SNSF award for Roman Vetter's research video
As one of 435 entries submitted to the 2023 SNSF Scientific Image Competition, the video of Roman Vetter was awarded the jury distinction. This stunning videos simulates tissue growth of a malignant tumour growing from a single cell to a million cells. Congratulations, Roman!
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This computer simulation shows a malignant tumour growing from a single cell to a million cells. Each cell is coloured according to its relative age, going from red (young) to blue (old). The mesmerising animation showcases the beautiful complexity of self-organisation in tissue biology that emerges from simple mechanical principles.
The work originates in a performance test to demonstrate the computational efficiency of a cell-based tissue simulation program developed at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich. Our work pushes large-scale cellular tissue modelling capacities to a new level. We develop in silico (computer) models of organ development, studying in particular the fundamental mechanisms that govern the size of organs or maintain their proportions in differently sized embryos.
Find information and all winning works on the external page2023 SNSF Scientific Image Competition website; direct link to external pageRoman's video.
Roman Vetter is a Senior Research Associate and lecturer in the Computational Biology Lab led by Dagmar Iber.