Lab. Left to Right: Sara Pollan (3rd Place), Lucia Barbier Torres (2nd Place) and Veronica Garcia (1st Place) Have Questions or Need Help Contact us if you have questions or would like to learn more about Cedars-Sinai's Postdoctoral Scientist Training Program. Emma Yates Casler Program Manager Send a Message Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility