nikon small world announces 2022 photomicrography winners

 

Nikon Small World has recently announced the top 20 winners of its 2022 Photomicrography Competition, sharing a new yearly series of dazzling images, each spotlighting the artistry of the microscopic realm. With approximately 1,300 entries submitted from 72 countries, the 2022 winning round also marks the competition’s 47th anniversary, first launched in 1975.

 

‘[It] first began in 1975 as a means to recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. Since then, Small World has become a leading showcase for photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines,’ writes Nikon Small World. 

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

1st place: embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)  | 63X (magnification)

image by Grigorii Timin & Dr. Michel Milinkovitch | all courtesy of Nikon Small World 

 

 

a yearly celebration of a world invisible to the naked eye 

 

From fluorescent depictions of tissue cells and blood vessels to magnified shots of insects and microscopic organisms, the Nikon Small World 2022 Photomicrography Competition gives viewers a yearly glimpse into a fascinating and incredibly rich world that is invisible to the naked eye. Participants include university professors, practicing scientists, nature enthusiasts / photographers, and PhD students. You can view more winning images from previous years on the Nikon Small World website

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

2nd place: breast tissue with contractile myoepithelial cells wrapped around milk-producing alveoli | 40X 

image by Caleb Dawson 

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

3rd place: blood vessel networks in the intestine of an adult mouse | 10X 

image by Satu Paavonsalo & Dr. Sinem Karaman

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

4th place: long-bodied cellar/daddy long-legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides) | 3X

image by Dr. Andrew Posselt

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

5th place: slime mold (Lamproderma) | 10X 

image by Alison Pollack

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

6th place: unburned carbon particles released during breakdown of hydrocarbon candle wax chain | 2.5X

image by Ole Bielfeldt 

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

7th place: human neurons derived from neural stem cells (NSCs) | 20X

image by Dr. Jianqun Gao & Prof. Glenda Halliday

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

8th place: growing tip of a red algae | 10X

image by Dr. Nathanaël Prunet

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest   

9th place: Liquid crystal mixture (smectic Felix 015) | 40X

image by Marek Sutkowski 

nikon small world unveils top 20 dazzling images from its latest photomicrography contest

10th place: A fly under the chin of a tiger beetle | 3.7X

image by Murat Öztürk

 

 

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11th place: moth eggs | 10X | image by Ye Fei Zhang
11th place: moth eggs | 10X | image by Ye Fei Zhang
12th place: autofluorescence of single coral polyp (± 1 mm) | 20X| image by Brett M. Lewis
12th place: autofluorescence of single coral polyp (± 1 mm) | 20X| image by Brett M. Lewis
13th place: agatized dinosaur bone | 60X | image by Randy Fullbright
13th place: agatized dinosaur bone | 60X | image by Randy Fullbright
14th place: differentiated cultured mouse myoblasts with lysosomes | 40X | image by Nadia Efimova
14th place: differentiated cultured mouse myoblasts with lysosomes | 40X | image by Nadia Efimova
15th place: cross sections of normal human colon epithelial crypts | 20X | image by Dr. Ziad El-Zaatari
15th place: cross sections of normal human colon epithelial crypts | 20X | image by Dr. Ziad El-Zaatari
16th place: longitudinal section through a white asparagus shoot tip | 10X | image by Dr. Olivier Leroux
16th place: longitudinal section through a white asparagus shoot tip | 10X | image by Dr. Olivier Leroux
17th place: tail fin of a zebrafish larva with peripheral nerves (green) and extracellular matrix (violet) | 10X | image by Dr. Daniel Wehner & Julia Kolb
17th place: tail fin of a zebrafish larva with peripheral nerves (green) and extracellular matrix (violet) | 10X | image by Dr. Daniel Wehner & Julia Kolb
18th place: network of macrophages (white blood cells) of an adult zebrafish intestine | 60X | image by Dr. Julien Resseguier
18th place: network of macrophages (white blood cells) of an adult zebrafish intestine | 60X | image by Dr. Julien Resseguier
19th place: bacterial biofilm on a human tongue cell | 63X | image by Dr. Tagide deCarvalho
19th place: bacterial biofilm on a human tongue cell | 63X | image by Dr. Tagide deCarvalho
20th place: human cardiomyocytes (heart cells) derived from induced pluripotent stem cells | 60X | image by Hui Lin & Dr. Kim McBride
20th place: human cardiomyocytes (heart cells) derived from induced pluripotent stem cells | 60X | image by Hui Lin & Dr. Kim McBride

project info:

 

name: 2022 Photomicrography Competition

organized by: Nikon Small World