Fairy fly. Actually a type of wasp, it is one of the smallest insects in the world, at only 0.21 millimeter long. Originally captured using Rheinberg illumination....[More]
1. Mr. Spike Walker
Fairy fly. Actually a type of wasp, it is one of the smallest insects in the world, at only 0.21 millimeter long. Originally captured using Rheinberg illumination.
Spike Walker, Penkridge, Staffordshire, U.K.
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2. Mr. Thomas Shearer Agatized petrified wood. Photo was captured using polarized light.
Thomas Shearer, Duluth, Minn., U.S. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
3. Dr. Stephen Nagy Extinct fossil diatom from Tertiary deposits in Dunkirk, Md. The interference contrast image was captured using a 40X objective.
Dr. Stephen Nagy, Helena, Mont., U.S. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
4. Dr. Albert Pan
"Brainbow" zebra fish. Neurons are labeled in multiple colors with Brainbow fluorescence microscopy. Three fluorescent
proteins (cyan, yellow and red) are randomly taken up by various neurons, offering a palette of dozens of colors to help scientists follow complex neural pathways....[More]
4. Dr. Albert Pan
"Brainbow" zebra fish. Neurons are labeled in multiple colors with Brainbow fluorescence microscopy. Three fluorescent
proteins (cyan, yellow and red) are randomly taken up by various neurons, offering a palette of dozens of colors to help scientists follow complex neural pathways. Shown here is a five-day-old zebra fish larva viewed from the dorsal side, captured using a 20X objective.
Dr. Albert Pan, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.
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5. Dr. Shirley Owens
Silphium perfoliatum . The cup plant, showing mature pollen in branched stigmata. The pollen grains are numerous and small with spiked outer walls. Sixty optical sections were used for the extended-focus image....[More]
5. Dr. Shirley Owens
Silphium perfoliatum. The cup plant, showing mature pollen in branched stigmata. The pollen grains are numerous and small with spiked outer walls. Sixty optical sections were used for the extended-focus image.
Dr. Shirley Owens, Michigan State University, Flushing, Mich., U.S.
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6. Mr. David Walker Snail radula, a toothed, chitinous ribbon used for scraping, cutting and chewing food. Image captured at 30X magnification.
David Walker, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, U.K. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
7. Dr. Neal Melvin The adult mouse hippocampus, located in the temporal lobe of the brain.
Dr. Neal Melvin, University of Texas, Department of Psychiatry, Dallas, Tex., U.S. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
8. Mr. Gerd GuentherTrichodina pediculus, a "hydra bug". Image captured at about 600X magnification using differential interference contrast.
Gerd Günther, Düsseldorf, Germany. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
9. Mr. Charles Krebs
Jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgens, including part of the beetle's eye [ upper right ], viewed at approximately 40X using diffuse reflected light. Multiple images were combined for extended depth of field....[More]
9. Mr. Charles Krebs
Jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgens, including part of the beetle's eye [upper right], viewed at approximately 40X using diffuse reflected light. Multiple images were combined for extended depth of field. The extraordinarily pure color is the result of iridescence caused by complex layers of chitin nanostructures.
Charles Krebs, Issaquah, Wash., U.S.
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10. Dr. Petr Znachor
Starlike colonial diatom imaged with fluorescence microscopy. Green indicates newly deposited silica; red is chlorophyll.
Petr Znachor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic....[More]
10. Dr. Petr Znachor
Starlike colonial diatom imaged with fluorescence microscopy. Green indicates newly deposited silica; red is chlorophyll.
Petr Znachor, Institute of Hydrobiology, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic.
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Mr. Earl Nishiguchi--Honorable Mention Daphnia, live. Image captured in dark field at 45X.
Earl Nishiguchi, University of Hawaii, Lihue, Hawaii, U.S. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Mr. Ralph Grimm--Honorable Mention Eye of a honeybee (Apis mellifera) 40X.
Ralph Grimm, Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Dr. Alvaro Migotto--Honorable Mention Mantis shrimp larva. Captured using stereomicroscopy and dark-field illumination.
Alvaro Migotto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Dr. Michael Veeman--Honorable Mention
Juvenile sea squirt ( Ascidiella aspersa ). The three sets of rings are the forming musculature around the oral [ top ] and atrial [ lower two ] siphons. Other visible structures include the esophagus, stomach, endostyle, peripharyngeal band and gill slits....[More]
Dr. Michael Veeman--Honorable Mention
Juvenile sea squirt (Ascidiella aspersa). The three sets of rings are the forming musculature around the oral [top] and atrial [lower two] siphons. Other visible structures include the esophagus, stomach, endostyle, peripharyngeal band and gill slits. Maximum intensity projection of 153 confocal microscopy slices.
Michael Veeman, University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif., U.S.
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Dr. Sara Lindsay--Honorable Mention
Muscles in a marine worm head. Feeding, burrowing and building tubes in sand and mud requires coordination of a surprisingly complex complement of muscles in marine worms....[More]
Dr. Sara Lindsay--Honorable Mention
Muscles in a marine worm head. Feeding, burrowing and building tubes in sand and mud requires coordination of a surprisingly complex complement of muscles in marine worms. In this depth-coded confocal image, the muscles of a spionid polychaete are revealed in a 20X, depth-coded, maximum-intensity projection, montage of two separate images.
Sara Lindsay, University of Maine, Orono, Maine., U.S.
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Dr. Giuliano Zanchetta--Honorable Mention
This image reproduces the focal conics texture of the columnar liquid crystalline (LC) phase of small fragments of double-stranded DNA (12-nucleotide-long, self-complementary sequences: CGCGAATTCGCG)....[More]
Dr. Giuliano Zanchetta--Honorable Mention
This image reproduces the focal conics texture of the columnar liquid crystalline (LC) phase of small fragments of double-stranded DNA (12-nucleotide-long, self-complementary sequences: CGCGAATTCGCG). Image captured using polarized light.
Giuliano Zanchetta, Milan, Italy.
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Mrs. Tora Bardal--Honorable Mention Lobster eggs, magnified 1.25X.
Tora Bardal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Mr. Viktor Sýkora--Honorable Mention
Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)--detail of fruit. Image captured at 10X using a stereo microscope and dark-field illumination.
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Mr. Viktor Sýkora--Honorable Mention
Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)--detail of fruit. Image captured at 10X using a stereo microscope and dark-field illumination.
Viktor Sýkora, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Mr. Christian Gautier--Honorable Mention Cat tongue. Transverse section captured at 20X using bright-field microscopy.
Christian Gautier, Le Mans, France. [Link to this slide] 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Mr. Thomas Deerinck--Honorable Mention
Cerebral cortex vasculature: In situ imaging of the superficial vasculature of rat cerebral cortex by wide-field confocal microscopy. Efforts are underway to improve visualization of specific features of the brain using in situ multiple-dye labeling....[More]
Mr. Thomas Deerinck--Honorable Mention
Cerebral cortex vasculature: In situ imaging of the superficial vasculature of rat cerebral cortex by wide-field confocal microscopy. Efforts are underway to improve visualization of specific features of the brain using in situ multiple-dye labeling. Montage was created using 50 optical sections.
Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research University of California, San Diego, U.S.
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2 Comments
Add CommentI like the Nikon Small World Photomicrograph contest better.
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awesome images!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisi especially liked the super close up look at cats tounge, pollen, and bees eye.