Chalfont St. Giles, UK, December 1st 2009 – GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), has opened voting for its annual IN Cell Image Competition at www.gelifesciences.com/incellcompetition. Voters have until 6th of January 2010 to choose their favorite from a shortlist of 30 beautiful images. Everyone who votes will receive a complementary calendar featuring images from the previous competition.
All images entered into the competition were generated using GE Healthcare’s IN Cell Analyzer, a High Content Analysis system that allows scientists to study cellular processes in their biological context. Three winners will be selected, one from each of North America, Europe, and Asia, who will receive an expenses paid trip for two to New York to see their image displayed in Times Square.
“The IN Cell Image Competition is a great opportunity to showcase the fascination of science to people who would not usually have any involvement in research,” said Dr Miriam Ascagni, DIBIT-San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy, and last year’s European Winner. “The system’s high throughput and ability to quantitatively extract a large amount of data from the images eliminates subjectivity, giving increased confidence compared to traditional microscopy.”
The competition is supported by BioTechniques, and for a high-resolution image please contact ge-incell@collegehill.com
About GE Healthcare’s IN Cell Analyzer
IN Cell Analyzer is a modular imaging system for fast and automated High Content Analysis (HCA). This advanced and highly sensitive platform enables scientists to study cellular processes in their true biological context, in research and drug discovery. It offers high-throughput microscopy in combination with modern cellular assays and robotic handling for automated cellular imaging and analysis. The IN Cell Analyzer provides one of the most versatile HCA portfolios on the market and is exceptional in its modularity, completeness and ease of use. It has been recognized by the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award. For more detailed information on the IN Cell suite, visit http://www.gehealthcare.com/incell.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
