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February 1, 2007
Fluorescence microscopy (quadruple fluorescence); 550x magnification
Thomas Deerinck; National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A....[More]
Fluorescence microscopy; 200x
Dr. Hermann Aberle; Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
Second Prize
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Epi-fluorescence microscopy; 200-plus images superimposed
M. R. Dadpour; Department of Horticulture, University of Tabriz, Iran
Third Prize
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Confocal microscopy; 100x
Dr. Robert Markus; Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Csongrád, Hungary
Fourth Prize
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Multiphoton microscopy [image captured from video]
Thorsten Mempel; Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Fifth Prize
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Stereo microscopy; 8x
Ron Oldfield; Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Sixth Prize
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Differential interference contrast microscopy; 40x
Wim van Egmond; Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Seventh Prize
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Dark-field microscopy; 10x
Ralph Grimm; Jimboomba, Australia
Eighth Prize
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Dark-field stereo microscopy; 5x
Viktor Sýkora; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Ninth Prize
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Fluorescence microscopy
Michael Janes; Invitrogen Corp., Eugene, Ore., U.S.A.
Tenth Prize
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Dark-field microscopy; 10x
Ralph Grimm; Jimboomba, Australia
Honorable Mention
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Stereo microscopy
Amelia Harris; Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., U.S.A.
Honorable Mention
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Polarized light microscopy
Dr. Steve Lowry; University of Ulster, Londonderry, U.K.
Honorable Mention
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Differential interference contrast microscopy
Dr. Stephen S. Nagy; Helena, Mont., U.S.A.
Honorable Mention
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Bright-field microscopy; 60x
Ron Neumeyer; Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Honorable Mention
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Fluorescence microscopy; 1500x
Tomasz Szul; University of Alabama at Birmingham, U.S.A.
Honorable Mention
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