1st Place, Teresa Zgoda & Teresa Kugler,  Campbell Hall, New York, USA, Fluorescent turtle embryo, Stereomicroscopy, Fluorescence, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

1st Place,Teresa Zgoda & Teresa Kugler, Campbell Hall, New York, USA, Fluorescent turtle embryo, Stereomicroscopy, Fluorescence, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

2nd Place,  Dr. Igor Siwanowicz,  Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA, Depth-color coded projections of three stentors (single-cell freshwater protozoans), Confocal, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

2nd Place, Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA, Depth-color coded projections of three stentors (single-cell freshwater protozoans), Confocal, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

3rd Place,  Daniel Smith Paredes & Dr. Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar,  Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton, Immunofluorescence, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

3rd Place, Daniel Smith Paredes & Dr. Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton, Immunofluorescence, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

4th Place,  Jan Rosenboom,  Universität Rostock, Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany, Male mosquito, Focus Stacking, 6.3x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

4th Place, Jan Rosenboom, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany, Male mosquito, Focus Stacking, 6.3x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

5th Place,  Caleb Foster,  Caleb Foster Photography, Jericho, Vermont, USA, Snowflake, Transmitted Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

5th Place, Caleb Foster, Caleb Foster Photography, Jericho, Vermont, USA, Snowflake, Transmitted Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

6th Place,  Javier Rupérez,  Almáchar, Málaga, Spain, Small white hair spider, Reflected Light, Image Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

6th Place, Javier Rupérez, Almáchar, Málaga, Spain, Small white hair spider, Reflected Light, Image Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

7th Place,  Dr. Guillermo López,  Alicante, Spain, Chinese red carnation stamen, Focus Stacking, 3x (Objective Lens Magnification)

7th Place, Dr. Guillermo López, Alicante, Spain, Chinese red carnation stamen, Focus Stacking, 3x (Objective Lens Magnification)

8th Place,  Garzon Christian,  Quintin, Cotes-d’Armor, France, Frozen water droplet, Incident Light, 8x (Objective Lens Magnification)

8th Place, Garzon Christian, Quintin, Cotes-d’Armor, France, Frozen water droplet, Incident Light, 8x (Objective Lens Magnification)

9th Place,  Andrei Savitsky,  Cherkassy, Ukraine, Tulip bud cross section, Reflected Light, 1x (Objective Lens Magnification)

9th Place, Andrei Savitsky, Cherkassy, Ukraine, Tulip bud cross section, Reflected Light, 1x (Objective Lens Magnification)

10th Place,  Jason M. Kirk,  Baylor College of Medicine, Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core, Houston, Texas, USA, BPAE cells in telophase stage of mitosis, Confocal with Enhanced Resolution, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

10th Place, Jason M. Kirk, Baylor College of Medicine, Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core, Houston, Texas, USA, BPAE cells in telophase stage of mitosis, Confocal with Enhanced Resolution, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

11th Place,  Dr. Yujun Chen & Dr. Jocelyn McDonald,  Kansas State University, Department of Biology, Manhattan, Kansas, USA, A pair of ovaries from an adult Drosophila female stained for F-actin (yellow) and nuclei (green); follicle cells are marked by GFP (magenta), Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

11th Place, Dr. Yujun Chen & Dr. Jocelyn McDonald, Kansas State University, Department of Biology, Manhattan, Kansas, USA, A pair of ovaries from an adult Drosophila female stained for F-actin (yellow) and nuclei (green); follicle cells are marked by GFP (magenta), Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

12th Place,  Anne Algar,  Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom, Mosquito larva, Darkfield, Polarizing Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

12th Place, Anne Algar, Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom, Mosquito larva, Darkfield, Polarizing Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

13th Place,  Dr. Emilio Carabajal Márquez,  Madrid, Spain, Cuprite (mineral composed of copper oxide), Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

13th Place, Dr. Emilio Carabajal Márquez, Madrid, Spain, Cuprite (mineral composed of copper oxide), Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

14th Place,  Antoine Franck,  CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development, Saint Pierre, Réunion, Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider, Focus Stacking, 1x (Objective Lens Magnification)

14th Place, Antoine Franck, CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development, Saint Pierre, Réunion, Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider, Focus Stacking, 1x (Objective Lens Magnification)

15th Place,  Marek Miś,  Marek Miś Photography, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland, Pregnant Daphnia magna (small planktonic crustacean), Modified Darkfield, Polarized Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

15th Place, Marek Miś, Marek Miś Photography, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland, Pregnant Daphnia magna (small planktonic crustacean), Modified Darkfield, Polarized Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

16th Place,  Dr. Razvan Cornel Constantin,  Bucharest, Romania, Housefly compound eye pattern, Focus Stacking, Reflected Light, 50x (Objective Lens Magnification)

16th Place, Dr. Razvan Cornel Constantin, Bucharest, Romania, Housefly compound eye pattern, Focus Stacking, Reflected Light, 50x (Objective Lens Magnification)

17th Place,  Karl Deckart,  Eckental, Bavaria, Germany, Vitamin C, Brightfield, Polarized Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

17th Place, Karl Deckart, Eckental, Bavaria, Germany, Vitamin C, Brightfield, Polarized Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

18th Place,  E. Billie Hughes,  Lotus Gemology, Bangkok, Thailand, Cristobalite crystal suspended in its quartz mineral host, Darkfield, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

18th Place, E. Billie Hughes, Lotus Gemology, Bangkok, Thailand, Cristobalite crystal suspended in its quartz mineral host, Darkfield, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

19th Place,  Martyna Lukoseviciute & Dr. Carrie Albertin,  University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Octopus bimaculoides embryo, Confocal, Image Stitching, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

19th Place, Martyna Lukoseviciute & Dr. Carrie Albertin, University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Octopus bimaculoides embryo, Confocal, Image Stitching, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

20th Place,  Simon Merz, Lea Bornemann & Sebastian Korste,  University Hospital Essen, Institute for Experimental Immunology & Imaging, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Blood vessels of a murine (mouse) heart following myocardial infarction (heart attack). Tissue Clearing, Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy, 2x (Objective Lens Magnification)

