1st Place Winner
A leaf, a louse and neurons all take center stage in this year's annual Nikon Small World microscopy contest. The winners, made up of scientists, professional photographers and hobbyists, used a light microscope and other photographic techniques to capture their subjects and showcase the microscopic beauty within. To see all submissions and learn further about the contest visit their website. A southern live oak leaf.
Jason Kirk courtesy Nikon Small World
1st Place Winner
A leaf, a louse and neurons all take center stage in this year's annual Nikon Small World microscopy contest. The winners, made up of scientists, professional photographers and hobbyists, used a light microscope and other photographic techniques to capture their subjects and showcase the microscopic beauty within. To see all submissions and learn further about the contest visit their <a href="https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/photomicrography-competition" target="external">website.</a></br></br> A southern live oak leaf.Jason Kirk courtesy Nikon Small World2nd Place Winner
300K neurons in two separate populations.Esmeralda Paric/Holly Stefen courtesy Nikon Small World3rd Place Winner
The claw of a louse.Frank Reiser courtesy Nikon Small World- A sensory neuron from an embryonic rat.Paula Diaz courtesy Nikon Small World
- Proboscis of a housefly.Oliver Dum courtesy Nikon Small World
- 3D vasculature of an adult mouse brain.Dr. Andrea Tedeschi courtesy Nikon Small World
- Head of a tick.Dr. Tong Zhang and Dr. Paul Stoodley courtesy Nikon Small World
- Cross section of mouse intestine.Dr. Amy Engevik courtesy Nikon Small World
- A water flea carrying embryos and peritrichs.Jan van IJken courtesy Nikon Small World
- A vein and scales on a butterfly wing.Sebastien Malo courtesy Nikon Small World
- Vasculature of a mouse retina.Jason Kirk and Carlos P. Flores Suarez courtesy Nikon Small World
- Breast organoid showing contractile myoepithelial cells (blue) crawling on secretory breast cells (red).Jakub Sumbal courtesy Nikon Small World
- Cotton fabric with pollen grains.Dr. Felice Placenti courtesy Nikon Small World
- A snowflake.Dr. Joern N. Hopke courtesy Nikon Small World
- An in vivo snapshot of the neurons surrounding the mouth and tentacles of a juvenile starlet sea anemone.Ruohan Zhong courtesy Nikon Small World
- Filamentous strands of Nostoc cyanobacteria captured inside a gelatinous matrix.Martin Kaae Kristiansen courtesy Nikon Small World
- A crystal of table salt.Saulius Gugis courtesy of Nikon Small World
- Calcite crystal inclusion suspended in a spinel gemstone.Billie Hughes courtesy Nikon Small World
- Slime mold.Alison Pollack courtesy Nikon Small World
