Nikon Small World 2014

Now celebrating its 40th year, Nikon Small World is widely regarded as the leading forum to recognize proficiency and photographic excellence of photography taken under the microscope. To select the winners, competition judges analyzed entries from all over the world covering subjects ranging from chemical compounds to up-close-and-personal looks at biological specimens.

The 2014 winners will be revealed on October 30th. In 2014, the competition received over 1,200 entries from more than 79 countries around the world.

The competition continues to grow, with international submissions more than doubled over the past few years. Small World is widely regarded as the leading forum for recognizing the art, proficiency and photographic excellence involved in photomicrography. The submissions are evaluated on originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact. (Nikon)

Mr. Swapnil Pandit 
Patil Kolhapur, Maharastra, India 
Plant root (Hidden beauties) 
Portable Field Microscope 
40X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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

Mr. Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Chrysochroa buqueti (jewel beetle) carapace, near eye
Diffused, Reflected Illumination
450X 
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

 

Noah Fram-Schwartz 
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 
Jumping Spider Eyes Reflected Light 
20X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

 

Mr. José R. Almodóvar 
Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Maya guez Campus 
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 
Mite in a small forest Image Stacking 
10X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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

(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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

Dr. Chris Henstridge 
MTA-KOKI 
Budapest, Hungary 
Golden Glia Immunofluorescence 
20X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

 

Dr. Chris Henstridge 
MTA-KOKI 
Budapest, Hungary 
Golden Glia Immunofluorescence 
20X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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
(courtesy of Nikon Small World) 

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

Ms. Zsófia László
Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian 
Acade my of Sciences Budapest, Hungary 
Developing mouse embryo eye Immunofluorescence 
20X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World

Mr. Rogelio Moreno 
Panama, Panama 
Rotifer showing the mouth interior and heart shaped corona 
Differential Interference Contrast 40X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

Servei de Microscòpia, Universitat Autònoma
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) ovary fixed and stai
ned to show lectins (red) and nuclei (blue)
Confocal laser scanning microscopy
63X 
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

Mr. Steven Wilbert
Confocal Microscopy Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York, USA
Young Starfish Confocal
5X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

Mr. Steven Wilbert 
Confocal Microscopy Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA 
Hydra and Volvox Confocal 
10X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

 

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
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

 

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
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

 

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

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

Mr. Michael Peres 
Rochester Institute of Technology 
Rochester, New York, USA 
Brightfield 
8X
(courtesy of Nikon Small World)

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