20th Place, Simon Merz, Lea Bornemann & Sebastian Korste, University Hospital Essen, Institute for Experimental Immunology & Imaging, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Blood vessels of a murine (mouse) heart following myocardial infarction (heart attack). Tissue Clearing, Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy, 2x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Andrey Semenenko , Kharkiv, Ukraine, Blend of dried ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and sugar, Light Microscopy 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Andrey Semenenko, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Blend of dried ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and sugar, Light Microscopy
5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Jan van IJken , Jan van IJken Photography & Film, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Licmophora flabellata (Colonial diatoms), Darkfield, Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Jan van IJken, Jan van IJken Photography & Film, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Licmophora flabellata (Colonial diatoms), Darkfield, Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Caleb Dawson , The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Cancer Biology and Stem Cells Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Myoepithelial cells wrapped around milk-producing alveoli in a lactating mouse 3D Confocal, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Caleb Dawson, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Cancer Biology and Stem Cells
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Myoepithelial cells wrapped around milk-producing alveoli in a lactating mouse
3D Confocal, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Dr. Balint Markus , drmarkusmicroscopy, Vertessomlo, Hungary, Fossil ammonites, Nomarski Interference Contrast, Image Stitching, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Balint Markus, drmarkusmicroscopy, Vertessomlo, Hungary, Fossil ammonites, Nomarski Interference Contrast, Image Stitching, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Nathan Burns , National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Endothelial cells in intestine of an 18.5-day old mouse embryo.  Blood vessels and intestinal lining in blue; nerves in red and green. Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Nathan Burns, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Endothelial cells in intestine of an 18.5-day old mouse embryo.  Blood vessels and intestinal lining in blue; nerves in red and green. Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Frederic Labaune , Education Nationale, Auxonne, Burgundy, France, Heart of Geranium dissectum, Episcopy, Focus Stacking, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Frederic Labaune, Education Nationale, Auxonne, Burgundy, France, Heart of Geranium dissectum, Episcopy, Focus Stacking, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Justin Zoll , Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA, Crystallized amino acids L-glutamine and beta-alanine, Polarized Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Justin Zoll, Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA, Crystallized amino acids L-glutamine and beta-alanine, Polarized Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Walter Ferrari , CONICET, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Louse hanging from a hair, Darkfield, Focus Stacking, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Walter Ferrari, CONICET, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Louse hanging from a hair, Darkfield, Focus Stacking, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Ana T. Nogueira, Dr. Shiqiong Hu, Dr. Jesse Aaron & Dr. Takashi Watanabe , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pharmacology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Actin cytoskeleton of macrophages during frustrated (artificial) phagocytosis, iPALM - Interferometric Photoactivated Localization Microscopy, 60x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Ana T. Nogueira, Dr. Shiqiong Hu, Dr. Jesse Aaron & Dr. Takashi Watanabe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pharmacology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Actin cytoskeleton of macrophages during frustrated (artificial) phagocytosis, iPALM - Interferometric Photoactivated Localization Microscopy, 60x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Nicolas Harmand, David Pereira & Dr. Sylvie Hénon , Université Paris Diderot, Department of Physics, Paris, France Dog kidney cells on a circular pattern of adhesion proteins, Confocal, 60x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Nicolas Harmand, David Pereira & Dr. Sylvie Hénon, Université Paris Diderot, Department of Physics, Paris, France
Dog kidney cells on a circular pattern of adhesion proteins, Confocal, 60x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Sergii Dymchenko , SDym Photography, Bellevue, Washington, USA, Mold on a plum seed, Reflected Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Sergii Dymchenko, SDym Photography, Bellevue, Washington, USA, Mold on a plum seed, Reflected Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Tagide deCarvalho , University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Keith R. Porter Imaging Facility, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Penicillium mold spores, Confocal, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Tagide deCarvalho, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Keith R. Porter Imaging Facility, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Penicillium mold spores, Confocal, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Anthony Brent Eason , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Human herpesvirus-8 replicating (red) inside the nucleus (blue) of a human blood vessel cell. Cell skeleton (tubulin) is shown in green. Fluorescence, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Anthony Brent Eason, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Human herpesvirus-8 replicating (red) inside the nucleus (blue) of a human blood vessel cell. Cell skeleton (tubulin) is shown in green. Fluorescence, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Ji Yuan , World Expo Museum, Shanghai, China, Alcides orontes (moth) wing, Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Ji Yuan, World Expo Museum, Shanghai, China, Alcides orontes (moth) wing, Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Güray Dere , Istanbul, Turkey, Seed of an unknown garden bush, Focus Stacking, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Güray Dere, Istanbul, Turkey, Seed of an unknown garden bush, Focus Stacking, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Emilie Izquierdo , Toulouse, Occitanie, France, Taraxacum sp. (dandelion), Stereomicroscopy, 16x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Emilie Izquierdo, Toulouse, Occitanie, France, Taraxacum sp. (dandelion), Stereomicroscopy, 16x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Marek Miś , Marek Miś Photography, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland, Bryozoans (moss animals) colony, Darkfield, Polarized Light, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Marek Miś, Marek Miś Photography, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland, Bryozoans (moss animals) colony, Darkfield, Polarized Light, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Dr. Omid Golzar , Tabriz, Iran, Eggs inside a brine shrimp, Image Stacking, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Omid Golzar, Tabriz, Iran, Eggs inside a brine shrimp, Image Stacking, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Daniel Castranova & Dr. Brant M. Weinstein , NIH, NICHD, Program in Genomics of Differentiation/Weinstein Lab, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Blood vessels (red) and lymphatic vessels (blue) in an adult Danio rerio (zebrafish) eye, Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Daniel Castranova & Dr. Brant M. Weinstein, NIH, NICHD, Program in Genomics of Differentiation/Weinstein Lab, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Blood vessels (red) and lymphatic vessels (blue) in an adult Danio rerio (zebrafish) eye, Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Langley Anderson , Radford, Virginia, USA, Lagerstroemia sp. (crepe myrtle), Stereomicroscopy, .8x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Langley Anderson, Radford, Virginia, USA, Lagerstroemia sp. (crepe myrtle), Stereomicroscopy, .8x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Mike Crutchley , Pembrokeshire, Southwest Wales, United Kingdom, Beadket anemone, Incident Light

Mike Crutchley, Pembrokeshire, Southwest Wales, United Kingdom, Beadket anemone, Incident Light

 Dr. Leo Smith , University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, Fluorescently stained Anoplogaster cornuta (deep-sea Fangtooth) skeleton, Stereomicroscopy, Image Stitching, 0.5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Leo Smith, University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, Fluorescently stained Anoplogaster cornuta (deep-sea Fangtooth) skeleton, Stereomicroscopy, Image Stitching, 0.5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Nathan Burns , National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 13.5 day old mouse embryo rendered transparent for visualization of nerves (light blue) and endothelial cells (e.g. blood vessels, dark blue)., Confocal, Tissue Clearing, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Nathan Burns, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 13.5 day old mouse embryo rendered transparent for visualization of nerves (light blue) and endothelial cells (e.g. blood vessels, dark blue)., Confocal, Tissue Clearing, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Thomas Borowitz , Institut für Zelltechnology e.V. IZT, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Molten caffeine, Polarized Light, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Thomas Borowitz, Institut für Zelltechnology e.V. IZT, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Molten caffeine, Polarized Light, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Guillermo López López , Alicante, Spain, Campanula (bellflower) stigma, Focus Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Dr. Guillermo López López, Alicante, Spain, Campanula (bellflower) stigma, Focus Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Miroslav Zit , Prachatice, Czech Republic, Campsis radicans (trumpet vine) stamen, Reflected Light, Focus Stacking 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Miroslav Zit, Prachatice, Czech Republic, Campsis radicans (trumpet vine) stamen, Reflected Light, Focus Stacking
10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Johanna Romero Arias & Dr. Clément Chevalier , Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Brussels, Belgium, The enteric valve of Allognathotermes sp. (termite) gut, Fluorescence, Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Johanna Romero Arias & Dr. Clément Chevalier, Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Brussels, Belgium, The enteric valve of Allognathotermes sp. (termite) gut, Fluorescence, Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Motosuke Tsutsumi & Dr. Kentaro Kobayashi , Hokkaido University, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial (BPAE) cell, showing actin (blue) and mitochondria (orange), Fluorescence, Super-Resolution, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Motosuke Tsutsumi & Dr. Kentaro Kobayashi, Hokkaido University, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial (BPAE) cell, showing actin (blue) and mitochondria (orange), Fluorescence, Super-Resolution, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Michael Landgrebe , Berlin, Germany, Daphnia (water flea), Cross-polarized Darkfield Illumination, Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Michael Landgrebe, Berlin, Germany, Daphnia (water flea), Cross-polarized Darkfield Illumination, Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Magdalena Turzańska , Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland, Diplophyllum albicans (liverwort, bryophyte plant) female shoot, Epifluorescence, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Magdalena Turzańska, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland, Diplophyllum albicans (liverwort, bryophyte plant) female shoot, Epifluorescence, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Larry G. Gouliard , Pekin, Illinois, USA, Triceratium morlandii (diatom), Phase Contrast, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Larry G. Gouliard, Pekin, Illinois, USA, Triceratium morlandii (diatom), Phase Contrast, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Dr. Eduardo E. Zattara , CONICET, Instituto Nac. de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, Embryo of Onthophagus taurus (bull-headed dung beetle), Fluorescence, Tiling, Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Eduardo E. Zattara, CONICET, Instituto Nac. de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, Embryo of Onthophagus taurus (bull-headed dung beetle), Fluorescence, Tiling, Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Jan Krivanek , Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Department of Histology and Embryology, Brno, Czech Republic, Blood vessels (red), nerves (blue), and immune cells (green) in a mouse embryo (11.5 days old), Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Jan Krivanek, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Department of Histology and Embryology, Brno, Czech Republic, Blood vessels (red), nerves (blue), and immune cells (green) in a mouse embryo (11.5 days old), Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Ekin Tilic , UCSD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Eunice sp. (annelid worm), Darkfield, 0.6x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Dr. Ekin Tilic, UCSD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Eunice sp. (annelid worm), Darkfield, 0.6x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Rogelio Moreno , Panama, Panama, Fern sporangium where spores are formed, Fluorescence, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Rogelio Moreno, Panama, Panama, Fern sporangium where spores are formed, Fluorescence, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Nathanaël Prunet & Stefán Eggertsson , University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Pasadena, California, USA, Tip of an Arabidopsis thaliana (a plant from the mustard family) stem with young flower buds displaying varying expression levels of a gene (dark red to white), Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Nathanaël Prunet & Stefán Eggertsson, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Pasadena, California, USA, Tip of an Arabidopsis thaliana (a plant from the mustard family) stem with young flower buds displaying varying expression levels of a gene (dark red to white), Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Johann Swanepoel , Justpixels, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Surface of an unknown seed, Reflected Light 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Johann Swanepoel, Justpixels, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Surface of an unknown seed, Reflected Light
20x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Caleb Dawson , The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Cancer Biology and Stem Cells, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, The macrophage network (white blood cells) of the intestinal villi, 3D Confocal, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Caleb Dawson, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Cancer Biology and Stem Cells, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, The macrophage network (white blood cells) of the intestinal villi, 3D Confocal, 63x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Abigail C. Neininger & Dr. Dylan T. Burnette , Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Sarcomeres in a cardiomyocyte derived from a human induced pluripotent stem cell, Structured Illumination Microscopy, 60x (Objective Lens Magnification)  

