human-brain

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Pictured : Overall winner.
Intracranial recording for epilepsy
Robert Ludlow, UCL Institute of Neurology, London

These award-winning pictures lift the lid on the hidden world of biology.
From a time-lapse shot of a cancer cell dividing to a beautifully spiky caffeine crystal they were all received a Wellcome Image Award.
Some of the images are eerily beautiful such as a close-up of green algae, a bacteria biofilm or the crystal of an anti- diarrhoea drug.
Others including the winner, a shot of the surface of a living brain, are more hard-hitting.
Taken by Robert Ludlow of UCL’s Institute of Neurology during a surgical procedure to treat a patient with epilepsy, the image depicts the beauty and fragility of this enigmatic organ.
Professor Alice Roberts, who was a member of the judging panel,
said: “This is a remarkable image of a human brain.