Oct 30, 2013 10:00 AM

Gallery: Best Microscope Photos of the Year Bring Tiny, Amazing Worlds to Light

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01-25002-Egmond-Chaetoceros-debilis
__1st Place: Wim van Egmond__, Micropolitan Museum, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands __Subject:__ *Chaetoceros debilis* (marine diatom), a colonial plankton organism __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast, Image Stacking __Magnification:__ 250x
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__2nd Place__: __Joseph Corbo__, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri __Subject:__ *Chrysemys picta* (painted turtle) retina __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast __Magnification:__ 400x

ALVARO MIGOTTO
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03-24880-marine worm
__3rd Place: Alvaro Esteves Migotto__, Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Biologia Marinha São Paulo, Brazil __Subject:__ Marine worm __Technique:__ Stereomicroscopy, Darkfield __Magnification:__ 20x
Rogelio Moreno Gill
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Paramecium
__4th Place: Rogelio Moreno Gill__, Panama City, Panamá __Subject:__ *Paramecium sp.* showing the nucleus, mouth and water expulsion vacuoles __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast __Magnification:__ 40x

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05-24503-Entry-21710-K Boyle 1
__5th Place: Kieran Boyle__, University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Scotland __Subject:__ Hippocampal neuron receiving excitatory contacts __Technique:__ Fluorescence and Confocal __Magnification:__ 63x
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06-24617-DoritHockman-Chameleon
__6th Place: Dorit Hockman__, University of Cambridge, England __Subject:__ *Chamaeleo calyptratus* (veiled chameleon), embryo showing cartilage (blue) and bone (red) __Technique:__ Brightfield

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07-25128-Jan-Michels-Image-3
__7th Place: Jan Michels__, Institute of Zoology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany __Subject:__ Adhesive pad on a foreleg of *Coccinella septempunctata* (ladybird beetle) __Technique:__ Confocal, Autofluorescence __Magnification:__ 20x
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08-24474-Turzanska-1
__8th Place: Magdalena Turzańska__, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Poland __Subject:__ *Barbilophozia sp.* (a leafy liverwort, bryophyte plant) and cyanobacteria __Technique:__ Epi-autofluorescence under UV light, z-stack reconstruction __Magnification:__ 50x

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__9th Place: Mark A. Sanders__, University Imaging Centers, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis __Subject:__ Insect wrapped in spider web __Technique:__ Confocal, Autofluorescence, Image Stacking __Magnification:__ 85x
Photographer:Ted Kinsman
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__10th Place: Ted Kinsman__, Department of Imaging and Photo Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York __Subject:__ Thin section of a dinosaur bone preserved in clear agate __Technique:__ Focus Stacking __Magnification:__ 10x

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11-24953-VitoriaTSantos04
__11th Place: Vitoria Tobias Santos__, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil __Subject:__ *Macrobrachium shrimp* (ghost shrimp) eye __Technique:__ Stereomicroscopy __Magnification:__ 140x
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12-23972-Oxide on LOR
__12th Place: Pedro Barrios-Perez__, CPFC (nanofabrication), National Research Council of Canada/Information and Communication Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada __Subject:__ Silicon dioxide on polydimethylglutarimide-based resist __Technique:__ Bright field microscopy __Magnification:__ 200x

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13-24523-Mouse Vertebra Large Stitched Extended DOF fluorescence border with scale
__13th Place: Michael Paul Nelson and Samantha Smith__, Department of Pathology/Neuropathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham __Subject:__ Mouse vertebra section __Technique:__ Focus Stacking __Magnification:__ 200x
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14-24535-Mouse Embryo 3Color
__14th Place: Zhong Hua__, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland __Subject:__ Peripheral nerves in E11.5 mouse embryo __Technique:__ Confocal __Magnification:__ 5x

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