b'COMPETITION ORGANISERS PICKSART: Ian Golding, University of Southampton PHOTOGRAPHY: Evan Wroe, Joshua Lawrence and PETRI CONSTELLATIONMairi Eyres, University of CambridgeThis is a small sculptural form that imagines the SYNECHOCYSTIS LIT FROM BEHINDpossible contents of a petri dish as imaginary planets A fluorescent flavin (cyan) has been added to the in an ancient constellation map. cyanobacteria Synechocystis (also known as blue-green algae), to help image the electrochemical gradient across the Synechocystis biofilm. Unfortunately, it is mostly sucked up by the extracellular matrix that the cells produce to form a biofilm. At this resolution, and lit from behind by the flavin, it reveals the cells as little bubbles of liquid.2022 JUDGING PANELOur diverse panel of 5 judges took part in an unbiased and anonymous judging process.We sincerely thank the judging panel for their time and efforts in supporting our competition.Chris Denning: Director of the University of Nottinghams Biodiscovery Institute. Paul Maguire: Freelance Photographer, with a background in Earth science and exploration. Neil Parry: R&D Programme Director of Biotechnology and Biosourcing at Unilever and NBIC IndustrialAdvisory Board member. Tim Self: Head of School of Life Sciences Imaging (SLIM) from the University of Nottingham. Catriona Clark: Art student from the University of Edinburgh.Our 2023 competition is now open and will run until 20 October 2023. Visit the competition webpage to submit your entries.BIOFILM CREATE COMPETITION WEBPAGE47'