Image Competition 2025

Congratulations to the winners and runners up of the 2025 MNZ microimage competition!

Three judges scored the entries based on scientific impact, technical difficulty, artistic value and creative description. This competition was hosted by the Hugh Green Technology Centre at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research and was only possible with the support of our sponsors: Interlab, Evident, Medi Ray, and Sartorius.

We are excited to announce the winners from each category:

Winners of the 2025 Microimage Competition

"Ex Ovo Omnia (Everything From the Egg)"

Karen Reader and Amelia Eaton-University of Otago
1st place, unlabelled category.
"This Mite be the Cure"

Joana Merk, James Baty, Alfonso Schmidt, Phil Lester-Victoria University of Wellington
1st place, labelled category.

Runners up from the 2025 Microimage Competition

"Cellwall Diffusion Rate in Red Beech Wood"

Lloyd Donaldson-Bioeconomy Science Institute/Scion
2nd place, unlabelled category.
"Zooidal Defense Mechanisms Revealed: SEM of Avicularia Grasping Prey"

Ismael Chowdhury-University of Otago
3rd place, unlabelled category.
"The Antigen Jacuzzi"

Evelyn Hyde-Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
2nd place, labelled category.
"Having a Ball"

Janet Reid-University of Otago
3rd Place, labelled category.