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U of G Research in Focus photo contest - 2023

U of G research in focus photo contest

Thanks to everyone who entered our 5th annual Research in Focus photo contest!

Judging is complete and the winning photos are posted below. To learn more about the research projects, click on the images for more detailed descriptions.

View All 2023 Entries [1]

First Place

Andean woman preparing the land to plant the potatoes in Laraos, Peru. [2]

Doing research in the highlands of Peru – Silvia Sarapura [2]

The pictures present an indigenous woman of the Laraos community in preparation for the land for planting season. She plants corn and potatoes in the terraces which were built by her ancestors in pre-inca times.


Second Place

 Liquid oil and solid fat crystals in a protein scaffold compartmentalized between layersStructuring food of the future – Louis Colaruotolo [3]

Third Place

A black turkey vulture standing on the road beside a dead bird with a truck coming towards it on the other side.Roadside Diner – Mark Duchene [4]


Honourable Mention

Close up view of a Chinese mantis (Tenodora sinensis)Spy vs Spy – Brandon Gilroyed [5]

Enzymes in neurons, which look like lightening in a dark skyOne Neuron's Story – Jordan Kogut [6]

A tiny yellow, gold and black bird standing in grassSpruce Grouse Fledgling – Mark Duchene [7]

A close-up of a dead tree trunk in the Dairy Bush Woodlot. Autobiography of trees – Brynn Dugdale [8]

A woman wearing a bandana and eyewear for insect identification sitting at a table examining an insect.Fashionable eyewear for insect identification – Moira Ijzerman [9]

Community Choice Winner

Flower fly larvae predating cannabis aphids on a green and brown plant.s [10]

Don't Panic, it's Organic - Alice Dabrowski and Jason Lemay [10]

Flower fly (Syrphidae) larvae predating cannabis aphids (Phorodon cannabis), a difficult-to-manage pest of this *high* value crop. Predacious flower fly larvae offer an alternative biological control option to pesticide use.

Special prize Agri-Food in Focus Winner

A female beekeeper sitting with a bees around her hate, neck, chest and shoulders. [11]

Internship student – Wissarut Sukhaket [11]

Darinka Garduño is a 2023 summer intern from México, and at the end of her internship, she will acquire her degree as a veterinarian. She is very interested in honey bees and research with no fear of stinging. She is tiny in size but mighty at heart. She hopes that her time here at the Honey Bee Research Centre will help her gain more experience and develop her beekeeping skills.


Special prize Agri-Food in Focus - Honourable Mention

Grain corn growing in field at Ridgetown campusThriving grain corn – Polly Musayidizi [12]

A woman inside a farm giving a an oral caffeine treatment a Holstein heifer calf.A little perk me up – Michele Brower [13]

A white lamb standing on a beige lamb. Both are inside a research facility. The white lamb has a pink line o its face.Standing On a Firm Foundation – Rebecka Sadler [14]


Source URL:https://www-research.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/winners-2023

Links
[1] https://www-research.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/gallery-2023
[2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/doing-research-highlands-peru
[3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/structuring-food-future
[4] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/roadside-diner
[5] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/spy-vs-spy
[6] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/one-neurons-story
[7] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/spruce-grouse-fledgling
[8] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/autobiography-trees
[9] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/fashionable-eyewear-insect-identification
[10] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/dont-panic-its-organic
[11] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/internship-student
[12] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/thriving-grain-corn
[13] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/little-perk-me
[14] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/photo-contest/standing-firm-foundation