Science in Action - First Place
Photographer - Julian Gan
Master's student Phoebe Gross and research assistant Dan Scurfield hauling in a beach seine to sample juvenile salmon this past spring in the Quatse (Gwa'dzi) estuary in Port Hardy (Kwakiutl First Nation territory)

Science in Action - Second Place
Photographer - Kiara Kattler
ROV morning

Science in Action - Third Place
Photographer - Sherry Young
Grab your snowshoes: we are camera trapping today

Study Subject - First Place
Photographer - Andreas Fischer
Cloud 9: Male (Steatoda grossa) false widow spider courts a female by bundling up her web to a ball by adding his own silk

Study Subject - Second Place
Photographer - Andrew Bickell
A red turban snail (Pomaulax gibberosus), one of the most common sights on a dive in coastal British Columbia, captured in a more dramatic setting. This photo was taken during a marine biodiversity survey in Barkley Sound during the summer of 2022.

Study Subject - Third Place
Photographer - Miranda Meents
Many fungi spend much of their time as a mass of microscopic threads called hyphae. In this Sclerotium species, the hyphae can form hardened balls called sclerotia, which we can see here under a dissecting microscope. Sclerotia are typically hardier than unprotected hyphae, helping the fungus survive harsh environments until conditions improve.

Life Under the Lens - First Place
Photographer - Danielle Bonenfant
The image is of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) TSC2-/- and are stained with beta tubulin

Life Under the Lens - Second Place
Photographer - Tara Mann
Festival of Lights; HeLa cells stained for Filamentous Actin (red), DNA (Blue) and Palladin (Green)

This image was derived from a HeLa cell line. Henrietta Lacks, and the HeLa cell line that was established from her tumor cells without her knowledge or consent in 1951, have made significant contributions to scientific progress and advances in human health. We are grateful to Henrietta Lacks, now deceased, and to her surviving family members for their contributions to biomedical research.

Life Under the Lens - Third Place
Photographer - Shama Nazir
The image shows spindle fibers during cell division. These are neural stem cells, DNA or nuclei in cyan and spindle fibers stained by antibodies against stress protein IRE1a in Yellow.

Wild Card - First Place
Photographer - Jane Fowler
Fowler Lab meeting down at Barnet marine park to test out the sediment core sampler that was built by undergrad student Andy Liyang. You can see Ramis operating the sampler, and Soobin, Andy and Hanieh looking on.

Wild Card - Second Place
Photographer - Jelena Vidovic
Collecting data at the bird observatory on East Limestone Island while volunteering for the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society. Captured on 35mm film.

Wild Card - Third Place
Photographer - Hannah Roodenrijs
A black oystercatcher foraging in the intertidal during low tide in Haida Gwaii