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13Oct / 2023

2023 Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month: Celebration Wrap-up and Art Contest Winners

Photos of all three art contest winning entries

While Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month officially ended with September, our appreciation continues year-round. Thank you to everyone who shared their messages of thanks and recognition including local and state agencies, public health partners and so many individuals!

Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations Art Contest Winners

Thanks to QIAGEN for their continued support by sponsoring the 3rd Annual Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations Art Contest! All submissions are being showcased in a Facebook album so don’t miss it. And the winners are…

Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month Highlights

Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory leadership pose with Flat Labby!

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01Sep / 2023

Enter the 3rd Annual QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations Art Contest

Graphic showing the APHL and QIAGEN logos next to a photograph of cardboard sculpture of a scientists looking into a microscope.

Unleash your creativity this September! In celebration of APHL’s Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month, please join the 3rd Annual QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces & Chemistry Creations art contest to showcase your artistic skills and win some prizes!

Create artwork to showcase your love of laboratory science: a microbe, microbial colony, biochemical analyte, chemical agent, anything! Sketch, paint, sculpt, bake, knit – use any technique you like. Anyone who works for a local, state, federal or territorial public health laboratory is eligible to enter. When we say “public health laboratory,” we are including environmental health, agricultural and food safety labs too!

Send your entry to PHLinfo@qiagen.com by midnight (UTC) on September 30, 2023.

  • Every entry gets a submission gift. Please include your shipping address with your submission.
  • Winners will be chosen in three categories: Most Creative, Most Realistic and Most Inspiring. These winners will receive a choice of a QIAGEN Gut Check Board Game or a T-shirt.
  • A Grand Prize Winner will win a catered lunch for you and your colleagues, a gift basket of QIAGEN giveaways and a mural of all collected artwork.

Share your submission on social media with the tags #ThanksPHLabs and #QIAGEN so others can see!

View the QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces art contest terms and conditions.

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30Sep / 2022

The Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month art contest winners are…

Collage of the four winning submissions to the 2nd Annual QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations art contest

While Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month officially comes to a close, our appreciation continues year-round. Thank you to everyone who shared their messages of thanks and recognition including local and state agencies, public health partners and so many individuals! If you haven’t yet, go check out #ThanksPHLabs on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook to see all of the lovely messages.

Thanks to QIAGEN for sponsoring our 2nd Annual QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations art contest!  All submissions are being showcased in an album on Facebook so don’t miss it. Our judges had an incredibly difficult job narrowing down their favorites! And the winners are…

  • Most Creative: “A spread (plate) of fruity foodborne bugs (food-safe Petri dishes filled with Jello & sprinkles) [3 pieces]” by Lorrie Blais, Division of Laboratory Sciences & Infectious Disease, Vermont Department of Health
  • Most Inspiring: “Lab Lookback- Lab Week Comic” by Teryn DeRouen, Louisiana Office of Public Health Laboratory
  • Most Realistic: “Bacteria with a little bacteria hanging on the top” by Alex Reed, Minnesota Department of Health
  • Grand Prize: “Unseen Heroes” by Melba Torres, City of Philadelphia Health Department

Thank you to everyone who participated in the art contest and to everyone who joined the Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month celebration!

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06Sep / 2022

Join the 2nd Annual QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations Art Contest

Image showing hand-sculpted glass microbes and the APHL and QIAGEN logos.

Trillions of microbes are hiding in plain sight,
Another world beyond what we see.
Some crucial to our health, others cause blight.
Did you ever think of how beautiful microbes can be?

In celebration of APHL’s Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month this September, please join the 2nd Annual QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations art contest to showcase your artistic skills and win some prizes!

Create artwork of a microbe, microbial colony, biochemical analyte or chemical agent. Sketch, paint, sculpt, bake, knit – use any technique you like. Anyone who works for a local, state, federal or territorial public health laboratory is eligible to enter. When we say “public health laboratory”, we are including environmental health, agricultural and food safety labs too! Send your entry to PHLinfo@qiagen.com by midnight (UTC) on September 25, 2022.

  • Every entry gets a free T-shirt and stylus gel pen. Please include your shirt size and shipping address with your submission.
Picture of the Qiagen "Gut Check" board game.
  • The grand prize winner will win a catered lunch for you and your colleagues, a gift basket of QIAGEN giveaways and a mural of all collected artwork.
  • Winners will also be chosen in three categories: Most Creative, Most Realistic and Most Inspiring. These winners will receive QIAGEN’s Gut Check Board Game.

Share and view the microbe masterpieces on social media with the tag #ThanksPHLabs and #QIAGEN.

View the QIAGEN-sponsored Microbe Masterpieces art contest terms and conditions.

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