Nikon Small World 2014 (Photomicrography Competition)

Mr. Charles Krebs Charles Krebs Photography Issaquah, Washington, USA Conochilus unicornis (rotifer), actively feeding. This rotifer species forms a free floating spherical colony Differential Interference Contrast 417 1

Mr. Swapnil Pandit Patil Kolhapur, Maharastra, India Plant root (Hidden beauties) Portable Field Microscope 40X 2

Mr. Evan Darling Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA Rat embryo fluorescently labeled with Rhodamine Epi-fluorescence 10X

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Mr. Charles KrebsCharles Krebs PhotographyIssaquah, Washington, USAChrysochroa buqueti (jewel beetle) carapace, near eyeDiffused, Reflected Illumination450X 4

Noah Fram-Schwartz Greenwich, Connecticut, USA Jumping Spider Eyes Reflected Light20X

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Mr. José R. Almodóvar Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Maya guez Campus Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Mite in a small forest Image Stacking 10X 6

Dr. Douglas Brumley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Active fluid flow around P. damicornis (coral polyp) Fluorescence, Autofluorescence 4X 7

Dr. Justin Joseph Cassidy Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois, USA Salivary gland cells from a fruit fly showing cellboundaries (white) and genomic DNA (red) Transmitted Light 6X

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Dr. Martin Fritsch Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna Vienna, Austria Lynceus brachyurus (clam shrimp), whole mount larva Confocal 250X 9

Dr. Chris Henstridge MTA-KOKI Budapest, Hungary Golden Glia Immunofluorescence 20X 10

Dr. Marc D. Isaacs School of Biosciences, Cardiff University Cardiff, UK Serial number and hologram on a UK £10 bank note Confocal microscopy with reflectance 5X 11

Dr. Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy Biomedical Microscopy Core, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia, USA Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells stained f or actin (pink), mitochondria (green) and DNA (yellow) Super Resolution Microscopy 0X 12

Dr. Sabrina Kaul University of Vienna Vienna, Austria Larval stage of the acorn worm Balanoglossus misaki ensis, dorsal view, showing cell borders, muscles and apical eye spots Confocal 10X

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Dr. Philipp Keller Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Ashburn, Virginia, USA Live zebrafish embryo at 22 hours post-fertilization SiMView Light-Sheet Microscopy 0X 14

Dr. Terue Kihara Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodi versity Research (DZMB) Wilhelmshaven, Germany Tigriopus californicus (copepod), couple, lateral v iew Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy 10X

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Ms. Zsófia LászlóInstitute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Acade my of Sciences Budapest, Hungary Developing mouse embryo eye Immunofluorescence 20X 16

Mr. Douglas Moore University Relations and Communications, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA Montana Dryhead agate, unpolished Axial lighting was provided by Leeds fiberoptic ill uminators 50X 17

Mr. Rogelio Moreno Panama, Panama Rotifer showing the mouth interior and heart shaped corona Differential Interference Contrast 40X

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Mr. Rogelio MorenoPanamaCeriodaphnia sp. (water flea)Darkfield20X

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Mr. Rogelio Moreno PanamaPleurotaenium ovatum (micro algae) Polarized Light, Lambda Plate 40X

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Mr. Jacek Myslowski Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland Acari (arachnid) Polarized Light, Oblique 100X 21

Dr. Yuta Nakase National Museum of Nature and Science Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Suction-cup hairs on foreleg tarsus of male Dineutu s mellyi (whirligig beetle) Focus Stacking, Image Stitching, Reflected Light 10X

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Mr. Fabrice Parais DREAL de Basse-Normandie Caen, France Air pearl in the middle of larva Stratiomyidae resp iratory fringe (Diptera aquatic larva). Stereomicroscopy 30X 23

Servei de Microscòpia, Universitat AutònomaBarcelona, Catalonia, SpainParsley (Petroselinum crispum) ovary fixed and stained to show lectins (red) and nuclei (blue)Confocal laser scanning microscopy63X

