Art + Photo contest

Call for submissions !

Guidelines & Application

Do you have a passion for visual arts or photography? Do you create beautiful illustrations in your research? 

The CNPN invites submissions for the 3rd edition of the Art+Photo Contest! This contest is the ideal opportunity to share your proteomics research in a more artistic fashion than usual. Any art, photo or picture related to proteomics can be submitted. A public vote will determine the winner, who will receive a cash prize of $200.

Submission deadline: April 30th, 2026, 11:59 PDT

Our gallery

Rachel Nadeau - A human protein co-localization network
Rachel Nadeau - A human protein co-localization network
Lorenz Nierves - Geckos in Hawaii
Lorenz Nierves - Geckos in Hawaii
Amanda Lorentzian - Recycled Art
Amanda Lorentzian - Recycled Art
Munkhtuul Enkhbat - Betrayal of my own body/planet
Munkhtuul Enkhbat - Betrayal of my own body/planet
Rachel Nadeau - A mosaic of research
Rachel Nadeau - A mosaic of research
Munkhtuul Enkhbat - EGFR's Head (my version of the famous Ram's Head painting by Georgia O'Keeffe)
Munkhtuul Enkhbat - EGFR's Head (my version of the famous Ram's Head painting by Georgia O'Keeffe)
Mohammad Mobarak Hossain Chowdhury - Cnetplot Network in Immune and Oxidative Stress Responses
Mohammad Mobarak Hossain Chowdhury - Cnetplot Network in Immune and Oxidative Stress Responses
Josephine Esposto - Up Close and Personal with Dictyostelium discoideum: A Topographical Snapshot
Josephine Esposto - Up Close and Personal with Dictyostelium discoideum: A Topographical Snapshot

Voting from the CNPN community

Voting for the best art + photo submission will open November 17th at 8 am PDT and close November 19th at 11:59 pm PDT.

Voting is open to all CNPN members.

The winner will be announced at the closing ceremony of CNPN 2024. 

Vote now!

Past winners

2024

Rachel Nadeau (UOttawa)

A mosaic of research – This piece is created from PowerPoint slides of my scientific presentations. It embodies a journey through my Ph.D. research, where I’ve investigated protein-protein interaction networks to unravel regulatory factors affecting protein localization and cellular functions. Each slide represents a portion of my efforts to communicate the complexities and importance of this work to the scientific community. Together, these slides reconstruct the intricate map of a cell and its sub-cellular compartments, forming the building blocks of the image and visually embodying the subject they set out to illustrate.

2023

Munkhtuul Enkhbat (UPEI)

Betrayal of my own body/planet – I’m currently working on a research project focused on the metabolic pathways of breast cancer. I wanted to paint something that’s related to my project. Therefore, I created this acrylic painting of a breast mammogram with a visible tumour growing. The colourful 3D protein structure painted on top of the tumour is the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) which is one of the crucial proteins involved in tumour growth and one of the major targets for breast cancer therapy. The painting can also be looked as a cell with a protein inside or a planet with a foreign object inside.