The winners of the 2011 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition have
been announced. This year's top honours go to Dr Igor Siwanowicz with a
micrograph that demonstrates the beauty in "ugly". When a small bug landed
on Dr Siwanowicz’s hand and began digging its mandibles into his skin, he
didn't swat it away. Instead, he removed a tiny test tube from his pocket –
which he carries for occasions such as these – and captured it as a
potential subject for his photomicrography passion. This chance meeting with
a Common Green Lacewing led to him being named the winner of the 2011 Nikon
Small World competition.
Now in its 37th year, the contest recognises excellence in photomicrography,
honouring images that successfully showcase the delicate balance between
scientific technique and artistic quality. A full gallery of winning images,
along with Images of Distinction can be viewed at
www.nikonsmallworld.com
1st Place: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology,
Martinsried, Germany. Portrait of a Chrysopa sp. (green lacewing) larva
(20x), Confocal
2nd Place: Dr. Donna Stolz, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Blade of Grass (200X),
Confocal stack reconstruction, Autofluorescence
3rd Place: Frank Fox, Fachhochschule Trier, Trier,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Melosira moniliformis, living specimen (320X),
Differential Interference Contrast
4th Place: Dr. Robin Young, The University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Intrinsic fluorescence in
Lepidozia reptans (liverwort) (20X),
Live mount, Confocal microscopy
Picture: Nikon Small World /
5th Place: Alfred Pasieka, Germany. Microchip surface, 3D reconstruction (500X), Incident light, Normarski Interference Contrast
7th Place: Gabriel Luna, UC Santa Barbara, Neuroscience
Research Institute, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Retinal flatmount of
mouse nerve fiber layer (40X), Laser Confocal Scanning
8th Place: Dr. Bernardo Cesare, Department of Geosciences
Padova, Italy. Graphite-bearing granulite from Kerala (India) (2.5X), Polarised light
9th Place: Dr. Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu
Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Temora longicornis (marine copepod), ventral view
(10X), Confocal, Autofluorescence and Congo Red Fluorescence
10th Place: Joan Röhl, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology
Potsdam, Germany. Daphnia magna (freshwater water flea) (100X), Differential Interference Contrast
11th Place: Dr. Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Ant head, frontal view (10X),
Confocal, autofluorescence
12th Place: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy
and Imaging Research, La Jolla, California, USA. HeLa (cancer) cells
(300X), 2-Photon fluorescence
13th Place: Dr. Stephen S. Nagy, Montana Diatoms
Helena, Montana, USA. Curare vine in cross-section, Chondrodendron tomentosum (45X), Brightfield, digitally inverted
14th Place: Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China. Sand (4X), Reflected light
15th Place: James H. Nicholson, Coral Culture and
Collaborative Research Facility, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCEHBR & HML
Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Porites lobata (lobe coral), live
specimen displaying tissue pigmentation response with red fluorescence
(12X), Epifluorescence with triple band (U/B/G)
16th Place: Dr. Christopher Guérin, VIB (Flanders Institute of
Biotechnology), Ghent, Belgium. Cultured cells growing on a bio-polymer
scaffold (63X), Confocal
17th Place: Dr. Witold Kilarski, EPFL-Laboratory of Lymphatic
and Cancer Bioengineering, Lausanne, Switzerland. Litomosoides
sigmodontis (filaria worms) inside lymphatic vessels of the mouse ear
(150X), Fluorescent confocal microscopy
18th Place: Benjamin Blonder, David Elliott, University of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Venation network of young Populus
tremuloides (quaking aspen) leaf (4X),
Brightfield image of safranin-stained tissue
19th Place: Dr. Donna Stolz, The University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Mammalian cell collage stained for
various proteins and organelles, assembled into a wreath (200-2000X),
Single slice confocal cell mosaic
20th Place: Douglas Moore, University of Wisconsin - Stevens
Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. Agatised dinosaur bone cells,
unpolished, ca. 150 million years old (42X),
Stereomicroscopy, fiber optics
We end this gallery with a selection of the pictures that were
named as Images of Distinction by the competition judges. Dr John H
Brackenbury, University of Cambridge, UK:
Water droplet containing a pair of mosquito larvae
(Laser-triggered high-speed macrophotography)
Walter Piorkowski, South Beloit, Illinois. Jumping spider anterior lateral and median eyes, Reflected light
Dr. Willard Strong, Microsphere Images, Oyama, Canada.
Swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae) pupal stage chrysalis, tethered to its pupal home, Stereomicroscopy
Wim van Egmond, Micropolitan Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Leptodora kindtii (giant waterflea) eye; living specimen, Differential
Interference Contrast
Jose R. Almodovar, Microscopy Center, Biology Department, UPR
Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Fresh water shrimp eye and head,
Image Stacking Photography
Charles Krebs, Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, USA. Corixidae sp. (water boatman),
Reflected light
Edwin Lee, Carrollton, Texas, USA. Lamium sp. (Henbit deadnettle) stamens and petal, wet mount, Polarised light
Dr. Douglas Clark, Paedia Corporation, San Francisco, California. Cethosia biblis (butterfly) dried wing scales,
Incandescent, darkfield
Jesper Grønne, Photographer Groenne.eu, Silkeborg, Denmark.
Natural formed frost crystal. Grew overnight on a fence in -15 degrees
C, No special technique
Wolfgang Bettighofer, Kiel, Germany. Micrasterias apiculata
(green alga) cell wall, living specimen, Differential Interference
Contrast
John Gaynes, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
3 day post-fertilization zebrafish embryo, Confocal
Dr. Terue Kihara, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) - Seckenberg am Meer, Germany.
Clausidium sp. nov., female with egg sacs, ventral view,
Confocal
David Millard, Austin, Texas, USA. Fire agate,
Diffuse incident illumination
Dr. Gregor Overney, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, California, USA. 20GB hard disk read/write head slider,
Episcopic oblique brightfield
Haris Antonopoulos, Athens, Greece. DVD-ROM front lens and part of movement coil, Reflected and transmitted light
Dr. Michael M. Raith, Steinmann Institut, University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany. Leucite crystal from volcanic rock showing polysynthetic lamellar twins formed by the cubic- tetrago,
Transmitted polarised light, crossed polarisation
Dr. Giorgio Seano and Dr. Roberto Sessa, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo (Torino), Italy.
Zebrafish embryos (Dario rerio) vascular system at seven days post-fertilisation, Confocal
Wim van Egmond, Micropolitan Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Young Volvox sp. (green algae) colony,
Differential Interference Contrast
Dr David Maitland (www.davidmaitland.com), Feltwell, UK:
Double compound eyes of male Bibio marci. Larger - Reflected
(Episcopic), Diffuse Illumination
David Millard, Austin, Texas: Vanessa atalanta (Red admiral butterfly) egg in Urtica dioica (Stinging nettle) - trichomesal
Pekka Honkakoski, Iisalmi, Finland: Rare column snowflake with
thin, knifelike ice extensions (Triangle brightfield, oblique blue,
opposite oblique red)
Debora Leite, University of Sao Paulo: Sugarcane root cross section
Stephen S Nagy, MD, Montana Diatoms, Helena, Montana: Tip of a Butterfly tongue (Polarised light, brightfield)
Dr Havi Sarfaty, Israeli Veterinary Association, Ramat-Gan, Israel: Mouth of common fly (Fiber optic illumination)
Marc van Hove, Centexbel, Merelbeke, Belgium:
Tufting needle eye with yarn (Epi-brightfield)
Arik Shapira, Hod HaSharon, Israel: Internal parts of a wildflower
Poulomi Ray, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson
University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA: Chick embryo intestine (20X) -
Confocal
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