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For the 48th time, Nikon has held its Small World Photomicrography Competition and the winners of the year 2022 have already been announced!

The awards are celebrating the mesmerizing microscopic world and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography, scientists and enthusiasts alike, through the light microscope. 

Scroll down for the stunning photographs and don't forget to upvote your favorite ones!

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#1

Image Of Distinction - Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas

Image Of Distinction - Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas

"Ant (Camponotus)."

Tauragė, Lithuania

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The winner of this year's competition is Grigorii Timin, supervised by Dr. Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva with the image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko. "Masterfully blending imaging technology and artistic creativity, Timin utilized high-resolution microscopy and image-stitching to capture this species of Phelsuma grandis day gecko."

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    #2

    Image Of Distinction - Xinpei Zhang

    Image Of Distinction - Xinpei Zhang

    "Alaskan sand."

    Yu Cheng, Ya'an, China

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    #3

    5th Place - Alison Pollack

    5th Place - Alison Pollack

    "Slime mold (Lamproderma)."

    San Anselmo, California, USA

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    According to their website, Nikon’s Small World is regarded as "the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. The Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography."

    #4

    Image Of Distinction - Yuan Ji

    Image Of Distinction - Yuan Ji

    "Butterfly scales."

    World Expo Museum
    Shanghai, China

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    #5

    Image Of Distinction - Anne-Françoise Tasnier

    Image Of Distinction - Anne-Françoise Tasnier

    "Wood cells."

    Royal Museum for Central Africa
    Department of Wood Biology
    Tervuren, Belgium

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    Besides the photomicrography competition, Nikon is also organizing video competitions, entitled Small World In Motion that "encompass any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope."

    #6

    10th Place - Murat Öztürk

    10th Place - Murat Öztürk

    "A fly under the chin of a tiger beetle."

    Ankara, Turkey

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    #7

    Honorable Mention - Sebastian Sparenga

    Honorable Mention - Sebastian Sparenga

    "Recrystallized Vitamin C."

    McCrone Research Institute
    Chicago, Illinois, USA

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    Let us know what you think of these photographs in the comments!

    For more mesmerizing images, check out the winners of previous contests (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)!

    #8

    Image Of Distinction - Adolfo Ruiz De Segovia

    Image Of Distinction - Adolfo Ruiz De Segovia

    "Drops of olive oil in water."

    Particular
    Madrid, Spain

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    #9

    6th Place - Ole Bielfeldt

    6th Place - Ole Bielfeldt

    "Unburned particles of carbon released when the hydrocarbon chain of candle wax breaks down."

    Macrofying
    Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    #10

    Honorable Mention - Ye Fei Zhang

    Honorable Mention - Ye Fei Zhang

    "Butterfly egg."

    Jiang Yin, Jiangsu, China

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    1st Place - Grigorii Timin, Dr. Michel Milinkovitch

    1st Place - Grigorii Timin, Dr. Michel Milinkovitch

    "Embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)."

    University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    Department of Genetics and Evolution

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    Bob D. Lin Quint
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Madagascar Giant Day Gecko can grow to be 30ft in length, lives underground, and sends out 3 tentacles from its mouth to grab prey when it senses any kind of vibration coming from above. It can sense anything from pogo sticks to ice machines. Their only natural predators are dynamite and cliffs.

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    #12

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Stephen S. Nagy

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Stephen S. Nagy

    "Diatoms arranged in an exhibition rosette by Klaus D. Kemp."

    Montana Diatoms
    Helena, Montana, USA

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    Dynein
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Diatoms are *beautiful* and accurately also called "jewels of the sea". They have hard outer cell walls made silica (SiO2) - glass, basically. THOSE CELLS ARE INTRICATE MICROSCOPIC GLASS SCULPTURES.

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    8th Place - Dr. Nathanaël Prunet

    8th Place - Dr. Nathanaël Prunet

    "Growing tip of a red algae."

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Department of Biology

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    #14

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Marko Pende

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Marko Pende

    "Transgenic axolotl (CNP:GFP;β3Tubulin:mCherry) showing components of the nervous system. CNP+ Schwann cells (cyan) and axons (magenta)."

    MDI Biological Laboratory
    Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

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    #15

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Posselt

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Posselt

    "Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax)."

    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
    Department of Surgery
    Mill Valley, California, USA

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    Ranger Kanootsen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy f*****g s**t, that's simultaneously the most beautiful and horrifying thing I've ever seen!

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    11th Place - Ye Fei Zhang

    11th Place - Ye Fei Zhang

    "Moth eggs."

    Jiang Yin, Jiangsu, China

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    #17

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Laurent Formery

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Laurent Formery

    "Two-month old juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata)."

    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

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    #18

    Image Of Distinction - Karl Deckart

    Image Of Distinction - Karl Deckart

    "Dental drill bit studded with diamond chips."

    Eckental, Bavaria, Germany

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    #19

    Image Of Distinction - Ahmad Fauzan

    Image Of Distinction - Ahmad Fauzan

    "Black and white human hair."

    Macro Depok (MD)
    Department of Engineering
    Jakarta, Indonesia

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    Ivo H
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read somewhere that hair with round crossection is straight and the more flattened it is, the more curly the hair is. So I would guess the black hair is curly and the white is straight

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    Image Of Distinction - Yoshihiro Tamaru

    Image Of Distinction - Yoshihiro Tamaru

    "Tail of a planktonic crustacean (Oithona brevicornis)."

    Hino, Tokyo, Japan

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    #21

    Image Of Distinction - Gabriel Fernández Fernández Jorge Alberto

    Image Of Distinction - Gabriel Fernández Fernández Jorge Alberto

    "Four o'clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa)."

    San Luis, Argentina

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    #22

    Image Of Distinction - Michael Landgrebe

    Image Of Distinction - Michael Landgrebe

    "Moss spore capsule (sporangium)."

    Berlin, Germany

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    #23

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. John Hart

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. John Hart

    "Amino acid crystals (L-glutamine and beta-alanine)."

    University of Colorado Boulder
    Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    Boulder, Colorado, USA

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    #24

    Image Of Distinction - Teresa Zgoda

    Image Of Distinction - Teresa Zgoda

    "Eyeshadow cosmetic."

    Arvada, Colorado, USA

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    Anne Jones
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish it looked like that when you’ve applied it. Beautiful.

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    #25

    Image Of Distinction - Yousef Al Habshi

    Image Of Distinction - Yousef Al Habshi

    "Red speckled jewel beetle (Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis)."

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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    #26

    Honorable Mention - Alison Pollack

    Honorable Mention - Alison Pollack

    "Slime mold (Didymium clavus)."

    San Anselmo, California, USA

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    #27

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Keat Ying Chan

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Keat Ying Chan

    "Epithelial cells of a palmskin zebrafish larva."

    Academia Sinica
    Chen-Hui Chen's Lab
    Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology
    Taipei, Taiwan

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    13th Place - Randy Fullbright

    13th Place - Randy Fullbright

    "Agatized dinosaur bone."

    Fullbright Studio
    Vernal, Utah, USA

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    16th Place - Dr. Olivier Leroux

    16th Place - Dr. Olivier Leroux

    "Longitudinal section through a white asparagus shoot tip."

    Ghent University, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
    Department of Biology & Department of Plants and Crops

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    #30

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

    "Radula (rasping tongue) of a marine snail (Turbinidae family)."

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Ashburn, Virginia, USA
    Janelia Research Campus

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    Izzy Curer
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They like to chew holes through clamshells. That's why so many shells on the beach have bore holes in them.

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Honor Glenn

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Honor Glenn

    "Human lung cell infected with coronavirus."

    Arizona State University
    Biodesign Institute
    Biodesign Imaging Facility, Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy
    Tempe, Arizona, USA

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    #32

    Image Of Distinction - Anatoly Mikhaltsov

    Image Of Distinction - Anatoly Mikhaltsov

    "Cross section of a leaf of dune grass (Ammophila arenaria)."

    Children’s Ecological and Biological Center
    Department of Botany
    Omsk, Russia

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    4th Place - Dr. Andrew Posselt

    4th Place - Dr. Andrew Posselt

    "Long-bodied cellar/daddy long-legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides)."

    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Mill Valley, California, USA
    Department of Surgery

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    Honorable Mention - Karl Gaff

    Honorable Mention - Karl Gaff

    "Midge larva collected from a freshwater pond."

    Dublin, Ireland

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    14th Place - Nadia Efimova

    14th Place - Nadia Efimova

    "Differentiated cultured mouse myoblasts with lysosomes (cyan/green), nuclei (yellow), F-actin (magenta)."

    Amicus Therapeutics
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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    columbokateUK
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand a word of the description but it looks wonderful 😊

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    #36

    7th Place - Dr. Jianqun Gao, Prof. Glenda Halliday

    7th Place - Dr. Jianqun Gao, Prof. Glenda Halliday

    "Human neurons derived from neural stem cells (NSCs)."

    University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Central Clinical School
    Professor Glenda Halliday's Lab

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    Izzy Curer
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what I imagine the ayahuasca universe to look like right before you get to the part where it's just a void with a giant floating eyeball.

