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Houston Methodist Research Art Contest The Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine and the Research Institute recently sponsored the first Research Art contest. Seven images were chosen by the CPAM Arts Integration Committee to inaugurate Houston Methodist’s first science-based art gallery exhibit. Images will be displayed in the Hand and Upper Extremities Physical Therapy Clinic located on the 4th floor of the Scurlock building. CPAM plans to tour the exhibit throughout the hospital, system hospitals, and community. For more information, please visit the contest website: www.houstonmethodist.org/CPAM-Research-Art-Contest
Houston Methodist Research Art Contest Winner List: (see images at top of page)
1. Capillary in Failing Heart, Jose H. Flores-Arredondo, Torre-Amione and Serda Labs
2. Orchids in the gut, Fransisca Leonard, Godin Lab 3. The Leukolike Vector, Michael Evangelopoulos, Tasciotti Lab
4. The Approach, Michael Evangelopoulos, Tasciotti Lab
5. Faces of our inner soldiers, Victor Segura-Ibarra, Serda Lab
6. The Polymeric Flower, Jenolyn Francisca Alexander, Godin Lab
7. Uptake of the Multistage Vector, Michael Evangelopoulos, Tasciotti Lab
BioArt 2013 Exhibit Congratulations to Matthew Ware, Ph.D. and Biana Godin Vilentchouk, Ph.D. for their winning entry in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology’s 2013 BioArt Competition. Their image shows tiny silica beads used to model how drug-laden nanoparticles are transported into cells. The image was featured in the NIH Director’s Blog and is open to public viewing at the NIH Visitor Center located in Bethesda, MD. Learn more online: directorsblog.nih.gov Mathew Ware, Ph.D. and Biana Godin, Ph.D. won 2013 BioArt Award from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 16