The annual amateur photography competition run by the Society of Biology recognises some of the most inspiring images of the natural world.

The theme for the 2014 competition is ‘Home, Habitat and Shelter’ and opened on the 10^th March to submissions showing the unique ways animals, plants and organisms exploit their environment to survive. Eppendorf, a leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment, has been named as the official sponsor of this year’s event.

Entries can be submitted for the adult and under-18 categories until the 31^st July, with the winners to be announced in October during Biology Week 2014.

The Society is holding a free exhibition of shortlisted entries from the past two years to coincide with the launch of this year’s competition. These are being shown in the atrium of the Royal Institution until the 11^th April and will also feature 2013’s winning image, ‘Hunting Nectar’, by Putu Sudiarta.

“We are very much looking forward to being associated with the Society of Biology in this new partnership,” said Geoff Simmons, Brand & Communications Manager at Eppendorf UK. “We believe that this latest undertaking follows the same vision as our own brand values within the life science sector, and hope it will encourage both current and future biologists to become inspired.”

Eppendorf has been supplying the life science market with premium quality products and services since 1945. It’s ever expanding portfolio encompasses pipettes and automated pipetting solutions, PCR thermal cyclers, ultra-low temperature freezers and bioprocessing systems.

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About Eppendorf 

Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables, and services for liquid-, sample-, and cell handling in laboratories worldwide. Its product range includes pipettes and automated pipetting systems, dispensers, centrifuges, mixers, spectrometers, and DNA amplification equipment as well as ultra-low temperature freezers, fermentors, bioreactors, CO2 incubators, shakers, and cell manipulation systems. Associated consumables like pipette tips, test tubes, microliter plates, and disposable bioreactors complement the instruments for highest quality workflow solutions.

Eppendorf products are most broadly used in academic and commercial research laboratories, e.g., in companies from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological as well as the chemical and food industries. They are also aimed at clinical and environmental analysis laboratories, forensics, and at industrial laboratories performing process analysis, production, and quality assurance.

Eppendorf was founded in Hamburg, Germany in 1945 and has about 2,800 employees worldwide. The company has subsidiaries in 25 countries and is represented in all other markets by distributors.