1st Place: “Differentiated mouse brain tumor cells (actin, microtubules, and nuclei)” by Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol
The 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competitors has as soon as once more unveiled the beautiful great thing about the microscopic world, showcasing outstanding element via cutting-edge microscopy.
This 12 months’s winners captured a spread of awe-inspiring pictures, mixing scientific precision with creative expression, providing a singular window into the hidden wonders round us.
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2nd Place: “Electrical arc between a pin and a wire” by Dr. Marcel Clemens
third Place: “Leaf of a cannabis plant. The bulbous glands are trichomes. The bubbles inside are cannabinoid vesicles” by Chris Romaine
4th Place: “Section of a small intestine of a mouse” by Dr. Amy Engevik
fifth Place: “Cluster of octopus (Octopus hummelincki) eggs” by Thomas Barlow and Connor Gibbons
sixth Place: “Slime mold (Cribraria cancellata)” by Henri Koskinen
seventh Place: “Cross section of European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria) leaf” by Gerhard Vlcek
eighth Place: “A neuron densely covered in dendritic spines from the striatum of an adult rat brain” by Stephanie Huang
ninth Place: “Pollen in a garden spider (Araneus) web” by John-Oliver Dum
tenth Place: “Spores of black truffle (Tuber melanosporum)” by Jan Martinek
eleventh Place: “Slime mold on a rotten twig with water droplets” by Dr. Ferenc Halmos
twelfth Place: “Wing scales of a butterfly (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle” by Daniel Knop
thirteenth Place: “Eyes of a green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)” by Paweł Błachowicz
14th Place: “Recrystallized mixture of hydroquinone and myoinositol” by Marek Miś
fifteenth Place: “Isolated scales on Madagascan sunset moth wing (Chrysiridia ripheus)” by Sébastien Malo
sixteenth Place: “Two water fleas (Daphnia sp.) with embryos (left) and eggs (right)” by Marek Miś
seventeenth Place: “Stonewort algae (Chara virgata) reproductive organs – oogonia (female organs) and antheridia (male organs)” by Dr. Frantisek Bednar
18th Place: “An insect egg parasitized by a wasp” by Alison Pollack
nineteenth Place: “Seed of a Silene plant” by Alison Pollack
twentieth Place: “Early stage of mouse neuroblastoma cell differentiation (actin, microtubules, and mitochondria)” by Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol