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    Image Of Distinction - Frank Fox

    Image Of Distinction - Frank Fox

    "Hibiscus flower with pollen."

    Trier University of Applied Sciences
    Konz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

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    Honorable Mention - Wim Van Egmond

    Honorable Mention - Wim Van Egmond

    "Larva of an anemone, found in marine plankton."

    Micropolitan Museum
    Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

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    Honorable Mention - Dr. Andrea Tedeschi

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Andrea Tedeschi

    "Murine sensory-motor cortex following mild traumatic brain injury in a transgenic mouse (expressing Thy1-GFP)."

    The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Wexner Medical Center
    Department of Neuroscience

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    Honorable Mention - Jan Rosenboom

    Honorable Mention - Jan Rosenboom

    "Diatom (Actinoptychus sp.)."

    Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany

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    Stephanie Did It
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was 12, I used to get samples of ditch water and had so much fun looking through the microscope at all the tiny creatures!

    #41

    20th Place - Hui Lin, Dr. Kim Mcbride

    20th Place - Hui Lin, Dr. Kim Mcbride

    "Human cardiomyocytes (heart cells) derived from induced pluripotent stem cells."

    Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Center for Cardiovascular Research

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, heart cells made from stem cells? Why is this not in first place?

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    #42

    12th Place - Brett M. Lewis

    12th Place - Brett M. Lewis

    "Autofluorescence of a single coral polyp (approx. 1 mm)."

    Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science

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    Image Of Distinction - Pablo Piedra

    Image Of Distinction - Pablo Piedra

    "Stinger of a small paper wasp (Vespidae Protopolybia)."

    La Fortuna de San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica

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    15th Place - Dr. Ziad El-Zaatari

    15th Place - Dr. Ziad El-Zaatari

    "Cross sections of normal human colon epithelial crypts."

    Houston Methodist Hospital
    Houston, Texas, USA

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    Honorable Mention - Gerd Günther

    Honorable Mention - Gerd Günther

    "Young stem of garden bamboo (Fargesia sp.)."

    Düsseldorf, Germany

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    #46

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Julien Resseguier

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Julien Resseguier

    "Artery of an Atlantic salmon filled with nucleated red blood cells."

    University of Oslo
    Department of Biosciences / Immunology
    Oslo, Viken, Norway

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Olivier Leroux

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Olivier Leroux

    "Stem section of hemp (Cannabis sativa)."

    Ghent University
    Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

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    3rd Place - Satu Paavonsalo, Dr. Sinem Karaman

    3rd Place - Satu Paavonsalo, Dr. Sinem Karaman

    "Blood vessel networks in the intestine of an adult mouse."

    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    Individualized Drug Therapy Research Program, Faculty of Medicine

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    18th Place - Dr. Julien Resseguier

    18th Place - Dr. Julien Resseguier

    "Network of macrophages (white blood cells) of an adult zebrafish intestine."

    University of Oslo, Oslo, Viken, Norway
    Department of Biosciences / Immunology

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    #50

    Image Of Distinction - Enrico Bonino

    Image Of Distinction - Enrico Bonino

    "Winged ant encased in approximately 20 million-year-old Dominican amber."

    Liège, Belgium

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    Honorable Mention -Dr. Amy Engevik

    Honorable Mention -Dr. Amy Engevik

    "Intestinal villi (brush border in magenta)."

    Medical University of South Carolina
    Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
    Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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    Image Of Distinction - Layra G. Cintrón-Rivera

    Image Of Distinction - Layra G. Cintrón-Rivera

    "Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo head 72 hours after fertilization."

    Brown University
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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    #53

    Image Of Distinction - Charles B. Krebs

    Image Of Distinction - Charles B. Krebs

    "Licomopha diatoms attached to red alga."

    Charles Krebs Photography
    Issaquah, Washington, USA

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    #54

    Image Of Distinction - Satu Paavonsalo, Dr. Sinem Karaman

    Image Of Distinction - Satu Paavonsalo, Dr. Sinem Karaman

    "Blood vessels in the diaphragm of a 9-day-old mouse pup."

    University of Helsinki
    Individualized Drug Therapy Research Program, Faculty of Medicine
    Helsinki, Finland

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    #55

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. David Maitland

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. David Maitland

    "Tip of Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana). Chlorophyll fluoresces red, lignin blue."

    Feltwell, Norfolk, United Kingdom

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    #56

    19th Place - Dr. Tagide Decarvalho

    19th Place - Dr. Tagide Decarvalho

    "Bacterial biofilm on a human tongue cell."

