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2024 YCN Photo Contest
The result of the 2024 YCN Photo Contest was announced by the YCN Committee on the 8th May during the 2024 yCAM in Tampere, Finland. There were 23 pictures submitted from 11 Countries (UK, Spain, Italy, India, Poland, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Austria and Portugal).
The 3 winners of this photo contest are:
1. “A ray of hope” by Subhadip Bhandari and Anna De Marzi (Italy).
2. “Hidden egg cell inside a brushite cement uterus” by Francisco Andrade (Portugal).
3. “Autumn leaves” by Zakhar Kudrynskyi (UK)

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