Abigail C. Neininger & Dr. Dylan T. Burnette, Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Sarcomeres in a cardiomyocyte derived from a human induced pluripotent stem cell, Structured Illumination Microscopy, 60x (Objective Lens Magnification)
 

 Dr. Csaba László Pintér , University of Pannonia, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Zala, Hungary Hibiscus pollen, Focus Stacking, 5.6x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Csaba László Pintér, University of Pannonia, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Zala, Hungary
Hibiscus pollen, Focus Stacking, 5.6x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Csaba László Pintér , University of Pannonia, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Zala, Hungary Hibiscus stigmas, stamens, and pollens, Focus Stacking, 2.2x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Csaba László Pintér, University of Pannonia, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Zala, Hungary
Hibiscus stigmas, stamens, and pollens, Focus Stacking, 2.2x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Caleb Foster , Caleb Foster Photography, Jericho, Vermont, USA, Snowflake, Transmitted Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Caleb Foster, Caleb Foster Photography, Jericho, Vermont, USA, Snowflake, Transmitted Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Bernardo Cesare & Dr. Axel Munnecke , University of Padova, Department of Geosciences, Padova, Padova, Italy, Karlsbad Sprudelstein (sedimentary rock), Polarized Light, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Bernardo Cesare & Dr. Axel Munnecke, University of Padova, Department of Geosciences, Padova, Padova, Italy, Karlsbad Sprudelstein (sedimentary rock), Polarized Light, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Edgar Javier Rincón , Universidad de Santander, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, Cross section of the stem of an Ipomoea cairica (morning glory) vine, Epifluorescence, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Edgar Javier Rincón, Universidad de Santander, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, Cross section of the stem of an Ipomoea cairica (morning glory) vine, Epifluorescence, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Haris Antonopoulos , Halandri, Athens, Greece, Bearing from a mechanical watch, Differential Interference Contrast, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Haris Antonopoulos, Halandri, Athens, Greece, Bearing from a mechanical watch, Differential Interference Contrast, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Charles Krebs , Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, USA, Bryozoan zooids, Brightfield 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Charles Krebs, Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, USA, Bryozoan zooids, Brightfield
10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Justin Zoll , Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA, Crystallized amino acids L-glutamine and beta-alanine Polarized Light, Image Tiling, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Justin Zoll, Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA, Crystallized amino acids L-glutamine and beta-alanine
Polarized Light, Image Tiling, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Marco Jongsma , Lemmer, Friesland, Netherlands, Lepisma saccharina (silverfish), Focus Stacking 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Marco Jongsma, Lemmer, Friesland, Netherlands, Lepisma saccharina (silverfish), Focus Stacking
10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Leo Smith , University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, Fluorescently stained skull of a Lepisosteus osseous (longnose gar) fish, Stereomicroscopy, 0.5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Leo Smith, University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, Fluorescently stained skull of a Lepisosteus osseous (longnose gar) fish, Stereomicroscopy, 0.5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Daniela Malide , National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Light Microscopy Core, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Microtubules in dividing monkey kidney tissue cell, STED Microscopy, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Daniela Malide, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Light Microscopy Core, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Microtubules in dividing monkey kidney tissue cell, STED Microscopy, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Livvi Harris , University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Lab-grown mouse mammary gland organoid, 3D Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Livvi Harris, University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Lab-grown mouse mammary gland organoid, 3D Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Océane Tournière , Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway Nematostella vectensis (sea anemone) stained for neural cells (green), muscles (pink) and nuclei (blue)  3D Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Océane Tournière, Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Nematostella vectensis (sea anemone) stained for neural cells (green), muscles (pink) and nuclei (blue) 