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Keith R. Porter Imaging Facility

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    just 1 cell on my tongue has that much hair?? tooth brush now makes sense

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    9th Place - Dr. Marek Sutkowski

    9th Place - Dr. Marek Sutkowski

    "Liquid crystal mixture (smectic Felix 015)."

    Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
    Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics

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    #58

    Image Of Distinction - Joe Mckellar

    Image Of Distinction - Joe Mckellar

    "Human lung cell expressing antiviral Mx1 protein (green), microtubules (cyan) and nuclei (orange)."

    The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
    Université de Montpellier (UM)
    Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM)
    Montpellier, Hérault, France

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    #59

    Image Of Distinction - Henri Koskinen

    Image Of Distinction - Henri Koskinen

    "Disco fungus (Lachnum clandestinum) growing on a raspberry (Rubus idaeus)."

    Helsinki, Uudenmaan lääni, Finland

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Moore

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Moore

    "3D rendering of the endoplasmic reticulum in a tissue culture cell."

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
    Janelia Research Campus
    Ashburn, Virginia, USA

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    #61

    Image Of Distinction - Brian J. Ford

    Image Of Distinction - Brian J. Ford

    "Embryo of a male rat."

    Rothay House
    Eastrea, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something I can basically comprehend! This is really interesting for sure

    #62

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Philippe P. Laissue

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Philippe P. Laissue

    "Living polyps of a reef-building lobe coral (Porites lobata)."

    University of Essex
    School of Life Sciences
    Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

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    Image Of Distinction - Nabodita Sinha, Dr. Ashwani Thakur

    Image Of Distinction - Nabodita Sinha, Dr. Ashwani Thakur

    "Spokes of amino acid."

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    Department of Biological Science and Bioengineering
    Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ok so I'm seeing a tiny face, just 2 black dots for eyes, 2 more for ears, and barely a dot for a mouth. it's hair is done pippi longstocking style. then a really thin neck before arms and a skirt. **Am I reading too much into this 1?

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Jason Hill

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Jason Hill

    "Mouse retina."

    Thomas Jefferson University
    Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Honorable Mention - Bre Hewitt

    Honorable Mention - Bre Hewitt

    "Migrating human fibroblast stained for the Golgi (orange), the actin cytoskeleton (magenta), and the nucleus (cyan)."

    Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Department of Biology

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Moore

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Moore

    "Montage of human cells in different stages of mitosis. Chromosomes (orange) and microtubules (white) are shown."

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
    Janelia Research Campus
    Ashburn, Virginia, USA

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrea Tedeschi

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrea Tedeschi

    "3D imaging of the vasculature network in an adult mouse spinal cord."

    The Ohio State University
    Wexner Medical Center
    Department of Neuroscience
    Columbus, Ohio, USA

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Csaba László Pintér

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Csaba László Pintér

    "European pear rust fungus (Gymnosporangium fuscum), colony of ecidio."

    Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    Georgikon Faculty
    Department of Plant Protection
    Keszthely, Zala, Hungary

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    Na Schi
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fascinating to see this from a microscopic view. My parents had a pear tree which eventually needed felling due to some fungus/"leave rust"... even with the bare eye you'd been able to see the protuberances and discoloration on the leaves, but of course never been able to catch all those details 😲!

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Eric Peterman, Jeff Rasmussen

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Eric Peterman, Jeff Rasmussen

    "Nerve network within the skin of zebrafish (Danio rerio) scales. Different colors depict the different planes and depth of the nerves in individual scales."

    University of Washington
    Department of Biology
    Seattle, Washington, USA

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Alejandra Bosco Dr. Monica L. Vetter

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Alejandra Bosco Dr. Monica L. Vetter

    "Mouse cornea vasculature (arteries, veins and lymphatics)."

    University of Utah
    Department of Neurobiology
    Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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    17th Place - Dr. Daniel Wehner Julia Kolb

    17th Place - Dr. Daniel Wehner Julia Kolb

    "Tail fin of a zebrafish larva with peripheral nerves (green) and extracellular matrix (violet)."

    Max Planck Institue for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany
    Department of Biological Optomechanics

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many zebrafish do they photograph for this? This is easily the 4th or 5th one on the list. They are clearly the best subjects of award winning micro photography. Interesting! The zebrafish images have all been stunning!

    #72

    2nd Place - Caleb Dawson

    2nd Place - Caleb Dawson

    "Breast tissue showing contractile myoepithelial cells wrapped around milk-producing alveoli."

    WEHI, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Department of Immunology

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    #73

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Zhigang Zheng

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Zhigang Zheng

    "Staff sergeant butterfly eggs (Athyma selenophora)."

