Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8 February 2010 Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions and microscopy systems, have announced the launch of the Andor Insight Awards 2011 Scientific Imaging Competition. Now in its second year the worldwide competition rewards visually stunning and scientifically captivating images, spectra, graphics and movies.
The Andor Insight Awards are open to entries produced with Andor equipment regardless of technique or application. Researchers can submit their entry into one of two categories: Physical Sciences or Life Sciences. The winner of each category will receive a brand new Apple iPad and benefit from significant publicity of their work throughout a range of scientific publications.
“Last year’s competition highlighted the depth of cutting-edge research carried out with Andor products and systems by researchers all over the world,” said Donal Denvir, Andor’s Technical Director and Insight Awards jury member. “We look forward to rewarding more visually stunning and scientifically captivating entries through this year’s competition.
The deadline for this year’s Andor Insight Awards is 12.00am BST, 31 May, 2011 and contestants can submit an unlimited number of entries. Early entrants are displayed on www.andor.com shortly after submission and the winners will be announced at the end of July 2011.
First place for the 2010 Insight Awards was shared between Dr. Neil Ganem, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis and Dr David Jess from the Solar Physics Group at Queen’s University Belfast. You can view their entries in the Andor Insight Awards Gallery at http://www.andor.com/insight/gallery/
For more information on how to enter the competition, visit www.andor.com/insight, which contains simple instruction on how to upload entries.
Andor enables its customers to break new ground by performing light measurements previously considered impossible. With a portfolio spanning high-performance scientific digital cameras, spectrographs, and confocal microscopy systems, Andor is a world leader in scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions and microscopy systems. More information about Andor Technology PLC (LSE: AND) is available at www.andor.com.
For more information, please contact Victoria Gault on +44 (0)28 9023 7126, email press@andor.com, or visit www.andor.com
Victoria Gault Marketing Communications Manager Andor Technology discover new ways of seeing™ Tel: +44 (0) 28 9023 7126 Fax: +44 (0) 28 9031 0792 Web: www.andor.com