3D Confocal, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Zhiguo He , Faculté de Médecine de Saint Etienne, Laboratoire BiiGC, St-Priest-en-Jarez, Rhone-Alpes, France, Human ocular surface, Immunofluorescence, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Zhiguo He, Faculté de Médecine de Saint Etienne, Laboratoire BiiGC, St-Priest-en-Jarez, Rhone-Alpes, France, Human ocular surface, Immunofluorescence, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Torsten Wittmann , University of California, San Francisco, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology San Francisco, California, USA, Neuron growth (actin in green; microtubules in purple; nuclei in blue) Confocal, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Torsten Wittmann, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology
San Francisco, California, USA, Neuron growth (actin in green; microtubules in purple; nuclei in blue)
Confocal, 100x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Jianqun Gao , The University of Sydney, Central Clinical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Human neurons derived from neural stem cells, Confocal, Fluorescence, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Jianqun Gao, The University of Sydney, Central Clinical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Human neurons derived from neural stem cells, Confocal, Fluorescence, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Outi Paloheimo , Tampere University, Tampere Imaging Facility, Tampere, Finland, Pediculus humanus capitis (human head louse), Autofluorescence, Tile Scanning, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Outi Paloheimo, Tampere University, Tampere Imaging Facility, Tampere, Finland, Pediculus humanus capitis (human head louse), Autofluorescence, Tile Scanning, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Anne Gleich , Licoi, Kaiserslautern, Rheinlandpfalz, Germany, Paramecium caudatum fed with Kongored-stained yeast cells, Differential Interference Contrast, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Anne Gleich, Licoi, Kaiserslautern, Rheinlandpfalz, Germany, Paramecium caudatum fed with Kongored-stained yeast cells, Differential Interference Contrast, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Detlef Strehmel , Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Methylsulphonal crystal, Transmitted Light, Polarized Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Detlef Strehmel, Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany, Methylsulphonal crystal, Transmitted Light, Polarized Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Can Tunçer , Izmir, Aliaga, Turkey, Haplomalachius flabellatus antenna, Focus Stacking, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Can Tunçer, Izmir, Aliaga, Turkey, Haplomalachius flabellatus antenna, Focus Stacking, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Can Tunçer , Izmir, Aliaga, Turkey, Dying leaf, Focus Stacking, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Can Tunçer, Izmir, Aliaga, Turkey, Dying leaf, Focus Stacking, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Wen Shen , Florida Atlantic University, College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science Boca Raton, Florida, USA, Optic nerve fibers and ganglion cells in mouse retina, Confocal, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Wen Shen, Florida Atlantic University, College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science
Boca Raton, Florida, USA, Optic nerve fibers and ganglion cells in mouse retina, Confocal, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Jasmin Imran Alsous & Dr. Stanislav Y. Shvartsman , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Strings of fruit fly egg chambers, arranged from young to old, each comprising a cluster of cells (grey) connected by ring canals (red), Image Stacking 20x  (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Jasmin Imran Alsous & Dr. Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Strings of fruit fly egg chambers, arranged from young to old, each comprising a cluster of cells (grey) connected by ring canals (red), Image Stacking
20x  (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Daniel Han , Macro Cosmos Imaging, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Papilio Ulysses (Blue emperor butterfly) Scales, Image Stacking, Fiber Optic Illumination, Reflected Light, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Daniel Han, Macro Cosmos Imaging, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Papilio Ulysses (Blue emperor butterfly) Scales, Image Stacking, Fiber Optic Illumination, Reflected Light, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Christopher Algar , Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom, Phantom midge larva, Darkfield, Polarized Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Christopher Algar, Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom, Phantom