Image Contest Winner 2013 published by NewScientist private

Tuesday 21 of January, 2014
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The popular international science magazine NewScientist, selected the winner of the Huygens Image Contest 2013 as the 'Picture of the Day'!

The image was acquired and processed with the Huygens software by Ms. Karin Panser of the group of Andrew Straw at the IMP Vienna (Austria). It represents structures called ommatidia that make up the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster.

The image was selected by the SVI staff for the Huygens Image Contest 2013 and receives now worldwide attention in NewScientist ( see here ).

The beautiful image of Karin Panser also received attention from the Austria Life Science Branch and from the IMP Vienna.

An overview of the prize winners and their images can be see here.

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