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Dr. Vinnacombe-Willson has interests in scientific artwork. She worked as an illustrator for the book “Playing with Math: Stories from Math Circles, Homeschoolers, and Passionate Teachers” in 2012. Now she primarily works using a combination of digitally hand-drawn images, Inkscape, and Blender. For the latter, she completed two courses in 2023 and 2024. She has also participated in various scientific image contests and enjoys sample preparation and characterization of all kinds of materials using electron microscopy.

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Image Contest Entries

Contest Image
False-colored scanning electron microscope image of the standing chiral Fmoc dipeptide wire film on glass. The organization of the wire’s islands appears similar to the view of Santa Clara island from the La Kontxa beach in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Sample preparation: Qing Li (Tianjin University)
Imaging: Gail Vinnacombe-Willson
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Scanning electron microscope image of a BiVO4 microparticle with gold nanostars grown on top.
Sample preparation: Viktória Lovász (ICIQ), Gail Vinnacombe-Willson (CIC biomaGUNE)
Imaging: Gail Vinnacombe-Willson
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Scanning electron microscope image of twisted Fmoc dipeptide standing wires.
Sample preparation: Qing Li (Tianjin University)
Imaging: Gail Vinnacombe-Willson
Contest Image
False color scanning electron microscope image of human T cells (blue) and dendritic cells derived from blood-forming stem cells (pink), used to develop new immunotherapies for cancer, including glioblastomas.
Sample preparation: Suwen Li, Naihao Chiang (UCLA)
Imaging: Gail Vinnacombe-Willson
Contest Image
La Danse of Cancer Cells. False color scanning electron microscopy image captures breast cancer cells extending from their 3D cell culture matrix performing invasive choreography inspired by Matisse.
Sample preparation: L. Troncoso-Afonso; fixation, staining, and SEM imaging by G. Vinnacombe-Willson

Electron Microscopy Image Gallery

Cancer cells in dECM Cancer cells in dECM
Gold nanospheres Gold nanospheres
Salt crystals on gold nanostars Salt crystals on gold nanostars
T-cell T-cell
Human Tooth Human Tooth
Perovskite nanocrystals on organic nanotubes Perovskite nanocrystals on organic nanotubes
SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells on gold nanostars SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells on gold nanostars
Gold nanotriangles Gold nanotriangles
MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells in dECM MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells in dECM
KCN crystals on a gold substrate KCN crystals on a gold substrate
Gold nanorattles Gold nanorattles
Chiral gold bipyramids Chiral gold bipyramids
Perovskite nanocrystals on organic nanotubes close up Perovskite nanocrystals on organic nanotubes close up
Dendritic cell Dendritic cell
Gold nanorods on standing organic wires Gold nanorods on standing organic wires
Gold nanostars Gold nanostars
Dendritic cells Dendritic cells
Decellularized extracellular matrix Decellularized extracellular matrix
Small gold nanospheres Small gold nanospheres
BiVO4 microparticle with gold nanostars BiVO4 microparticle with gold nanostars
Hydrogel containing gold nanorods Hydrogel containing gold nanorods
Gold nanorods Gold nanorods
Dendritic gold nanoparticles grown on glass Dendritic gold nanoparticles grown on glass
Hydrogel cell culture scaffold with a gold nanostar coating Hydrogel cell culture scaffold with a gold nanostar coating