midge larva, Darkfield, Polarized Light, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Magdalena Turzańska , Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland, Plagiochila asplenioides (liverwort, bryophyte plant) female shoot, Epifluorescence, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Magdalena Turzańska, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland, Plagiochila asplenioides (liverwort, bryophyte plant) female shoot, Epifluorescence, Image Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Frank Reiser , Nassau Community College, Department of Biology, Garden City, New York, USA, Glasslike Polycystina skeletons (planktonic protozoan), Brightfield, Image Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Frank Reiser, Nassau Community College, Department of Biology, Garden City, New York, USA, Glasslike Polycystina skeletons (planktonic protozoan), Brightfield, Image Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Abril Estefania Ortiz Matamoros & Dr. Miguel Tapia Rodríguez , National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), México, Mexico, Coronal brain section (nuclei in blue; mature neurons in green; glia-like cells in coral; new neurons in red), Immunofluorescence, Confocal, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Abril Estefania Ortiz Matamoros & Dr. Miguel Tapia Rodríguez, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), México, Mexico, Coronal brain section (nuclei in blue; mature neurons in green; glia-like cells in coral; new neurons in red), Immunofluorescence, Confocal, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Anatoly Mikhaltsov , Children’s Ecological and Biological Center, Omsk, Russia, Secale cereale (cereal rye) stem and leaf, Brightfield, Image Stacking, Image Stitching, 16x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Anatoly Mikhaltsov, Children’s Ecological and Biological Center, Omsk, Russia, Secale cereale (cereal rye) stem and leaf, Brightfield, Image Stacking, Image Stitching, 16x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Somayeh Naghiloo & Dr. Sedighe Nikzat , Islamshahr, Tehran, Iran, Sporangia on the leaf of Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern), Stereomicroscopy, 50x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Somayeh Naghiloo & Dr. Sedighe Nikzat, Islamshahr, Tehran, Iran, Sporangia on the leaf of Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern), Stereomicroscopy, 50x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Özgür Kerem Bulur , Istanbul, Turkey, Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly), Reflected Light, 3.7x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Özgür Kerem Bulur, Istanbul, Turkey, Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly), Reflected Light, 3.7x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Edgar Javier Rincón , Universidad de Santander, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, Sciaphila purpurea plant seed, Epifluorescence, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Edgar Javier Rincón, Universidad de Santander, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, Sciaphila purpurea plant seed, Epifluorescence, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Tong Zhang & Dr. Uri Manor,  Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Core Facility La Jolla, California, USA, Hydra, Confocal, Tile Scanning, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Tong Zhang & Dr. Uri Manor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Core Facility
La Jolla, California, USA, Hydra, Confocal, Tile Scanning, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Vinodkumar Selvaraj, Dr. Kalyani Prithiviraj & Dr. Prithiviraj Balakrishnan , Dalhousie University Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) trichome (hairy appendages), Reflected Light, Focus Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Vinodkumar Selvaraj, Dr. Kalyani Prithiviraj & Dr. Prithiviraj Balakrishnan, Dalhousie University
Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) trichome (hairy appendages), Reflected Light, Focus Stacking, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Dr. Elison B. Blancaflor , Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA, Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) crystals, Polarized light, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dr. Elison B. Blancaflor, Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA, Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) crystals, Polarized light, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Norm Barker & Dr. Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue , Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Genetically engineered zebrafish embryos expressing green and red fluorescent proteins, Fluorescence, Differential Interference Contrast, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Norm Barker & Dr. Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Genetically engineered zebrafish embryos expressing green and red fluorescent proteins, Fluorescence, Differential Interference Contrast, 5x (Objective Lens Magnification)

