We’re Totally Proud Of This JPA Scholar’s Photo Of A Bacteria!
Izzat Fahimuddin Mohammed Suffian from Gombak was among the 20 winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2016.
By John Lim — 18 Mar 2016, 12:51 PM
Malaysian medical Ph.D. student Izzat Fahimuddin Mohammed Suffian just made the nation proud by winning the Wellcome Image Awards 2016, an international photography competition held in London
The 26-year-old teamed up with three of his peers to produce this detailed and intricate shot of two rod-shaped bacteria using a special photography technique
You’re probably thinking - it’s just a photo of… bacteria! But the process to capture this shot was nothing short of simple!
The Ph.D. student from London's renowned King's College teamed up with three of his university friends, Kuo-Ching Mei, Houmam Kafa and Khuloud Al-Jamal to produce the photo, using the Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), a microscopy technique in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through a thin scope.
Izzat's win is also a major boost to the Malaysian photography industry as the photographs will be displayed at several locations in the United States and United Kingdom
This photo will be on displayed at renowned universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
This is actually the second time Izzat has won this award, with the first one back in 2014
He won the same award in 2014 for producing a cancer treatment image in the form of electron micrograph from a cluster of breast cancer cells treated with nanometer-sized particles carrying anti-cancer drug, doxorubicin.
Izzat, who is from Gombak and a JPA scholar, is currently working on a research on Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery for his doctorate
First held in 1997, the Wellcome Image Awards celebrates the best of science photography and techniques from scientists, clinicians, photographers and artists from around the world
The Awards recognise the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images that communicate significant aspects of biomedical science.
Judged by a panel that includes experts in science communication, medicine and biomedical science, the Awards showcase the best in science image making.
