Have you ever stared at a brain FFPE tissue section and wondered, “What Pokémon is that?“
Our team recently found ourselves doing just that while reviewing the wonderful tissue images submitted to the 2024 Akoya Image Contest.
We received a record-breaking number of submissions this year and were floored by the creativity and science demonstrated in each. Without further ado, let’s meet this year’s winners and the amazing images they’ve generated using Akoya’s spatial biology solutions.
Theo Mantamadiotis, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
“Perivascular Niche In Human Glioblastoma”
Lymphocytes, macrophages, and collagen 4 surrounding several blood vessels. FFPE tissue stained using a 58-plex neuro-immuno-oncology panel on the PhenoCycler-Fusion platform.
Reyes Castano Martin
PhD Student, Institut Imagine
“The Barriers of the Brain”
From the pia to the cortical neurons. Human brain FFPE cortical tissue imaged using the PhenoCycler-Fusion and DAPI, GFAP, Vimentin, NeuN, Calbindin, Olig2 and pS6 markers.
Pavitha Parathan
PhD Student, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
“The TMA Effect”.
Two mirror images of a healthy human stomach tissue micro-array (TMA) core stained with PanCK, RAMP1, Stathmin1 and ATP4B and imaged with the PhenoImager HT platform.
Prachi Ghule, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
“Pac-Man”.
Single core from a tissue microarray composed of breast cancer samples. A panel of 21 antibodies was run using Akoya’s PhenoCycler-Fusion technology. The markers shown are Collagen VI in purple, CD68 in cyan, Keratin17 in yellow, alpha SMA in red, CD3 in green CD34 in magenta, and CD31 in white.
Weren’t those amazing!?
And that’s not all. Be sure to follow @AkoyaBio on LinkedIn and Twitter for our weekly #TissueTuesday posts where we will be highlighting even more of the amazing image submissions from the 2024 contest over the coming weeks (including one image that captures a whole mouse bone on a slide)!
For more information:
- Learn about Akoya’s spatial biology solutions including the PhenoCycler-Fusion and PhenoImager HT platforms that were used to generate the tissue images above.
- Connect with us to discuss how Akoya’s solutions can help you advance your research
