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.

Logo for Hugh Green Technology Centre at the Malaghan Institute featuring a colorful circular pattern and text.
A logo with the word 'EVIDENT' in black letters and a stylized blue check mark replacing the letter 'V'.
Logo with yellow 'MR' and gray 'MEDIRAY+'
Logo of Microscopy New Zealand, featuring a stylized microscope inside a circle with the text 'MICRO' above and 'MICROSCOPY NEW ZEALAND' below.

Thanks to our sponsors:

Interlab logo with stylized DNA strand and company name
Stylized black text spelling "CARTOON" with mirrored and reversed characters.

Banner image courtesy of Duane Harland-BSI, Lincoln