    Zhuhai Photographers Association
    Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

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    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Arandeep S. Dhanda

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Arandeep S. Dhanda

    "Pathogenic Shigella flexneri bacteria spreading outwards from an infected cell."

    Simon Fraser University
    Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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    #75

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Dylan T. Burnette

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Dylan T. Burnette

    "A crawling cell."

    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

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    Image Of Distinction - Kamryn Gerner-Mauro Dr. Jichao Chen

    Image Of Distinction - Kamryn Gerner-Mauro Dr. Jichao Chen

    "Lung of a 16.5 day old embryonic mouse with airways labeled by SOX2 (pink) and epithelial progenitors by SOX9 (green)."

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Pulmonary Medicine
    Houston, Texas, USA

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    #77

    Image Of Distinction - Yousef Al Habshi

    Image Of Distinction - Yousef Al Habshi

    "Section of a damselfly (Odonata Neurobasis chinensis)."

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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    #78

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Tong Zhang

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Tong Zhang

    "A double nuclei Bovine Pulmonary Artery Endothelial (BPAE) cell."

    Northwestern University
    Biological Imaging Facility
    Evanston, Illinois, USA

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    #79

    Image Of Distinction - Karie Holtermann, Payal Sarkar

    Image Of Distinction - Karie Holtermann, Payal Sarkar

    "Digital PCR plate set up with RNA extracted from viruses in wastewater sludge (multiplexed with primer probes of SARS-CoV2, spiked BCoV, and PMMoV)."

    City of San Jose Regional Wastewater Lab
    San Jose, California, USA

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    Image Of Distinction - Karl Gaff

    Image Of Distinction - Karl Gaff

    "Midge fly larva."

    Dublin, Ireland

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    Honorable Mention - Reuben Philip

    Honorable Mention - Reuben Philip

    "A cell with extra centrosomes beginning to divide."

    Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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    #82

    Image Of Distinction - Harikumar R. Suma, Prof. Dr. Pierre Stallforth

    Image Of Distinction - Harikumar R. Suma, Prof. Dr. Pierre Stallforth

    "Bacterial colony."

    Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI)
    Department of Paleobiotechnology
    Jena, Thuringia, Germany

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    #83

    Image Of Distinction - Nikky Corthout, Jasper Timmerman

    Image Of Distinction - Nikky Corthout, Jasper Timmerman

    "Clustered iPSC derived neurons."

    VIB (Flanders Institute of Biotechnology)
    Center for Brain and Disease Research
    Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

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    #84

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Carlo Donato Caiaffa De Carvalho, Dr. Richard Finnell, Dr. Bogdan Wlodarcyk, Dr. Linda Lin

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Carlo Donato Caiaffa De Carvalho, Dr. Richard Finnell, Dr. Bogdan Wlodarcyk, Dr. Linda Lin

    "Embryonic mouse."

    Baylor College of Medicine
    Center for Precision Environmental Health
    Houston, Texas, USA

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    Honorable Mention - Dr. Zhiguo He

    Honorable Mention - Dr. Zhiguo He

    "The actomyosin network at the apical pole of human corneal endothelial cells (revealed by immunofluorescence)."

    University Jean Monnet
    School of Medicine
    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Rhône-Alpes, France

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    #86

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Francisco Lázaro-Diéguez

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Francisco Lázaro-Diéguez

    "Liver cells (hepatocytes)."

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Bronx, New York, USA

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    #87

    Image Of Distinction - Nadia Efimova

    Image Of Distinction - Nadia Efimova

    "African green monkey kidney cells (COS-7) with Golgi (blue), lysosomes (green), actin cytoskeleton (magenta) and nuclei (yellow)."

    Amicus Therapeutics
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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    #88

    Image Of Distinction - Layra G. Cintrón-Rivera

    Image Of Distinction - Layra G. Cintrón-Rivera

    "Developing nervous system of a zebrafish (Danio rerio) six days after fertilization."

    Brown University
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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    #89

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Guillermo López López

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Guillermo López López

    "Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria) stamens."

    Alicante, Spain

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    Image Of Distinction - Danny J. Sanchez

    Image Of Distinction - Danny J. Sanchez

    "Etch tube in Brazilian quartz with iron oxide staining."

    Mineralien LLC
    Valley Village, California, USA

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    #91

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Aurelia Mapps

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Aurelia Mapps

    "Whole-mounted adult mouse heart."

    Johns Hopkins University
    Department of Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysical Chemistry
    Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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    #92

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Michelle Giedt

    Image Of Distinction - Dr. Michelle Giedt

    "Nurse cell in a developing fruit fly (Drosophila) follicle."

    University of Iowa
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
    Iowa City, Iowa, USA

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