 Nathan R. Martin , Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Nervous system in a 5-day old zebrafish larvae, Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

Nathan R. Martin, Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Nervous system in a 5-day old zebrafish larvae, Confocal, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)

2nd Place,  Dr. Igor Siwanowicz,  Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA, Depth-color coded projections of three stentors (single-cell freshwater protozoans), Confocal, 40x (Objective Lens Magnification)  
3rd Place,  Daniel Smith Paredes & Dr. Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar,  Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton, Immunofluorescence, 10x (Objective Lens Magnification)
4th Place,  Jan Rosenboom,  Universität Rostock, Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany, Male mosquito, Focus Stacking, 6.3x (Objective Lens Magnification)  
5th Place,  Caleb Foster,  Caleb Foster Photography, Jericho, Vermont, USA, Snowflake, Transmitted Light, 4x (Objective Lens Magnification)
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Fotogalerie

Tyto úchvatné snímky pořídili účastníci soutěže Nikon Small World. Při prohlížení se vám zatají dech

Soutěž Nikon Small World se poprvé konala v roce 1974, takže letošní ročník je již 45 v pořadí. A pokud jste o soutěži nikdy neslyšeli, není se čemu divit, my totiž také ne. 

Jedná se o fotografickou soutěž, kde však hlavním nástrojem pro pořízení snímku není fotoaparát, ale mikroskop. Nikon pro toto odvětví používá pojem „photomicrography“ – česky asi nejsnáze přeložitelné jako “mikrofotografování“.

Letošní ročník soudcovalo celkem pět porotců z různých oblastní žurnalistiky i přírodních věd. Prohlédnout museli přes 2000 snímků od vědců z více jak 100 zemí, u nichž hodnotili technické provedení, originalitu námětu a informační obsah.

Celkovými vítězkami se staly Teresa Zgoda a Teresa Kugler, které si odnesly první místo za snímek želvího embrya, které bylo snímáno za pomoci fluorescenční a stereomikroskopie. Výsledná fotografie je složena ze stovek dílčích snímků, jelikož ve velkém detailu je možné snímat pouze omezenou plochu.

Fotografie si můžete prohlédnout v galerii, kde jsou publikovány se svolením organizace Nikon Small World. Více najdete také na jejím twitterovém a instagramovém účtu.

Abychom se vyhnuli pochybení, jsou popisky k fotografiím uvedeny v původním znění.

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