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Inaugural ASM-Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) Molecular Biology and Genetics Workshop! Thanks to our amazing workshop organizers (Dr. Alex Kang, Alex Deyanov, Caden Sanko) and faculty facilitators from the biology department at WCJC.

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: C.elegans PVD neuron alphabet:

Alphabet composed by GFP labeled C. elegans PVD sensory neuron

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: CellROX staining of NAC-treated granulomas infected with M. tuberculosis

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...an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, health, and healing

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

An immunofluorescent image of a mouse uterus, where SIRT1 protein is stained yellow, and cell nuclei are in magenta with DAPI. The central uterine gland is shaped like the Eye of Horus (Wedjat)...

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: Arm-oured

An E. coli swarm population expressing redox-sensitive GFP; E. coli swarms generally don't have tentacles, but this lab-evolved mutant does!

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: Accidental Microbiology

E. coli swarm cells expressing a redox-sensitive GFP, naturally (not intentionally) arranged into a pattern that resembles the letter M for microbiology.

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...existed. The glowing lanes portray both structure and absence, illustrating how absence itself becomes a powerful biological signal.

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: When the Gel Smiles Back at you after months- Echoes of a Missing Gene

In this gel electrophoresis image, the wild-type strain displays its dominance, while the deletion mutant reveals a gap — an intentional silence where a gene once...

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: Twinkle twinkle little GFP stars

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At each stage, I aimed to capture the dramatic shifts in morphology that illustrate how profoundly and how quickly development reshapes form.

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: Form in Series

This artwork is inspired by my fascination with embryonic development. In just 20 days, a mouse transforms from a single cell into a near-term embryo ready for life outside the womb. Using graphite and charcoal...

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...I depicted embryonic mouse stages E8.5 through E19.5 as they might appear under bright-field microscopy. Each stage is drawn to scale relative to the next, highlighting the rapid progression of growth and increasing anatomical complexity...

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"Black hole" in the middle is a cefiderocol antibiotic disk. Cefiderocol is the first FDA-approved siderophore-antibiotic conjugate used to treat extensively drug-resistant P. aeruginosa infections.

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: CAS Galaxy

Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonies growing on chrome azurol S (CAS) agar. The colonies produce siderophores that chelate ferric iron from CAS, causing a chromic shift (blue to orange) and appearing like stars in a galaxy...

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...resulting in the production of type I IFN. Interferon then drives the proliferation and differentiation of HSCs resulting in downstream production of blood cells.

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: Microbiome drives hematopoiesis

Microbiome derived metabolites can translocate epithelia barrier and can enter into the blood circulation. These metabolites activate type intracellular and extracellular receptor on target cells...

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2025-2026 MicroWorld Image Contest

Title: C. elegans firework

Firework composed by fluorescent C. elegans

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We are excited to be back with our Microworld Image Contest! We need your help to pick a winner. Our trainees have submitted wonderful art pieces that are posted here! Please like the images of your favorite science art pieces to show your support and stay posted for the results!

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There will be a Grand prize winner, as well as a People’s Choice Award. The Grand prize winner will receive a $100 Amazon gift card and People’s Choice Award will receive $50 Amazon gift card. The People's Choice Award will be decided based upon likes on our social media page.

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EXTENDED deadline for our annual science image contest! - Monday, February 9th!

This contest is open to ALL levels and ALL STEM disciplines at the Texas Medical Center.

Link to submit: https://t.co/57CXLHfXb7