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Mr. Steven Wilbert Confocal Microscopy Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA Young Starfish Confocal 5X 25

Mr. Steven Wilbert Confocal Microscopy Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA Hydra and Volvox Confocal 10X 26

Mrs. Andrea Wurzinger-Mayer Department of Integrative Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna Vienna, Austria Shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus, a wood-boring mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Larval musculature. Confocal laserscanning microscope 20X 27

Noah Fram-Schwartz Greenwich, Connecticut, USA Ant Eye Reflected Light 20X

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Mr. Michael Crutchley Pembrokeshire, UK Pilobolus sp. (dung cannon fungi) LED Lighting 80X

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Dr. Michael John Bridge HSC Core Facilities-Cell Imaging Core, University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah, USA "Rising Sun" (Cultured embryonic chicken dorsal root ganglia neuron explant) Confocal 40X 30

Mr. Jens H. Petersen MycoKey Ebeltoft, Denmark Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) Macroscopy 80X

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Dr. Michael John Bridge HSC Core Facilities-Cell Imaging Core, University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah, USA "Random Connection" (Cultured embryonic chicken dor sal root ganglia neuron explant) Confocal 60X 32

Dr. Luca Toledano Zoology, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Verona, Italy Eupholus sp. (beetle) It's a Coleoptera Curculionid ae Reflected, Diffused Light 4X

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Mr. Charles Krebs Charles Krebs Photography Issaquah, Washington, USA Chrysochroa buqueti (jewel beetle) carapace, near eye Diffused, Reflected Illumination 45X

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Dr. Nils Lindstrom Developmental Biology, The Roslin Institute Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Three transgenic kidneys cultured together, showing colliding branching collecting duct systems Confocal 20X 35

Dr. Yuta Nakase National Museum of Nature and Science Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Myrmecolax sp. head, ventral view Focus Stacking, Reflected Light 10X

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Dr. Igor Robert Siwanowicz Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Ashburn, Virginia, USA Underside of the Brown dog tick and Lonestar tick m outhparts Confocal 100X 37

Dr. Csaba PintérDeák F. str. 57/dKeszthely, Zala, Hungary Chrysopa perla (green lacewing) eggs Stereomicroscope, Focus Stack 3X

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Mr. Geir Drange Asker, Norway Leptothorax acervorum (ant) carrying its larva Reflected Light, Focus Stacking 5X

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Dr. Igor Robert Siwanowicz Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Ashburn, Virginia, USA Appendages of a common brine shrimpConfocal 100X 40

Dr. Rory Duncan Edinburgh Super-Resolution Imaging Consortium, Heri ot-Watt University Edinburgh, Scotland Living pancreatic islets 2-Photon Microscopy 63X

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Mr. Stefano Barone Cremona, Italy Bed bug (Cimex lectularius) Rheinberg illumination (Dark field with interference filter) 50X

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Mr. Dennis Hinks Cleveland, Ohio, USA Circuitry in DVD reader Cross-polarized microscopy100X

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Mr. Waldo Nell Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Autofluorescence in marine algae Epi-fluorescence 40X 44

Mr. Frederic Labaune Education Nationale Auxonne, Burgundy, France Ant nymph Image Stacking, Stitching 10X

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Mr. Chao Zhang National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China Magnesium chloride and potassium alum mixture Polarized Light 25X

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Mr. Samuel Silberman Monsun Yahud, Israel Flower embryo Fiber Optic Illumination, Reflected Light, Extended Focus 40X

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Mr. Michael Peres Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA Brightfield 8X

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Dr. Jerzy Gubernator Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw Wroclaw, Poland Tradescantia zebrina (wandering jew) leaf stomata Brightfield, Epi Ilumination, Image Stacking 40X 49

Dr. Dylan T. Burnette Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, Tennessee, USA A crawling bone cancer (osteosarcoma) cell showing actin filament bundles in the lamella Structured Illumination Microscopy 8000X

5010/17/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.CAll photos were taken from Yahoo News. THE END