Nikon 2012 Small World Photomicrography Competition

[oneh2obabe]

Nikon recently announced the winners of the 2012 Small World Photomicrography Competition, with this year’s top honors going to Dr. Jennifer Peters and Dr. Michael Taylor of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Their photomicrograph, “The blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo” is believed to be the first-ever image showing the formation of the blood-brain barrier in a live animal. Here are a few samples from the competition.


1st Place
Dr. Jennifer L. Peters and Dr. Michael R. Taylor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee USA
The blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo
Confocal
20x


2nd Place
Walter Piorkowski
South Beloit, Illinois, USA
Live newborn lynx spiderlings
Reflected Light, Fiber Optics, Image Stacking
6x


9th Place
Geir Drange
Asker, Norway
Myrmica sp. (ant) carrying its larva
Reflected Light, Image Stacking
5x


20th Place
Dorit Hockman
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Embryos of the species Molossus rufus (black mastiff bat)
Brightfield


Honorable Mention
Geir Drange
Asker, Norway
Two ants of different genus meeting on a twig
Reflected Light, Image Stacking
2.5x


Honorable Mention
Dr. Terue Kihara
Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB)
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Pontostratiotes sp., female, dorsal view. A deep-sea copepod collected in the southeastern Atlantic at a depth of 5395m.
Confocal


Honorable Mention
Dr. Donna Beer Stolz
Department of Cell Biology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Moth antenna
Confocal Stack Reconstruction of Autofluorescence
100x


Image of Distinction
Harold Taylor
Kensworth, Dunstable, United Kingdom
House spider
Image Stacking
30x


Image of Distinction
Dr. David Maitland
http://www.davidmaitland.com Macro
Feltwell, United Kingdom
Male Culex pipiens (mosquito)
Reflected (Episcopic) Diffuse Illumination
10x


Image of Distinction
Ian Gardiner
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Holopedium gibberum (water flea), live specimen
Darkfield
50x

Compilation of winners
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/

[grammafreddy]

Always impressive!

[kgcayenne]

Missing GF's photo find shares.

[Dizzy1]

BUGS! YUCK!

<runs away screaming>

LOL!