Prize Details

• $25 coffee/food voucher

Inclusion criteria

• The submitter must be a member of the ASM VIC branch at the time the image is submitted to the ASM VIC Branch committee for consideration.
• Submitter must be the owner of the image and content.
• The image and content must not have any copyright restrictions.

Email entries to: Sarah Baines (bainess@unimelb.edu.au)

Please note that by submitting an entry you agree that if your image is selected, the ASM Victorian Branch Committee reserves the right to use the image as promotional material at ASM-organised and ASM-sponsored events. The image may be edited at the discretion of the ASM Victorian Branch Committee. The submitter’s name will always be included with the image when used.

2026

"This image was captured at the ARTIS-Micropia museum in Amsterdam during a Europe trip. Naturally, ASM member Irene Alevizos (MASM) forced her travel crew to visit Micropia, because when microbiology is your passion, everyone on holiday gets to share it!
Micropia is the world’s first museum dedicated entirely to microbes, bringing the invisible microbial world to life. Along the wall are agar plates displaying microbial growth, offering a glimpse into the incredible diversity of microbes. Thankfully, her crew found the experience fascinating too, making her microbial holiday master plan a success! This candid shot captures Irene sharing that passion with visitors, explaining the world of microbes, making science easier to understand and perhaps... inspiring?"
—Dr Irene Alevizos, Monash University

2025

"Ry Holland is microbiologist with the Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative: SAEF - Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, working at Monash University.
This photo is from their most recent fieldwork expedition to Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica, where they were sampling for microbes in a variety of environments. It shows the incubation set-up for soil microcosms, where they are measuring the rate of trace atmospheric gas consumption by the soil under real-world conditions. Antarctic soils are dominated by "aerotrophs", which can use H2 and/or CO to meet their energy needs and fix carbon from CO2."
—Dr Ry Holland, Monash University

2021

"Microbes cultured from synthetic nectar"
—Gene Drendel, La Trobe University

2020

"Lysis of a Blockteria by Polydron-phage"
—Dr Jen Wood, La Trobe University, and Adam Wood

2019

"Growth pattern of a Bacillus mycoides colony grown from a single spot as it spreads across an agar plate"
—Gene Drendel, La Trobe University

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