Neurart

Shelley over at the Retrospectacle pointed out that the above confocal image of the cochlea won 4th place in the Olympus Bioscapes Digital Imaging Competition. 1st Place was the Brainbow (which is my current wallpaper on my desktop PC), but I actually like this more. I just wish they would post some nice, high-res versions (like 1920x1200 or 1600x1200). I had to piece the Brainbow one together by hand from the study pdf.

Whisper: Cochlear implant inventor honored

From the University of Melbourne:

University of Melbourne scientist Professor Graeme Clark has received the 2007 Klaus Joachim Zulch prize for his research into neuroscience and the Cochlear implant, giving hearing to deaf people.