The votes have been tallied and the judges scores have now been confirmed. We can now announce the winning entries for the Images of Research Competition 2013:

Overall winner by Public vote
Small loans, big dreams: fighting poverty, one loan at a time – Asad Ghalib

First runner up
Scientific Research: A Real Bed of Roses – David J Lewis

Runner up
Metamorphosis revealed: time-lapse three-dimensional imaging inside a living chrysalis – Tristan Lowe

Runner up
Counting Copper Wishes – Ceri Houlbrook

Highly commended
5000 years of weather – Colin Richards

See all the images here – www.manchesterimagesofresearch.co.uk/winners/

We had a fantastic response to this competition in terms of entries and public interest. The competition also featured on the BBC News -Manchester website.

Thank you all for being a part of this public engagement initiative, which was a part of the Manchester Science Festival.

Dee-Ann Johnson, on behalf of the Images of Research Organising Body