It should be easy for a non-scientist to understand. Important note: Please write your caption in layman’s terms, avoiding scientific jargon. What does the image depict? - How was the image made? - What is an interesting fact about the object or phenomenon depicted? - How is this object, phenomenon and/or method of image-making important to your research, discipline, studies or interests?
A caption, no more than 150 words long, that answers questions like these:.Your permission to allow us to reprint your entries.undergraduate student, graduate student, postdoc, faculty, or staff). Your affiliation with UW–Madison (i.e.Who to credit, including the names and titles of the individuals responsible for creating the image.Our entry form will ask for the following information: Immunohistology or impressionism? This image, by postdoc Wei-Hua Lee, of human tissue and blood vessels was among the winners of the 2016 Cool Science Image contest. Winning images will also be displayed in a fall semester exhibit at the McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Mandelbaum and Albert Vision Gallery and for a year at Promega’s Fitchburg headquarters.Winners receive a large format print of their cool image or still from their video. Creators receive receive a Downtown Madison gift certificate for each winning image or video. Winning entries are featured in slide shows on UW–Madison and select external web sites and venues. Images will be judged on aesthetic and informational qualities. Images can depict an object or phenomenon from any discipline, and we welcome any method of producing an image - including, but not limited to: Faculty, staff, students, postdocs and others with campus connections are eligible, and may enter as individuals or groups. This contest is open to the UW–Madison community.
A crested gecko keeps its clear, immovable eyelids clean and moist with a swipe of the tongue in this 2020 winner by postdoc Nisha Iyer.