Today at the 2014 ASCB/IFCB meeting Pinar Gurel of the Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS) announced the winners of the COMPASS comic contest. The audience in Theater 1 of the ASCB Learning Center had a good laugh as each of the comics was projected. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize.
First Place – Taro Ohkawa, University of California, Berkeley
Organelles Discussing and Witnessing Nuclear Behaviors. Comic by Taro Ohkawa
Second Place – Karen Thiebes, Oregon Health and Science University
Wild Wild West(ern Blot). Comic by Karen Thiebes
Third Place – Jessica Martinez, Florida State University
Contagent. Comic by Jessica Martinez
Honrable Mention – Jared Barrot, Huntsman Cancer Institute
To exercise or not to exercise. Comic by Jared Barrott
About the Author:
Christina Szalinski is a science writer with a PhD in Cell Biology from the University of Pittsburgh.
