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Scientific Volume Imaging

Deconvolution - Visualization - Analysis


Huygens Image & Movie Contest 2025

Submission deadline: December 31st, 2025

Winners announced: Before January 15th, 2026

Prizes:

1st Prize: A brand-new CHROMEBOOK (14” touchscreen, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD)

1st–5th Prize Winners: Each receives a 0.5 TB external SSD with a custom print of the first prize image

Curious about past winners? (View previous winning images here)

How to Enter

Submit your favorite image and/or movie created with Huygens to contest@svi.nl (If your files are too large, use our Upload Site).

Please include:

  • Your name, institute, and postal address
  • A short description of the imaged object and how Huygens was used
  • Confirmation that:
  • You are the copyright holder
  • You grant SVI permission to use the data for commercial and educational purposes

Need access to Huygens ? 

Download the Huygens Suite on your computer and contact us for a free Huygens trial.

Download Flyer? 

Help spread the word! Download the contest flyer and share it in your department or imaging facility.

We can't wait to see your image(s) and movie(s)!

The SVI team

1st Prize Winner of 2024

Image from Dr. Robert Wine, Fluorescence Microscopy and Imaging Center, MCBL, NIEHS/NIH, USA

Substack 100 1000 1 Depthcode 03 620width Website This 'tissue' image combines advanced sample preparation, image acquisition, and Huygens restoration and visualization techniques. Description: Zeiss Lightsheet 7 image of the hippocampus of cleared adult mouse brain expressing a Cre-dependent tdTomato fluorophore in cells expressing Cre. Treatment with tamoxifen induces strong reporter expression in CA2 neurons, as well as an unknown cell type in vasculature. A large dataset of tiled Z-stacks was deconvolved and stitched using the Huygens Tile Stitching and Deconvolution Wizard. The result was visualized as a Z-depth code image using the MIP Renderer. Here a single tdTomato-labeled CA2 neuron can be seen making multiple contacts with vasculature in the hippocampus. The precision afforded by the Stitching and Deconvolution Wizard has led to a new line of inquiry into the significance of this neuronal-vascular contact.