Photos: Nikon Small World 2007
Every year Nikon sponsors the Small World competition for photomicrography, the art of photography through a microscope. In its 33rd year, the 2007 competition had more than 2,000 entries. For more about the competition, including info on when the exhibit tour of micrographs will be in a city near you, take a gander at the competition's <A HREF="http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/">Web site</A>.
Gloria Kwon
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York, New York, USA
Double transgenic mouse embryo, 18.5 days (17x)
Brightfield, Darkfield, Fluorescence (GFP, RFP)
Michael Hendricks
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
National University of Singapore
Kent Ridge, Singapore
Zebrafish embryo midbrain and diencephalon (20x)
Confocal
Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Testudinella patina (a rotifer) (400x)
Differential Interference Contrast
Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Marine diatoms attached to Polysiphonia (red algae) (100x)
Differential Interference Contrast
Peter Parks
Imagequestmarine.com
Witney, Oxon, UK
Sea water with mixed zooplankton and needle eye (20x)
Reflected Light
Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Hydrophilidae sp. (water scavenger beetle) larva (100x)
Brightfield with Crossed Polarization
Michael Klymkowsky
MCD Biology
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Xenopus (frog) embryos (20x)
Stereomicroscopy
Vera Hunnekuhl
Department of Zoology
University of Osnabruck
Osnabruck, Germany
Erpobdella octoculata (fresh water leech) (25x)
Confocal
Shamuel Silberman
Ramat Gan, Israel
Papaver subpiriforme (corn poppies) flower bud (20x)
Fiber Optic Illumination
Dr. Stephen Nagy
Montana Diatoms
Helena, Montana, USA
Antique microscope slide featuring thin section of diseased ivory (15x)
Polarized Light
Dr. Robert Markus
Institute of Genetics
Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Szeged, Hungary
Opening stamen of Mirabilis jalapa (flower) (125x)
Confocal
Annette Bergter
Zoology Division
University of Osnabruck
Osnabruck, Germany
Ophryotrocha diadema (marine worm) embryo, showing nervous
system and cilia (25x)
Confocal
Dr. Stephen Lowry
University of Ulster
Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
Coiled radula of Patella vulgaris (mollusk) (20x)
Polarized Light
Christian Gautier
BIOS/PHONE Photo Agency
Avignon, France
Cedrus atlantica (cedar) leaf crosscut (200x)
Polarized Light
Rodrigo Mexas
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trematode sp. (parasitic worm) (400x)
Differential Interference Contrast
Steven Valley
Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division
Salem, Oregon, USA
Mimetidae sp. (spider) egg case (30x)
Stereomicroscopy
Dr. Jeffery Bowen
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
Kaleidofly of a Halloween Pennant (dragonfly) (1x)
Stereomicroscopy
Klaus Bolte
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Amisega floridensis (parasitic wasp) (90x)
Stereomicroscopy
Viktor Sykora
Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Epilobium parviflorum (small-flowered willowherb) seeds (10x)
Stereomicroscopy, Darkfield
Dr. Matthew Hooge
Portland, Oregon, USA
Clione sp. (planktonic mollusk) larva (40x)
Differential Interference Contrast
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