The 12 artworks, which will be hung in the windows of the at-Bristol café and can be viewed from outside as well as inside, comprise the six winning entries and six runners-up in the University's annual Art of Science competition.  The exhibition will run for six weeks from Monday 7 December.

This annual competition is organised by the Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, this year in collaboration with at-Bristol.  The challenge, open to postgraduates across the faculty, was to represent scientific research in all its aesthetic beauty.

Entrants were required to present a good balance of artistic quality and relevance to their research, through confocal images, photographs, original artwork or computer models. The results are a collection of patterns, colours and compositions. The winning images were selected by judges Goery Delacote, Chief Executive of at-Bristol, Andrew Price, Director of The Bristol Gallery, and Professor Anthony Walsby of the School of Biological Sciences. The winners received cash prizes of £50 each, and the runners-up a bottle of champagne.

Rebecca Jones, a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and the organiser of this year's competition, said: 'There were more than 50 entries this year, resulting in an outstanding range of high-quality images, many of which show exceptional artistic flare. This the first year we have partnered with at-Bristol to run the competition, and this partnership has taken the competition to a new level.

'It is hoped that the competition will go from strength to strength in future years as a result of this collaboration. There are many talented postgraduate researchers in the Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences who relish the opportunity to convey their images to the public; there is certainly a lot more to give.'

All the entries will be framed and displayed in the Medical Sciences Library and throughout the Medical Sciences Building early next year.