Sometimes bigger is better, but other times it’s all about the details, and as you can see from the winners of Nikon’s 2017 Small World Photomicrography competition, it doesn’t get more detailed than this.
The competition, which is now in its 43rd year, attracts doctors, scientists, and macro photography enthusiasts from all over the world, and over 2000 people from 88 countries submitted their work for consideration this year. For those of you who don’t know, photomicrography is the practice of taking a photograph through a microscope or similar magnifying device in order to capture the intricate details of things invisible to the human eye.
This year’s top prize went to researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, BioImaging Facility & Department of Cell Biology, who captured immortalised human skin cells expressing fluorescently tagged keratin. Scroll down to see the rest of the winners. The categories are divided into winners, honorable mentions, and images of distinction, and you can find the full list on the Nikon Small World website.
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#1 Jumping Spider, Istanbul, Honorable Mention
Image source: Emre Can Alagöz
#2 Paracetamol (Common Painkiller) Crystals, Finland, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Henri Koskinen
#3 Living Volvox Algae Releasing Its Daughter Colonies, Nantes, 3rd Place
Image source: Jean-Marc Babalian
#4 The Head Of A Pork Tapeworm, New York, 4th Place
Image source: Teresa Zgoda
#5 Mold On A Tomato, Netanya, 5th Place
Image source: Dean Lerman
#6 Traxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Cross Section Showing Curved Stigma With Pollen, Nottingham, Honorable Mention
Image source: Dr. Robert Markus
#7 Immortalized Human Skin Cells Expressing Fluorescently Tagged Keratin, Amsterdam, 1st Place
Image source: Dr. Bram van den Broek, Andriy Volkov, Dr. Kees Jalink, Dr. Reinhard Windoffer & Dr. Nicole Schwarz
#8 Plastic Fracturing On Credit Card Hologram, Texas, 11th Place
Image source: Steven Simon
#9 Natural Bridge (Petiole Nodes) Connecting The Abdomen And Thorax Of An Ant, Izmir, Image Of Destinction
Image source: Can Tunçer
#10 Synapta (Sea-Cucumber) Skin, Le Mans, 18th Place
Image source: Christian Gautier
#11 3rd Trimester Fetus Of Megachiroptera, Colorado, 15th Place
Image source: Dr. Rick Adams
#12 Asilidae (Rubber Fly) Eye Section, Abu Dhabi, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Yousef Al Habshi
#13 Senecio Vulgaris Seed Head, Israel, 2nd Place
Image source: Dr. Havi Sarfaty
#14 Ganglion Cells Expressing Fluorescent Proteins In A Mouse Retina, California, Honorable Mention
Image source: Dr. Keunyoung Kim
#15 Broccoli, Washington, Honorable Mention
Image source: Dr. Nathan Myhrvold
#16 Opiliones (Daddy Longlegs) Eye, Washington, 12th Place
Image source: Charles B. Krebs
#17 Pyromorphite (Mineral), Spain, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Emilio Carabajal Márquez
#18 Lily Pollen, Southampton, 6th Place
Image source: Dr. David A. Johnston
#19 Nsutite And Cacoxenite (Minerals), Madrid, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Emilio Carabajal Márquez
#20 Individually Labeled Axons In An Embryonic Chick Ciliary Ganglion, Nagoya, 7th Place
Image source: Dr. Ryo Egawa
#21 Neurons Derived From A Parkinson Patient, Seongnam, Honorable Mention
Image source: Dr. Regis Grailhe, Nasia Antoniou & Dr. Rebecca Matsas
#22 Abdominal Proleg Of A Caterpillar, Netanya, Image Of Destinction
Image source: Dean Lerman
#23 Aspergillus Flavus (Fungus) And Yeast Colony From Soil, New York, 20th Place
Image source: Tracy Scott
#24 Melaleuca Sp. (Paperbark Tree) Leaf, Perth, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Dr. Paul Joseph Rigby
#25 Small Moth, Rostock, Image Of Destinction
Image source: Jan Rosenboom
#26 Moth Eggs In Spider Silk, Illinois, Image Of Destinction
Image source: Walter Piorkowski
#27 Liquid Crystal, Colorado, Honorable Mention
Image source: Michael Tuchband
#28 Parus Major (Titmouse) Down Feather, Podlaskie, 16th Place
Image source: Marek Miś
#29 Nerves (In Green) Under The Skin Of A Mouse (Hair Follicles Are Shown In Red And Blue), Uk, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Henri Koskinen
#30 Dyed Human Hair, Steinberg, 17th Place
Image source: Harald K. Andersen
#31 Natural Sponge, Uk, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Dr. David A. Johnston
#32 Common Mestra Butterfly Eggs, Laid On A Leaf Of Tragia Sp., Texas, 14th Place
Image source: David Millard
#33 Stamen (Flower Organ),yahud Monsun, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Samuel Silberman
#34 Circocerus (Beetle) Head, Kiel, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Dr. Jan Michels
#35 Hippocampal (Brain) Region, California, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Dr. Sarah Moghadam & Dr. Ahmad Salehi
#36 Growing Cartilage-Like Tissue In The Lab Using Bone Stem Cells (Collagen Fibers In Green And Fat Deposits In Red), Southampton, 9th Place
Image source: Catarina Moura, Dr. Sumeet Mahajan, Dr. Richard Oreffo & Dr. Rahul Tare
#37 Newborn Rat Cochlea With Sensory Hair Cells (Green) And Spiral Ganglion Neurons (Red), Bern, 8th Place
Image source: Dr. Michael Perny
#38 Simple Eyes Of Ectemnius With Condensation, Tonbridge, Image Of Destinction
Image source: Laurie Knight
#39 Pleurotaenium Ovatum, Panama, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Rogelio Moreno Gill
#40 Warp Knitted Curtain Fabric, Zwijnaarde, Honorable Mention
Image source: Marc Van Hove
#41 Label-Free Optical Imaging Of Human Breast Tissue, Illinois, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Sixian You, Dr. Stephen A.J. Boppart & Dr. Haohua Tu
#42 Exaerete Frontalis From The Collections Of The Oxford University Museum Of Natural History, Ramsbury, 13th Place
Image source: Levon Biss
#43 Phyllobius Roboretanus (Weevil), Keszthely, 10th Place
Image source: Dr. Csaba Pintér
#44 Migrasome Of A Mouse Fibroblast Cell (L929), Beijing, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Dr. Liang Ma & Dr. Li Yu
#45 Human Tongue Blood Vessels Injected With Lead Chromate, New York, Honorable Mention
Image source: Frank Reiser
#46 Sagittal Section Of Mouse Cerebellum (Brain), Athens, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Dr. Aikaterini Segklia
#47 Early Stage Development Of Alcea Rosea (An Ornamental Flower), Usa, Image Of Distinction
Image source: Masoumeh Sahar Khodaverdi
#48 Prostate Cancer Cells, Usa, Image Of Distinction
Image source: James E. Hayden, FBCA, RBP
#49 Ciliated Respiratory Epithelial Cells (Yellow) And Mucus Producing Goblet Cells (Cyan), Containing Tight Junctions (Red) And Nuclei (Blue), Rotterdam, Honorable Mention
Image source: Alwin de Jong, Dr. G.J. Kremers & Dr. R.L. de Swart
#50 Embryonic Body Wall From A Developing Mus Musculus, Tennessee, 19th Place
Image source: Dr. Dylan Burnette
#51 Dye-Injected Hippocampal Interneuron In Mouse Brain Section, Budapest, Honorable Mention
Image source: Benjamin Barti
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