It is an honor to me to be awarded with the first prize. There is a sense of beauty behind the pure Science that is almost unknown for people that do not work in the field. Amazingly even mouse brian neurons can lose their connections with the reality and become part of the surreal world of Art. Thanks to the 'Research Images as Art' Competition to let the beauty comes out and to be seen by many.

— Miss Rosellina Guarascio, Institute of Ophthalmology

I very much appreciate being given the opportunity not only to have part of my work shared with and appreciated by a diverse public but also of having faced the fascinating challenge of finding and highlighting the intrinsic beauty within a subject which is often portrayed as mostly technical whilst it's really full of creativity in many of its forms - i.e. physics. Furthermore I similarly enjoyed the wide variety of subjects represented and brought together within the exhibition and the insight they give on such different research topics.

— Mr Simone Sala, Physics and Astronomy

The committee was incredibly impressed by the quality and range of the many striking and beautiful images. It was another very difficult year for judging. The unanimous verdict for the winning image was because of the sheer beauty of the image and the way it reminded us of so many paintings while giving a three dimensional impression.

— Professor David Bogle, Doctoral School, Chair of the judging panel