SPMage09 Edition

The SPMage 2009 edition took place between January 2009 and September 2009, thanks to the disinterested financial support of the following institutions and private companies.

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• NANOTEC Electrónica, S. L. (SPM manufacturer)
• CIC Nanogune
• International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
• Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Nanociencia de Aragón
• CIN2 (ICN-CSIC) Centre d'Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
• Centro de Investigaciones en Nanomateriales y Nanotecnología

Researchers from more than 35 countries participated in the contest submitting more than 250 images with a higher scientific and artistic quality. More than 9000 Euros were handed over in prizes.

Finalist Images were selected in two phases. The first one was performed by a technical committee composed by 31 researchers, whereas the final phase was accomplished by an International Jury, composed of international prestigious scientists, science dissemination experts, journalists and artists, selected the five winning images of this edition, taking into account both their scientific and artistic qualities. In consequence, this second edition of the SPMAGE contest has identified some of the most beautiful and impressive images of the nanoworld.

The Organising Committee acknowledges all the participants, the members of the International Jury and the technical committee, and sponsors for supporting this initiative. The competition has been also supported by projects Nanoobjects-cm (S0505/MAT-0303) Madrid Regional Government, Spain, and Atomic Force Microscopy and Nanosystems (NAN2004-09183-C10) Spanish Government.

SPMage09 Images Awarded:

FIRST PRIZE (5000 €)
"Human malaria (Plasmodium malariae) infected red blood cells" Li Ang National University of Singapore (Singapore)
SECOND PRIZE (2500 €)	THIRD PRIZE (1250 €)
"Atom Spangled Patchwork" Sander Otte NIST-Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (United States)	"Winter-time Nanofishing" Sviatlana Abetkovskaia A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute (Belarus)
FOURTH PRIZE (600 €)	FIFTH PRIZE (600 €)
"Venis of Coral" Francesco Mantegazza Universita' degli studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy)	"Looking for the summer ice" Mar Cardellach Redon Centre d'Investigació en Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia (Spain)

SPMage09 International Jury:
José I. Pascual	Frei University of Berlin, Germany
Franz Giessibl	University of Regensburg, Germany
Rubén Pérez	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
P. Weiss	University Park, United States
José Rivas	Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Spain
Lola Gil	Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Spain
Malén Ruiz de Elvira	"El País" (Newspaper), Spain
Juan Jesús Aznar	Museo de Tecnica de l’Empordà, Spain
Jaime Pérez del Val	Área de Cultura Científica del CSIC, Spain
Juan Antonio Lleó	Asociación Nanoarte, Spain

SPMage09 Technical Committee:
Adriana Gil	Nanotec, S.L., Spain
Alvaro Sao Paulo	CNM-CSIC, Spain
Amadeo Vázquez de Parga	UAM, Spain
Arantzazu Mascaraque	UCM, Spain
Carlos Briones Llorente	INTA, Spain
Carmen Munuera	MPG, Germany
José I. Arnaudas	Unizar, Spain
Carmen Ocal	ICMAB-CSIC, Spain
Celia Rogero	INTA, Spain
Cristina Gómez Navarro	UAM, Spain
Daniel Sánchez Portal	UPV-EHU, Spain
Felix Zámora	UAM, Spain
Fernando Moreno	UAM, Spain
Javier Méndez	UAB, Spain
José Miguel Martín	ICMM-CSIC, Spain
Montserrat Calleja	CNM-CSIC, Spain
Nicoleta Nicoara	UAM, Spain
Oscar Rodríguez	UCM, Spain
Pablo Pou	UAM, Spain
Pedro José de Pablo	UAM, Spain
Pietro Gambardella	UAB, Spain
Adrian Bachtold	CNM, Spain
Juan de la Figuera	UAM, Spain
Juan Jose Sáenz	UAM, Spain
Luis Vázquez	ICMM-CSIC, Spain
María Teresa Cuberes	UCLM, Spain
Miguel Ciria	Unizar, Spain
Mónica Luna	CNM-CSIC, Spain
Esther Barrena	MPG, Germany
Francesc Pérez Murano	CNM, Spain
Gustavo Ceballos	UAB, Spain
Iván Brihuega	UAM, Spain
Jordi Hernadez Borrell	UB, Spain
José Ángel Martín Gago	ICMM, Spain
José Gabriel Rodrigo	UAM, Spain
Roberto Otero	UAM, Spain