“Dance your Ph.D.” Contest Winner: Dancing Sperm
Cedric Tan, a biologist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, has won the top prize for the 2013 “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest with a dance interpretation of his thesis titled “Sperm competition between brothers and female choice”. His mix of ballet, swing and jazzdance illustrates the chicken mating process. The contest has been held since 2007 and is sponsored by Science magazine and AAAS (publisher of ScienceNOW).