V Concurso de fotografía científica Biomédica 2025

2025-04-30

Biomédica - 2025

Fifth Scientific Photography Contest

Biomédica’s Editorial Committee is pleased to announce its “Fifth Scientific Photography Contest 2025”. We invite our readers to send those photographic records of findings they considered worthy and aesthetically appealing, capturing a significant element in the development of their research.

We will select the best photographs in each of the categories to illustrate the cover of issues in volume 46. All the photos selected in each category will be gathered in a special issue dedicated to the contest to be published in the first semester of 2026.

Contest rules

  1. We have established the following categories for the contest:
    1. Macrophotographs of vegetables or animals
    2. Microphotography of complete individuals: insects, parasites, direct smears, scrapings from lesions for diagnosis, microbiology cultures, etc.
    3. Microphotography at any magnification, with any staining, and type of microscope
    4. Transmission or scanning electron photomicrographs
    5. Diagnostic images: radiology, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), PET/CT, or the like
    6. Environmental or historic photographs of individuals or institutions
    7. The photographs will be received from 18:00 on Thursday, May 1st, 2025, to 00:00 on Friday, October 31st, 2025.
    8. All photographs should be sent to biomedicains@gmail.com through the usual email service or We Transfer (https://wetransfer.com) if the file is too heavy.
    9. Biomédica reserves the right to reject any file that does not comply with the provisions of these contest rules.
    10. The contest is open to anyone interested in recording scientific facts related to the different biomedical disciplines of interest to the scientific community.
    11. A maximum of six photographs will be accepted per participant, i.e., only one photograph per category.
    12. The photographs should have been taken five years before the date of the start of the contest, i.e., Thursday, May 1st, 2025.
    13. The photographs should not have been granted recognition in other contests.
    14. Biomédica reserves the right to disqualify any participant whose conduct is deemed contrary to the spirit underlying the convening of this contest.

Technical requirements

  1. The photo files should be sent in JPEG (jpg or jpeg) format and not exceed 16 megabits (Mb) and 1,920 pixels in their largest dimension while their resolution should be at least 300 dpi (dots per inch).
  2. Adjustments to digital files are allowed for tone and contrast, cropping, burning, dodging, focus sharpening, small-scale cleaning, noise reduction, and High Dynamic Range (HDR), among others. Every adjustment introduced to the original files should be clearly mentioned in the delivery mail.
  3. Improved digital files using any of the existing photo-editing software should not change the essence of the shot. If the jury members consider this is the case, the photograph will be disqualified.
  4. Each photo should be sent with a description of the scientific event captured including, at least, the place of the shot, the species, if that is the case, and its scientific context, as well as the technical conditions mentioning any subsequent photo editing process and, finally, the full identification of the participant: the place of work, telephone number, and electronic address.
  5. Submitted images cannot have been falsely colored.

 Evaluation of submitted photographs

  1. Submitted photos will be evaluated by a jury composed of three independent evaluators based on the two following criteria: 1) They should be aesthetically appealing, and 2) they should illustrate an interesting scientific phenomenon.
  2. The final decision will be adopted by consensus by the jury members and will be published on Biomédica’s website (https://revistabiomedica.org/) on Friday, October 31st, 2025.

Reproduction rights

  1. Participants should send a signed written declaration addressed to Biomédica granting the journal the reproduction rights of the photograph.
  2. Submitted photographs should adhere to the ethical requirements applicable to photography.