The beauty of science in action

An annual photo contest honors the creativity behind the scientific process

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Breast tissue from a cancer patient
(Image credit: (Wei-hua Lee, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Medical Genetics)

(Image credit: (Sarah Swanson, Botany Department staff)

(Image credit: (Duncan Smith, postdoctoral fellow, Botany Department)

(Image credit: (Kayla Saslow,food science undergraduate)

(Image credit: (Ethan Heyrman, undergraduate in the departments of Geology and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)

(Image credit: (Garrett Frankson, physics and astronomy undergraduate)

(Image credit: (Hillary Baker, zoology graduate student)

(Image credit: (Michael R. Taylor, assistant professor, School of Pharmacy)

(Image credit: (Karla Esbona, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology)

(Image credit: (Tedward Erker and Steve Kochaver, graduate students in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.