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Shalek Image Shortlisted for the 2019 Wellcome Photography Prize

Categories: Awards, Faculty, Research

An image produced by Professor Alex Shalek and members of his research group is one of 28 entries from 12 countries selected as a competition finalist.

An image depicting SHIV infection in rhesus monkeys and produced by Professor Alex Shalek and members of his research lab – Carly Ziegler, Shaina Carrol, Leslie Kean, Victor Tkachev, and Lucrezia Colonna – has been selected as one of 28 finalists from 12 countries competing for the 2019 Wellcome Photography Prize. All winning and shortlisted entries will go on to show at the Lethaby Gallery, London, 4-13 July. Category prizes and the overall winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on July 3, 2019.

Research in the Shalek Lab is directed towards the creation and implementation of new technologies to understand how cells collectively perform systems-level functions in healthy and diseased states.