Art and Science: Color Explosion A fluorescence microscopy image (ovarian cancer cells/dna) competition straddles the boundary of science and art.

Research assistant at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Geoffrey Grandjean, obtained this image showing human ovarian cancer cells stained for DNA (red) and microtubules (green), during an siRNA screening. The particular gene knockdown in this screen disrupted cell division, causing the giant cell in the middle to grow very large.

The IN Cell Analyzer Image Competition winners 2011

Winning image for Asia PacificLeslie Caron GENEA, Australia

Winning image for the AmericasGeoffrey Grandjean MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

Winning image for EuropeMarie Neguembor ALEMBIC - San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy

Vascular smooth muscle cells differentiated from human embryonic stem cells stained for DNA (blue) and the smooth muscle markers Smoothelin (red) and Caldesmon (green).

Human ovarian cancer cells stained for DNA (red) and microtubules (green).

Myoblast stained for DNA (blue), Myosin heavy chain (green) and methylated Histone H4 (red).